tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889986006783300070.post7771869908289626742..comments2023-10-19T05:40:40.156-07:00Comments on The Theory of Mediocrity: GOP Blows It!PT Bohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101195261695989996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889986006783300070.post-62270047723569848392013-01-04T10:09:30.788-08:002013-01-04T10:09:30.788-08:00CW, your 2 cents is always welcome. Yes, I agree w...CW, your 2 cents is always welcome. Yes, I agree with you, but unfortunately America has changed for the worst. And right now I have no problem becoming a bigger welfare state because that is what it is going to take to hit rock bottom. Once America breaks, liberals will be forced to move further right and impose austerity measures. Until we hit this point, America will continue to move further left. Maybe going off the cliff would have been best and as you said, Republicans unite behind their principles instead of being all over the place. PT Bohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10101195261695989996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889986006783300070.post-13310852869981562692013-01-04T09:50:29.206-08:002013-01-04T09:50:29.206-08:00Also, keep in mind that BOEHNER helped spearhead p...Also, keep in mind that BOEHNER helped spearhead passage of the sequestration vote that created this “fiscal cliff” crisis in the first place. That was the height of incompetence and IMO it was completely predictable that it would lead to the situation we are now in. John Boehner has been a complete failure. He’s been out-maneuvered by Obama at every turn and it’s a tragedy that no one in the House had the guts or good sense to challenge him for the speakership.<br /><br />Gotta give my 2 cents, as you know!<br />CWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18093393578438689105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889986006783300070.post-44602399312588670372013-01-04T09:44:54.846-08:002013-01-04T09:44:54.846-08:00>>”The Boehner plan is similar to a plan pro...>>”The Boehner plan is similar to a plan proposed by Pelosi a year earlier...”<br /><br />What does it say about the state of the Republican leadership when they are now adopting proposals made by ultra-leftist NANCY PELOSI, of all people? Have we really sunk this low?<br /><br />I do see your point about the strategy here, Patrick, but I also understand the stand conservatives are taking against raising taxes on the wealthy. What is the PURPOSE of federal income taxes? They were intended to pay for the constitutionally incurred expenses of this nation, primarily national defense. Over the decades, thanks to “progressives” in congress, it has instead become a mechanism for growing the welfare state. By giving in to the Left’s demand to increase taxes on the wealthy, we are SURRENDERING to the notion that the gov’t can spend as much as it wants and then steal from one segment of the population to pay for it. To do this would be to survive the battle but risk losing the war. <br /><br />Without any sincere plan to cut and limit spending, I believe it’s better to let everyone’s taxes go up and let everyone (not just the wealthy) experience the pain of irresponsible spending by the irresponsible gov’t they’ve elected. Only then would people MAYBE get angry enough to care. <br />CWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18093393578438689105noreply@blogger.com