Comments on: Carly Fiorina’s Plan to Create Jobs: Unshackle the Entrepreneurs

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:59:04 +0000

you should demand more of your preferred candidates. right now, all you’re getting is lip-service, and after the bush administration, you should be skeptical about the claims of fiscal conservatives. otherwise, you’re no different than the “lickspittle,” democratic-supporting gay activists you so often decry.

By: B. Daniel Blatt

B. Daniel Blatt — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:49:48 +0000

Chuckie, I agree that it was not a good thing for Carly to have said that as a woman she has a better chance of beating DeVore, but DeVore needs to show that he knows how to raise money and take issue with his opponents without misrepresenting their records.

He’s been at this campaign for almost a year now and still doesn’t have staff capable of doing decent opposition research. Not a good sign.

By: Chuckie

Chuckie — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:33:25 +0000

If you are not careful, you are going to turn your readers off “Carly.”. More proof is needed that she is a good candidate. Unless of course we are all operating under the assumption that Devore simply cannot win because he is a white male, which, sad as that is, may be the case. In which case, a bigger battle has been lost. Identity politics have won. On a lighter note, I really do not like looking at “Carly.”. She gives me the heeby jeebies. How to overcome that gut response to her? Not sure that can be surmounted.

By: B. Daniel Blatt

B. Daniel Blatt — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:33:27 +0000

Chad, well, at least she’s offering a governing philosophy. I once had a ten-minute interview and do hope to get more specifics as the campaign progresses.

At least, we know that, unlike Ma’am Boxer, Carly finds the solution in the private sector.

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:32:21 +0000

is there a follow-up post forthcoming? because it doesn’t seem to me like she has much of a plan at all. “unshackling entrepreneurs”, “streamlining regulations” and “reducing tax burdens”–sounds more like a set of talking points than a “plan”.

By: buckeyenutlover

buckeyenutlover — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:05:03 +0000

fiorina ran HP into the ground. if given a chance, she’ll do the same elsewhere. by backing mccain, she showed she, OBVIOUSLY, has poor judgment.

voters will reject her en masse.

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:15:21 +0000

(P.S. My position is, of course, that most Federal spending should be cut except for police, courts and military. We should cut multiple trillions from the Federal budget, including most if not all of Medicare. We should leave welfare to the States and to private charity. Americans are already generous, and the prosperity that would result from Federal downsizing would be unbelievable and make lots of new generosity possible.)

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:11:32 +0000

It is Carly’s understanding of the burdens on business that makes me an enthusiastic supporter of her candi[d]acy.

It’s a good start. It makes her night-and-day better than Boxer, for sure.

Note however that if Fiorina is serious about holding the line on taxes and reducing the burdens of government on productive people, then she must support massive cuts in Federal spending. (The U.S. will not be able to continue multi-trillion deficits for much longer. Though maybe that’s a topic for another time.) What would she cut?

Or more important, what would she *not* cut? Do the things that she wouldn’t cut add up, mathematically, to her eventually caving on taxes a la Bush 41?