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January 4, 2011 by ColoradoPatriot

Just some healthy skepticism and a dose of sober reality, from reason.tv

-Nick (ColoradoPatriot, from TML)

Filed Under: Congress (112th)

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  1. Heliotrope says

    January 4, 2011 at 2:34 pm - January 4, 2011

    This life-long Republican has switched to the TEA Party. First, we need the Republicans, but we need to weed out the business-as-usual dead wood and replace them with real TEA Party Democrats and Republicans.

    It is not the party that has changed. It is the line. Too many Republicans are to the left of the line. Either they get religion and save their collective professional politician butts or they get kicked out.

    What’s complicated about that?

  2. V the K says

    January 5, 2011 at 9:11 am - January 5, 2011

    On the other hand, my expectations of this Republican Congress are so low that even mild commitment to fiscal responsibility will be a pleasant surprise.

  3. Levi says

    January 5, 2011 at 12:01 pm - January 5, 2011

    Yup. It’s really easy to campaign on wasteful spending, but it’s next to impossible to actually implement the cuts, because at the end of the day, most government programs are helpful and popular.

  4. The_Livewire says

    January 5, 2011 at 2:39 pm - January 5, 2011

    If ineffective wasteful and can be done better by the private sector, Leelie

  5. Peter Hughes says

    January 5, 2011 at 4:24 pm - January 5, 2011

    #3 – “because at the end of the day, most government programs are helpful and popular.”

    Really, Einstein? Name one. I double-dog dare you.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  6. V the K says

    January 5, 2011 at 6:23 pm - January 5, 2011

    “because at the end of the day, most government programs are helpful and popular.”

    And yet, strangely, the party of ever-expanding government programs was overwhelmingly defeated last fall; and even Democrat Governors are paying lip-service to cutting government programs.

    What an unarguably moronic thing to say.

  7. Peter Hughes says

    January 5, 2011 at 6:25 pm - January 5, 2011

    #6 – “What an unarguably moronic thing to say.”

    Well, V, consider the source.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  8. V the K says

    January 5, 2011 at 7:03 pm - January 5, 2011

    The truth is, government programs are neither successful nor popular, but they do create vested interest groups; Big Agro loves its farm subsidies, Big Poverty loves its welfare, Big Geezer likes its Social Security and Medicare, Big Education likes its massive array of grants and subsidies.

    But like the pathetic loser who buys friends by maxing out his Visa buying presents for them, the current level of Government spending is disastrously unsustainable.

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