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Posted 11/13/09 2:59 PM JohnF Lake Mary, FL | I'm afraid that none of this will matter when the time comes. It seems like the Democrats are counting on an economic recovery, but what are they going to do when job losses increase and consumer spending doesn't rise? They're going to borrow and print more money to pass another stimulus.
Deficits needed to be cut two years ago, not next year. They can't get the economy under control without ending our empire, and we all know that option is not going to be on the table until our political structure crumbles around us. |
Posted 11/13/09 9:42 PM shooter348 Buffalo, WY | funny! |
Posted 11/13/09 10:14 PM Mike in Virginia Fredericksburg, VA | Great comment, JohnF. My only quibble is with "two years ago." Deficits needed to be cut 50 or more years ago.
But isn't it great that the administration that has given us by far the biggest deficits ever is now jawboning about how bad deficits are? Talk about speaking with forked tongue. |
Posted 11/14/09 10:27 AM Glenn Cumming, GA | To make room for the next spending binge. |
Posted 11/14/09 10:43 AM StatusQuoJoe Phoenix, AZ | The difference between the fall of our empire and the fall of the Roman empire is that a lot more of the collapse will be recorded for future generations, assuming their are future generations to debate the issues.
Perhaps we have become the collective "fall guy". The world seemingly desires a collectivist state, its like some unexpressed desire to be corralled into a pen so that personal responsibility can be exchanged for collective suffering. The collectivist mindset is that the individual can make inappropriate choices so the basest of human desire can be satisfied while the negative consequences are absorbed by the collective. In that line of thinking the American empire has become the case study or the collectivist guinea pig of the world. When it fails perhaps the failures will be studied by the social engineers to determine what would have worked better for their next glorious plan for a bigger and better sheep pen. Of course the ideal result would be that individuals would opt for personal choice and a commitment for personal responsibility regardless of the outcome of the choice, positive or negative. I suppose that is why we are all here, in hopes that our voices have some influence on the outcome. |
Posted 11/16/09 11:07 AM sweetliberty San Rafael, CA | I'll believe it when I see it. |
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