Statesmen are needed to reverse debt and war
The electorate obviously wants a change in government. And about time. Undoubtedly, this administration and this Congress have made more mistakes than any in memory. Of course, the question is whether we will see any improvement. Have we elected some statesmen this time?
Obviously, it will be a Herculean task to reverse our current direction. It will be difficult to disentangle ourselves from Iraq, and, of course, there is no way to compensate for the lives and property that have been so wantonly destroyed.
And it is almost necessary to conclude that we will never be able to repay the gargantuan deficits of the last six years. But the best thing the new Congress can do is to get us out of Iraq, raise taxes and at least begin.
Maybe we have made a good start. We will see. But the big test will come in 2008. I see no savior on the horizon. No Truman or Clinton. Well, maybe one Clinton. At least, she would have the benefit of some good advice (he left a surplus) close at hand -- and presumably no problems with interns.
As Chicken Little shouted, "The sky is falling!" Well, maybe not yet. But maybe soon.
Dan W. Maddox
Greensboro
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Our children's children will be paying for the ineptness of the current President.
Great LTE.
Posted on December 6, 2006 9:00 AM
I always laugh when someone wants their taxes raised. Don't remember any D's running on that platform.
Posted on December 6, 2006 9:49 AM
The total taxes taken in under the Bush adminstration have gone up not down. Team Bush has a spending problem not a taxing problem. They also aren't as rigorous at creative accounting as previous adminstrations.
As for Team Clinton II, two points:
1) Team Clinton I brought us NAFTA.
2) Senator Clinton is not against pre-emptive war, she just thinks we sent our troops to the wrong country in the Middle East.
Posted on December 6, 2006 10:36 AM
Raise taxes? Even if you had a 100% tax rate, it would take generations to dig us out from the hole our Gov'mnt has created through borrowing. That is really not how it works anyway...we will most likely see the dollar drop in a hyperinflationary period. People in the know will get richer while the average joe will lose his life savings...and then it will be time to press "reset" and start the US all over from scratch.
Posted on December 6, 2006 10:44 AM
If taxes were raised for the top 1% of people (those who make greater than $350,000 a year), this would be a start.
The GOP agenda reminds me of college student from a rich family, who runs up a large credit card bill, then asks someone else to pay it for her.
What eats me up the most are rich folks who never give back to the community, to help with social programs and non-profit groups. (cough, cough...the Koury family)
Posted on December 6, 2006 3:11 PM
As for Jim's comment about NAFTA, it needs to be taken into consideration that the 1st Bush developed NAFTA, and the GOP senate and house passed NAFTA. Clinton signed on the bill.
Kinda like if the Dems were to properly fund No Child Left Behind this session, and 20 years later people claimed that it was a great bill that Bush Jr developed.
Or Eisenhower, who asked for interstates to be developed so that the military could land on them when needed.....now we have the Eisenhower interstate system.
Posted on December 6, 2006 3:16 PM
Dan,
Your taxes will definitely be going up...and you can thank your "conservative Republican" friends for bringing you the runaway spending, and the biggest bureacracy EVER created. That's right. Bigger than FDR or LBJ! Sorry Dan. Your "bogeyman" philosophy is tired.
Posted on December 6, 2006 7:31 PM