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Subj: Breach of Contract
Date: 95-01-12 21:36:08 EST
From: LittleL337
Posted on: System
I can't believe the Republicans and the American people really believe the
the terms of the "contract" can be fulfilled. It's "pie in the sky"
thinking. While most of the clauses in the contract sound good, the numbers
just won't add up. I urge everyone to read the contract and think about it.
Reaganomics got us in to this mess. The Republicans are deceiving us by
telling us it's all the Democrats fault and that they are the ones to fix it.
Stand by for the great breach of contract.
Subj: Re:Breach of Contract
Date: 95-01-12 23:34:16 EST
From: CruzGonz
Posted on: System
I'll take the "Contract" over Clinton policies any day. The numbers will add
up as soon as we eliminate useless programs and pare down those entitlement
programs.
The bottom line--the folks paying the salaries of the President, Congress,
cabinet heads, and federal bureacrats want to get more bang for their buck.
We want things to change...quickly!! The contract is one way to effect that
change. If your Democratic studs can come up with a better plan then let
them place it on the table. Otherwise shut up and get out of the way.
Subj:
Re:Breach of Contract
Date: 95-01-13 19:25:15 EST
From: BEA Econom
Posted on: System
>>If your Democratic studs can come up with a better plan then let them place
it on the table. Otherwise shut up and get out of the way.<<
But they've demonstrated a pretty good game plan so far. The size of
government is shrinking. In fact, it's smaller now than it has been under the
last two Republican Administrations.
Just look at the numbers. Government spending minus entitlements - which is
set by law - has been falling the last two years as a percentage of GDP.
Look at the economy! It's incredibly strong - inspite of the decline in
federal expenditures!
Look at inflation. It's been below 3% for the fourth year in a row. The last
time we experienced was in the early 1960s.
Look at unemployment. The jobless rate stands at 5.4%, lowest in 4 years.
Look at the federal budget deficit. It has gotten smaller in each ofthe last
two years.
Look at the nation's growth in productivity. That will raise everyone's
standard of living.
What is so egregious about the Democratic plan?
Subj: Re:Breach of Contract
Date: 95-01-14 01:02:40 EST
From: Casey451
Posted on: System
You said it. I fear the great Republican wrecking ball, and for the people
who will inevitably end up buried under the wreckage.
Subj: Re:Breach of
Contract
Date: 95-01-14 15:03:29 EST
From: Richld Dem
Posted on: System
Hey, its great hearing a defense to Clinton's Contribution to the welfare of
America. Problem is the Repubs think they are the appointed ones to tell the
rest of America how to live, what to think, and what is important enough to
be funded by the great Newt. Keep the defense up, maybe ABC will figure out
that this is not Liberal vs Conservative but individuals simply questioning
the authority of the Right Minded to cut and slash all to give themselves a
bigger piece of the pie. OH, where is the special interest legislation on
the Priority Scale? Where is the limit on how much outside money you can
make while your celeb of the Hill? King Newt needs to wake up and smell the
roses, he has not been elected by all of us, Just a small misguided group of
GA voters. How can he speak for everyone else?
Subj: Re:Breach of
Contract
Date: 95-01-14 20:45:27 EST
From: Rodney KC
Posted on: System
Passing all of the contract may not be possible with Clinton in office at
least we can start the needed changes. You can Newt bash all you want but
government is out of control and in severe need of reform. The contract
doesn't start to make the sweeping changes that need to be made in welfare,
tax structures, congress and the legal system. What happened to prop 186 and
term limits voted for by the American people? Judges in this country have
them on hold. What happened to government of the people, by the people, for
the people. We need serious changes. The wake-up call in the last election
stirred the rep's and if they are the one's to start the changes, I'm behind
them.
Subj: Re:LittleL
Date: 95-01-16 19:21:41 EST
From: JoannaL382
Posted on: System
It was not " Reaganomics" that got us into this mess. When Reagan cut taxes,
he still had a liberal free-spending congress. And that's just what they
did. Though Reagan was supportive of cutting spending at the time, the
Democrats would not. So, here we are. Now, give the new congress a chance,
and let them finish what Reagan started. They've hardly begun (one session, I
think) and already you're whining and crying.
Subj: Re:LittleL
Date: 95-01-17 12:32:10 EST
From: BEA Econom
Posted on: System
Joanna, Reaganomics was fundamentally flawed from the start. While it's true
that a Democratic Congress ruled as the time, it's only part of the story.
Reagan and his economic team dug a deep for themselves and for the nation.
They strongly argued for a massive tax cut.They also strongly argued for a
massive build-up in defense spending at the same time.
So what do you cut? How about Social Security? Reagan said no! How about
other entitlements? No, too, politically dangerous.
Thus in the end, the numbers never worked out. When the Reagan
Administration realized it couldn't offset the tax cuts with sufficient
spending cuts, they started playing with smoke and mirrors, specifically
adopting the concept behind the Laffer Curve. Laffer Curve enthusiasts said:
hey we don't have to cut spending very much. The tax cuts will so stimulate
the economy, that revenues will surge all by themselves.
It never happen. And the nation is still paying the price.
Subj:
Reganomics works...
Date: 95-01-17 21:17:36 EST
From: RWandell
Posted on: System
LittleL337 states Reganomics got us in this mess. May I ask who spends the
money?? Not the President. Congress. Had the liberal congress been able to
show a little restraint, and actually cut spending, they would still be in
power. Because most of the Democratic leadership is power hungry, and wants
to keep as many people dependant on them as possible, they created social
program after social program. Feeding the federal budget with pork, pork and
more pork, they finally grew it to a point where expenses exceeded revenues.
The Amercian people send more than enough money to Washington and if the
current Republican leadership fails to realize this they will probably go as
well.
Subj: Re:Reganomics works...
Date: 95-01-19 09:50:11 EST
From: Richld Dem
Posted on: System
Reganomics works, yea! and I have some copper that I can turn into gold! Come
on guys admit that the president never asked Congress to balance the Budget
or Cut the Deficit. He never proposed a balanced budget he ran up the
Deficit and He got most of what he wanted in Military Spending! You Repubs
need to stop using the Elephant as your standard and take up the Block Head
image. You vote in block, you think in block and you have Block Heads as
Representatives. You only hear what you want and you try to fit the whole
world into your image. Your defense of cutting NPR or PBS is the Cost! I
thought I heard you say we needed more private/public joint activities, that
government couldn't do it all, well 85% of us think that 80 cents a year is
not killing us to have our government help keep the Peoples Broadcasting
Service operating. Think up a good reason why the people, a super majority,
can't have this service. Admit it you can't and therefore you attempt to
close it down by using the Budget as the reason. How about cutting Corporate
Welfare? There is a lot of money there I'll bet the super majority could
support you if you tried!
Subj: Reaganomics screwed us up
Date: 95-01-20 20:46:21 EST
From: Yorton
Posted on: System
I'm with Richld Dem; the Repubs are looking to cut in the wrong places. PBS?
the NEA?
C'mon, who's kidding whom? They're going after things *they* consider
liberal under the guise of cutting the budget. What nonsense! That's not
where the money is being spent.
And to the person who said Reaganomics works: Try talking to a middle income
or lower income person. And try listening to Rush a little less.
Jim
Subj: Re: Reganomics
Date: 95-01-22 23:40:05 EST
From: Pkiehn
Posted on: System
Frankly, I don't see a whole lot of difference between Dem's & Repub's. They
both answer to their own PAC's & special interests. Republicans cutting
spending??? Sure, the stuff they don't agree with (I feel a new definition
of "political correctness" comming on!!). But while they cut $250 mil in
funds to PBS (apparently because PBS doesn't feed the public a constant
stream of right wing propaganda), they're more than happy to add billions for
STAR WARS, defense, farm subsidies & corporate welfare, etc... I'm not
saying Dem's are innocent of pork barrel spending, just that an objective
look at the facts should make citizens realize that the Republican's have
their own spending agenda, and they should be held accountable for it!!
Subj: Re: Reganomics
Date: 95-01-23 10:15:54 EST
From: Richld Dem
Posted on: System
couldn't agree more. If we were really looking at programs and eliminating
waste I'd be cheering! Problem is when we get into the detail, the special
interest control. With the Repubs in Congress that means cut dem programs,
not clean up the government and make more responsive to the people. Maybe
the third party isn't a bad idea. At Least then we could cut both parties
programs with an idea of what works and what doesn't. The Present PBS/NPR
debate is a good example of political agenda overrulling common good.
They're political animals, we need to keep cracking the wip someone,
someday will hear the real message of the last election.
Subj: Contract
with/for/on America
Date: 95-01-29 00:34:35 EST
From: WarnerME
Posted on: America Online
I can see by reading the messages in topic that all (or at least most) have
been watching the ABC coverage of the Contract. I find it hard to believe
that anybody leaving messages here have a REAL clue whats in the Contract, or
what is actually promised in the Contract.
Most items in the Contract are merely promised to be brought up for a vote.
This makes it very difficult to figure out what numbers actually matter when
adding things up. Even Mr. Clinton couldn't figure this out.
Subj: Re:Breach
of Contract
Date: 95-02-02 19:30:30 EST
From: MomBabe
Posted on: America Online
Problem is the Repubs think they are the appointed ones to tell the rest of
America how to live, what to think, and what is important enough to be funded
by the great Newt.
Um, Richld....The Repubs have been appointed by their constituencies and
they're just listening to them.. Which, I believe, is the way this country
was set up.
Subj: Re:Reganomics works...
Date: 95-02-02 19:37:39 EST
From: MomBabe
Posted on: America Online
You vote in block, you think in block and you have Block Heads as
Representatives. You only hear what you want and you try to fit the whole
world into your image.
And the Dems don't?
Your defense of cutting NPR or PBS is the Cost! I thought I heard you say we
needed more private/public joint activities, that government couldn't do it
all, well 85% of us think that 80 cents a year is not killing us to have our
government help keep the Peoples Broadcasting Service operating
This Repub agrees with funding PBS and I'm writing my Congressfolks almost on
a daily basis on this subject. Are you?