Why did the republicans say no to paygo.

KINGOFSHORTS · Jun 9, 2009

Quote from Mercor:

PayGo from the democrats is intended to restrict tax cutting. If they want to spend more they can raise taxes. If they want to cut taxes they need to cut programs.
It is a clever trap.
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I do not see it that way. No such thing as a free lunch. Want bigger government, then you have to be willing to pay up.

Want to pay less taxes, well cut pork etc.. No free lunch..
Seems fair.

KINGOFSHORTS · Jun 9, 2009

Quote from TGregg:

While that would be awesome not to mention astonishing, it's not going to happen. If the GOP took a major course correction, dropping the religious platform and became a serious proponent of small government they'd shrink to 3rd party status.

Look around the world. Capitalism combined with liberty is the obvious choice if you want the best economy. Yet the vast majority of the planet are willing to trade some of that prosperity for other gains, ranging from jealous eat-the-rich schemes to anti-technology. As a country climbs higher and higher on the standard of living ladder, more and more people start seeing other things they value over an increase in the standard of living. Many even see things they are happy to actually step down for.

The US is the most conservative nation that has ever existed. Yet we've been doing a steady drift away from those ideals for decades. Look at the recent administrations. W was probably to the left of JFK. O is easily the biggest liberal ever to become POTUS.

The liberals won. The people aren't going to wake up and say "WTF? I want my booming economy back." Instead they'll think "This is a small price to pay to get even with those rich guys" and "Gia needs our help and no price is too steep for the survival of the planet."

The only thing we can do is slow it down as much as possible.
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Sad but true. At this rate if we keep this up we could en up going bust like the Soviet Union. OR worse.

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Why did the republicans say no to paygo.

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