Lonestar_logic
Republic of Texas
- May 13, 2009
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If by saying "weren't right wing enough" means not being conservative enough then you're right. The fact is this is a right leaning country always has been and always will be. The Republicans of the past have not been conservative enough, they've all gotten away from the conservative philosophy of limited govt. and fiscal responsibility just to name two.
You're already counting Sharon Angle out and I think that's foolish. I'm confident that she will defeat Harry Reid and she will do it quite soundly.
But once the Republicans reclaim the House, which they will and quite possibly the Senate also, they need to focus on cutting some of these entitlement programs, namely unemployment insurance and most of the other welfare programs that do nothing but keep poor people poor.
Unemployment insurance needs to be reduced back down to 13 weeks, keeping it at 99 weeks allows people to sit on their ass waiting for that "perfect" job instead of taking what's available.
They need to not only keep the Bush tax cuts, they need to make them permanent.
I don't think the Republicans can do all that. Not with President Obama controlling a Veto.
I don't think we as a people are ready for self government again. We need to work on the hearts and the minds of people. We need to change the culture. If we do that the government will change as a natural consequence. If we don't it doesnt matter who has power, because we will end up destroying ourselves as a nation. We will be in slavery.
We need to seriously wake people up now to the power of individual liberty. If we have people who are self sufficient and who refuse to take government handouts, it doesnt matter what the government does. We will be free.
Its a choice to take handouts. We need to change hearts and minds.
The U.S. Constitution allows Congress to override the President's veto with a two-thirds majority vote of both the House and the Senate.
I'm old shool I think the only way to get people off their asses and back to work is stop giving them free shit. The Republicans can create an economical envirornment that will in turn create jobs, if they stick to conservative principles.