tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post6887972209200141103..comments2023-08-25T05:18:29.312-06:00Comments on Madville Times: Liberal Stimulus Working; More to Comecaheidelbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-14731410558550963872009-11-24T17:51:18.877-07:002009-11-24T17:51:18.877-07:00How much of that extra money from the feds goes to...How much of that extra money from the feds goes to the reservations? I'd like to see a breakdown in that regard.nonnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-39547379768410233792009-11-24T12:12:14.788-07:002009-11-24T12:12:14.788-07:00Cory,
Did you kow coveting is a violation of Natu...Cory,<br /><br />Did you kow coveting is a violation of Natural Law. Now that we know South Dakota is part of the problem, isn't it time to fix it?<br /><br />So lets start by figuring out who pays the $2 and then who gets the $3...and then figure out the cost of implementing that redistribution. Perhaps those of us giving the $2 give it directly to those needing it and deserving of it, we only need to spend $1.Steve Sibsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-24692922533997336122009-11-24T07:39:12.390-07:002009-11-24T07:39:12.390-07:00Linda McIntyre, we live in South Dakota. We've...Linda McIntyre, we live in South Dakota. We've lived off government handouts (slightly more than <a href="http://madvilletimes.blogspot.com/2008/09/illinois-and-delware-subsidize-arizona.html" rel="nofollow">$3 back from Uncle Sam for every $2 we pay in</a>). South Dakota has thrived on deficit spending and government largesse. Higher taxes and lower spending are our just desserts... or so I would be led to believe by Republican thinking.caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-18945698958291571332009-11-24T07:13:04.338-07:002009-11-24T07:13:04.338-07:00Cory, the massive tax hikes and deficits that Obam...Cory, the massive tax hikes and deficits that Obama et al want is NOT my just desserts. I want the gov't to live within its means, and that means no more "cash for clunker" type policies, no more 2000 page bills passed in the middle of the night on a weekend, no more lies about coming tax hikes. I also means that our elected officials have to be willing to listen to the people, not blow them off and retreat to DC and do whatever their party leaders tell them to do or bribe them to do. We the people are smarter than we were a year ago; we are starting to watch our gov't and how it operates, and we don't like it or trust it, with good reason it seems lately. <br /><br />I asked on another post - where is the 2/3 of unspent stimulus money? Why does O want more now? Why is employment higher if he claims his stimulus is working? Why is he spending my taxpayer money on bribes to get his health care package passed? Just a few little questions that we should be asking instead of relying on questionable statistics and graphs which can be made to prove any side of an issue you want to push.<br /><br />And I agree with Stan as to Obama's plans for our nation.nonnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-78927160503676875612009-11-24T06:33:35.971-07:002009-11-24T06:33:35.971-07:00Paul Krugman has made the argument that we do bett...Paul Krugman has made the argument that we do better by our children to get the heck out of this recession as fast as possible, with as much stimulus as we can pour on now, so that we can generate more revenue later and reduce the deficit sooner. <br /><br />Now the alternative—and I'm willing to entertain it—is to take the Thad Wasson approach: end all deficit spending, balance the budget today, pay down the debt immediately. No more stimulus, no health care reform (and probably cuts to Medicare), no energy security act, no more troops overseas, military budget cut in half, and probably a host of other changes. I suspect doing so would mean returning to a recession more punishing than the one we're trying to climb out of. We'd return to the economy suffering booms and busts every few years—that how the economy functioned in the 1800s... the way that our Founders meant it to function?<br /><br />Stan, I can't go where you go, assuming a conspiracy behind the Dems plans. Their agenda is as deep as what we see: fix the economy with the only non-lethal tool we have left, deficit spending. But even if the agenda were to make us accept higher taxes, well, why not just propose that outright? If we're serious about cutting the deficit, shouldn't we finally pay for all the services we've been lapping up over the last few decades? It's not enough to just turn our glasses over and say <i>No more</i>; we still have to pay the tab we've racked up... don't we?<br /><br />Again, I'm willing to entertain massive budget cuts and massive tax increases as responsible budgetary policy. But I want to hear the advocates of those policies show some leadership and convince people that the wrenching pain such action would bring is our just dessert, the sacrifice we are obliged to make for our future generations.caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-25534636576780880792009-11-24T01:41:25.628-07:002009-11-24T01:41:25.628-07:00I worry about us too. Unless we put the brakes on ...I worry about us too. Unless we put the brakes on the deficit spending, most of us will live to see America become the sort of place that the founders wanted to prevent it from ever becoming.<br /><br />I am now convinced that this administration and this Congress have a clear and well-planned agenda: (1) generate a massive deficit; (2) scare us, the people, enough to accept any "solution" to the deficit problem; and finally (3) pass into law new, increased, and unprecedented taxes, thereby turning the USA into a European-style socialist republic ...<br /><br />... and I, for one, don't want it. The economy needed stimulus a year ago. The economy now needs the opportunity to function the way that our founders meant for it to function.Stan Gibiliscohttp://members.authorsguild.net/stangibnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-958394006041683552009-11-23T18:45:03.335-07:002009-11-23T18:45:03.335-07:00It's not us I worried about being poor....it&#...It's not us I worried about being poor....it's our children.Thad Wassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633228072878507747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-79949570494333697192009-11-23T18:19:50.011-07:002009-11-23T18:19:50.011-07:00...and we'd be all the poorer if the President......and we'd <a href="http://madvilletimes.blogspot.com/2009/11/3-independent-analyses-agree-stimulus.html" rel="nofollow">be all the poorer</a> if the President and Congress hadn't acted.caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-53716626415511543452009-11-23T11:41:20.223-07:002009-11-23T11:41:20.223-07:00So what has unemployment done so far? Gone up! As ...So what has unemployment done so far? Gone up! As Vox Day points out, once you subtact governemnt spending the economy went down. So the net result is the rich plutocrats are getting richer via the government, and the rest of us are paying for it. Do you Progressives like that redistribution?Steve Sibsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-59671697268404762892009-11-23T09:00:20.308-07:002009-11-23T09:00:20.308-07:00Borrowing money from those that have not even earn...Borrowing money from those that have not even earned it plus extending every single federal and state program will fail. Corporations need to stand on their own, stop the tax credits and make true cuts to our government budgets.<br /><br />You have to let the business cycle run its course. Let the American people alone, we can succeed without stimulus.Thad Wassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633228072878507747noreply@blogger.com