Originally Posted By mrkthompsn I wonder what Obama or Hillary would speak of this: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSWAT00908320080306?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews" target="_blank">http://www.reuters.com/article /politicsNews/idUSWAT00908320080306?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews</a> To me, there is indeed something the president can do to reduce gas prices. He can sign legislation to reduce the taxes on the use of gas.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy ^^ So, increase deficit spending even more is your solution? Weakens the dollar even more, so our import prices increase, gas prices increase. Nope, your solution doesn't work either.
Originally Posted By Gatsby Really people, it may take ten years, but the situation will work itself out. At some point we must decide that gas actually IS something we can live without, or at the very least, something that we can reduce our use of on the lowest grass roots level.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Good point Sport. Cut spending as well. No need to cut road projects, just encourage managing the projects in a more lean manner.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy ^^ I'm sure the people in Minnesota, impacted by the bridge collapse there, would disagree with your plan to go lean on highway projects.
Originally Posted By jonvn Really. What does "go lean" mean? Not fixing or repairing roads? Keeping roads narrow and constricted? You keep hearing these Republcan types saying "spend less" but on what? They never seem to come up with exactly what they want to spend less on, and how it will impact the public. That's why it is so much hot air, and has ALWAYS been so much hot air, and why Republicans spend every bit as much if not more than Democrats. And people just keep falling for it.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>They never seem to come up with exactly what they want to spend less on<< They want to spend less on education, health care, welfare, the National Endowment for the Arts. They scream bloody murder about these things. But they want to spend more on the war, the military, and locking up pot smokers.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Oh, and of course, they like to spend on projects in their own voting districts. Gotta bring home the bacon to stay in office.
Originally Posted By jonvn Do they ever do those things, though? In the nearly 30 years since the "Reagan Revolution" has much really been cut from those budgets? We still have PBS, we still have Amtrak, we still have welfare, we still have all this stuff. Nothing is really cut. Not ever. What they do manage to do is stop beneficial and worhtwhile programs from starting. They're obstructionist and venal. They enjoy seeing people suffer, and will spend the money that could help them spent on the things you are talking about. People who vote Republican do so out of blatant greed. But it's pretty funny to me. A lot of these "Reagan Democrat" types do so and end up hurting themselves financially. How many times do we hear people who basically live in a hovel complain about the capital gains or inheritance taxes? Things they will never even be able to begin to hope to be affected by. The Republicans really have these people's number, and it's 976-moron.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Do they ever do those things, though?<< Nope. Because both parties have certain issues that work for them. Things they can rail against and raise money with, "hot button" issues they use.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan It is pretty amusing that the GOP, after this administration, would have the nerve to compain about the runaway spending of the Democrats. Good grief, this administration couldn't find a veto pen until it had to do with stem cells. This administration expanded government massively. And with a straight face, some will claim the GOP is the party of "lower spending, smaller government." LOL! They controlled the house and senate and the White House, and they spent every bit as much as any Democrat would and then some.
Originally Posted By jonvn It's just a complete fraud on the people. At least the people stupid enough to keep falling for it year after year. I'm glad though that maybe finally people are beginning to realize these "values" issues are a pile of crap and it hurts them to vote in that manner. If we had viable democrat candidates, it wouldn't have worked this year. Well, you can't stop the Democrat party from always doing whatever they can to ruin it for themselves.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <They controlled the house and senate and the White House, and they spent every bit as much as any Democrat would and then some.> Of course. But (and we've seen it right here on these boards), they just claim "okay, b-b-b-but Democrats would have spent even more. I just know it!"
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Perhaps they'd say something similar to the first commenter on that article: "The White House claims "tight supply" is the reason for the oil price rise. No, says OPEC and oil company directors - supply is ample and there is no excess demand... Somebody's lying and we can all guess who. The price of oil is up because it's priced in US dollars and the value of the dollar is falling like a rock. It's falling because of financial mismanagement (read as "nonmanagement") by this administration and because of the cost of the war. In otherwords, greed and stupidity."
Originally Posted By jonvn "The price of oil is up because it's priced in US dollars and the value of the dollar is falling like a rock." It's an imported product. Anything imported is going to start costing more. And yes, this is the fault of the Administration who has spent us into utter bankruptcy for which the next President is going to take the heat for.
