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| Ryan's budget The roadmap for America's future |
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2111813,00.html
Amongst other things Saporito points out that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive vice-president complained about the us having the highest corporate tax rate (39%) but he neglected to mention that the effective corporate tax rate is on the order of 12%. Ask GE that didn't pay anything in 2010. Or Ireland which has one of the lowest rates and is a complete disaster. How about one of Europe's leading economies Germany which has an effective rate of 30%. Yesscchhh 12% doesn't seem all that bad but I need to move along.
Or i could write about the Texas Supreme Court who cut damages to a trucker who was fired for refusing to drive an unsafe load.
http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/texas-supreme-court-cuts-damages-to-trucker-who-2317267.html?cxtype=rss_ece_frontpage.
There is plenty to write about regarding the court's logic in that case.
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| I love you Jon Huntsman |
This blog is about the Republicans and my apparent continuing man-crush on Jon Huntsman. With all of the other issues to be concerned about I don't now why I feel the need to write about this. i have a family member that is a Republican.
I guess it is because I feel soooooo bad for fiscally conservative Republicans. I even feel bad for the socially conservative Republicans.
It's just you haven't had a serious candidate to love in a long time. (please don't give me Herman Cain......ok)
Let's look at the usual suspects.
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| Newt, Rich. Sarah, Michell and Mitt |
Newt is a serial adulterer and wound a wee bit too tight. Brilliant, certainly but that might be part of his problem. Some of the smartest people I know are a bit off.
Mitt - maybe he would be a good president. No one is really sure what he believes. But then again did we really ever really know what Reagan believed in except for bullshit trickle-down economics. Stop the contras, no give them guns, stop the Iranians, no give them money.
Huntsman criticized his party on Sunday evening. According to
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/jon-huntsman-trashes-gop-expresses-campaign-regre#HTWF2
Huntsman comparing the Republican Party to communist China and questioning the strength of this year's presidential field.....Huntsman spoke candidly about his party's flaws, lamenting the Republican National Committee's decision to rescind an invitation to a major fundraising event after Huntsman called for a third-party candidate to enter the race.
"This is what they do in China on party matters if you talk off script," Huntsman said.
Huntsman also spoke on Sunday about his presidential candidacy, revealing that he was less than impressed by his fellow candidates when he attended his first debate in August.
"Is this the best we could do?" Huntsman said he asked himself.
He also joked that his wife forbade him to pander to the party's far-right contingent ahead of Iowa's caucuses, which likely hurt him with conservative voters in the Hawkeye State.
“She said if you pandered, if you sign any of those damn pledges, I’ll leave you,” Huntsman said. "So I had to say I believe in science -- and people on stage look at you quizzically as though you're ... an oddball."
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| Rocky was a heavyweight |
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| Compared to Newt this was mild |
Giving this some thought - maybe Newt has something to do with this. Since his arrival on the political scene there hasn't been a Republican candidate of any ilk. Santorum, Paul, Palin, Bachmann???- how does that list of names compare to the guys mentioned above. Geez give us credit we (Democrats) have moved on from guys like Lester Maddox and things like Howard Dean's scream.
Now I knew Jack Kemp (or at least cheered for him when he played for the Bills) and Jon Huntsman is no Jack Kemp but at least he is one of the few to have the guts to call out his own party. The Republicans need more people like him (or at least somebody on that side to tell Rush to shut his big piehole.)
OK....your first paragraph still needs a strong lead, you need to use a capital I....but besides that this was a good read. I appreciate this persrtpective. Good article!
ReplyDeleteHuntsman reminds me of the old Reps - didn't always agree with them but at least they sounded rational (except on some social issues) and could put forward reasonable arguments. I remember a bar that I used to drink in had a jar called Rocky's after NY passed the first sales tax - they throw the tax money in it and say "Fuck you, Nelson". Imagine him getting a sales tax passed now - they'd be burning swastikas in his front yard. But, I think the good side of this is that the Reps are going to split soon and the far right will become the Know Nothings (literally) of the 21st century. Then we can go back to having somewhat reasoned discussions on the issues.
ReplyDeleteEurope essentially has instituted the equivalent of the Rep economic recovery plan and England is now officially back into recession. And Mitt says Obama doesn't understand the economy - suppose McCain would have been in office and let GM and Chrysler crater. Where would we be? The sad part of this is that I think a bunch of them have been saying this stupid stuff so long they believe it. And, for real background, the IEA said today that if we don't start moving quickly on CO2 we could potentially see a temperature rise of 11 degrees by the end of this century. Say bye bye.