AMERICAN CONSERVATISM IN 2008 AND BEYOND

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The Declaration of Independence
(Adopted in Congress 4 July 1776)
The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

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Main Entry: sim·plis·tic Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: ()sim|plistik, -tk
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or characterized by simplism
- sim·plis·ti·cal·ly \-tk()l, -tk-, -li\ adverb

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Main Entry: sim·plism Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: simplizm
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -s
Etymology: French simplisme, from simple simple, single + -isme -ism
: OVERSIMPLIFICATION; especially : the tendency to concentrate on a single aspect (as of a problem) to the exclusion of all complicating factors <division of mankind into workingmen and capitalists suffers from the fallacy of simplism -- M.R.Cohen>

Obama's budget for the 8 years, 2009 through 2016, predicts a total deficit of $6,789 billion. Bush's total budget deficit for the 8 years, 2001 through 2008, was less than $1,962 billion.

Therefore Obama's projected 8 year budget deficit is 3.46 (i.e., $6,789/$1,962 ) times Bush's actual 8 year deficit .

The governor of Texas recognizes that Obama's SIMPLISTIC MANAGEMENT of the federal government, including its repeated violations of the US Constitution, justifies his state seceding

the vast majority don't have the time or inclination to do anything more than the most cursory research on political events.


Ican, you and I discuss politics on A2K every single say. Even if you disagree with my political points, you could never claim that I do not pay attention to politics and do not study the issues. You know quite well that I do.

However, ask the average person: what was the goal of the Teabagging rallies? And you will get anything ranging from complete ignorance to falsehoods to conflicting answers. For there was no clear goal; just a lot of complaining about various topics.

Where do you get these numbers.

Don't forget to add the costs of the war to Bush's deficit additions. They were off-budget but we spent the monies just the same.

Cycloptichorn wrote:

Don't forget to add the costs of the war to Bush's deficit additions. They were off-budget but we spent the monies just the same.

Those numbers are the result of including both on and off budget expenditures.

Obama's budget for the 8 years, 2009 through 2016, predicts a total deficit of $6,789 billion. Bush's total budget deficit for the 8 years, 2001 through 2008, was less than $1,962 billion.

Therefore Obama's projected 8 year budget deficit is 3.46 (i.e., $6,789/$1,962 ) times Bush's actual 8 year deficit .

I think "we" would be those that don't hate America.

What finally got us out of the great depression was government spending on the eve of WWII. In that case it was military spending. This supports O's heavy spending to get us out of the current, and deepening, depression.

No it doesn't. Defense spending overall, both in recession and in times of great prosperity, has proved net benefits in economic stimulus mostly because it generates real jobs in the private manufacturing sector that create a broad ripple effect throughout the economy. That does not happen with targeted pork barrel projects that provide only very localized temporary jobs and produces little ripple effect throughout the rest of the economy.

Yes I am reasonably certain of that--not that other spending does not create private sector jobs, but defense spending generally creates far more permanent kinds of private sector jobs.

Defense spending in the private sector is mostly for manufactured products. Such spending does indeed create jobs plus the products manufactured need parts and raw materials that create jobs elsewhere. Even construction projects are usually on a large scale. Because of the immense expanse of the US defense complex, when the Pentagon orders something, it is usually a whole lot of whatever they order so the contracts are usually long runnng spanning many months or years. That is why a defense contract is one of the most lucrative and coveted contracts.

A new bridge or other such purchases uses limited local materials that are usually already in inventory, employ local people on a temporary basis, and when it is done, the economic stimulus stops. Whatever economic stimulus is generated is highly localized and limited.