In an email message that I received from the House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, he continues to point the finger at the minority Republicans. This seems to be all he is capable of; whining, complaining, blaming others, and not showing any accountability or responsibility for his own or his party's actions, who are currently in control. This is so laughable and disgusting. Anything is better than the incumbancy! We can't get any worse off. We have two choices: 1. Continue down the path towards socialist tyrannical disaster or 2. try something different, like how about changing course back toward the principals of our founders upon which America was built: limited consitutional government, minimal fair taxation, and fiscal responsibility.
I haven't read the article yet, but Hoyer is just so frustrating I needed to share this immediately. I imagine that the article has some inaccuracies and/or lies in it. Furthermore, I don't think we can just take the Republicans at face value, but they definitely are laying out some common sense plans. I'm sure it's not perfect, but I can tell you from the little I've learned about it, that the choice between the status quo and their pledge is a no-brainer. We just need to stay vigilant in holding the pledgors accountable and continue pushing them toward a smaller more limited government.
If you think the Pledge lacks specifics, how about the mantra "Hope and Change"?
September 29, 2010
New York Times: Republicans’ Deficit-Cut Pledge Lacks Specifics
"In short, the pledge imagines a world without tough choices, where we can have low taxes, big government and a balanced budget. And therein lies the path to ever larger deficits."
Wanted to draw your attention to a story in today's New York Times highlighting how the Congressional Republicans' Pledge to America has no real plan to reduce the deficit and avoids the tough choices necessary to reduce the deficit.
Read the story here.
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