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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	You make no sense
	Date:	12/22/2011 8:38:43 PM

I wish I believed that they believe in "fiscal sanity". Whose fiscal sanity?

And why can't it be expected that Republicans and Democrats would work together? Isn't that what they are supposed to do? No one gets everything they want -- there has to be a balance. I don't think either party has the monopoly on right answers. yes, we need to deal with the deficit and reduce spending. But, we can't just cut programs nilly willy without thinking about what it will do to the people who need them. yes, it ticks off all of us that there are abuses in the system, but you don't deal with them by just running in and doing away with all social programs.

No, I have never attended a Tea Party rally. Why would I? I don't vilify or particularly distain the TP, but I look at their leadership and those that are elected who claim to embrace them and I am unimpressed. So they claim they want fical accountability. But, that's not it. They really want to try to go backward, not forward. But its a different world. They want a "Constitutional" government? Most of the members of the TP really don't understand the Constitution as a frame work document. They want to attribute certain beliefs to the Founding Fathers that aren't there. In fact, someone who claims TP membership tried to convince me that we should "adhere to the Declaration of Independence"...

My feeling is that you don't turn a ship the size of the USG sharply. You know those wakes your pontoon boat creates? Well, imagine the wake of a ship the size of the US, if it was suddenly yanked to the right. People are going to go overboard. In this case, it will be the working poor and the Middle class.

No one is saying that changes don't need to be made. Of course they do. But, I still maintain that even if a Republican was elected and installed in office tomorrow, a year from now, things won't be any better. Even with a Republican President and a Republican majority in both houses. It will take years for this country to recover. It's not a matter of politics and having the "right" party in there. In fact, a good portion of the mess we're in has its foundations in 8 years of a Republican Administration. Not all, but some. It's been in the making for years. No one party is to blame.

One of my biggest concerns is that we will end up with a country of "haves" and "have nots". Throughout history, that is the recipe for social and political revolution. We all think it couldn't happen here, but it could. I think the potential consequences are horrific.

Now you all can go ahead and demean what I say, and point out the errors, in your mind, of my thinking. But, I'm reading stuff all over the place on all sides of the political spectrum and it worries the heck out of me.

You know MM, you and Newt have a lot in common. I hope you both stay away from sharp pins.