Comments on: We are led by little men and women http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/we-are-led-by-little-men-and-women/ Questions through the veil of ignorance Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:08:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Keith_Indy http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/we-are-led-by-little-men-and-women/comment-page-1/#comment-225560 Keith_Indy Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:18:39 +0000 http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=5815#comment-225560 Heard on FoxNews last night that there were only 12 or 15 Republicans who might have switched votes because of what Pelosi said. Of course, that was enough to derail the bill, which still shows poor leadership. <a href="http://mikepence.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=104038" rel="nofollow">Mike Pence</a> thought the bill sucked, stood on principle, and voted no. <span class="middlecopy"><span class="middlecopy"><strong>“Today Congress took a stand for the American taxpayer and free markets. The American people rejected this corporate bailout and today the People's House did likewise. “It is now imperative that Congress come together and develop a response to the crisis facing our financial markets that reflects the American people's belief in personal responsibility and fiscal discipline. “There are alternatives to the massive federal bailout that Congress rejected. I look forward to working with my colleagues in both parties to develop a response to this crisis that puts taxpayers first and preserves the essential freedom of the American marketplace.”</strong></span></span> What's the first rule of holes, if you're in one, stop digging. We're not going to borrow our way out of this bad debt. Our debtor nation is the cause of this problem, and we're not going to solve it by continuing on the same bankrupt path. BTW here's the Republican Study Committee's <a href="http://mikepence.house.gov/UploadedFiles/RSC%20Version%20Economic%20Rescue%20Alternative%209-29-08%20(2).pdf" rel="nofollow">"Economic Rescue Alternative Plan."</a> Heard on FoxNews last night that there were only 12 or 15 Republicans who might have switched votes because of what Pelosi said. Of course, that was enough to derail the bill, which still shows poor leadership.

Mike Pence thought the bill sucked, stood on principle, and voted no.

“Today Congress took a stand for the American taxpayer and free markets. The American people rejected this corporate bailout and today the People’s House did likewise.

“It is now imperative that Congress come together and develop a response to the crisis facing our financial markets that reflects the American people’s belief in personal responsibility and fiscal discipline.

“There are alternatives to the massive federal bailout that Congress rejected. I look forward to working with my colleagues in both parties to develop a response to this crisis that puts taxpayers first and preserves the essential freedom of the American marketplace.”
What’s the first rule of holes, if you’re in one, stop digging. We’re not going to borrow our way out of this bad debt. Our debtor nation is the cause of this problem, and we’re not going to solve it by continuing on the same bankrupt path.

BTW here’s the Republican Study Committee’s “Economic Rescue Alternative Plan.”

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