Quotes

"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

His Imperial Weenie Majesty - Wants Tax and Spending Hikes Passed for Beyond Election

More Socialist Class War from the incompetent community organizer and thief.

News from The Associated Press July 25,2011
Obama: Default would be reckless, irresponsible (and all your fault!)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the only ones standing in the way of a balanced compromise to the nation's debt crisis are those Republicans in Congress who are insisting only on spending cuts.

Appealing to the nation in a televised address Monday night, Obama said the nation is growing dangerously close to default. He warned that would be what he called a "reckless and irresponsible" outcome to the debate.

The nation will run out of ability to borrow money and pay its existing bills after Aug. 2 if a deal is not reached by then to extend the nation's debt limit.

Republicans and Democrats have put forth competing last-minute deals. It is unclear how or whether a compromise will happen.


Obama’s [Condescending] Speech

Posted on July 25, 2011 10:25 PM

President Obama opened his prime-time speech Monday evening by reminding the American people that George W. Bush’s irresponsible deficits are crippling the nation’s economy. Sure, he racked up a “little credit card debt” saving the economy, but not to worry, he assured us, it’s a problem that can easily be solved. “Rich” “corporations” make too much money. Unfortunately, a radical cadre of House Republicans is standing in the way of a “grand bargain” to reduce Bush’s deficit by not “seeing eye-to-eye” with the president on the need to raise taxes. Call your elected representatives, Obama implored. Tell them to agree with me.

Raising the debt ceiling is just not that big of deal, he explained. Every president has done it (though he voted against it as a Senator). He just needs an extra $2.5 trillion in debt to pay the bills that have already been “racked up by Congress.”

But we also need to reduce Bush’s deficit. Unfortunately, the “cuts-only” approach being championed by House Republicans “doesn’t solve the problem,” and is simply unacceptable. The cuts-only proposal put forward by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) on the other hand, is “a much better approach” because it absolves lawmakers from having to relitigate the issue at a later date (when there are important reelection campaigns to consider).

“We all agree,” he said, even House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) and plenty of Senate Republicans, on the need to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion, and the need to raise taxes by $1 trillion on “patriotic Americans” who are “willing to pitch in.”

“They’ve done it before,” he said. Indeed, argued the president, when congress has raised taxes in the past, the American people have tended to pay them. Did you know that Reagan raised taxes? I’m just like Reagan, he assured us. He’s perfectly willing to make “tough decisions” on entitlement reform, but only if “the burden is fairly shared.”

“We’re left at a stalemate,” Obama concluded. Therefore, he has decided to take the lead, by demanding that congressional leaders come up with a “fair compromise” that can pass both houses, so he can sign it (and take credit for it). The American people, he said, are “offended” by “a town where compromise has become a dirty word.” What is this great country of ours, if not a “grand experiment in compromise?”

In terms of blatant, cynical, political demagoguery, the speech was par for the course. Substantively, Obama threw his support behind Harry Reid’s proposal in the Senate, but did not explicitly threaten to veto a short-term debt increase (as outlined in Boehner’s plan). Either way, it’s a little late in the game at this point to try to reframe the debt debate, especially with the looming apocalypse the White House insists will ensue if nothing is done by August 2. Should be an interesting week.

Full transcript here.


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