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The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - THE NC Herd Fan - 07-11-2011 05:45 PM
The deficit reductions are a joke. $4Trillion over 10 years. That only cuts 25% of the $14Trillion+ deficit that will run up in that time, and doesn't count what Obamacare will add to the deficit. "W's" last deficit was rought $400billion while Obama's current deficit is roughly $1.4Trillion. A $4Trillion cut is roughly 40% of the gubment Obama added. So by any standard these cuts without any tax increases are modest. The Republicans need to make the point it's not cutting basic gubment services, it's cutting the bloated garbage Obama added.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - aTxTIGER - 07-11-2011 05:48 PM
If it ends up being 4 trillion, then i can live with that for a start. I think Boehner moving towards a 2trillion short term deal is a big mistake tatically and strategically though.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - aTxTIGER - 07-11-2011 05:51 PM
One more thing, the GOP has put itself in a bit of corner. If the debt ceiling vote doesnt come in time and the markets react poorly, the GOP will...not fairly...get more than their fair share of criticism. Then their political leverage goes into the crapper.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - THE NC Herd Fan - 07-11-2011 06:05 PM
(07-11-2011 05:51 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote: One more thing, the GOP has put itself in a bit of corner. If the debt ceiling vote doesnt come in time and the markets react poorly, the GOP will...not fairly...get more than their fair share of criticism. Then their political leverage goes into the crapper.
Obama needs about $3Trillion to get through his term (pre-cuts). Give him the $3Trillion with no condition on cuts and be done with it. Unless the cuts start in 2012, which they won't, any cuts in later years are pointless since the next congress will change what ever is enacted anyway. If they get $2Trillion or $4Trillion neither impresses me since the bulk of these cuts happen late in the 10 year period.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - UofMemphis - 07-11-2011 06:56 PM
oh, I already find Republicans offensive enough as it is...
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - smn1256 - 07-11-2011 07:20 PM
(07-11-2011 06:56 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: oh, I already find Republicans offensive enough as it is...
Says the guy with a signature picture of a guy offering his ass up to 5 of his friends. Nah, that's not offensive.
I bet that pic is gone 2 minutes after you read this.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - aTxTIGER - 07-11-2011 07:25 PM
(07-11-2011 07:20 PM)smn1256 Wrote:(07-11-2011 06:56 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: oh, I already find Republicans offensive enough as it is...
Says the guy with a signature picture of a guy offering his ass up to 5 of his friends. Nah, that's not offensive.
I bet that pic is gone 2 minutes after you read this.
Don't you ever talk about Larry Finch that way. The man is a saint and a god in the city of memphis.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - UofMemphis - 07-11-2011 10:26 PM
(07-11-2011 07:20 PM)smn1256 Wrote:(07-11-2011 06:56 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: oh, I already find Republicans offensive enough as it is...
Says the guy with a signature picture of a guy offering his ass up to 5 of his friends. Nah, that's not offensive.
I bet that pic is gone 2 minutes after you read this.
wow...you just insulted a dead man loved by an entire city for healing Memphis during the chaotic times following the death of Dr. King
way to rep the GOP
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - SumOfAllFears - 07-12-2011 06:13 AM
Another joke on the GOP is the dems offer to reform the tax code instead of raising taxes. When? at some "future" time with no specifics. The dems are baiting the GOP. The GOP need to remind Obabba what happened in 2010 and sign on to a balanced budget amendment and a super majority to raise taxes.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - DrTorch - 07-12-2011 09:01 AM
(07-11-2011 10:26 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:(07-11-2011 07:20 PM)smn1256 Wrote:(07-11-2011 06:56 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: oh, I already find Republicans offensive enough as it is...
Says the guy with a signature picture of a guy offering his ass up to 5 of his friends. Nah, that's not offensive.
I bet that pic is gone 2 minutes after you read this.
wow...you just insulted a dead man loved by an entire city for healing Memphis during the chaotic times following the death of Dr. King
Apparently he failed.
Memphis has many, many inherent advantages, yet it still manages to be a blight-stricken ghetto. Chalk that up to the left, snatching poverty and misery from the jaws of success.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - RobertN - 07-12-2011 09:55 AM
(07-12-2011 06:13 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote: Another joke on the GOP is the dems offer to reform the tax code instead of raising taxes. When? at some "future" time with no specifics. The dems are baiting the GOP. The GOP need to remind Obabba what happened in 2010 and sign on to a balanced budget amendment and a super majority to raise taxes.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - RobertN - 07-12-2011 09:56 AM
(07-12-2011 09:01 AM)DrTorch Wrote:(07-11-2011 10:26 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:(07-11-2011 07:20 PM)smn1256 Wrote:(07-11-2011 06:56 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: oh, I already find Republicans offensive enough as it is...
Says the guy with a signature picture of a guy offering his ass up to 5 of his friends. Nah, that's not offensive.
I bet that pic is gone 2 minutes after you read this.
wow...you just insulted a dead man loved by an entire city for healing Memphis during the chaotic times following the death of Dr. King
Apparently he failed.
Memphis has many, many inherent advantages, yet it still manages to be a blight-stricken ghetto. Chalk that up to the left, snatching poverty and misery from the jaws of success.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - smn1256 - 07-12-2011 10:02 AM
(07-12-2011 09:01 AM)DrTorch Wrote:(07-11-2011 10:26 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:(07-11-2011 07:20 PM)smn1256 Wrote:(07-11-2011 06:56 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: oh, I already find Republicans offensive enough as it is...
Says the guy with a signature picture of a guy offering his ass up to 5 of his friends. Nah, that's not offensive.
I bet that pic is gone 2 minutes after you read this.
wow...you just insulted a dead man loved by an entire city for healing Memphis during the chaotic times following the death of Dr. King
Apparently he failed.
Memphis has many, many inherent advantages, yet it still manages to be a blight-stricken ghetto. Chalk that up to the left, snatching poverty and misery from the jaws of success.
I work with a guy who did work in Memphis for a while and he complians about that place every day. Not just sometimes, EVERY DAY. He said it's a shithole and the people who manage not to live in the shithole are stuck up snobs.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - Mr. Peanut - 07-12-2011 10:22 AM
(07-12-2011 10:02 AM)smn1256 Wrote:(07-12-2011 09:01 AM)DrTorch Wrote:(07-11-2011 10:26 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:(07-11-2011 07:20 PM)smn1256 Wrote:(07-11-2011 06:56 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: oh, I already find Republicans offensive enough as it is...
Says the guy with a signature picture of a guy offering his ass up to 5 of his friends. Nah, that's not offensive.
I bet that pic is gone 2 minutes after you read this.
wow...you just insulted a dead man loved by an entire city for healing Memphis during the chaotic times following the death of Dr. King
Apparently he failed.
Memphis has many, many inherent advantages, yet it still manages to be a blight-stricken ghetto. Chalk that up to the left, snatching poverty and misery from the jaws of success.
I work with a guy who did work in Memphis for a while and he complians about that place every day. Not just sometimes, EVERY DAY. He said it's a shithole and the people who manage not to live in the shithole are stuck up snobs.
Well we have Electrolux, Mitsubishi, Green Tech Automotive, Schulz Extruded Products and Twin Creeks Teccnology all building new facilities to the tune of several thousand new jobs along with substanial expansion at both Cargill and KTG. We have an NBA team, a PGA stop, professional tennis tourney, St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, the Liberty Bowl Game (over 50 years old), Graceland and Tennessee's # 1 tourist attraction Beale Street, The friendliest people coupled with the best food and music scene east of Austin, Tx. You may now resume speaking of things you don't know about.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - Owl 69/70/75 - 07-12-2011 10:22 AM
Republicans should have passed the Bowles-Simpson recommendations out of the house six months ago, and made it clear that was merely a starting point to begin serious negotiations on narrowing the rest of the gap. They would have taken the high ground and looked very "bipartisan" in so doing, and would have left Obama and his henchpersons Reid and Pelosi scrambling for cover. Republicans adopt an bipartisan deficit reduction concept, and Harry Reid b*tch*s because it cuts off funding for the Nevada Cowboy Festival? That's not a bad sound byte to be running on.
We're at about 18.5% of GDP for taxes, and 26.5% of GDP for spending. Set a target of 20.5% for both. That means 3:1 on spending cuts to tax increases. Get the tax increases by restructuring the current system, lowering rates and broadening the base, including a consumption tax. That's how Europe manages to take twice as much out of their economy in taxes without destroying the private sector. If we're only taking half as much, and doing it the same way they are, we start to win a lot of competitiveness battles. And the prizes for winning those battles are, very simply, jobs and growth. You could probably get most of the way there on spending cuts by simply reviewing every federal program and axing the ones that are not making any appreciable progress toward their stated goals.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - smn1256 - 07-12-2011 10:23 AM
(07-12-2011 10:22 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:(07-12-2011 10:02 AM)smn1256 Wrote:(07-12-2011 09:01 AM)DrTorch Wrote:(07-11-2011 10:26 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:(07-11-2011 07:20 PM)smn1256 Wrote: Says the guy with a signature picture of a guy offering his ass up to 5 of his friends. Nah, that's not offensive.
I bet that pic is gone 2 minutes after you read this.
wow...you just insulted a dead man loved by an entire city for healing Memphis during the chaotic times following the death of Dr. King
Apparently he failed.
Memphis has many, many inherent advantages, yet it still manages to be a blight-stricken ghetto. Chalk that up to the left, snatching poverty and misery from the jaws of success.
I work with a guy who did work in Memphis for a while and he complians about that place every day. Not just sometimes, EVERY DAY. He said it's a shithole and the people who manage not to live in the shithole are stuck up snobs.
Well we have Electrolux, Mitsubishi, Green Tech Automotive, Schulz Extruded Products and Twin Creeks Teccnology all building new facilities to the tune of several thousand new jobs along with substanial expansion at both Cargill and KTG. We have an NBA team, a PGA stop, professional tennis tourney, the Liberty Bowl Game (over 50 years old), Graceland and Tennessee's # 1 tourist attraction Beale Street, The friendliest people coupled with the best food and music scene east of Austin, Tx. You may now resume speaking of things you don't know about.
I never called Memphis a shithole - I said I guy I work with did. English your second language?
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - UofMemphis - 07-12-2011 10:48 AM
(07-12-2011 10:02 AM)smn1256 Wrote:(07-12-2011 09:01 AM)DrTorch Wrote:(07-11-2011 10:26 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:(07-11-2011 07:20 PM)smn1256 Wrote:(07-11-2011 06:56 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: oh, I already find Republicans offensive enough as it is...
Says the guy with a signature picture of a guy offering his ass up to 5 of his friends. Nah, that's not offensive.
I bet that pic is gone 2 minutes after you read this.
wow...you just insulted a dead man loved by an entire city for healing Memphis during the chaotic times following the death of Dr. King
Apparently he failed.
Memphis has many, many inherent advantages, yet it still manages to be a blight-stricken ghetto. Chalk that up to the left, snatching poverty and misery from the jaws of success.
I work with a guy who did work in Memphis for a while and he complians about that place every day. Not just sometimes, EVERY DAY. He said it's a shithole and the people who manage not to live in the shithole are stuck up snobs.
then i'm glad he got the **** out...last thing we need are more complainers...this board is FULL of em.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - Paul M - 07-12-2011 11:40 AM
(07-12-2011 10:48 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:(07-12-2011 10:02 AM)smn1256 Wrote:(07-12-2011 09:01 AM)DrTorch Wrote:(07-11-2011 10:26 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:(07-11-2011 07:20 PM)smn1256 Wrote: Says the guy with a signature picture of a guy offering his ass up to 5 of his friends. Nah, that's not offensive.
I bet that pic is gone 2 minutes after you read this.
wow...you just insulted a dead man loved by an entire city for healing Memphis during the chaotic times following the death of Dr. King
Apparently he failed.
Memphis has many, many inherent advantages, yet it still manages to be a blight-stricken ghetto. Chalk that up to the left, snatching poverty and misery from the jaws of success.
I work with a guy who did work in Memphis for a while and he complians about that place every day. Not just sometimes, EVERY DAY. He said it's a shithole and the people who manage not to live in the shithole are stuck up snobs.
then i'm glad he got the **** out...last thing we need are more complainers...this board is FULL of em.
You mean like complaining about a joke?
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - Mr. Peanut - 07-12-2011 01:06 PM
Well we have Electrolux, Mitsubishi, Green Tech Automotive, Schulz Extruded Products and Twin Creeks Teccnology all building new facilities to the tune of several thousand new jobs along with substanial expansion at both Cargill and KTG. We have an NBA team, a PGA stop, professional tennis tourney, St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, the Liberty Bowl Game (over 50 years old), Graceland and Tennessee's # 1 tourist attraction Beale Street, The friendliest people coupled with the best food and music scene east of Austin, Tx. You may now resume speaking of things you don't know about.
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I failed to mention headquarters to four Fortune 500 companies (FedEx, Autozone, International Paper and Servicemaster) , a hub status for Delta Airline after serving as a hub for Northwest for well over a decade.
Memphis has it's fair share of problems but for a metro population of 1.5 million I'd say that the "Home of Rock & Roll and Birthplace of the Blues" offers as much as anyplace and more than most.
RE: The Republicans need to go on the Offensive - Rebel - 07-12-2011 01:13 PM
(07-12-2011 01:06 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote: I'd say that the "Home of Rock & Roll and Birthplace of the Blues" offers as much as anyplace and more than most.
I'd say Clarksdale, Ms. would have an issue with that.