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The president is really good about following through on his promises to raise taxes, aka “additional revenue”. When is he going to start being as reliable about reducing spending? Tell me one significant spending cut he has proposed and enacted.

You literally, mathmatically cannot tax America enough to make up for the deficit. We have to have spending cuts and entitlement reform in order to balance the budget.

Pendark, “We are the monsters we have feared”

If we are to be leaders, we must face the mirror and the harsh truths it reveals.

(Source: thedailyfiona)

Louis Woodhill, “Under Obama, Economic Stagnation Is the New Normal”

This reminds me of a wonderful suggestion in the very helpful video “How To Vote Well”:

Assume that things will go much worse than expected. Whatever your side proposes to do, take your best estimate of the benefits and then cut them in half. Take your best estimates of the cost, and double them.

This might be the most depressing thing I’ve read in post-election coverage so far.

There were serious, foundational issues at stake here—for both parties—and yet people voted on something as temporary and politician-photo-op friendly as a hurricane!?

I could list a dozen issues off the top of my head that are going to reverberate throughout the next four years, but why bother? If you’re going to pick your candidate because how they responded to a storm that hit a week before election day, there’s no sense in trying to talk sense.

We need to change all these “Make Sure You Vote” campaigns into “Educate Yourself And Vote”.

Relevant: “Obama Supporters Actually Hate Obama’s Policies”

Quote from “The Machine Beat The Manager” by John Fund