http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/12/14/the-real-reason-arkansas-republicans-oppose-state-run-exchange Comments On: The real reason Ark. Republicans oppose state-run exchange? by David Ramsey en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Paul Covert]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:52:07 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by couldn't be better]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:36:19 -0600 Arkansas Times
Ziman, You've been conned by America's corrupted networks and the Democratic National Committee! The war on terror, and tax cuts are a fraction of the long term entitlements committment and the tax increases Obama is asking for raises only a fraction of the revenue necessary to make them solvent.

But you should know those programs were began in the 1960s by Democratic controlled congresses. Most of Reagan and Bush's budgets were in deficit trying to keep with the runaway cost increases in Medicare, Medicaid legislated years ago etc. Anytime anyone tries to restructure them and make them more cost efficient the Democrats raise such a stink and spread so much fear the Republicans all back down. If it weren't for the U.S. tremendous borrowing power entitlements spending would have collapsed long ago.

The difference between Reagan, Clinton and Bush's economies and Obama's economy is in fact tax cuts. They created the explosion of jobs in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s in which the unemployment rates were between 4% to 5% with a deficit of around 300 billion. The deficit remains high because the unemployment rate is high and has nothing to do with tax cuts. For every 1 point decrease in unemployment the deficit decreases by 250 billion. Obama refuses to cut taxes and as a result the US remains in recession.

The liberals can't con us because we know better - we've studied the issues, but they can con their own people and you're a shining example of that!
Posted by Thomas Pope]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:51:07 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by rablib]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:04:18 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:10:49 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Zman]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:05:25 -0600 Arkansas Times
Even the Right's coveted Ayn Rand finished her years on Soc Secur and Medicare after years of chain-smoking while telling her mass of followers that gov anti-smoking campaigns were a communist plot.

It just takes the sense and will to pay for two wars to bring us into the safety zone. Feds are borrowing because total taxes are too low. We're collecting too low of % of GDP.

The sky is not falling. We've been through this before, much worse and survived triumphantly. Population growth was the lowest during the 1920s. Look what happened since then.

U.S. Population 1980.....231.6 million
U.S. Population 1990.....249.6
U.S. Population 2010.....303.3
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Government is not your big bad boogey man, it's the banks:

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Posted by eLwood]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:54:10 -0600 Arkansas Times
The U.S. is currently borrowing 46% of its budget with 60% of that by the Federal Reserve. This is all similar to the Latin American debt crisises of the past and the current European debt crisis with Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Ireland. Sooner or later the borrowing will stop - when the people realize that their lives are becoming measurably poorer because of the Fed's policies effect on the declining value of the dollar.

Setting up state exchanges and increasing Medicaid rolls are nothing more than short term gimmicks that push the costs for insuring those people back to the federal government but only for a short time and as I said, the only way they can be federally financed now is because the U.S. government is currently borrowing almost 50% of its budget. When the time comes for the state to begin paying the bill the economy will not be better but worse - far worse. The state will then find itself in the same position as the feds - many more citizens on Medicaid that cannot be financed.

The U.S. is moving towards a type of depression that is best described as a no credit debt crisis. Not only will the government not be able to borrow any money neither will businesses and individuals. All government spending and commerce will be cash only in almost all states. The unemployment rate will be astronomical accompanied by homelessness, hunger and chaos in the streets - all compliments of the Democratic Party. You can laugh and scoff now as children often do but historians who study the decline of civilizations will tell you, when the collapse does finally come and there is no government to provide a safety net, and millions don't have a job or a home and don't know where their next meal is coming from, then they turn to the ones who warned them - that's when they finally begin to grow again.
Posted by Thomas Pope]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:56:10 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by NB Lives In Pangburn Trailer Home]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:50:00 -0600 Arkansas Times Maybe he meant Vichysoisse? Makes as much sense.

Scrooge-ist Republic Party.

"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
Posted by Diogenes]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:11:24 -0600 Arkansas Times
Lamoureux, Bledsoe & Company get their science information from the Bible so why wouldn't the privately funded and privately run Cato Institute be a source to tell them what they want to hear about federal rules. Makes complete sense.
Posted by eLwood]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:05:09 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ozarkrazo]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:19:52 -0600 Arkansas Times
Here is a link to a post on my blog where I look at Max's comments on Cannon and then provide several links to past articles by Cannon.
http://thedailyhatch.org/2012/12/14/max-br…
Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:57:40 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by FullThrottle]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:36:48 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Eureka Springs]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:07:29 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by mrprincipal07]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:07:16 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by joanimal]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:00:52 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ozarkrazo]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:40:12 -0600 Arkansas Times