Random Thoughts
On a day when you wake up to the news that two of the most historic, famous name firms on Wall Street have collapsed, who would you rather have in the Oval Office?
A 72-year-old guy who admits he doesn't know much about the economy and doesn't use a computer or a young guy who seems really smart and has some fresh ideas?
Would you rather have the old guy with the rich wife and the seven houses, who gets his economic advice from a guy who suggested our economic problems were in our heads and just whining, or the guy who has two little girls whose future he might be able to rescue?
Would you rather have the old guy who suggests we should do away with Social Security and just have everybody put their retirement savings in the hands of those same Wall Street guys who are going belly-up, or the young smart guy who keeps talking about making sure everybody has health care?
Or maybe you would rather have the small-town mayor turned governor of a state with a population smaller than my metropolitan area, who headed an economy based on handouts from the federal government and taxes from oil companies?
Me, I think it might be time to publicly discuss the possibility that 30 years of Laffer-curve tax cutting and deregulation might be more than enough, and vote for a guy who's economic policy isn't dictated by Republican Party orthodoxy.
A 72-year-old guy who admits he doesn't know much about the economy and doesn't use a computer or a young guy who seems really smart and has some fresh ideas?
Would you rather have the old guy with the rich wife and the seven houses, who gets his economic advice from a guy who suggested our economic problems were in our heads and just whining, or the guy who has two little girls whose future he might be able to rescue?
Would you rather have the old guy who suggests we should do away with Social Security and just have everybody put their retirement savings in the hands of those same Wall Street guys who are going belly-up, or the young smart guy who keeps talking about making sure everybody has health care?
Or maybe you would rather have the small-town mayor turned governor of a state with a population smaller than my metropolitan area, who headed an economy based on handouts from the federal government and taxes from oil companies?
Me, I think it might be time to publicly discuss the possibility that 30 years of Laffer-curve tax cutting and deregulation might be more than enough, and vote for a guy who's economic policy isn't dictated by Republican Party orthodoxy.
posted by Paul at 8:01 AM |
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