tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post2633003504268148283..comments2024-03-19T11:28:58.168-04:00Comments on History Unfolding: The Two-party systemDavid Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-86137929086402750662011-09-22T06:28:10.316-04:002011-09-22T06:28:10.316-04:00I also came here due to the email but I utterly di...I also came here due to the email but I utterly disagree with most of your posts. I don't think either the Democrats nor the Republicans are capable of governing........and it shows.<br /><br />You point out some problems with Republicans. Let me help you with the Democratic problems:<br /><br />- They think the government has an answer to most everything<br /><br />- They like big government and depency on government. As the saying goes, "He who robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul"<br /><br />- They are completely in bed with Unions. Unions which negotiate with a publically traded union is fine; although the unions shown themselves to provide incentive to move jobs overseas. Public sector Unions need to be reformed as they negotiate with a politican who generally receives campaign contributions for themselves and their party while theyw work for and are paid by the Taxpayer<br /><br />- Democrats never think you are TEA (Taxed Enough Already).<br /><br />- Democrats expand government. What is the Federal Government picking companies to give loan guarentees to? Why is the taxpayer involved in mortgages (Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac).<br /><br />- Democrats support Teacher Unions where every argument about the healthcare system can be said about education (expensive, poor results, etc.). Where are the vouchers? Why can't for profit schools and competition be legal with standards? <br /><br />- Democrats, more than Republicans, rely on emotional arguments rather than logic and facts<br /><br />- Both parties tend to care more about power and winning re-elections than governing properly<br /><br />Want more? I can list these for a long time but don't know that they will be read so I will stop here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-77432581431320910322011-09-03T08:27:15.029-04:002011-09-03T08:27:15.029-04:00It is good that you debunk the fake email.
You ...It is good that you debunk the fake email. <br /><br />You point to the Republicans and skillfully paint them as radical religious bigots, while pointing out that Democrats are moderate and sensible. I disagree. We who lean right are simply tired of witnessing the deterioration of our society hastened by the liberal progressives.<br /><br />We refuse to accept that half of us should pay for the other half.Les Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437097682776345087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-90357949350728987992011-08-30T22:28:53.532-04:002011-08-30T22:28:53.532-04:00My comment is I hope short and to the point.Most p...My comment is I hope short and to the point.Most people that do the leg work and hold the signs at Republican rallies, should have listened to my mother as she told my father many, many times at the dinner table.<br />"We are too poor to be Republicans.<br />Politicians quote the following constantly.<br />We want to preserve the Middle Class, and then they define the Middle Class as any single person making $250.000 or a couple making 500,000 a year.<br /><br />Let me explain what that is in reality $4,807 a week for a single person, 9,614 a week for a working couple.<br /><br />HELLO if you cannot make it today on that kind of paycheck, try living on a tenth of that.<br />And think of this, a first term Representative in the House, makes $174,000 so unless he/she has another income, they are below Middle Class.<br /><br />I believe people who are Republicans like to hate others, they like feeling better than those people, whoever those people are.<br /><br />Many Republicans always talk about Welfare moms, and children out of wedlock.<br /><br />But they oppose abortion.<br /><br />They cannot think an argument through from start to finish, because if they could, they would gladly pay with government money for any amount of abortions anyone wanted in America. WHY?<br /><br />Because everyone knows that unwed mothers, that raise 4, 6, or 8 children on Welfare, are only growing the next generation of Democrats.<br /><br />So if they want to abolish the Democrats, freely pay for abortion anytime anywhere.abstractisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437062018395614606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-2252506223493061702011-08-29T15:06:58.858-04:002011-08-29T15:06:58.858-04:00To Mr. Swann, above:
Please identify the radi...To Mr. Swann, above:<br /><br /> Please identify the radio station that read part of that email and apparently attributed it to me. Thank you very much.<br /><br />David KaiserDavid Kaiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-1611500519142902552011-08-29T13:36:58.050-04:002011-08-29T13:36:58.050-04:00David, you’re right, I did come here expecting to ...David, you’re right, I did come here expecting to read an article which I now realize was a dishonestly attributed to you --- an article which, by the way, I appreciated far more than the things I have read since coming here.<br /><br />I do not claim to know all the answers to or the reasons for our country’s current sorry state of things: but, have found nothing in your writings to cause me to doubt my long held belief that the teachings such as you posit here have had a deleterious effect on those who have unfortunately come under the influence of you and others of your ilk. <br /><br />I did not read that article untruthfully attributed to you, but heard parts of it read on a radio station. It did, however, offer far more of what I believe to be an exposition of our problems than the things you actually do write: and, I am disappointed. I had hoped that your name might be added to that short list of people in academia from whom our young people would have a rare opportunity to hear --- if not what I believe is true --- at least an opposing view. <br /><br />One has to wonder why, with an environment wherein the overwhelming views taught in our major colleges and universities, is of such a liberal bent, the nation has not already descended into the abyss of some form of totalitarianism. <br /><br />Could it be that even after all the liberal education --- from PK through multiple advanced degrees --- it takes only a couple of years of working and paying taxes for people to finally see the world as it really is, instead of as some Utopian Dream presented to them under the guise of education? Or does it just take longer for a country to completely lose its way than is generally imagined?<br /><br />There really is another view, Dr. Kaiser. Too bad you didn’t actually write that forgery. ~~~~~ daniel f. swann ~~~~~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-50808578997537674952011-08-27T15:13:54.120-04:002011-08-27T15:13:54.120-04:00To Mr. Fleenor, above:
It is amazing that a p...To Mr. Fleenor, above:<br /><br /> It is amazing that a person of your obvious intelligence could believe the nonsensical lie that the housing bubble was caused by federal programs. They were a negligible factor. It was caused by lenders like countrywide giving mortgages and second mortgages ("home equity loans") to people without asking the simplest questions about what they could afford. Countrywide, disgracefully, got away with this without any criminal charges at all.<br /><br />My party--or at least my part of it--is standing for the principles that SAVED our country, all of it, during the last great crisis of the 1930s. The reforms put in place then kept our economy on a sound footing until the 1990s. THERE WERE NO HUGE BUBBLES AND FINANCIAL CRASHES FROM 1933 TO THE S & l CRISIS. Deregulation in the 1990s, in which both parties joined, allowed us to return to the glorious post-civil war days of financial panic every 8-10 years. If the Republicans have their way now this will continue indefinitely.David Kaiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-70842636582546871022011-08-26T03:54:21.822-04:002011-08-26T03:54:21.822-04:00You are light in darkness my friend and will be bo...You are light in darkness my friend and will be bookmarked. Paranoia should never be a guiding principle in thought. I only wish the Right could see it. Wish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-21038113197427885582011-08-24T19:51:17.608-04:002011-08-24T19:51:17.608-04:00Part 2
I make financial decisions for my household...Part 2<br />I make financial decisions for my household based on real earnings not projected earnings and when it came time to make the decision to buy a house I bought within my means committing no more than 25% of my total household wages to the house payment. This allowed me to live reasonably well and as I accrued a larger salary over the years to pay off my house note in 11 years rather than the 30 that I projected when I took out the mortgage on my house. The housing bubble was not brought about by deregulation as you state but by Government policies that required banks to lend to people who were not financially solvent. There were less than scrupulous individuals involved in the process and they belonged to both parties so the blame is more than sufficient to go around. I therefore won’t try to attribute all the blame to the Democrats on this issue but will instead say that if I had run my household finances like the Government has run our National finances then I would now be sitting under a bridge and living out of a cardboard box while a bank would now be in possession of my house. People without any significant income were qualified for houses far in excess of the value of my house and how anyone could believe that they wouldn’t default is beyond me yet we were constantly assured that Fannie May and Freddie Mac were solvent and we should continue to loan to that type candidate. The logic used to justify these loans was that everyone has a right to a home of their own. Please show me where the Constitution puts forth such an idea because I certainly can’t find it.<br />The Democrats gained control of the House and Senate in November of 2006 and in November of 2008 they gained the White House while adding to their significant majorities in both House and Senate. With what amounted to in essence an unstoppable majority control of all political movement in the Capital they accomplished nothing until threatened with loss of control in November of 2010. In their last month in office after losing bids for reelection the Democrats forced through the Health Care Act which while certainly commendable in principle is untenable during a time of massive layoffs and economic strife. The bill will eventually be found unconstitutional because as you noted the Republicans have the majority in the United States Supreme Court and the Liberal interpretation that both you and Obama would like to see applied is not in standing with the Constitution. I truly do wish there were more middle ground that the two parties could agree on. As I see it your party is drifting away from the ideals that have sustained our Great Nation for over two hundred and thirty six years. The ability to disperse out of the public coffers to people who do not work but still feel entitled to the proceeds of the work of others has allowed your party to grow by leaps and bounds. The Democrat Party has become the Party of choice for Academics and Elitists while you attract in the poor and destitute with offers of Universal Health Care, Amnesty, Medicare and Social Security in order to get their votes. You refuse to make realistic cuts to any of these programs because it will alienate those poor destitute members of your voting bloc. We cannot as a society survive on the backs of the workers while ignoring the plight of those same workers. People can’t find jobs because every Democrat President wants to tax the rich and the rich choose to avoid those taxes by moving their business outside of the United States thus eliminating jobs in the United States while creating them in some third world nation that is complicit in allowing the company a significant tax savings. Simple economics has a much more direct impact on our current situation than you give it credit for and the Democrats are not the party of reason and rational action as you depict. Thank You for your time. Kerry W FleenorIzabanchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808431867676728410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-61548980955093927942011-08-22T20:23:25.518-04:002011-08-22T20:23:25.518-04:00To Jim McCann:
I appreciate those in the tea part...To Jim McCann:<br /><br />I appreciate those in the tea party that truly believe the government is spending too much - 24% of GDP is a big chunk, and needs to be reduced, with time. as the economy improves and taxes from wage earners starts to increase.<br /><br />I know that for me - speaking only for me - I'd be more interested in what the Tea Party has to say if the apparent leaders of the movement - Bachman, and to a lesser extent Perry, could sound a little less crazy.<br /><br />Bachman said she was ok w/cutting 40% of the budget on August 3rd- but would never say what 40%. If she's the leader, let's hear the details. Unless she really intends on defunding everything except interest payments, social security, and defense, let's hear what her plan is and how voters feel about it.<br /><br />But seriously - where would you cut the budget to affect the level of change you and your party are proposing? <br /><br />Want to take food away from people that are working 32 hours a week at walmart, and cannot find full time employment sufficient to pay rent, utilities, and put food in their family's belly? You try being a single mom, with a non-paying dad (for whatever reason), and try to raise a family on $300-$400/week - go ahead, show me how it's done....<br /><br />Or would you prefer to continue "stealing" the social security retirement payments I've been making all my life? (and by the way- that word "stealing" came from Sen. Tom Coburn). Work until we die, is that the plan?<br /><br />Medicare - Now THERE we can make some cuts. Let's start with negotiating drug payments, something congress refused to do when the program was passed. We need to have a national discussion on the basis for medicare - it is far off from the standard of care the current rates are based on, and there needs to be something done regarding the standard of care that society is willing to pay for. But let's have an honest conversation.<br /><br />How about defense? We spend more on defense than the next 6 nations combined (China, England, Israel, Australia, N. Korea, S. Korea). Is that how you want your treasure spent? Nobody is paying is to walk that beat, if it's all about the Benjamins.<br /><br />With tax proceeds at 14% GDP and expenditures at 24% GDP, the deficit is so obvious it hurts. <br /><br />We need jobs, jobs that business is not creating, not because of "tax rates", "regulator uncertainty", or any other fal-da-rah. Business will create jobs when they have customers.<br /><br />I'm a commercial General Contractor in Texas, and I can guarantee you I won't hire anyone until there is a need for them to be employed.<br /><br />With 60%-70% (of our economy driven directly by consumers, we need consumers to have more money, which translates into more jobs, or higher paying jobs.<br /><br />We have ignored our infrastructure for most of the last 50 years, and it shows. The quickest way to more workers is putting them to work - tomorrow - building infrastructure.<br /><br />Not interested in another stimulus program? I don't think it can pass now, either. The key phrase I keep seeing is "public private partnerships" (David, may be worth a column) - the major infrastructure companies are telling the government they'll create jobs - if they have a market to sell into. Here in Texas, that means more toll roads, private water companies that charge 500% of what public utilities charge, etc.<br /><br />If, as a society, we are not willing to prime the pump with our own monies (and we need to), then, if we offer an incentive for profits, "they will come" to build it.<br /><br />But seriously, where would you cut? To what percent GDP?steveftwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704638450860478942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-61137156523530237972011-08-22T19:25:31.918-04:002011-08-22T19:25:31.918-04:00Dear David
I must admit I got to your site driven ...Dear David<br />I must admit I got to your site driven for the "truth" of the Hitler quote. I really couldn't believe the quote. Actually that event happened many months ago but since I have become a sincere fan of yours.You seem to remember how we got here and that is very refreshing. You also have a keen understanding of history and its links to the present.I look forward to your posts and I treat them as a kind of therapy. I simply say thank you.<br />JosephAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-81475880187311308122011-08-22T17:06:34.280-04:002011-08-22T17:06:34.280-04:00Sheesh! I am a Republican who happens to believe ...Sheesh! I am a Republican who happens to believe in a lot of what the Tea Party represents: less government, less Federal spending, sensible entitlement reform, less regulation. That makes me crazy?<br /><br />As for the Democrats being the only party that can govern; then why hasn't the Democratic Senate proposed a budget for over two years as is Constitutionally mandated? Because they are afraid to cut anything that might hurt their chances of reelection. The same thing happened in my state-Minnesota. No budget from the Democrats-which would have required cuts-and an electoral takeover of the state house and senate by Republicans in the last election.<br /><br />Responsible government is coming-balanced budgets and recovering economy to follow.jim mccannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-89973665782671683352011-08-22T11:02:53.779-04:002011-08-22T11:02:53.779-04:00To comment on some different thoughts here:
The b...To comment on some different thoughts here:<br /><br />The biggest booming country in the world, China, has a 'one party system', so to speak.<br /><br />The largest booming democracy in the world, India, has turnstile electoral democracy.<br /><br />Both are in Greater Asia.<br /><br />All the best,<br />GMBozonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078858723231122013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-25791139776798186432011-08-21T18:07:49.379-04:002011-08-21T18:07:49.379-04:00To FC: As hard as it is to accept, the GOP has bee...To FC: As hard as it is to accept, the GOP has been captured by the extreme right, and are therefore unable to engage in statesmanship or rational thought. The 2-party system is in jeopardy, as is our entire Nation.<br />The reason Republicans can get away with outrageous and fallacious claims that Americans don't want health care is their ownership and bribery of media outlets, especially Fox & AM radio. <br />Plus, at least here in NC, they have played the "race-card", indicting Obama because he's black. It's the usual divide & conquer ruse the GOP has resorted to since Nixon and the "southern strategy". Wish it weren't so.Bob in NCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-61908615547481760522011-08-21T17:13:03.423-04:002011-08-21T17:13:03.423-04:00"To the Anonymous ones imbued with right-wing..."To the Anonymous ones imbued with right-wing<br />fantasies, and selective memory, I cite the 20-yr <br />GOP/right-wing demolition of Glass-Steagall Act<br />and SEC, EPA etc., as greater cause of current crisis<br />than the subprime mortgage debacle." - Bob in NC<br /><br />I am going to let the <b>facts</b> speak for themselves<br />without even attempting to refute your distortion<br />of them.<br /><br />The repeal of Glass-Steagall Act was signed by<br />by President Bill Clinton on November 12, 1999.<br /><br />Was President Clinton from GOP - BOB in NC?<br /><br />The final bill resolving the differences was passed <br />in the Senate 90–8 (one not voting) and in the<br />House: 362–57 (15 not voting).<br /><br />Were there 90 GOP members of the Senate in<br />1999?<br /><br />Were there 362 GOP members of the Congress<br />in 1999?<br /><br />Furthermore, I would remind Bob in NC that<br />the elected representatives are simply doing<br />what their voters had elected them to do.<br /><br />As is Senator Brown in Massachusetts currently,<br />whose voters, including myself, made damn sure<br />to elect him so as to insure that filibuster <br />continued to exist!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />remained alive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-30617359583636807562011-08-21T13:31:50.262-04:002011-08-21T13:31:50.262-04:00True, Pres. Obama has been a weaker leader than I ...True, Pres. Obama has been a weaker leader than I had hoped for. But why? One of his goals was to promote bipartisanship and conciliation after the extreme partisan attitudes that were built during the Bush-Cheney-Rove administration. In response the Republican party leaders stated that their primary legislative goal was to defeat Obama in the next election. t\The President should have acknowledged that change, unfortunately, was impossible and should have changed his style to become more assertive. Senator Reid has been a disaster as a legislative party leader. The Democrats are woefully bad at generating positive publicity. Republicans claim that the "people" don't want ay health care reform, yet poll after poll refutes that.F Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-10729433797756959122011-08-21T09:16:23.333-04:002011-08-21T09:16:23.333-04:00Dear Professor,
The 2-yr-old fraudulent post that ...Dear Professor,<br />The 2-yr-old fraudulent post that has harmed you might be alleviated by "Reputation.com", who claim to correct slanders and errors on the Internet.<br />To the Anonymous ones imbued with right-wing fantasies, and selective memory, I cite the 20-yr GOP/right-wing demolition of Glass-Steagall Act and SEC, EPA etc., as greater cause of current crisis than the subprime mortgage debacle. WE now have an oligarchy, ('oiligarchy'?) nearly as corrupt as that in the new Russia. This is American 'exceptionalism' taken to dangerously irrational heights.<br />If the GOP/Tea Party/right-wing captures the White House and Senate in 2013, 2014-16 will see riots and total coollapse of the social order resulting in martial law. Is that what they want? Maybe so.Bob in NCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-49393477291882769102011-08-21T08:14:36.026-04:002011-08-21T08:14:36.026-04:00Dave, thanks again for putting voice to what many ...Dave, thanks again for putting voice to what many of us feel.<br /><br />To those anonymous commentators stating how poorly Obama has done these last 3 years - go back and read some of Dave's older posts.<br /><br />There is no doubt in my mind that many of the people that voted for Obama were hoping for a transformational political figure, myself included.<br /><br />I, and the rest of those looking for that "new way" are disappointed and disgusted with the lack of leadership our president is displaying.<br /><br />The 2012 election appears to be coming down to weak & timid vs. batsh*t crazy.<br /><br />That does not bode well for our republic, for at least the next few years. But if that is the choice, maybe it's what's meant to be to complete this turning.steveftwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704638450860478942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-60317082482412228582011-08-21T03:43:24.295-04:002011-08-21T03:43:24.295-04:00several ideas I have read in the past.
One book I...several ideas I have read in the past.<br /><br />One book I read written by an older gentleman imputed the dumbing down ofsociety to the massive increase in watching television, particularly since the introduction of cable with its many private channels delviering any amount of garbage. A lcack of consensus therefore for more educationally and morally standardized product on several television channels, made in generational terms by GI generation for edification, etc. (one might expand on this to include radio in USA). <br /><br />Another idea comes from Peak Oil area. Due to Air conditioning the south and Sotuwestern deserts have been massively settled and increased their electoral and economic weight. Add to that the expansion of suburbia in such areas like So.Cal. etc. and we have people living in historically uninhabitable areas watching and hearing opinions on Fox News or hollywood reruns far from any intelligent reality. <br /><br />So they expand an unreality physically and in their minds till Collapse in Jared Diamond's sense is inevitable in USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-38205805260671833812011-08-20T16:38:40.389-04:002011-08-20T16:38:40.389-04:00David - there is no magic solution such as "j...David - there is no magic solution such as "just toss out those rascally republicans" and we will be OK. There is only the hard slog of productivity, innovation, and hard work. These screeds against the "irrational" conservatives are driven by where you live and what you read. <br /><br />I can imagine a republican observer in 1932 sounding just like you.<br /><br />I beseech you to consider that the policies of the last 2-1/2 years have unfortunately done little to relieve the sufferings of the people. We need a different way.James50noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-67549195126163230792011-08-20T13:16:33.722-04:002011-08-20T13:16:33.722-04:00Professor
Bravo!
Although a rosier portrait of t...Professor<br /><br />Bravo!<br /><br />Although a rosier portrait of the 2 party system, and the party history than I would paint, <br /><br />bravo nonetheless.<br /><br />All the best,<br />GMBozonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078858723231122013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-28115812569614768322011-08-20T12:26:43.443-04:002011-08-20T12:26:43.443-04:00I came to this blog a long time ago due to that em...I came to this blog a long time ago due to that email - I was researching it in order to respond to friends who had sent it. That was a lucky day - I subscribed to your blog and have never missed a post since. Thank you for your fine writing.Calm Center of Tranquilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475654914436260753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-24345651846123163392011-08-20T12:00:46.473-04:002011-08-20T12:00:46.473-04:00The fraudulent email that you noted at the top of ...The fraudulent email that you noted at the top of your blog is unfortunate but typical of right wing tactics. I have also suffered a similar number of attacks in the past and do not currently blog because of it. Recently, conditions in our country have moved me to once again consider blogging. <br /><br />I applaud you for your thoughtful comments and tenacity to be heard. I have just come across your blog in the past few days and will return on a regular basis to read your posts. Keep up the good work!<br /><br />Best Wishes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-78317519011295059912011-08-20T11:14:52.190-04:002011-08-20T11:14:52.190-04:00So...what is the answer to this problem. Are we be...So...what is the answer to this problem. Are we being brainwashed by the government, thinking that everything they do is for our own good? Is the media so blind or are they be dictated to and report only what the government wants them to say? Seems to me that no matter who gets to be the president, they will be in a damned if they do and damned if they don't situation...May God help the Humans of the United States....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-67400346271457491362011-08-20T10:58:51.245-04:002011-08-20T10:58:51.245-04:00"We are now in a new crisis era, and we face ..."We are now in a new crisis era, and we face a <br />potential catastrophe because only one party<br />--the Democrats--seems remotely capable of <br />governing at all. "<br /><br />Please do elaborate, with some tangible facts,<br />what this assertion is based on.<br /><br />As fictional TV lawyer Perry Mason would say:<br />Assuming facts not based on evidence.<br /><br />After three years of governing and having only<br />obamacare to show for - which by the way will<br />be overturned by the US Supreme Court -what else<br />besides record deficits and high unemployment<br />have the Democrats - which are the only party<br />capable of governing according to you, <b>accomplished?</b><br /><br />Please note that for first two years of the current<br />administration the Democrats had majority in<br />both Congress and the Senate. <br /><br />So you can from the offset spare us with any explanation about republican obstructionism. The<br />facts simply do not support such an excuse.<br /><br />The facts also do not support your assertion<br />that Reagan was the only president who advocated<br />the tax reduction that you personally disagree with.<br />The current president signed such tax reduction<br />into the law himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com