A Demonstrably Good Idea!
November 13th, 2009
On Thursday, President Obama said:
“We are open to any demonstrably good idea to supplement the steps we’ve already taken to put America back to work”
Well, someone is willing to take him at his word and you betcha she’s ready with a demonstrably good idea!
Thank you, Washington, for Requesting a Demonstrably Good Idea
I commend the president for acknowledging today that “there are limits to what government can and should do” to ease our 10.2% unemployment rate – the highest it’s been since 1983. I also applaud his call for suggestions and expression of openness to considering “any demonstrably good idea.” Taking him at his word, I’d like to suggest this one: let’s learn from history and follow the example of the man who occupied the White House in 1983 and was able to transform an even worse recession than the one we’re currently experiencing into the largest peacetime economic expansion in American history.
When you realize the magnitude of President Reagan’s achievements, there is absolutely no reason why anyone would ignore his “demonstrably good” example. If you want real job growth, cut taxes – including capital gains taxes and small business payroll taxes – and slay the death tax once and for all. If you want to stimulate the economy and help poor and middle class families, cut payroll taxes so that more Americans can keep and invest more of what they earn.
If you want lasting economic expansion and prosperity, get the federal government’s budget under control. Instead of more pork-laden stimulus plans, let the free market correct itself. That’s what Reagan did, and history proves it worked….
More demonstrably good ideas at the link!
Perhaps Congress also needs to hear a few of these demonstrably good ideas!
Crossposted to Be John Galt and RedState Member Diaries.
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H/T: Politico, Sarah Palin’s Facebook Notes (my emphasis, thanks to Clyde5445 for the link).
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Amen to what Gov. Palin wrote, and to what President Reagan did to pull us out of recession.
As he famously said, “Government is the problem.”
The only way to spend ourselves out of a recession is to get the government off the backs of business and let the businessmen spend their money to increase their business by hiring more workers and making more products we are willing to buy. That’s the way the system works.
Reduce taxes on individuals and business as most jobs are created by small businessmen who pay their workers who in turn buy products from other producers.
Taxing, spending, stimulus money and health care programs we cannot afford will just dig a deeper hole in our economy.