Originally Posted by
dback
While you are still one of the people I would very much enjoy dining with, I guess I'll not let you off the hook quite so easily. Admittedly, there are some pretty fanatical R's on this site.....I honestly can't think of one who at some point has not taken umbrage with Republican leadership over some issues. I am fully aware that Romney's policies would not have reversed our economic course but they certainly would have slowed the train wreck. Republican leadership may be Dem Lite's but you haven't read a single conservative post here if you've failed to notice the tenor of Republican/conservative rancor aimed at current policies.....economic and otherwise. I will admit to not reading your posts in totality lately......guess I've missed the parts where you've singled out any Democrat for ineffective leadership of late.
If if's and but's were candy and ........
I hope I'm wrong but I have written off the ability of this government to reverse this wreck.....(government meaning R, D, or L). There are more entanglements running through this government than the veins in a typical human brain. Republicans are inept and trying to figure out WTH happened, Democrats have found a winning formula (Hugo Chavez/class warfare) and will milk it to our collapse, Libertarians can't muster 5% of the vote....under no circumstances will they ever garner far left or far right vote and zero minority vote. Actualy, the L's biggest growth over the last 4 years has come from Hispanics and Asians who are disenfranchised by the Repubs and Dems. The other big area of growth has been on college campuses. Many college students are realizing that the policies of the Repubs and Dems doesn't hold much hope for their future. For more info on this visit; lp.org Yes the Gold Standard would stop huge debt.....however, simply stating that the 'standard' is the panacea is to fail to acknowledge the insurmountable number of hurdles to it's return. Precisely why RP was being measured for a rubber room.
"Free Market"/Eutopia.......let me know when the French, Chinese, South Koreans, etc., etc, offer to play by the exact same rules we do. Until then.....manipulation. Read "Currency Wars"......my apologizes for misspelling his name.....Rickards Returning to a Free Market Economy would give us an advantage over these countries because Capitalism (not the crony style we currently practice) and Free Markets are the most productive forms for economic growth. It has been the Lobbyist and government do-gooders that have shackled the Free Market and given the advantages to other countries. This months' issue of The Atlantic(available on-line) had a very interesting article on why jobs are returning to the USA when left unfettered by our government.
