tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1176419736222063086..comments2024-03-28T15:19:44.563-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Michael Moore offers ten points to thwart President TrumpPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10526921839097915922017-02-24T11:36:02.503-06:002017-02-24T11:36:02.503-06:00I like the part about Oregon ending the mass incar...I like the part about Oregon ending the mass incarceration of African-Americans. <br /><br />That would probably reduce the Oregon prison population by, what, 50 people?<br /><br />It's like Moore has never been to Oregon...Feather Bladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295997298154977506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-66060054275471090962017-02-24T08:37:44.464-06:002017-02-24T08:37:44.464-06:00"We'll do well to pay attention to people..."We'll do well to pay attention to people like Mr. Moore. We don't have to agree with them. We just have to understand where they're coming from, and examine our own beliefs in the light of their proposals. Informed opposition is far better than knee-jerk rejection - on both sides of the political divide."<br /><br />True wisdom here. If more people would do it.1LLoydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963814112725103971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52324777224899567332017-02-24T04:01:23.496-06:002017-02-24T04:01:23.496-06:00Michael Moore doesn't realize it, but he just ...Michael Moore doesn't realize it, but he just advocated Federalism, which conservatives, or rather, non-Leftists, have been suggesting for quite some time. <br /><br />It is the <i>United States</i> of America, not Washington, D.C.and 50 insignificant political subdivisions. Each state, within the boundaries of the Constitution, is entitled to, and should, pursue those structures and activities most suited for their populations and situations; Wisconsin may need regulations requiring snow tires, but Florida doesn't, and Vermont probably has tax provisions benefiting maple syrup manufacturers that would be useless in New Mexico. <i>ad infinitum,</i> depending on geography, climate, economy and a host of other criteria. <br /><br /><i>As long as New York State uses its own money</i> it should be entitled to provide as much free stuff to its citizens as it desires. As Dad29 (above) pointed out, Tommy Thompson pushed accountability into the future by raising money with bonds; as long as financial buggery and incompetence is confined within a state's borders and does not metastasize into the pockets of others, so be it. Will New York (and other states) go bankrupt by pandering to the Free Stuff Army or engaging in financial legerdemain? Probably, but as long as the impact is confined to New Yorkers, it's "just desserts" (I realize that there are some national functions in NY, but people by and large being rational, many of those functions will self-migrate to other states as conditions - economic and social - become untenable. As example, look at the California Exodus which, at some point, will auto-correct; in California's case, that may not occur until California is a smoking crater, but it will occur).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-83529005120980548542017-02-23T21:09:24.483-06:002017-02-23T21:09:24.483-06:00Maggie Thatcher had it right. Socialism works grea...Maggie Thatcher had it right. Socialism works great until you run out of other peoples money.RHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86839705470215823332017-02-23T16:58:54.926-06:002017-02-23T16:58:54.926-06:00Paying for medical is not hard, we all ready pay m...Paying for medical is not hard, we all ready pay more for medical (per capita) than France, or England or Canada or any of the industrial nations....we pay twice as much as they do.<br /><br />That popular vote talk sounds like something until you see he's talking about voters from NY & SoCal.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55990940932998999532017-02-23T12:55:00.348-06:002017-02-23T12:55:00.348-06:00"Point #7 has been done. It is called Detroit..."Point #7 has been done. It is called Detroit."<br />And Chicago, and a good bit of California, certain New England states as well.<br />And when their policies fail they all come hat in hand to the Feds, not for real help, but for more money so that they can double down on all the bad choices that got them into the mess in the first place.<br />Cali spent billions on fast rail to nowhere, and billions more on social services for visitors to this country. (that would be illegal aliens to the uninformed)<br />Chicago wants tons of funding for social programs, but not one Federal LEO shall be permitted to place boots on the ground to enforce the law. Same appears to be trending in New York city under their new mayor.Uncle Larhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008207593205949098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-7473826936077086722017-02-23T11:24:53.406-06:002017-02-23T11:24:53.406-06:00Point #7 has been done. It is called Detroit.Point #7 has been done. It is called Detroit.eldiablolocohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07189419272057673501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90074024900734629292017-02-23T09:53:15.458-06:002017-02-23T09:53:15.458-06:00and levy taxes on their citizens to pay for it.
H...<i>and levy taxes on their citizens to pay for it.</i><br /><br />Heh. You silly conservative!<br /><br />That is not how it will work. They will spend bazillions, but they will BOND the spending, not 'pay for it.'<br /><br />By the way, in Wisconsin, Tommy Thompson (R) Governor used this trick all the time. He reduced taxes, and bonded the deficits, building roads (getting lotsa $$ and votes from the RoadBuilder lobby) and building totally-useless UW branch campuses (making the teachers' lobby happy...getting votes.)<br /><br />Of course, HE didn't pay for that. His grandchildren will. And he'll be dead.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.com