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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/201...-america-.html
With all the BS that's flying about, I thought I would post this.
According to multiple sources, The Pledge includes the following proposals:
- Permanently extend the Bush tax cuts (all of them), or, as Republicans put it, a promise not to raise taxes on January 1, 2011 (the day the Bush tax cuts expire).
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Tax cuts are always good, but this will only help if they actually cut spending. Trickle down economics doesn't really work so we can't really look to this as a way to rebuild the economy, but fair taxes for everyone no matter how much you make is a good idea.
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- Repeal and replace health care reform
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Won't happen for at least another 2 years and probably not then. The odds are the the republicans will get the house back by a small margin, but not the senate. Without owning both they can do nothing and Obama would veto any anti-healthcare bill. This will only work if they can take both houses and win the white house in 2012 and even then it will be very difficult.
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- End the stimulus program
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At the very least get rid of the stuff that is not really creating/saving jobs which seems to be most of it.
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- A cap on discretionary spending
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The republicans always say they will spend less and never do, let's see if they actually would follow through this time.
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- Phase out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Not a bad idea
Permanently end the TARP program
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Not bad ideas.
I'm a little hesitant about this one. At some point we have to do something with the people who are being held there. Someone needs to make a decision about these guys. We can't just keep a place where we hold people forever and never put them on trial.
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- New sanctions on Iran and more money for missile defense
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I'm kind of neutral on this wan
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- Require every bill to be available online for three days before it is voted on.
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Won't happen. This could put an end to those last minute middle of the night votes that both sides love. some stuff will end up online, some won't.
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- Require every bill to be certified as constitutional before it is voted on.
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They will try, until they try to pass something that that is controversial then they won't follow through. For example, if they try to pass a bill that involves gay rights or marriage or porn or speech of any kind it could be a precedent setting case, they won't deal with that up front, they will just pass the bill and let the courts deal with it later if people object.