The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: tombogan03884 on June 14, 2011, 10:45:06 PM
-
Herman Cain's Weekly Commentary
From:
"Friends of Herman Cain" <info@hermancain.com>
Private sector must lead recovery, and government must get out of the way
By Herman Cain
June 12, 2011
A senior Obama Administration official said recently that the private sector will have to lead this economic recovery. He's right! But the private sector cannot do it unless government gets out of the way. The Obama Administration's policies have increased the size of the federal government, increased regulatory barriers and dramatically increased the national debt.
Most Americans sitting around the kitchen table knew that we could not spend and regulate our way to prosperity. But the president and the Democrat-controlled Congress at the time did it anyway. And now, after nearly $1 trillion in government spending, the economy is still stalled. Namely, 1.8 percent growth in Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of 2011 is anemic, and a 9.1 percent unemployment rate continues to be disappointing to the nearly 15 million people who are still unemployed.
Our national GDP could easily be growing at 5 percent or more, with the top tax rates for businesses and individuals set at 25 percent and made permanent until we replace the entire tax code mess. And taking the capital gains tax rate to zero is just the fuel that the small business part of our economic engine needs.
It sure would be nice to hear an unemployment rate report of under 5 percent again, which would mean at least 7.5 million people could be back to work again. It would be more than just music to their ears. They might even have some real hope again.
"Hope and change" became spend and regulate in the Obama Administration. And now, the president and the Democrats want us to "watch and hope". Simply extending the tax rates for two years with a 2 percent one-year payroll tax holiday for employees is not going to tickle this economy back to prosperity.
With all due respect, Mr. President, there is no hope that this economy will turn itself around. It will remain stalled because there are no meaningful tax cuts, there is no regulatory relief and there is still the uncertainty about what tax rates will be in 2013.
The rollout of ObamaCare is adding to the uncertainty. Thousands of companies and several states have asked for waivers from trying to comply with ObamaCare, due to its adverse effect on their current health care costs. At the same time, many of the bureaucratic rules are still being written.
There's a better way to increase access to health care and reduce costs, using patient-centered and market-driven principles. ObamaCare is the exact opposite. It must be repealed and replaced, but that will not happen with this administration.
When the National Labor Relations Board tried to intimidate Boeing Corporation into not expanding a production facility in South Carolina because it is a "right to work" state, some businesses simply put expansion plans on hold. They are not going to be bullied into expanding their businesses into union-dominated states.
The private sector is the engine of this economy, but putting more spending and regulations in the caboose of the train is not going to fuel the engine. So expecting this economy to grow faster by watching and hoping is an empty expectation.
Much of the public has been deceived into thinking that cutting tax rates reduces revenue into the Treasury, and that it only helps the rich. The experience of the 1960s and 1980s, when Kennedy and Reagan were in the White House, respectively, debunks that notion.
Watching this economy struggle over the next 18 months is going to be especially painful for the unemployed, and those businesses that are barely holding on for survival. And yes, the private sector will have to take the lead when we properly boost the engine.
Until then, we might as well watch grass grow, because that's about all the green this economy is going to see.
-
Ask about his stance on RTKBA & the 2nd amendment . He supports infringements & common sense gun laws or so the story goes.
-
He also said that the States should have the right to make there own gun laws. >:(
-
He also said that the States should have the right to make there own gun laws. >:(
Cross another one off of my list. I had hope for him too, since he is not a career politician.
-
Cross another one off of my list. I had hope for him too, since he is not a career politician.
Yup.
FQ13
-
Ask about his stance on RTKBA & the 2nd amendment . He supports infringements & common sense gun laws or so the story goes.
Show me the quote.
For that matter every body on this forum should be in favor of "common sense gun laws" instead of the agenda driven mish mash we currently have. I will also point out that you support States making their gun laws every time you vote for preemption or CCW.
-
Show me the quote.
For that matter every body on this forum should be in favor of "common sense gun laws" instead of the agenda driven mish mash we currently have. I will also point out that you support States making their gun laws every time you vote for preemption or CCW.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/10/242793/anti-gun-herman-cain/ (http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/10/242793/anti-gun-herman-cain/)
BLITIZER: Let’s talk about gun control. Do you support any gun control?
CAIN: I support the Second Amendment.
BLITZER: So you don’t? What’s the answer on gun control?
CAIN: The answer on gun control is I support, strongly support, the Second Amendment. I don’t support onerous legislation that’s going to restrict people’s rights in order to be able to protect themselves as guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
BLITZER: Should states or local governments be allowed to the gun situation . . .
CAIN: Yes
BLITZER: So the answer is yes?
CAIN: Yes. The answer is yes, that should be a state’s decision.
-
Thanks for posting the quote, saves me from finding it again. ;D
-
I don't think that alone is enough to for me to avoid voting for him.
For sure that wasn't any kind of strong or unalterable anti-gun statement.
He needs to publish a statement giving his stand on the 2nd Amendment and we need to consider that rather than a snap answer to a interview question.
I'd say the 2A is not a "living" concern of his so until he has had a chance to consider it and form a firm stance, I'll give him a bye on this and wait for a position statement.
Of course at this point I'd vote for Hillary if she was the only candidate with a chance of beating BHO.
-
For me, Heman lost his luster when I saw him on O'really. Pressed for specifics about how he would keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons he rambled about an energy policy that lessens our dependence on foreign oil, thus giving less funds to Iran to put into their nukes. Not only is that about ten years too late and focused only on US dollars, but, as North Korea demonstrates, they will get it done even if they have to starve their own people to get the money.
-
Back in the early 60's Barry Goldwater lost the election and he statement that he would use nuclear weapons if needed to defend the US played not a small part in his defeat.
I was to young to vote, but did vote for him, against Johnson, in our HS mock election.
His slogan was "In your heart, you know he is right", and I did believe that...just wish he hadn't allowed it to be made a political football.
-
I sent the following message to the Herman Cain website:
Mr. Cain -
I am looking for your position re' the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. I am essentially a single-issue voter, believing that any candidate for higher office that trusts the American people with possession and use of firearms can in turn be trusted with the welfare of this country.
Sadly, I see nothing on your campaign website concerning your position. Please let me know when you have issued a position or statement.
Thank you.
Pathfinder <not the name I used>
-
Thanks, Path. Keep us posted.
-
Maybe I should send him a letter saying how I think that its important for states and localities to have local control in response to local needs. Path and I can compare our responses.
FQ13
-
Back in the early 60's Barry Goldwater lost the election and he statement that he would use nuclear weapons if needed to defend the US played not a small part in his defeat.
I was to young to vote, but did vote for him, against Johnson, in our HS mock election.
His slogan was "In your heart, you know he is right", and I did believe that...just wish he hadn't allowed it to be made a political football.
I was head of the Tri-City Republican youth group at that time, and I adored - and still do - Barry. I still have his campaign "action figure" - complete with cowboy hat and heavy black glasses! ;D
As for the use of his "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" statement as well as the nuke one, remember, at that time Alinsky was an old man. Hell, he may even have been dead. Point is, his disciples were already well-trained and at work.
-
Mr. Cain -
I am looking for your position re' the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Here's an excerpt of an interview he gave w/ Wolf Blitzer. http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/10/242793/anti-gun-herman-cain/ (http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/10/242793/anti-gun-herman-cain/)
-
Again, I get the feeling that answer was not due to a well thought out position.
It was one word, "Yes" in response to a Federal vs State control question that involved firearms.
And again, I will wait for a more formal position statement.
I am more disappointed in his apparent effort to just say "something" rather than him expressing an anti 2A position.
Better that he would have said he had not reviewed that aspect and would make his opinion clear when he had.
I also feel that his response to the Iran Nuc question was the same type of answer. I don't think that would stay his plan and I'm more disappointed he gave an statement he hadn't carefully considered.
Although I am more leery of a Presidential candidate who hasn't been considering how to handle Iran than one who was wafflely on how to handle Fed/State right on the 2A
..............and I too consider myself a one issue voter by the same logic Path expressed....with the addition that if the citizens are well armed, they have a chance to correct a terrible mistake.
Over all, my take is that Cain he is not a well prepared politician. He has not spent the past several years "playing the DC game" and is being caught off guard by questions his "handlers" haven't prepped him on.....similar to Palin
-
Show me the quote.
For that matter every body on this forum should be in favor of "common sense gun laws" instead of the agenda driven mish mash we currently have. I will also point out that you support States making their gun laws every time you vote for preemption or CCW.
he made the statements on the interview with Wolf blitzer the other night. In his defense I think he is confused about the 2nd amendment. He is a big states right advocate, which I like but he misspeaks about topics he knows little about.
I say give him a chance to clear this up.