So, no matter how long it takes, Obama is going to take credit for the recovery? But, many experts believe that the economy would EVENTUALLY recover without all the bailouts so, is it all just a waste?

And what about this new health care plan? How is that going to help the economy? How is incurring more government debt and increasing government run programs going to help young graduates and small businesses? How is cap and trade going to increase jobs?

What is the Government thinking??? I wish Ron Paul were here!!!


All of a sudden, Congress is paying close attention to Ron Paul.

The feisty congressman from Texas, whose insurgent "Ron Paul Revolution" presidential campaign rankled Republican leaders last year, now has the GOP House leadership on his side -- backing a measure that generated paltry support when he first introduced it 26 years ago.

"In the past, I never got much support, but I think it's the financial crisis obviously that's drawing so much attention to it, and people want to know more about the Federal Reserve."

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/letters-to-the-editor/2009/06/25/ron-paul-and-auditing-the-federal-reserve.html

Whew! That should help. But, we're going to need a lot more than just one guy with common sense in Washington.


Mitt Romney: ""I think [we] have to stand up and make it very, very clear that we run the risk as a nation of having the entire world lose confidence in the currency of the United States and that would lead to something worse than a recession -- that would lead to an extraordinary slowdown globally that would hurt us more than any other."

"When the stimulus bill is wrong, when it wastes money and threatens the viability of our currency long-term, you have to stand up and say 'no.' When a health care plan says we're going to have the government take over health care which is roughly a fifth of our economy, [we] are going to have to say 'no' to that."

"The president's plan makes an enormous error by saying we're going to put government into the insurance business. We got everyone in Massachusetts insured and we did it without putting government into the insurance business. We said instead we're going to help people get private free enterprise kind of insurance they can buy from a number of different companies."

He said the system led to plunging premiums while offering a healthy choice of options for consumers.

"It's working well. We got 440,000 more people insured than when the plan was put in place, it costs less than 2 percent of the state budget -- it's a plan that's working, it's a good model," he said.

Romney also took issue with the climate change bill that passed the House of Representatives last week, saying it was corrupted by special interests.

"It's a lobbyists' delight and as a result it's a lousy piece of legislation. It should not have been passed, it's going to cost the American consumers a lot of money, it's going to cost us a lot of jobs. Yeah we'll create jobs making windmills and solar panels and that's wonderful, but were going to lose a lot of other jobs ... that are creating products that use energy," he said.


Of all the years of wasteful government spending, why now!!!???

I'm in the process of switching health insurance and I just got a quote yesterday. It'll cost me $130 a month to have a HDHP with a $2500.00 Anual deductable and I pay 0% for preventative care. In conjunction with a Health Savings Plan, that's a heck of deal!!! There's nothing wrong with Health insurance! That's less than the combined cost of my cable internet and my mobile phone bill. I don't know the statistics, but I'm willing to bet that most people in this country without health insurance, CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE ANY because they'd rather drive their nice car or have an iPhone or HD TV or whatever.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY? WHY IS IT THAT WE EXPECT EVERYTHING FOR FREE AND ARE WILLING TO LET POLITICIANS DRIVE THE US OF A INTO THE GROUND TO GET IT!?

Haha! Nice.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Ahh! A BF *gay attack!

Jordass: send them this video:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Ron-Paul-Revolution-Documentary

Sorry, I didn't pay attention after he got banned. I will tell more about why I noticed about Microspect. There is another guy who annoyed me recently who was posting Ron Paul videos, one with a comment that said be sure to give money, and another that he promoted on other folks threads. Now, I like Ron Paul. I don't like the idea of videosift turning into dueling promotions. One of the things I value the most about this place is intelligent disagreement without things being pushed on folks or there being an official stance. But then, I object to my employer puting a "United Way" form in my box and badgering me if I don't return it, and I hate telemarketers, and I hate spam. Let me say this again: I hate telemarketers and spam even if they want to sell me what I want to buy.

Anyway, I'm getting off track. This other guy, he was posting microspect videos, and I actually wondered if he was microspect, but the web has a lot of ron paul fans, and it was just wondering. But I remembered the name.

Then, the other guy (name not important) posted that he thought that videosift was unfriendly, and maybe he should just leave. When I saw the new Ron Paul revolution post from a probationary member, I thought it was the original guy, who had perhaps really been disgruntled, deleted his account, and then rejoined. The name seemed so familiar. So I checked, and it was the same Youtube source, but a new videosift poster.

Me, I like consistently applied rules. I've watched you guys ban tons of first-time posters. Why would you not ban this guy? If he gets the point, if he is merely zealous and not fanatical, he can come back, make a new account, and post some of the myriad ron paul videos that created by others. Or, he can just be sneaky, and make a new account with a new name, and no one will even know that he's self-linking. Not that I like that idea, but he sure can.

And I wish there were more ways to make it so the political videos were presented on their own merit, without requests for donation or exhortations to join a revolution.

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