Ted Cruz's New Year Message

[smaneck]

The clowns are those who don't realise that the nation has Obama fatigue.

Those who are tired of him are the ones who didn't want him to begin with. But the demographics which got Obama elected twice haven't changed.

 

[smaneck]

Remains to be seen. Obama has consolidated so much presidential power that the next president will be able to do things considered unthinkable just a few years ago.

Not really. There are plenty of presidents who issued more executive orders than Obama. In fact, he has issued fewer executive orders than any president since Grover Cleveland.

 

[smaneck]

The irony is that the rich don't actually pay taxes...they pass the cost on to the consumer.

Might be true of corporate taxes, but not income taxes.

Yes it would. However, most government revenue does not come from the Income Tax.

It does if you remove FICA taxes from the picture.

 

[smaneck]

...After first doubling the deficit. In 2008 the deficit was $459 Billion. In 2009, a combination of Obama and Bush budgets the combined deficit was $1.413 Trillion, reduced to $744 Billion in 2014, which was an increase from $680 Billion in 2013.

The 2009 budget was all Bush's since it was passed well before Obama took office. I don't know where you got your figure for 2014 from but the budget deficit that year was $483 billion barely over the 2008 budget deficit. And keep in mind that the figures for the Bush Administration are misleading because he did not include war expenses in the budget. Obama put them back in. In any case the budget deficit for 2015 is $439 billion, 20 billion less than the deficit cited for 2008.

The 2014 figure is $185 Billion higher than Bush's last year acting alone.

Except that figure is wrong.

Source:https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals/ Check out the charts for yourself, it takes a lot of math to come up with the deficit figures.

Just did. It says 484 billion for 2014, not 744 billion.

As for 12.8 million new jobs, i have to wonder who is taking such jobs, because the labour force participation rate has not been as low since the early days of the Carter Administration, which was in recession inherited from the Nixon/Ford administration.

That's because us baby boomers are retiring. The labor participation rate is likely to be low for the next couple of decades unless we increase immigration. Once of the consequences of OBamaCare is that we no longer have to wait until Medicare kicks in to retire.

 

[chandraclaws]

You're a better man than me. I hate obummer so much.

Hate. Such a Christian value.

 

[TravelerFarAwayFromHome]

Dear Lord, please let 2016 be the very last time we hear from Teddie Diddy!

 

[NightHawkeye]

... and in other news this year: Ted Cruz: 'Han Solo shot first' | The Hill

Cruz confessed that he watched the latest “Star Wars” movie, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," instead of a recent Democratic presidential debate.
...
“We could use a few more Katniss Everdeens in the world to take on what’s wrong with Washington.”​

 

[NightHawkeye]

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That's funny, considering that polling in the past month or two has had Ted Cruz in the #1 or #2 position.

 

[Thunder Peel]

Hate. Such a Christian value.

I haven't exactly seen warmth and love expressed toward Republicans by the Democrats either. Let's not pretend like the left is some vessel of tolerance and patience; I saw very little of it during Bush's eight years.

 

[Fantine]

Personally, I have difficulty trusting a party that figures it needs to:

• gerrymander and
• engage in voter suppression

to win. The key to defeating Cruz in 2016 involves engaging the youth vote (much more liberal than older voters) and successfully challenging all the voter suppression laws that have been passed to prevent people of color and different ethnic backgrounds from voting.

What scares me is that people won't get their 'informercials' from Cruz himself. Instead, they'll hear commercials paid for by the Koch Brothers that say, "Hillary Clinton wants to CUT your Medicare..." without mentioning that Ted Cruz, if he had his druthers, would eliminate it entirely...

 

[nightflight]

Personally, I have difficulty trusting a party that figures it needs to:

• gerrymander and
• engage in voter suppression

to win. The key to defeating Cruz in 2016 involves engaging the youth vote (much more liberal than older voters) and successfully challenging all the voter suppression laws that have been passed to prevent people of color and different ethnic backgrounds from voting.

What scares me is that people won't get their 'informercials' from Cruz himself. Instead, they'll hear commercials paid for by the Koch Brothers that say, "Hillary Clinton wants to CUT your Medicare..." without mentioning that Ted Cruz, if he had his druthers, would eliminate it entirely...

Sure am glad the Democrat Party never engaged in gerrymandering.

 

[NightHawkeye]

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We've already seen that the push for Rubio, and his disingenuous advertising, has resulted in a significant decline in his polling numbers ... so I expect either Trump or Cruz to prevail.

 

[bhsmte]

About like Romney would be my guess. Many would hold their nose and vote for him ... some would simply stay home.

Which of the republican candidates will the voters come out for?

 

[NightHawkeye]

Which of the republican candidates will the voters come out for?

The one who convinces voters that he has a successful plan and excites them to action.

 

[bhsmte]

The one who convinces voters that he has a successful plan and excites them to action.

In your opinion, do any of the present candidates, fit that description?

 

[NightHawkeye]

In your opinion, do any of the present candidates, fit that description?

2016 is going to be an incredible year!
... the last year for the Obama presidency
... the last year before Hillary retires permanently
... the last year for Obamacare
... the last year for the IRS
... the last year before ISIS is destroyed

 

[bhsmte]

On board the Teddy train, huh?

 

[Fantine]

Most presidents have been positive people. Most presidents have been optimists. (The exception, perhaps, being Richard Nixon).

Sometimes they're optimistic because they're ignorant of the challenges (e.g. George W. Bush). Usually they see the challenges but have the courage to face them.

Enter Ted Cruz. How does he envision America's future?

A future with 30 million uninsured (and the ensuing catastrophic layoffs and hospital closing when 30 million people stop going to the doctor's).

A future with no IRS (because of course, in a country where 47% of Americans don't pay income taxes--although they pay Social Security, property, sales, and other taxes--our income tax rates are too high.

He is pitching a "can't do" America--an America that can't do what every other industrialized nation in the world does--give its citizens universal health care. The can't do America can't improve our higher education system (which many other industrialized nations offer free). Can't do America can't keep those greedy billionaires from running the country (and paying off politicians like Cruz). Can't do America can't have the best educational system for youngsters (and and anti-science Cruz would put us at the bottom in yet another academic subject).

He presents a pessimistic view of America--an America in which Americans don't enjoy the same quality of life as Europeans, Canadians, and others--as they struggle with massive income inequality and corporate greed. Ugh!

 

[NightHawkeye]

On board the Teddy train, huh?

Is there a better candidate for president?

 

[bhsmte]

Is there a better candidate for president?

IMO, yes.

Sanders, Clinton and Rubio.