My statement that you don't spend money on a tax break is correct (and rather obvious). The stimulus package or any other tax breaks could always be offset with spending cuts (wasn't that what PayGo was supposed to be about ? guess the Dems threw that in the trashcan already), but I can see why Dems can't comprehend such a thing, since all they ever propose are spending INCREASES and tax RAISES.

Please, Red, let me know if I am wrong about this one.

However, Bush Jr's reign blew the Republican claim to fiscal conservatism to smithereens, because he was a Republican with a Republican congress for six years, and racked up the most debt ever. No small wonder that Dems are resurgent now, between that and the war. The Bush Jr. era abandoned fiscal conservatism and responsibility. I have never, ever claimed otherwise. We ARE fighting two wars, however, and there was an inherited recession, 9/11 (which deepened the recession), and Katrina. There are some extenuating circumstances. You know which president spent the most ever compared to GDP ??? FDR. His spending EXCEEDED GDP for awhile. He had some extenuating circumstances also, such as the Great Depression and WWII. I assume DailyKos doesn't blame him for that.

But none of what any past presidents did or didn't do mitigate what Barack Obama plans to do, which would be a big step in the wrong direction.

Maybe we could start a government program for liberal leaders, like midnight congressional basketball, to keep them off the streets.

As for economics, I found an interesting take on daily kos regarding federal debt:

The table shows federal indebtedness since 1940 both in actual dollar amounts and as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product. Interesting in a dry and dull sort of way, especially the GDP column. The massive debt from WWII gradually was drawn down to 32.6% of GDP by the time Carter left office. However 12 years of radical Republican rule quickly doubled that figure (in dollar amounts, the federal debt tripled). Pappy Bush managed to push it up to 66.2% before he left office. Clinton then brought the debt back down to 57.4%, but Dubya turned that trend right around.

While I don't care for the smarminess, it's interesting to see that the gradn old party maybe is not as fiscally responsible as you all say.

And AD, please, you know nothing about me.

You said: These selfish partisan actions have directly caused fuel prices to escalate and now I'm left to suffer, while filling up the V8 pickup.

I hope you're happy about this. While the D's and L's continue to churn out additional greenhouse gases, the C's and R's are left footing the bill………..once again.

So who's the partisan? You can try all you want to pin this solely on D's, but things aren't the way they are because a D congress has bowed down to President Bush for the last 2 years. I guess everything was great from 2000 to 2006 with your unfettered rule? Your closed mindedness is exactly what is wrong with politics in this country. Maybe we should just call you Vince……….

Such a drastic move would be sure to infuriate the Bourgeoisie. The proletariats would benefit, but the elites would lose much clout and we need to be sensitive to their needs.

Major kudos to John McCain !!! He got something right. Lowering corporate tax rates is conducive to job creation, american business remaining competitive in a global economy, and economic growth. The entire rest of the world has been dropping their corporate tax rates for some time now, making ours nearly the highest in the world. It's way past time for this reform. My only regret is that instead of McCain's reform, which will drop the corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%, I wish we were dropping the corporate tax rate from 35% to ZERO, in order to really give our stagnating economy a shot in the arm. Democrats are operating on a big government economic model of the past that is severely outdated for today's economic realities. That's not called 'change you can believe in', that's called 'living in the past'.

Oh shoot, I just revealed a large part of my next post, 'Obamanomics – Part II'. Darn it da truth, you forced my hand

"You don't "spend" money on a tax break."

How wrong-headed, or forgetful can a person be? Alleged "stimulus" checks are in the mail. These are explained as the return of taxes to Americans who first paid them in to the Treasury. All of those checks were charged on the national charge card. Not one dime was offset. All borrowed and added to the deficit.

That would be "spending" money on a tax break. Money we don't currently have.

The Truth wrote…..ummm….the truth.

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I suspect that you're making situations worse by piloting a gasoline-powered vehicle? Even after Al Gore took the time to film his "informative" documentary, there are still some that refuse to follow his "worldly" advice.

These selfish partisan actions have directly caused fuel prices to escalate and now I'm left to suffer, while filling up the V8 pickup.

I hope you're happy about this. While the D's and L's continue to churn out additional greenhouse gases, the C's and R's are left footing the bill………..once again.

If the oil industry is unregulated, why can't U.S. oil companies build new refineries or explore for domestic oil (which is the real way to significantly reduce price) ? It sounds EXTREMELY regulated to me.

Also, oil companies are not allowed by law to contribute to McCain's campaign, in part due to legislation passed by John McCain.

When pandering to the Kos and Moveon.org lobby, BO highlights his liberal resume'. Only when mainstream is the target audience, do these leftists retract their true identities. Let us not forget about BO's childhood idol, Frank Marshall Davis, who was a publicly identified communist. These people are started to paint a vivid picture.

See if I get this straight. Obama is for the poor unless they succeed, become rich, and gouge into his bragging rights of being top dog?

Sounds kind of snobbish to me.

As the price of gasoline escalates, there are several questions that should be answered: Are all of the global warming liberals driving battery cars? If they would have followed through on their concerns for the environment, the demand would yielded a much lower price than we have witnessed today.

In addition, our democrat majority house and senate seems to have failed us and dropped the ball. Their ineffectiveness has allowed crude to reach record prices and maybe change is in order. It's time to vote them out of office and change direction. We can't afford another 2 years of a liberal run senate.

As the libs continue to play their broken record of "failed bush policies", they leave themselves vulnerable.

Since he's so concerned with social justice and considering his former church's mission statement, it would seem natural to ask him about issues like reparations and affirmative action as well. I've never seen it, though.

No a 1.2 billion break to Exxon is a way for McCain to buy additional favor from the oil companies. Which happen to be the only non-regulated energy provider in the country. Hmmmm interesting.