Home › Blogs › nhrepublican's blog ›

Don't let them bankrupt America

Submitted by nhrepublican on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 11:15
in

Tim Phillips, President of Americans for Prosperity and Senator Jim Demint (R-SC) gave a great conference call Town Hall meeting last night.  Approximately 11,000 concerned Americans called in.  Both Mr. Phillips and Senator Demint gave short introductions, and then took questions from the callers.  Senator Demint answered the questions while running back into the Senate chamber every so often to vote, or introduce an amendment to strip the pork out.  This was an amazing, and encouraging example of fiscal conservative activism, and an inspiring leader.

Senator Demint made it clear that his first goal was to defeat the legislation.  However, realizing that with the help of some shaky Republicans like Senator Snowe from Maine, the legislation may pass.  Consequently, he is doing everything he can to minimize the damage that will be done by this bill.  When a caller asked the Senator if the economy was as bad as the news made it out to be, and did we really need a stimulus, he replied clearly that it would be better to do nothing than pass this bill.   This bill will add $10,000 of new debt to every family in America.  We just can't afford that.

You can learn more about the bill at http://nostimulus.com   While you are there, please sign the petition expressing your opposition to this bill.  This petition will be delivered to the floor of the Senate before the vote, which is expected Friday.  There are also buttons there for you to call media, and email elected officials.  Make no mistake, as Americans learn more about this plan, the support drops every day.  One recent poll has it at 30%.  Senators up for re-election may choke and not vote for this if we can show enough opposition.

You can also go to http://www.jimdemint.com and express support for a jobs plan that ensures that businesses will be profitable, and therefore hiring... and ensures that people will spend... all by reducing taxes and leaving the money where it will do the most good.  After all, it doesn't cost anything to not take money.

Did you know that we have achieved a level of indebtedness that makes China think twice before lending us money?  They are losing confidence in our ability to pay our debts.  What if this spending package doesn't work?  At some point, the tap gets turned off.  We need real solutions that rely on creativity and free enterprise that are sustainable and permanent.  Our current level of debt is so high that if we were to apply to the European Union for membership, we would be denied as a debtor nation.  They have standards.  I'm embarrassed.

Americans for Prosperity and Senator Demint are doing everything that I hoped a Republican grassroots coalition would do.  Let's make it work.  Please commit a little time to do the following.  It's important, and just might make the difference.

1 - Go to http://nostimulus.com and at least sign the petition.  If you have time, use the tools there to send an email to an elected official.  We don’t have time for letters to the editor, we need fast impact.

2 - This one is critical.  Call 202-224-3121.  When the Capitol switchboard answers, ask for your Senator.  Tell them that you want them to vote against this spending plan.  If you have time, call someone else's Senator as well.

3 - Ask someone else to make the same call.

4 - Go to http://www.jimdemint.com and give him a quick thank you for his efforts.  Check out his one page, zero cost stimulus package:

http://demint.senate.gov/public/_files/2009-02-02_DeMint_Jobs_Plan_Summa...

Please, make the phone call in item 3.  If we can jam the switchboard, the main stream media, heck even MSNBC will report it and then maybe they'll blink, and not pass the package.  Call 202-224-3121, ask for the Senator of your choice, and express your outrage.

Tonight was a very good night to be a Conservative activist.

Steve

Send this to everyone you can.

Steve Smith, nhrepublican@gmail.com , 603-826-5996 

5
Your rating: None Average: 5 (1 vote)

Comments

Mr. Demint's plan, like all

Submitted by In between on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 11:36.

Mr. Demint's plan, like all plans, does not deal with globalization and the factories and jobs going overseas. 

IB, your "plan"

Submitted by Ironman on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 06:31.

makes us wildly indebted to the folks who have those factories. Stop being a "Space Ranger".

missing the forest for the trees

Submitted by RisingTide on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 11:37.

and shooting your crediblity in the foot while you're at it.

Krugman's got the scoop on the real debtmaking.

Already signed the petition

Submitted by chemjeff on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 12:16.

Thankfully the Republicans in Congress are starting to find their fiscal conservative ways again!  Kudos to DeMint.

Republicans still cannot

Submitted by In between on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 12:24.

Republicans still cannot figure out why they continually abandon the middle class. Until, you figure that out, then expect to lose the middle class and elections. 

Riddle me this

Submitted by Ironman on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 06:29.

Cause of the national economic crisis:

Individual borrowers borrowed more money from banks than they had the ability to repay.

Proposed solution from Obama and Krugman

The nation and its taxpayers should borrow more money than they have the ability to repay to "fix" the cause of the problem.

Sounds like a 12 step program where the sponsor gets roaring drunk. This "solution" just is going to make the whole nation a subprime borrower.

 

 

The borrowers are one

Submitted by In between on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 07:54.

The borrowers are one problem. The banking situation is another problem. Globalization is another problem. And what Bush did for 8 years is another problem with his "guns and butter."

Even before the financial problem in this country we were running into trouble. You cannot have a war and tax cuts at the same time. So now you have deficits and debt. Bush ignored globalization glorifying "free trade" as jobs go overseas.

You talk about Obama having to repay and you left out the added 4 trillion dollars to the debt and the 500 billion dollar deficit by Bush. Bush should have paid for his war and never did. And now we see the results 

But I agree with you. We are borrowing to solve our problems. This has been going on for too long. We are sending our jobs overseas, our money going to Iraq, we have cities and states going broke, factories closing, people losing jobs, less pay, healthcare, and pensions, nothing in investments for the future, and an infrastructure in neglect. So all we do is borrow and/or print the money, have more tax cuts and not fix anything, and when things go broke we borrow for bailouts, and then we borrow again.

 

so, if borrowing is the problem

Submitted by Ironman on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 08:02.

isn;t the solution to stop? 

I agree. You need a plan

Submitted by In between on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 08:39.

I agree. You need a plan better than what Obama, the democrats, and the republicans are offering. And there is no other way but to borrow at this time.

Obama is trapped in a corner with all the problems and it will take more in deficit spending to get us out of this. And the reason I say more in deficit spending is that Bush did deficit spending and it is all spent and we have nothing to show for it. The tax cuts for 8 years are spent, the money for the war is spent, our jobs are leaving the country, and it will take a better policy with deficit spending to get us out of trouble. You will need investments for the future and all that takes time. The way things are going, I would not be surprised that we have a recession (or feels like a recession) that will last 10 years.

read some freaking Stiglitz

Submitted by RisingTide on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 10:27.

that has NOT been the cause of the economic crisis. Derivatives are not a free market, and they are what is the cause of our current crisis.