The Tea Party that delivered the House majority that the RINOs (as usual) are mismanaging away & getting nothing? That Tea Party? Sure, go ahead, minimize or even ignore them & what you're going to end up with is a 3rd party-----or maybe even a 2nd party with the Republicans being 3rd.

And once it's at that point..................free people will no longer be free & we will never get it back.

The fact that a conservative economist supported it doesn't just change the fact it's bad policy. You can cherry pick any piece of legislation, liberal or conservative, & find Congressional votes, editorials or position papers from what would seem to be hostile factions. Good Lord, Sheila Jackson Lee wanted Enron bailed out. George Bush pushed for No Child Left Behind. NY Senators Clinton & Schumer pushed for Wall Street bailouts.......................................leave it to liberal to start spouting racism. I didn't even use the term "Apartment" or "Chicago".

So, the Bush tax cuts were a good idea? All I've heard since they were passed was what a disaster they were. O had a super majority in both Houses & didn't repeal them.

That's why a boatload of us want Boehner out. To squishy & unwilling to fight.

Wouldn't work............only a small minority owned slaves, even in the South. Wouldn't mind kicking the ticks off the voting rolls though, we have "representation without taxation" now. If you don't pay in to a certain threshold....why should you get a say? Yeah, I know it'll never happen.

Yep..................or as I say, "All Socialism------is crony Socialism".

But you're not going to have some generic version of success taxed away......the libs aren't going to make your spouse uglier or more grouchy or have your kids behave in a more unruly manner----thus taking that form of "success" away. They want your money. For better or worse for most of us, the number of dollars we make is how most of us keep score.

I've never seen that figure anywhere. But roughly 47% do pay nothing in federal income taxes----which is the pigs share of how the federal government is funded. The payroll/Social security tax is a bit of a different animal because everyone who pays in is expecting to directly benefit----& it is supposed to be self-supporting. 1 in 6 in America are on food stamps & a big chunk of the no-payers are the ones voting for O & the Democrats on the expectation of more benefits---from free health care to college grants, housing assistance, & yes, more welfare, WIC, Head Start.........& on & on & on. That's the "47%" Romney was referring to....................& he was correct. You can't beat Santa Claus. That cannot persist forever.

As is so often the case, what's legal can be more shocking than what's illegal. Liberals constantly prattle on about money corrupting politics----each campaign spent roughly $1 billion plus the super-PACs for both sides spent about an equal amount. The GM/Chrysler/UAW bailout will cost the US taxpayer a minimum of $30 billion that will never be paid back------& the Obama campaign hammered Romney mercilessly on that point, especially in Ohio, pointing out how O "saved" those jobs----------with the taxpayers essentially footing the $30 billion bill for his campaign to purchase votes.

So you sell freedom & liberty. That's how it works. As Senator Marco Rubio stated when addressing Hispanics---legal & illegal (paraphrased)-----voting for Obama & the Democrats is just voting to implement the very policies that you left your country to get away from. Conservatives have work to do no doubt.........but it isn't impossible-------& you don't sell out principals.