Friday News Roundup - Domestic
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-01-04/friday-news-roundup-domestic
The 113th Congress has been sworn in and it’s the most diverse in history. It includes the first Hindu in the Senate, and the first openly bisexual woman in the House. Republican Congressman John Boehner is re-elected House Speaker despite some opposition in his own party. A deal is reached on the fiscal cliff but big battles still loom on the debt and government spending. The economy added 155,000 jobs in December. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she’ll return to work next week after being hospitalized for a blood clot. And Al Jazeera buys Current TV from Al Gore.David Corn of Mother Jones magazine, Jeanne Cummings of Bloomberg News and syndicated columnist Michael Gerson join guest host Tom Gjelten to discuss the week's top national stories.
Guests
David Corn
Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones magazine and author of the new book "Showdown: The Inside Story of How Obama Fought Back Against Boehner, Cantor, and the Tea Party."
Michael Gerson
syndicated columnist and author of "City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era."
Jeanne Cummings
deputy government editor for Bloomberg News.
Friday News Roundup Video
Recently retired Rep. Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, said he would like to be appointed as an interim senator to fill John Kerry’s seat until a special election later this year. Gov. Deval Patrick has the power to name the vacancy created by Mr. Kerry’s nomination to be secretary of state. David Corn, Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones magazine, says he would like to see that happen.
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af64 wrote: "Your comment reflects the ignorance and childishness that my original comment referred to"
You're comments are just blurted out left wing nonsense. There obviously is no thoughtful or accurate content in any of it.
johnandere wrote:
"In fact, the Tea Party would like EVERYONE to have LESS government supervision and more personal responsibility..."
Ah, there's your "tell"....this is the perennial libertarian fantasy. WEEEEEE!....EVERYONE will be personally responsible if only we had LESS government, then we can all be FREEEEE!
Yeh, sounds great but it's a childish notion based on a serious lack in understanding the nature of the human species and the history of civilization.
Why do you suppose the concept of "government" ever got started? .......sigh.
Dan D. wrote:
You're comments are just blurted out left wing nonsense. There obviously is no thoughtful or accurate content in any of it.
Sorry, Dan....the content of my comment is accurate, it's blurted out of my own experience of being a responsible person....AND being a "lefty". HAHAHA.
Sayonara, Baby. :-)
af64 wrote:
"Ah, there's your "tell"....this is the perennial libertarian fantasy. WEEEEEE!....EVERYONE will be personally responsible if only we had LESS government, then we can all be FREEEEE!
Yeh, sounds great but it's a childish notion based on a serious lack in understanding the nature of the human species and the history of civilization."
Pure rhetoric.
"Why do you suppose the concept of "government" ever got started? .......sigh."
It is clear from your thoughts that you don't think American is "different" than past governments. It is. Historically with only a couple of exceptions, "governments" have been dictatorial and put in place to control people. America was founded differently on the principles of religious freedom and taxation only when proper representation is present in how and for what that taxation takes place. OUR government exists to (physically) protect its citizens and ensure the blessings of liberty. Those are concepts of LESS government, personal repsonsibility, and freedom, no matter how you would like to ridicule them, and they served us fine from 1776 (actually before that) until the rise of Progressivism in the late 19th century. How the concept of "government ever got started" is irrelevant to the United States of America. All that matters is OUR concept of government which is represented in our Constitution. Read Article 1, Section 8 - and then talk to me about "a childish notion based on a serious lack in understanding the nature of the human species and the history of civilization".
Sigh ... indeed.
af64 wrote:
Dan D. wrote:
You're comments are just blurted out left wing nonsense. There obviously is no thoughtful or accurate content in any of it.
Sorry, Dan....the content of my comment is accurate, it's blurted out of my own experience of being a responsible person....AND being a "lefty". HAHAHA.
You questioned what do I know about what side you are on, I'm gonna go with lefty, so ... all my previous statements stand. Good for you being personaly responsible by the way, now tell those like minded lefty's to do the same thing and we won't have a problem.
VAT TAX NEEDED IN US??
Why is there such a paucity of reporting/discussions in main stream news media and among politicians/bureaucrats and interest groups of the US potentially adopting a country-wide 'Value Added Tax' similar to the VAT tax mechanisms which have been in place in virtually all other industrialized nations world-wide* for decades??
Canada's so-called GST Value Added Tax, although objected to by many upon its implementation over 20-years ago, is now widely accepted across the country and is credited by respected economists with enabling many of Canada's most vital federal and provincial govts' programmes' continuation and, in some cases, badly needed expansion...
Substantial additional and increased sources of revenue are needed by the US govt to continue provision of irreplaceable federal and state-delivered programmes and services...
Considering the dire consequences for ordinary Americans- and for the US's international partners around the world- of dramatic cut-backs in federal spending (on things such as education, research and development, defense, health care and old age security):
... why aren't the US's politicians, news media and leading economists discussing the potential attributes and negatives of the US adopting a country-wide 'Value added Tax'??
Roderick V. Louis,
Vancouver, BC, Canada
* G7 and most European Union member countries
MrRoderickvLouis wrote: "why aren't the US's politicians, news media and leading economists discussing the potential attributes and negatives of the US adopting a country-wide 'Value added Tax'??"
Because Americans as a whole are not ready to embrace the costs of unsustainable European style socialism, YET! Personally I would not like to live in Canada, you can keep it. It is also to a mistake to compare small countries like Canada to the U.S. We are essentially an open borders country with a large population, unlike any countries you may want to make comparisons with.
@ AF64
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li0no7O9zmE
Get out the crayon pal....