Dallas Buyer's Club should be the Tea Party pick of this year's nominees as it is most decidedly anti-government. But with good reason as the federal government's response to the AIDS epidemic in the early years (in particular, the FDA) was abominable. Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto are brilliant.
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Sigh. You know damned well that TEA Partiers aren't anti-government except as defined by someone who worships at the altar of big government. TEA ("Taxed Enough Already") means no further expansion in any part except by cutting waste in other parts (or preferably by cutting some of them entirely, such as not expanding a jobs program except by cuts in or outright elimination of some of the several dozen other jobs programs, most of which fail at any job except that of employing Federal civil servants).
Only to someone who desperately wants to give give the altar of state power a daily tongue-bath does "no further growth in spending or power (outside of true national emergency)" mean "anti-government".
Taxed enough already? At the time the Tea Party was formed, rates were lower than they had been in decades so that makes no sense. I think you guys just have a pathological hatred of the government that's rooted in adolescent emotional issues. You just don't like being told what to do.
And tongue baths? Yeah, that's a straw man...again;)
I think you guys...
You feel, you don't think. It would be good if you understood the distinction.
And yet the Federal government continues to squander our hard-earned tax dollars while demanding even more. That's been your refrain for years, "More, more, more!" Anyone who says, "No, this is quite enough, thank you," means "pathological hatred of government!" Bollocks! You are a purveyor of horse shit, sir, and a liar, to boot.
Squander, huh. Well, I'd like to see you take a crack at the budget, Larry. Where would you cut? Why? How would it work out? It's not that easy when you actually spend some time with it.
Perhaps the reason why the government spends more money is that our economy is bigger. Did you ever consider that?
At the time the Tea Party was formed, rates were lower than they had been in decades so that makes no sense.
Is that a serious statement? Tea Party was formed to stop the tax hikes that were being proposed and shut down the Keynesian stupidity. Then they took up the mantle against government overreach for ACA and other financial boondoggles like green energy subsidies and bailouts. You supported the cash burn and to this day support corruption and graft on a grand scale. You might want to look in the mirror sometime to recognize part of the problem, mr. enabler.
Perhaps the reason why the government spends more money is that our economy is bigger. Did you ever consider that?
WTF? Did you get your degree from Five-Minute University? No, you couldn't have because those lessons are pretty good and pretty easy to remember.
If you want to know what I would cut, go read what I've already told you. It's right here on your own blog.
And then there's small change that could be saved because there's no reason for government to be growing, year in, year out, faster than the rate of growth of either the population or GDP. Of course, tying it to GDP is really fucking stupid because that makes the dopey assumption that booming businesses somehow require more government and more government spending. That's ass-backwards. Boom periods allow the government to take in more money, which they immediately spend on politicians' pet projects. When booms end, government gets less money, but don't want to cut spending (which helps keep politicians in power because they bring home the pork to their districts), so they borrow more and spend even more. They're busy stimulatin', don'cha know? Lather, rinse, repeat, continue until breaking point reached and sovereign default takes place. When will that happen? Who the fuck knows? It depends on what the fuckwits in Washington and the Federal Reserve do in coming years. Since they don't know what they're going to do, and mostly we don't even know who will be there making those decisions, it's impossible to guess where the breaking point will be, the point where our T-bills can't be sold. Though the fact that the Fed is buying a lot of them to prop up the price suggests that already they're unable to sell all of them. That should be a huge fucking warning sign, but not to the Enlightened. No, not them.
the Keynesian stupidity.
Why is Keynes "stupid?"
Recall that Keynes also posited for austerity during times of growth. Isn't that what Bill Clinton did when he balanced the budget and left office with a budget surplus?
What would have done differently vis a vis the bailouts? How would it have played out? Let's see some evidence to support your assertions.
It's right here on your own blog.
Where?
it's impossible to guess where the breaking point will be, the point where our T-bills can't be sold. Though the fact that the Fed is buying a lot of them to prop up the price suggests that already they're unable to sell all of them. That should be a huge fucking warning sign, but not to the Enlightened. No, not them.
A very uniformed comment. The Fed engaged in QE because Congress wouldn't act with stimulus. It worked and now they are going to begin to move out of that policy which should make you happy. I don't mind complaints about the Fed...they spend too much time focusing on inflation and not enough on unemployment and growth...but wild accusations about being unable to sell T bills are unfounded. Have you checked to see how they are doing these days?
The Fed engaged in QE because Congress wouldn't act with stimulus.
Your stupidity truly knows no bounds. But let's leave that aside a moment and consider what you just suggested - that a quasi-branch of the federal govt acted without either Congressional, Executive or Judicial authority. So just where in the Constitution does that fit?
Fed history
A very uniformed comment.
I beg to differ. It was most plainly dressed in casual clothes.
Ah now Larry - your goose-stepping anti-govt opinions are always in full battle dress!
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