tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817171247555815363.post5263589820087346193..comments2024-03-26T05:57:44.937+00:00Comments on True Economics: 2/1/2013: The Bitter ATRA FudgeTrueEconomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07350536454228478974noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817171247555815363.post-20319401400887157622013-01-03T00:11:58.925+00:002013-01-03T00:11:58.925+00:00The sole role of the US constitution when it was e...The sole role of the US constitution when it was enacted was to limit the power of the Federal Government.<br />The US is a republic where sovereignty is vested in every citizen .The notion of compromise or liberal concepts such as fairness which spread like infections through parliamentary democracies should be alien in the American system.<br />An administration which passes no laws due to obstruction by the House of Reps. is the most successful form of US government.<br /><br />The expansion of state control,the acceptance of oligarchical rule by a plurality of Americans and European style welfare dependence is killing America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817171247555815363.post-46120359591095981332013-01-02T23:24:25.470+00:002013-01-02T23:24:25.470+00:00Political system is always badly divided. The role...Political system is always badly divided. The role of Presidential Leadership is to brach this divide. LBJ was able to do it, so was Reagan. Clinton fought a decent fight and quasi-won. Obama so far has proven to be utterly incapable of going beyond the fudge. And that, in my view, is the essence of Obamanomics. The latest round went his way because the GOP blinked, scared of taking the blame for the Fiscal Cliff (potential) fallout. But his victory is Pyrrhic, because he has no vision. He could have won by passing reforms. He won only time.TrueEconomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350536454228478974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817171247555815363.post-35170813119398783262013-01-02T23:09:06.457+00:002013-01-02T23:09:06.457+00:00Not sure it is as simple as Obamanomics. The US ec...Not sure it is as simple as Obamanomics. The US economy is a mess, partly because the political system is so badly divided, and there is so little consensus on the way forward. This may be the best they can come up with.astaineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05614870671236692226noreply@blogger.com