roundtable: Re: Federal Budget Negotiations

roundtable: Re: Federal Budget Negotiations

Re: Federal Budget Negotiations

Ted Kircher (kircher@bga.com)
Mon, 18 Dec 1995 02:53:22 -0600 (CST) 

Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 02:53:22 -0600 (CST)
From: Ted Kircher <kircher@bga.com>
Subject: Re: Federal Budget Negotiations
To: Vigdor Schreibman - FINS <fins@access.digex.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951217182318.14327A-100000@access2.digex.net>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9512180138.A10960-0100000@urchin.bga.com>


On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, Vigdor Schreibman - FINS wrote:
> 
>   You know it always amazes me how clever the doublespeak artists of 
> the Republican Party are when they are shafting the public, especially 
> when the object is a colossal theft of public resources.  Take your ode 
> to Republican reasonableness with regard to the budget negotiations, for
> instance.  What a fantastic lie you tell.
> 
>   When it comes to paying off debts, the first order of business is to
> discuss whose debt is being paid off.  Right?  You managed to skip that
> part and just assumed that those who are the most able American families
> who have robbed the United States blind during the past Republican era,
> should get another tax gift for their trouble, while those who are the
> least able should pay off the sea of red ink left behind. 

I agree that the distribution of wealth in the US, primarily orchestrated
by the Republicans (but there are many Democratic hypocrits like the
Kennedys as well), has been unfair, and this needs to be one of the
paradigm shifts that the US has to make.  

When the Republicans use the term 'family values' they really mean 'family
value', i.e. make sure the economic value (collected gains of the past) is
kept within THEIR family. 

I have some views on how to correct this, but they do not include, as you
seem to suggest, that we simply ignore the US debt because of past
unfairness? 


>   Your fantastic story telling won't wash.  Take it to the garbage dump.

You sound like another Moses coming off the mountain with 'truth' on his 
side. Being demagogic does not lead to a fruitful discussion. 

I hope you put forth constructive ideas, not just complain about the
unfairness of the status quo. However, if you are simply a 'bleeding
liberal', our dialogue will not go very far. 

Ted
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