In Wisconsin, 1 Republican is recalled; 3 keep seats

[The_Dude 1,142]

I'd vote for any Tea Partier - no matter how schizophrenic - over a Republican-Democrat regimer.

Somebody's gotta throw that entitled boomer grandma off the cliff.

Then vote libertarian, they may be nutters, but aren't full blown retards.

[mawilson 2,133]

That's crazy talk. Reforming the system doesn't mean blowing it up. America already had its revolution.

I don't believe that taking an axe to entitlement programs like Social Security or Medicare means blowing America up.

I want to go back to the era of small government (think early 1900's) when federal government spending accounted for less than 10 percent of GDP.

[The_Dude 1,142]

I don't believe that taking an axe to entitlement programs like Social Security or Medicare means blowing America up.

I want to go back to the era of small government (think early 1900's) when federal government spending accounted for less than 10 percent of GDP.

Yeah, I have no desire to go back to that era. Read The Jungle.....

[mawilson 2,133]

Yeah, I have no desire to go back to that era. Read The Jungle.....

If you think 10 percent of GDP is extreme, that's still 1.5 trillion dollars per year.

That's $5,000 for every man, woman and child in America.

Do we really need to spend that much per person? It's absolutely insane!

[scandal 951]

I don't believe that taking an axe to entitlement programs like Social Security or Medicare means blowing America up.

I want to go back to the era of small government (think early 1900's) when federal government spending accounted for less than 10 percent of GDP.

I think that openly courting and welcoming a default on our Public debt is the moral equivalent of blowing America up. Any and all Tea Partyers who glibly suggested that we not raise the Debt ceiling and not meet our obligations were willing to blow up the country.

As to going back to small government, there is a certain appeal to that. It seems folksy and nostalgic to think we could all live in a Norman Rockwell painting or in a Frank Capra movie. I don't think that's really possible or even desirable however. We live in a modern, complex, interconnected global technological society. Capital flows are instantaneous and global. So are labor and supply chains. The only way to compete in such a world is to have a modern economy, infrastructure and workforce that is doing what the rest of the world is doing. And that means modern roads, rails, telecommunications, healthcare, education, financial system, and much more. And coordinating the logistics at the scale of a country of 300+ million on half a continent spanning 4 timezones is not something you can leave strictly and only to the private sector, nor to the 50 individual states. Are we doing too much at the federal level? Sure, probably, we can divest a bunch of things. But go back to the Herbert Hoover or Teddy Roosevelt era? C'mon. Get serious.

[Zero Sum 305]

If you think 10 percent of GDP is extreme, that's still 1.5 trillion dollars per year.

That's $5,000 for every man, woman and child in America.

Do we really need to spend that much per person? It's absolutely insane!

If only $5K were being "spent" on every man, woman, and child in the country per year.

[scandal 951]

If you think 10 percent of GDP is extreme, that's still 1.5 trillion dollars per year.

That's $5,000 for every man, woman and child in America.

Do we really need to spend that much per person? It's absolutely insane!

Why is that insane?

[mawilson 2,133]

Why is that insane?

Because you can hire a Chinaman to follow you around and do whatever you want for that kind of cash.

[luckytxn 2,265]

you want some vj'ers to have a meltdown, don't you?

You make it sound like that is a bad thing.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Who knows? At least now, Gov Walker seems to be singing a different tune to his 'my way or the highway' approach from a few months back. Seems he might be concerned for his own future, be it via recall, or via the next scheduled election.

[Ban Hammer 13,491]

You make it sound like that is a bad thing.

but it's so messy!

[Pooky 3,825]

I'd vote for any Tea Partier - no matter how schizophrenic - over a Republican-Democrat regimer.

Somebody's gotta throw that entitled boomer grandma off the cliff.

Move to Wisconsin, mawilson.

The Koch brothers might have money available to help influence the vote that way.

Why go to Wisconsin? Go to California. I hear Jerry Brown prefers spending money on illegal immigrants rather than crusties.

[luckytxn 2,265]

but it's so messy!

Yeah but I just read that we can hire Chinamen to follow them and clean up after them.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Why go to Wisconsin? Go to California. I hear Jerry Brown prefers spending money on illegal immigrants rather than crusties.

Awww, everyone loves to bash California because it is liberal. Too bad what you said is a load of #######.

[mawilson 2,133]

Awww, everyone loves to bash California because it is liberal. Too bad what you said is a load of #######.

I like California. Contrary to popular belief, it's a red state (with the exception of SF and parts of LA).