Republicans came to power as the party of big ideas, and without returning to that model they could be looking at a long winter. Additionally, those big ideas need to focus on Middle America. Three issues that could work are conservation, reform and localism.
Conservation- a return to the Teddy Roosevelt model of conservation. One doesn’t necessarily have to buy into global warming to appreciate the need to protect the natural resources we have.
Reform- the federal government is bigger than ever, and won’t be getting any smaller over the next four years. Republicans need to fashion themselves as national reformers. Much of Middle America wants the government as safety net, but bloated bureaucracies breed corruption that needs to be dealt with.
Localism- this is the lynchpin that brings it all together. If we bought our food locally, shopped locally, governed locally, many of the issue we now have to deal with would go away, or at the least become manageable.
Below is a collection of writers who speak about the things that matter. Some are Right, some Left and some Center, but all intelligent and rational voices.
The only major U.S. automaker not to file for bankruptcy or take bail out cash this year earned earned $997 million, or 29 cents a share, compared to a loss of $161 million, or 7 cents a share on that basis a year earlier.
Free Market?? Seriously you've got to be joking as nothing could be further from the truth. Why the article even states:
"The program [Cash for Clunkers] helped Ford cut costly incentives and raise production."
Without itself a beneficiary of a government program which subsidized automobile purchases, would Ford's third quarter prosperity have faired the same? I say unequivocally that it most definitely would have not!
An appearance of self sufficiency is quite a different thing than truly being self sufficient in business endeavors and/or otherwise.
Why just look around. They appearance; the facade being put over on the American people tell them that GDP is up that we are on the path to economic recovery. The reality however tells quite a different story.
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Free Market?? Seriously you've got to be joking as nothing could be further from the truth. Why the article even states:
"The program [Cash for Clunkers] helped Ford cut costly incentives and raise production."
Without itself a beneficiary of a government program which subsidized automobile purchases, would Ford's third quarter prosperity have faired the same? I say unequivocally that it most definitely would have not!
You are probably right, but the point still stands that the one car company that did not directly take bail out money is the one company making money.
While it may not be perfect I am ready to cheer on any company that appears more self sufficient at this point.
An appearance of self sufficiency is quite a different thing than truly being self sufficient in business endeavors and/or otherwise.
Why just look around. They appearance; the facade being put over on the American people tell them that GDP is up that we are on the path to economic recovery. The reality however tells quite a different story.
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