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Why Republicans will likely have to cave on the automaker bailout.
Today, Congress reconvened itself in the “lame duck” session to attempt to force through before the 111th Congress the remaining laundry list of bills that Democratic leaders promised during the October campaigning period. One bill, however, has run into significant opposition - the automakers bailout bill. Despite holding sizable leads in the House and Senate, Democrats are unable to garner sufficient votes to pass the bill. As a result, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been forced to say, “Just wait” for the 111th Congress. For Republicans, the automaker bailout issue is fraught with peril for a party that is already weakened and attempting to regain both its confidence and its soul.
Encouraging the Freedom to Fail
American business is the most robust, the most efficient, and the most effective in providing returns to shareholders on invested capital. We take capital from all points on the globe and turn it into returns that are often multiples of what they initially invested. No other country is as effective at generating wealth as the United States. We are so effective because of our commitment to capitalism and free markets. Part and parcel of that commitment is a belief in freedom. One of those freedoms has to be the freedom to fail. For if failure is not a consequence of bad decision making by private enterprise, we will surely fail in the long term in generating wealth. Life without risk, in business, is not worth investing in.
When the facts matter - Democrats lose elections…
Obama shouldn’t be winning. His policies are all wrong and backwards for America. The voters who matter know this - however - they’re so disgusted with Republicans, the facts just don’t matter.
What Obama’s Policies mean for America: Defense Policy
This is the first article in a multi-article set that will examine each of the policy “categories” that Sen. Obama identifies as part of his platform, and offer some critical analysis of what an Obama Presidency might mean, given what he has said.
I decided to write these series of articles after Sen. Obama commented on [...]
How important is the Vice President pick anyways?
The buzz this week is all about who Sen. Obama will chose as his Vice Presidential nominee. I have been talking with friends and the question keeps coming up, “How important is the pick?” The answer - it is one of those choices in life you can only “screw up”; getting it right often has [...]
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