Shutdown or bring spending down?

Reid and the Democrats get a pass from Face the Nation

Appearing on CBS News’s Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID SAID SENATE DEMOCRATS AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE AGREED TO $73 BILLION IN CUTS. That number is $73 billion less than President Barack Obama’s budget, though, NOT $73 BILLION LESS THAN WHAT’S ACTUALLY IN THE CURRENT BUDGET. OBAMA’S BUDGET NEVER PASSED.
Reid’s plan is really only $33 billion in cuts from the actual budget, but Schieffer never challenged Reid on that spin....

http://dailycaller.com/2011/04...


I cut personal spending this month by $30,000 because I didn’t buy that new car I was thinking about. Of course I could have cut it by $50,000 if I had thought about a Lexus.



I’m from the Government and I’m here to help

The Supreme Court’s 2005 Kelo decision legitimized this. It permits governments to cite “blight” — a notoriously elastic concept, sometimes denoting nothing more than chipped paint or cracked sidewalks — to justify seizing property for the “public use” of enriching those governments.

ROOS RESPONDED BY PAINTING ON THE SIDE OF ONE OF HIS BUILDINGS A LARGE MURAL — A SLASH THROUGH A RED CIRCLE CONTAINING THE WORDS “END EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE.” The government that had provoked him declared his sign “illegal” and demanded that he seek a permit for it. He did. Then the government denied the permit.

THE ST. LOUIS SIGN CODE PUTS THE BURDEN ON THE CITIZEN TO JUSTIFY HIS OR HER SPEECH RATHER THAN ON THE GOVERNMENT TO JUSTIFY LIMITING SPEECH. And the code exempts certain kinds of signs from requiring permits. These include works of art, flags of nations, states or cities, and symbols or crests of religious, fraternal or professional organizations. AND, OF COURSE, THE GOVERNMENT EXEMPTED POLITICAL SIGNS. SO THE EXEMPTED CATEGORIES ARE DEFINED BY THE SIGNS’ CONTENT.

The Institute for Justice, a libertarian public interest law firm defending Roos, notes that signs may be the oldest form of mass communication — Gutenberg made advertising posters — and they remain an inexpensive means of communicating with fellow citizens. ST. LOUIS SAYS THAT IT REGULATES SIGNS FOR “AESTHETIC” REASONS AND TO PROMOTE TRAFFIC SAFETY, BUT IT ADMITS THAT IT HAS NO GUIDELINES FOR THE BUREAUCRATS EXERCISING AESTHETIC DISCRETION AND NO EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE CONNECTING SIGNS WITH TRAFFIC RISKS. And why would Roos’s mural be less aesthetic and more distracting to drivers than, say, a sign — exempted from any permit requirement — urging the election of the kind of city officials who enjoy censoring Roos?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-st-louis-a-protest-sign-meets-government-arrogance/2011/04/01/AFvR4wJC_story.html


The left feels that the government is a benevolent giver of gifts. No so much on the right.



What’s the best state in the Union to be in right now?

It’s 3.8 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE is less than half the national rate.

Across the nation, nearly 1 in 4 homeowners with a mortgage are underwater. In this state, JUST 1 IN 14 HAVE NEGATIVE EQUITY,

It’s balance sheet is so strong IT RECENTLY REDUCED INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES AND PROPERTY TAXES BY A COMBINED $400 MILLION, and is debating further cuts.

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The Hill Poll: GOP seen as more reasonable in spending-cut debate

A PLURALITY OF LIKELY VOTERS BELIEVES REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN MORE REASONABLE THAN DEMOCRATS IN THE NEGOTIATIONS OVER SPENDING CUTS.

A new poll conducted for The Hill showed 41 percent polled said the GOP had been “more reasonable,” while 29 percent said Democrats had been more sensible. Twenty-two percent said neither party was more reasonable than the other, and 7 percent were not sure.

http://thehill.com/polls/153517-the-hill-poll-public-sees-gop-more-reasonable-in-budget-debate


These numbers tend to coincide with Rasmussen’s numbers on the presidents popularity among those who hold strong views.