Conservative Thought

sturg33 said:
Obama blames congress. Congress blames Obama.

Question, why should republicans help Obama when they oppose what he is trying to do?
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I think it's deeper than that and let me provide an example. There is a considerable bipartisan segment in the US House of Representatives that would like to provide more money to school districts to help pay for special education services that are mandated by the federal government and delivered by local school districts throughout the country. When IDEA--the legislation containing these mandates--was passed in the mid-1970s (under a Republican president), the federal government said it would pay 40% of the costs related to these services. The highest they've gotten in the past two decades is in the low-20% range (and that was due to the stimulus package passed in 2009). However, the attack on discretionary spending (which is a minor part of the federal budget in the whole scheme of things) has prevented the Republicans who want to provide more support to school districts throughout the country from accomplishing that.

So this isn't just about Obama or just about Democrats. This is about a segment of the US House of Representatives taking a macro-approach to a set of issues without discernment. Reasonable people can disagree about something like special education (but good luck getting IDEA repealed or mandated services reduced), but the simple fact that a wholesale approach on discretionary spending can cripple the efforts of well-meaning people of both parties from getting things done is troubling.

Further, the President proposes and Congress disposes, but instead of making efforts to find any sort of middle ground, a vocal and ideologically-driven group in the House of Representatives simply runs to the other pole vis-a-vis Obama, preventing progress on almost any issue by holding the leadership of the majority caucus hostage.

Democrats screamed about W and a lot of the screaming was disrespectful, but in the end, they found a way to work with him on a variety of issues. We can decry the results of those agreements, but they were agreements forged in compromise by well-meaning people of both parties.
 
sturg33 said:
Wasn't there like 30,000 new laws that his the books on January 1, 2014?

I'd prefer much less action
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Legitimate point, but then repeal the whole law that requires special education or pay for it like you said you would (not you personally).
 
57Brave said:
You again, miss the point by making, again, a lazy false equivalency. But hey ...

A good research project for you might be to see the work schedule of this congress and the congress under (D) then report back on who does and doesn't do what.

OR, you can continue to make lazy un informed statements and pass them off as thought out opinions.

Kinda like something I'd expect from the Jody Hice . Which is the point of the whole thread --
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I think you missed my point.
 
nah Tapa, didn't miss your point.
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“Fiscally conservative but socially liberal” is a hip, trendy way of saying “I still think poor kids are being too grabby with this whole ‘wanting food’ thing, but I also like weed.”
- don't know who to attribute this to
 
57Brave said:
nah Tapa, didn't miss your point.

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“Fiscally conservative but socially liberal” is a hip, trendy way of saying “I still think poor kids are being too grabby with this whole ‘wanting food’ thing, but I also like weed.”

- don't know who to attribute this to
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Sho did.

You have been on a real tear of late.
 
57Brave said:
“Fiscally conservative but socially liberal” is a hip, trendy way of saying “I still think poor kids are being too grabby with this whole ‘wanting food’ thing, but I also like weed.”
- don't know who to attribute this to
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Clearly an impressive intellectual
 
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