[kitchencabinetforum] RYAN PROMISES NOT TO DUCK THE TOUGH ISSUES

Paul Ryan accepted his nomination as Romney's running mate at the Republican convention. Ryan said: Before the math and the momentum overwhelm us all, we are going to solve this nation's economic problems. We will not duck the tough issues - we will lead. We will not spend four years blaming others - we will take responsibility. So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?

Romney's selection of Ryan has energized party libertarians who have doubted Romney. Ryan's budget plan would rein in government spending and shift some Medicare participants into private insurance plans purchased with the help of government subsidies.

Democrats are not able to handle the truth that we're going broke. There are myriad suckers in the electorate. Robin Hood Democrats, promising pseudofree goods provided by the rich, are betting that Americans are too stupid to see through their many scams. Their cynicism is as boundless as their politics of personal destruction. In June 2009, and often since, Obama assured us: "No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your healthcare plan, you will be able to keep your healthcare plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what." Obama has already broken that promise.

In Iowa Obama announced that the federal government will purchase over $150 million in meat and fish to help ranchers survive the drought, and that food is going to be spent by folks over at the Pentagon and other places! http://venitism.blogspot.com

USA is going broke. Nevertheless, Obama says Romney will take away from seniors, women, students, and the middle class. Obama is counting on seniors being too senile, women being too emotional, young people being unexperienced, and the middle-class being too focused on their mortgages to understand his smokescreens and hoodwinks. Romney won't push folks over the cliff, Obama 's head-in-the-sand will.

The burden of federal spending in USA was down to 18.2 percent of gross domestic product when Bill Clinton left office. But this progress didn't last long. Thanks to George Bush's reckless spending policies, the federal budget grew about twice as fast as the economy, jumping by nearly 90 percent in just eight years This pushed federal spending up to about 25 percent of GDP. Obama promised hope and change, but he has kept spending at this high level rather than undoing the mistakes of his predecessor.

Ryan has some very bad votes in his past, including support for TARP, the auto bailout, the no-bureaucrat-left-behind education legislation, and the reckless Medicare prescription drug entitlement. Everyone says to ignore those votes because Ryan knew he was voting the wrong way, but if he's already made some deliberately bad decisions for political reasons, what's to stop him from making more deliberately bad decisions for political reasons?

Mark Hinkle muses that Republican Paul Ryan's plan to pseudoprivatize Medicare is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Hinkle notes that if Congressman Ryan is so worried about the cost of Medicare, maybe he should not have voted for the huge Republican Medicare expansion in 2003. The essential problem with Medicare is that it's a coercive program. All Americans are forced to participate in the Medicare scheme, whether or not they think it's good for them. Paul Ryan's plan does nothing to address that essential problem.

Hinkle wants Medicare terminated, pure and simple! No ifs, ands, and buts! The
Constitution does not give the federal government any authority to provide or
pay for health care, and besides, forcing young people to pay the bills of old
people is just plain wrong. At the very least, people should be allowed to opt
out of Medicare. No one should be forced to pay taxes into a system they dislike
and don't want to use.

I support Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party for President of USA. Johnson has an outstanding record for vetoing legislation as former governor of New Mexico. He vetoed more bills than all other governors in USA combined, stopping the expansion of big government.

Santorum once mused that since Republicans nominated Romney who is just a little different from Obama, then Americans may as well stay with Obama instead of taking a risk. No Santorum, Americans better vote for Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party!

Two major parties in every Western country try to commoditize all voters, transforming them to vegetables in the center field! Rabblerousers gravitate to two dominant parties running for the center, trying to offend as few people as possible. This produces a groupthink where everybody avoids the issues when they're running for office. Most Westerners are disappointed in both major parties. They're hungry for a new approach, a new party, truly committed to substantive ideas, and not just to getting elected and focusing on their particular election cycles. http://venitism.blogspot.com

Lemmings are Arctic rodents of poor eyesight, which can drown en masse. American lemmings vote for Republicans or Decocrats. Europeans behave like lemmings when they masochistically vote for kleptocrats. British lemmings vote for Whigs or Tories. Greek lemmings vote for Pasok or Nea Democratia. Eurolemmings rely on the spinmill of Brussels bromides. Are you a lemming? Are you a victim of taxation and kleptocracy? It's time for soulsearching and vision examination.

Citizens who want the government out of their wallets, their bedrooms, their businesses, and their lives must vote for libertarians. Only libertarians try to minimize government and maximize individual liberty. It's not a shame to lose an election, but it's a shame to compromise your values in order to win an election. Obsession with polls is a sign of weak soul. The two major parties are willing to say anything and promise everything in order to win an election. Of course, after the election most promises are conveniently forgotten. The two major parties need an awakening call. http://venitism.blogspot.com