Today's an easy entry because it will write itself. I'm simply going to drop in words spoken by political leaders to illustrate my recent points, that these people aren't leaders at all. They're simply political hacks who haven't a clue as to how to run a nation, and with them at the helm, it can only get worse.
The first example is from Senator Majority Leader, Harry Reid, who recently attacked Republicans over the upcoming vote on raising the debt ceiling. He said, “We can’t back out on the money we owe the rest of the world. We can’t do as the Gingrich crowd did a few years ago, close the government.”
However, the same Harry Reid, was quoted in 2006 as follows before a vote to increase our debt.
“If my Republican friends believe that increasing our debt by almost $800 billion today and more than $3 trillion over the last five years is the right thing to do, they should be upfront about it. They should explain why they think more debt is good for the economy.
“How can the Republican majority in this Congress explain to their constituents that trillions of dollars in new debt is good for our economy? How can they explain that they think it’s fair to force our children, our grandchildren, our great grandchildren to finance this debt through higher taxes. That’s what it will have to be. Why is it right to increase our nation’s dependence on foreign creditors?
“They should explain this. Maybe they can convince the public they’re right. I doubt it. Because most Americans know that increasing debt is the last thing we should be doing. After all, I repeat, the Baby Boomers are about to retire. Under the circumstances, any credible economist would tell you we should be reducing debt, not increasing it. Democrats won’t be making argument to supper this legalization, which will weaken our country. Weaken our county.”
Senator Reid was recently asked by NBC’s David Gregory about the conflict between his 2006 and 2011 statements. Reid replied, “I don’t really know what vote you’re talking about.”
Then on March 16, 2006 then Senator Obama included the following in a speech on the Senator floor.
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."
So, as I've been saying in entries for quite a while now, it doesn't matter what politicians say, and it never did. The only thing that counts is what they do. And in the case of our current leadership what they do most of the time is yammer. And as far as these so-called leaders are concerned, I'm really glad I'm not one of their followers. Because these two equivocating, prevaricating, vascillators are going to continue to lead whoever believes them right off the edge of a cliff.
That's it for today folks.
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