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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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Because of potential holiday travel through the end of the year, some upcoming posts may be prescheduled, of a differing frequency, nature or extent or posted on a differing schedule.Tweet of the Day
But isn't Matthews the guy who felt a thrill going up his leg going up his leg over Obama? I wonder if Obama also filed a complaint... "Chris Matthews"— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 17, 2017
Government prohibitions work. #FakeAlcoholFacts— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 17, 2017
According to teetotaler Trump, the BEST vodka is made from potatoes, not grain. #FakeAlcoholFacts— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 17, 2017
Remember the $10T pseudo-intellectual Empty Suit POTUS who stonewalled the Born Alive Infant Protection Law in Illinois? According to this bonehead, laws against murder, theft, infidelity and lying impose religious values on others. pic.twitter.com/Xy1MuTivFl— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 17, 2017
My God, you left-fascist bastards have some chutzpah arguing keeping more of the money one earned is somewhat "stolen" from morally corrupt, contemptible Statist political whores! Go to hell!— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 17, 2017
It's not just the Dems and their fellow left-fascist Statist whores are economic illiterates and hypocrites. They aren't very imaginative; I would have done a hashtag playing on a corkscrew. #CorkerKickback— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 17, 2017
Choose Life: Down Syndrome People Are Worthy, Beautiful Gifts From God
The US National Debt Is Out of This World
Kill the Mortgage Interest Deduction
Facebook Corner
(Reason). Republicans: We'll get serious about the debt and deficits — next year, maybe.How refreshing: a libertarian forum that doesn't believe taxation is theft, believes that globally high business marginal rates enhance growth, that the deletion of the ObamaCare mandate doesn't further freedom.
You have a President who ran against entitlement reform, who cut a deal with Chuck and Nancy on raising the debt ceiling. The GOP, for electoral reasons, couldn't get the same ObamaCare repeal passed that Obama vetoed. They don't have a super-majority like the 111th Congress. Trump is more interested in wheeling and dealing to get funding for his damned eminent-domain crushing Wall than in putting the federal government on a diet. And cutting back in the fastest-growing mandatory spending of entitlements is easier said than done. The left-fascist Dems have been playing Whac-a-Mole in elections on any politician who merely voices the fact the fiscal house of cards is unsustainable (just recall how the left-fascists had Speaker Ryan dumping grandma over the cliff). There is still a significant portion of the GOP coalition which supports the welfare state and entitlements. If you thought ObamaCare and/or tax reform were gimmes, just imagine how difficult when current beneficiaries think reform constitutes a threat to their standard of living?
Should the tax reform have included spending reform? In my opinion, yes. Did it? No. Could it given the GOP narrow majority and the Dems playing partisan politics? No. Do I take Speaker Ryan on his word that spending/entitlement reform are on the agenda? Yes.
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Musical Interlude: Christmas Mix 2017
Barbra Streisand, "Ave Maria"
