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Kerry on tax cuts via Jim DeMint

Submitted by Mike Warren on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 15:05
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I'll file this under "reasons why I am glad George W. Bush won a second term."

Interestingly, this is from Sen. Jim DeMint's YouTube channel. Are we seeing a new trend in politicians using social media to directly engage in arguments and conversation with and about their colleagues? I think it's a great move for conservatives, Republicans, and Americans.

DeMint's proven himself this Congress to be the most reliable conservative voices in the Senate, and his online effort to get his message out is pretty cool to see. It reminds me of what Rep. Buck McKeon is doing over on the House side: taking advantage of technology to serve the people in new ways.

Video is great way to reach people, let them know what their colleagues are doing and saying up on Capitol Hill. DeMint's YouTube channel has the feel of a local townhall meeting back in the district or state, but done through the power of the Internet so that everyone can access the information. There are floor speeches, media appearances, and handheld camera responses to see what's going on in the Senate. Keep it coming, I say.

Mike Warren blogs daily at Vandy Right.

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Yes, Jim DeMint is right on point.

Submitted by davidfarrar on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 16:11.

look

 

I just wish the Republican party, or even The Next Right, would support his views as well.

 

 ex animo

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davidfarrar

 

 

Actually...

Submitted by Progressive Tra... on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 21:13.

...he has a pretty good point with that first clip.

Check out the rapid expansion of MNCs under Reagan.

That Americans would invest in America is one of the greatest fallacies of trickle-down theory.

Here's the formula:

M * V = P * Q

It states that the product of the total amount of money in an economy and the velocity of that money through the economy maintains an equilibrium with the product of the number of goods within that economy and the price of those goods.

Trickle-down theory is concerned entirely with the V in the equation of exchange.

It is entirely negated at the point that the money exits the economy.

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On the second clip, it seems as if he's building to something, but never gets there.

Yes, government is better able to direct monetary policy.

Direct spending is only one mechanism.

A more viable long-term strategy would be closing tax loopholes, or denying government contracts to companies that re-base overseas to avoid taxation.

An excellent step one would be to deny taxpayers the deduction for foreign income taxes paid.

Didn't Bush talk about doing this?  Wasn't there a big to-do about Americans abroad goving up their citizenship to avoid American taxation?