http://www.facebook.com/reppaulryanhttp://www.twitter.com/reppaulryanhttp://www.house.gov/ryanhttp://www.house.gov/budget_republicans/I'm very worried about crony capitalism, where the big boys cut their deals in Washington and the small guys are left out on the sideline. I'm worried about making this permanent.
The agenda this year: take over the energy sector with cap-and-trade; take over the health care sector trying to get a bill done before Christmas; huge spending increases government agency budgets are up 24% since FY2008; this financial sector overhaul with bailouts made permanent. We have a very ambitious government that has moved deeply left of center, moving this agenda through very quickly before their votes start slipping away from them.
Take a look at where were going with macroeconomic policy: higher taxes; higher regulatory barriers; far more spending - all on borrowed money, which adds to our huge debt problem, which will further debase our currency. These things are bad economic policies for the medium- and long-run, and, I would argue, also in the short-run. When you're conducting this kind of economic policy, which really does put the Federal Government more in firm control of the economy, that's not good and that is why we are not having robust growth going forward.
For more on crony capitalism: "Down with Big Business: How the government is smothering dreams and stifling growth", Forbes.com -
http://www.house.gov/ryan/speeches_and_editorials/2009spe... More on economic recovery: "Why No One Expects a Strong Recovery: When you repeal sound economic policies you repeal their results", Wall Street Journal -
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870443180457... (op-ed with Rep. Jeb Hensarling)
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Fortunately for me, my Congressman is Dana Rohrabacher, but the cards are stacked against us here on the Left Coast, home of Nazi Pelosi, et al.
Take care, and thanks for representing real Americans.
Gary