Pawlenty: "I'm going to tell Wall Street that if I’m elected, the era of bailouts and handouts for big banks is over"
Read Pawlenty's op-ed in USA Today:
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty hits the campaign trail this week with tough talk for both Wall Street and seniors, pledging an end to bailouts for big banks and changes for what he calls unsustainable entitlement programs.
“I’m going to New York City to tell Wall Street that if I’m elected, the era of bailouts and handouts for big banks is over,” wrote Pawlenty, a former governor of Minnesota. “I’m going to Florida to tell both young people and seniors that our entitlement programs are on an unsustainable path and have to be changed,” Pawlenty wrote. He also promised he’d speak “truthfully” about farm subsidies while in Iowa on Monday.
“We will grow our economy if we shrink our government.”
May 23, 2011 at 2:42 PM
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you know that i support ron paul, but i don't believe he will win the gop nomination...the party hates him as you are aware...romney is a bastard who supported the bailouts and loves wall street...which leaves only pawlenty...and there is no way i'm voting for obama again...unless he is running against palin...then i would have to support him over caribou idiot barbie...
If he would get in and dose the right thing for the country and its people, the goverment will do to him what they did to the last guy that he would Clean Up Washington...............
Thank you for getting rid of the doctor of death. Was she one of those rapture May 21st believers?
This should be one of the top 3 things on the list. Its why were in this mess, and they did it with intent to hurt the middle class.
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agreed texas d...well put...
They will promise anything to get elected and do absolutely none of it when they are.
Sorry "No We Cant"........................but dont give up hope..........................
How-in-"Fuck"- Do YOU- Think, Dush Bag Reid, got back in....................? Ha? Please Tell me....................The Nazi-Bitch, was the Sac-Ra-Fish-El-Lamb, and she has the same power she had before she gave the hammer to the Crying Bastard, that caves to what ever "Oh Great Obama" wants........................
Neaver give up voteing, evan thoe we know it Means Not-a-Fucking thing anymore. If we let them beat us down, we've had it, and they will know it. We must keep putting on a "Happy-Face" so they think we still dont have-a-clue, as to what they are realy doin..........................................................!
It's sad that we've been reduced to this. Everyone would agree that we need, simply, to enforce the law. We don't need new laws, or new regulation. What good are those if unenforceable? Just start by enforcing laws that easily pre-date the U.S. itself.
Perhaps we could begin with fraud in the mortgage origination process. How many loan officers went through closing knowing full well the homeowner had no chance in hell of satisfying his loan agreement? Correct--millions. And yet no one is in jail? That's a very telling figure, staggering as it is. It speaks to a very deep rot in this country.
There are many alternatives. I'm a Green myself.
As for your "Medicare time bomb" that is nothing more than hog wash. Medicare has been intentionally sabotaged, just like our schools. It is the "conservative" agenda to destroy Social programs that have worked for decades so they can privatize it. Just like schools. Just like the Armed Forces. Just like our Prisons. The money has been stolen, as you know. The money has been spent on enriching those who manufacture War and profit greatly from it.
Speaking of Private Prisons, who got bribed with over $300,000.00 from Corrections Corp. of America? None other than Tim lil banker's Bitch Pawlenty.
Just follow the money to see who supports this cretin.
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/topcontributor.phtml?u=695&y=2006
It must be Timmy's tough stance on crime that netted that bundle. Well, except for child molesters. They can get a Timmy pardon and their slate wiped clean. So they can rape other children.
Since this is the second time I've commented (that I remember) and it is adversarial to your consideration of Timmy, I must add that I frequent your page and respect your efforts. I also have no doubt that you want the best for America.
After over 20 years of voting and being politically active I'm just tired of all the B.S. that my fellow Americans eat with such relish.
One person ain't going to solve our problems.
Keep up the reporting on these bastards. I cite you quite often.
Peace.
Welcome to the dog and pony show...
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thanks human...but i respectfully disagree on this point;..i'm not talking about SS just medicare...because i agree with you on SS...but Medicare has an unfunded liability of more than $30 Trillion...yes, that number is correct....there is no such thing as a medicare trust fund...just promises made by the gov't. that they can no longer afford....it's purely an issue of demographics...paying for medical care for all the baby boomers was never thought out ahead of time...the solution is to make the wealthy pay more for their medicare...sorry if that upsets people, but something must be done...solution #2 is to allow medicare to negotiate drug prices...david walker said the medicare part d was the single most irresponsible bill in the history of this country...drug companies can charge whatever they wish...no constraint...thank Democrat Billy Tauzin for that one, plus congress and bush...
And again, I agree on SS...
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well said gomp...just ask iowa AG tom miller, who is leading the state AG effort against the banks...he is now owned by the banks after campaign contributions...
It has been that way for generations, anyone remember when the Clintons were going to take on big PHARMA? The lobbyists pushed to have the bill rejected, and it was.
Lobbyists= money. Squeaky wheels...
I know that you very well know of many ways we all have been screwed over. You've documented it.
I well remember the night they kicked the shit out of the old people and passed the "Prescription Drug Benefit". The vote was always held for 15 min. (one exception in 1987 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/opinion/15walker.html?ref=richardsfoster) It didn't pass so they "froze" the clock and Delay had it on for over 3 hours until 2 or 3 am. This was so the enforcers could go around and bribe/twist arms to collect enough votes. The issue was had been so contentious in the GOP that the Racketeers had to tell Rick Foster, the Actuary from Medicare to lie in his report to Congress the day before the vote. He cut the cost around 300 Billion. One GOP Congressman said that Delay had threatened to with hold party funds from his sons'; upcoming Congressional campaign to replace the seat he had held for years. This was all immediately reported the same day it was passed. Asked why he lied, the Actuary lied, he said his boss told him to. His boss, Thomas A. Scully Esq.(squirrel) now works as a Lobbyist for the "Health Care Industry".
My Mother lived with us at the time, disabled by a heart attack while driving, she had the mental acuity of a 3 year old. When the information packet came, I calculated that it was going to cost my Mother $1700.00 dollars(total 6 medications) in the coming year. She died that same year though. But just think of the Millions of Seniors and one can start estimating the take in that part of the racket in the last 7 years.
And where is Rick Foster today? Still sounding the alarm in the only way he can. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/opinion/15walker.html?ref=richardsfoster
I must correct an error in the previous. I've been politically active for over 30 years. I must be getting old......
Peace.