Pros ------- - More sane tax policy that encourages investment and economic growth - Govt. no longer viewed as the solution to every problem - Lowering of regulatory barriers for competition in many industries - Lowering of international trade tariffs & increased trade with the rest of the world - NAFTA (give Clinton credit for this one, too)
Cons -------- - Morality-based decision-making iwhere it doesn't help (e.g. war on drugs) - Greater intrusion into private lives (attempts to restrict gay rights, abortion) - Giving into the cronyism and corruption that they came into power to get rid of - Criminalizing personal behavior instead of treating it (war on drugs again), leading to the highest incarceration rate in the entire world On 12/10/06, Gruss wrote: > > So yesterday the Republicans ended 12 years of leadership and just > wondering on any thoughts. Here's my high levels: > > Accomplishments > ---------------------------- > Changed the dialog about big government: I think most people (a > majority) now feel that bigger isn't better. That is, I think the > Republicans effectively won that debate. By association they may have > won the tax debate too, unfortunately they've clouded the case with > spending increases. > > Failures > ---------------------------- > Just about everything else; especially implementing the Contract w/ > America. They won the big gov't debate, but they never executed on > it. They seem to be interested in only the chase rather than > following through. > > You could also make the case that their obsession with winning became > terminal as those who finally won had no connection to the passion for > principle that caused them to win. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:222028 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
