Governor Ed Rendell was just on Neil Cavuto’s show on Fox News and he just made the incredible claim that all conservative economists supported the trillion dollar Obama Stimulus plan. Is anybody so stupid that they would actually believe that utterly false statement. It would have been nice to at least see some token opposition from Cavuto to this flat-out lie, but he let it slide. So, what is the truth. Well, three months ago the CATO Institute took out full page ads in the Washington Post and New York Times opposing Obama’s massive stimulus plan. The ad was in the form of a letter signed by some 200 economists, three of whom are Nobel Laureates- Edward Prescott, Vernon Smith, and James Buchanan. The ad quotes Obama saying, “There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help jumpstart the economy.” Gee, funny how all these liberals get the same facts wrong over and over again. Oh, I forgot. Facts are to liberals what Kryptonite is to Superman. The two just don’t mix.
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Well this is an old blog post, but I found it randomly through Google so here’s a response in defense of Ron Paul’s position.
According to this article from Fox News - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,85446,00.html
“…the presence of American forces here has long been an irritant for Saudi rulers facing strong anti-American sentiment among a growing and increasingly restive population. Fifteen of the 19 alleged Sept. 11 hijackers were Saudis, and Saudi-born Osama bin Laden cites the U.S. military presence in his homeland as a reason for his hatred of America.”
Even if our troops were there at the invitation of the Saudi government, it well-known that their government does not represent the will of the people. Apparently Bin Laden perceived our presence there as an occupation.
Also, Ron Paul votes against every appropriations bill. However, because his district is paying loads of taxes, just like every other district, it is Ron Paul’s duty to represent his constituents and try to get some of that money back in the form of earmarks. If Ron Paul did not submit the earmarks, that money, which has already been appropriated, would be taken by an earmark for another district or just spent without oversight by the Executive branch.