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We Could Use a Man like Calvin Coolidge Again

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Posted By: Mercedes44, 3/10/2024 4:56:24 AM

A day after his pumped-up divisive State of the Union address, unsurprisingly headlined “fiery” by the copycat media lackeys, President Biden speaking in Pennsylvania reverted to his old befuddled self. "Pennsylvania, I have a message for you: send me to Congress!" "Last night [at] the U.S. Capitol -- the same building where our freedoms came under assault on July the 6th!""We added more to the national debt than any president in his term in all of history!" Well, the last statement is true. I’ll give him that. And large budget deficits is a pattern in Democrat-run cities and states.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: 5 handicap 3/10/2024 6:14:36 AM (No. 1674416)
Clarice is never wrong and is always spot on!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: pensom2 3/10/2024 9:51:36 AM (No. 1674512)
There's not a lot to comment on in this piece, other than to cheer Clarice for the effort. I'm commenting simply to say that I read Clarice's weekly offering first thing every Sunday morning. I agree with everything she says, and usually find a few gems in each article. She's a treasure.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Strike3 3/10/2024 10:25:53 AM (No. 1674532)
We also need a George Patton to fight the enemy within and that's where Trump comes in. Jumping with both feet into World War 1 was a government decision and we were not required to do that, we chose to. Our current financial problems were also caused by the federal government in spending trillions of dollars on causes that will eventually amount to total waste, Climate Change, care and feeding of millions of the world's rejects, social manipulation in the public schools, shutting down our most efficient energy sources, crippling the farming industry. All decisions of the Biden administration that hit everybody hard. We won't see the bottom of this mess until large amounts of unleased office space begin to cause bank defaults at a large scale. Financial adjustments are not needed nearly as much as the destruction of the democrat communists now embedded in Washington.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: chefrandy 3/10/2024 11:58:59 AM (No. 1674618)
With near 100% certainty, Democrats NEVER discuss beforehand the unintended consequences of their decisions and ALWAYS fail to acceptable responsibility for how their polices screw everything up. The sheer number of handout programs internally and the foreign policy giveaways to countries who rather see us perish has become untenable.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Omen55 3/10/2024 2:10:12 PM (No. 1674710)
One of my favorite laconic Cal Coolidge stories. A woman goes up to him at a WH party & says. "Mr President I bet my friend I could get you to say more than two words." "You lose." he replied.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: RussZilla 3/10/2024 2:42:47 PM (No. 1674736)
Clarice cites an article from the Coolidge Review that’s very informative. President Coolidge spent a good part of his presidency saying no to Congress and letting civil and social and economic progress flow from the people, not the government. Cars became cheap enough for consumers, electricity was provided to everybody, women got new rights and privileges. Today we give too much importance to the government. We need to shrink government, and let people take the initiative. Argentina’s New President Milei has done that, eliminating cabinet positions, allowing businesses to take part in infrastructure and social programs. Less socialism, more populism. C’mon government, get out of the way, it’s our turn!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Italiano 3/10/2024 3:00:44 PM (No. 1674752)
FTA: "We can dream, can’t we?" Sure. A waste of time, though. The fiscal ship has sailed, and is headed right for the iceberg.
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