So yeah, in case you haven’t caught on, much like you and everyone who considers themselves to be a Republican and/or a conservative, I’m rapidly becoming a HUGE fan of Eric Cantor. Yes, even huger than the last time I said I’m becoming a huge fan. It’s close to a man crush, he’s that cool.
During the transition, there was talk aboot what the best way us to play “loyal opposition” to an uber-popular President Obama. The one that made the most sense was support him when we can, oppose him when we must, and every step of the way make sure we have an alternative plan we feel is better for the American people. Cantor has developed into the perfect spokesman for that. Point of fact, the new Smarter, Simpler Stimulus website.
He’s set up a website where we can leave comments on what we want do and don’t want to see in a “stimulus” plan (as opposed to the Democrat Fiscal Suicide Act of 2009, which is mainly a boondoggle of liberal special interests), and push the House Republican plan of…say it with me now…smarter, simpler, stimulus.
Five easy points:
-Immediate Tax Relief for Working Families
-Help for America’s Small Businesses
-No Tax Increases to Pay for Spending
-Assistance for the Unemployed
-Stabilizing Home Values
Besides that, he also penned an editorial for Politco.com on this weekends House GOP retreat. So sayeth my favourite Jew this side of Lee Goldman…
Bloodied but resolute, our focus is on the present and the future. We will discuss a range of entrepreneurial and market-based solutions to the challenges threatening small businesses, working families and American competitiveness. We will also chart a course to regain the public trust and make ourselves viable in districts across the country. And, not least of all, we will reaffirm our commitment to using new technologies to present our alternatives directly to the American people on the issues they care about most.
We stand at an enormously critical juncture for our country. With the economy in tatters, Congress and the new administration have a public mandate to take bold action to stop the bleeding. Hanging in the balance are essential questions that will define the shape of our economy for years to come. How big of a hand in private markets will the government have? Will private companies be saddled with layers of government bureaucracy? Will the government bail out every failed industry or just those deemed essential to averting economic ruin? Will we spend so heavily that we have no choice but to raise taxes in the future and permanently undermine the hopes and dreams of our children and grandchildren?
The GOP may not control the agenda, but there are reasons for hope. We share a set of values that make us unapologetic about rewarding hard work and preserving the incentive for small businesses and the self-employed to grow. History is on our side. Countries, towns and communities stagnate when government micromanages industry and people are left to depend on handouts. They thrive when small, medium and large private businesses – driven to innovate and grow – create sustainable jobs.
There was concern aboot what’s to become to the Republican Party, and how we’re just wandering out in the wilderness. As long as we have young guns like Eric Cantor taking charge and leading the way, the party and more importantly our principles will be just fine.
Between Cantor and Michael Steele, this was a good week to be a Republican.
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