The First 100 Hours

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/2/07 at 8:02am

In the first 100 hours of their control of Congress on Thursday, Democrats plan to:

* Tighten ethics rules for lawmakers

* Raise the minimum wage

* Allow more research on stem cells

* Cut interest rates on student loans

These measures will be passed without Republican input or the possible obstruction, using the same rules the Republicans created while they were in power.

It's GOOD to be king!
Democrats To Start Without GOP Input: Quick Passage of First Bills Sought

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/2/07 at 9:57am

Not even 100 hours and already we have Lie #1 of the Democrats: We will restore bipartisanship and openness.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/2/07 at 9:59am

How many till we catch up the 12 years of Republican lies?

And weren't the Republicans the ones who tossed aside 200 years of bipartisanship?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/2/07 at 10:14am

"And weren't the Republicans the ones who tossed aside 200 years of bipartisanship?"

The Dems are at such a loss for ideas that they have to copy the mistakes of the Republicans?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/2/07 at 10:30am

The Democrats are not at a loss at all for ideas. Or didn't you read the initial post?

* Tighten ethics rules for lawmakers

* Raise the minimum wage

* Allow more research on stem cells

* Cut interest rates on student loans

I think those ideas are just dandy, don't you?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/2/07 at 10:45am

"Tighten ethics rules for lawmakers" Paper Tiger

"Raise the minimum wage" Not an economically sound idea

"Allow more research on stem cells" More government money wasted

"Cut interest rates on student loans" Looks good on paper, but these things have a way of coming back to bite taxpayers in the *ss.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/2/07 at 10:56am

good luck to them. i'll assess their efforts on april 11th. have a lovely honeymoon ya buncha hee haw logos.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/2/07 at 11:10am

"Tighten ethics rules for lawmakers" Paper Tiger

Spoken like a true Republican.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/2/07 at 11:18am

george plimpton has risen from his grave and is hunting you in a lions uniform, goth.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/4/07 at 10:57am

Let's hear it for the newly sworn-in Democratic Congress and the American people who back their proporsed reforms, according to this CNN poll:

Democratic policies listed by favor/oppose/no opinion:

* Allowing the government to negotiate with drug companies to attempt to lower the price of prescription drugs for some senior citizens: 87/12/1

* Raising the minimum wage: 85/14/1

* Cutting interest rates on federal loans to college students: 84/15/1
* Creating an independent panel to oversee ethics in Congress: 79/19/2

* Making significant changes in U.S. policy in Iraq: 77/20/3

* Reducing the amount of influence lobbyists have in congressional decisions: 75/21/4

* Implementing all of the anti-terrorism recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission: 64/26/10

* Maintaining the current Social Security system to prevent the creation of private investment accounts: 63/32/6

* Funding embryonic stem cell research: 62/32/6

* Reducing some federal tax breaks for oil companies: 49/49/2

* Changing the rules to allow Congress to create new spending programs only if taxes are raised or spending on other programs is cut: 41/54/5
CNN Poll (PDF file)

[HDThoreau2]

Posted: 1/4/07 at 11:26pm

Pelosi, Hoyer, and Murtha can't get the troops home from the civil war in the first one hundred hours???

Well, what the hell did we elect them to do?

[MLE]

Posted: 1/4/07 at 11:38pm

"Raise the minimum wage" Not an economically sound idea
Yes it is, for anyone who read more than the highlighed passages in chapter 1 of their Economics 101 text book.
Supply and demand is not the end-all, be-all of economic policy.

"Cut interest rates on student loans" Looks good on paper, but these things have a way of coming back to bite taxpayers in the *ss.
Right. Investing in the future via education is a horrible idea.