No More Go-along-to-Get-along

[Valin]

Big Government:

Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX)
January 11, 2012

In politics, as in life, there can be an overwhelming temptation to go along to get along; to be a team player; to do the easy thing even when it’s not the right thing.

For far too long, insiders from both parties have played these games. Talk up fiscal responsibility, but spend big. Talk about a federal government that fulfills its basic responsibilities, but then vote to expand it beyond all recognition so that it cannot possibly do so. Talk about doing what’s right, but then do what the establishment wants instead.

Americans deserve better—and they deserve to get to choose something better this year. In 2012, Americans have the opportunity to decisively move away from big government, built up over years and years by both parties in Washington, D.C.

As I said in Sunday’s NBC/Facebook debate, President Obama has thrown gasoline on the fire, but let’s be honest: The bonfire was raging well before Obama ever left Chicago.

Policies and spending served up by Washington, D.C. insiders, in several notable instances designed and written by Wall Street insiders to suit their needs, not ours, caused and then exacerbated this situation. In too many cases, these advocates of big spending and bad policy have used their positions of power to enrich themselves, both while in office and once outside of it. Republicans have been complicit in this scheme, just as Democrats have.

It is time for it to end.

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[RandyM]

In too many cases, these advocates of big spending and bad policy have used their positions of power to enrich themselves, both while in office and once outside of it. Republicans have been complicit in this scheme, just as Democrats have.

 

It is time for it to end.

 

 

To accomplish that, Americans will need to seek out genuine outsiders prepared to make the powers-that-be uncomfortable by pursuing policies that will put a stop to insiders’ behavior-as-usual.

 

 

Very true, but the dilemma faced by many voters is finding enough good people who are truly interested in running for office to put a stop to the insider behavior. If Republicans in District X are tired of their congressman's behavior and want to vote him out, what are their choices on election day? Keep the Sorry Republican or choose a Sorrier Democrat? Too often we end up choosing between the lesser of the evils and the Washington insider behavior keeps getting worse.

[Valin]

In too many cases, these advocates of big spending and bad policy have used their positions of power to enrich themselves, both while in office and once outside of it. Republicans have been complicit in this scheme, just as Democrats have.

 

It is time for it to end.

 

 

To accomplish that, Americans will need to seek out genuine outsiders prepared to make the powers-that-be uncomfortable by pursuing policies that will put a stop to insiders’ behavior-as-usual.

 

 

Very true, but the dilemma faced by many voters is finding enough good people who are truly interested in running for office to put a stop to the insider behavior. If Republicans in District X are tired of their congressman's behavior and want to vote him out, what are their choices on election day? Keep the Sorry Republican or choose a Sorrier Democrat? Too often we end up choosing between the lesser of the evils and the Washington insider behavior keeps getting worse.

 

 

Part of the problem is how many good people are willing to put themselves, family friends through the anal exam by the press? Not sure what the answer is though.