13 Ideas for the 2013 GOP

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PJ Media:

13 Ideas for the 2013 GOP

 

Advice for a directionless party.

By Patrick Reddy

February 3, 2013 - 12:00 am

Republicans were already licking their wounds after last November’s bruising defeat, and the last-minute budget deal that raised taxes as 2012 collapsed into 2013 probably didn’t make them any happier.

In January of 2013, Gallup reported that only 14% of Americans approved of how Congress was doing its job. A Gallup poll in 2010 showed that the American public rated the “ethical standards” of Congress about as low as used car salespeople. Republicans could use some new ideas and a fresh start in 2013: I usually advise Democrats, but since I believe that having two healthy parties is good for America, I’ll offer the Republicans some advice here. The GOP could do worse than thinking about these 13 ideas for 2013.

1) Freeze the budget: The House of Representatives has the constitutional authority to set the level of federal spending. If the Republican House just maintains the current levels of spending, then the normal 1-5% annual increase in federal revenues due to better growth and the higher taxes imposed in the budget agreement will slowly and naturally reduce the annual deficit. There is precedent for this: in the 1990s, the Republican-led House controlled spending and the Clinton tax increases paid off in higher revenues, eventually resulting in record surpluses.

2) Reinvent government (again)

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PJ Media:

13 Ideas for the 2013 GOP

 

Advice for a directionless party.

By Patrick Reddy

February 3, 2013 - 12:00 am

Republicans were already licking their wounds after last November’s bruising defeat, and the last-minute budget deal that raised taxes as 2012 collapsed into 2013 probably didn’t make them any happier.

In January of 2013, Gallup reported that only 14% of Americans approved of how Congress was doing its job. A Gallup poll in 2010 showed that the American public rated the “ethical standards” of Congress about as low as used car salespeople.

 

And yet we keep sending the same people back. What was it Einstein said about insanity?

[Draggingtree]

PJ Media:

13 Ideas for the 2013 GOP

 

Advice for a directionless party.

By Patrick Reddy

February 3, 2013 - 12:00 am

Republicans were already licking their wounds after last November's bruising defeat, and the last-minute budget deal that raised taxes as 2012 collapsed into 2013 probably didn't make them any happier.

In January of 2013, Gallup reported that only 14% of Americans approved of how Congress was doing its job. A Gallup poll in 2010 showed that the American public rated the "ethical standards" of Congress about as low as used car salespeople.

 

And yet we keep sending the same people back. What was it Einstein said about insanity?

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein