03-13-2003, 10:49 PM
If the President's methods are sound and consistent. What he appears to do is, do what he thinks is the right thing to do and press forward as best he can. He does not appear to be as poll hungry as some, but on the other hand, no President ignores the feedback mechanisms that are so prevalent. Put another way, he is doing what most Presidents do, he is growing into the job.
That said, I thought that an inauspicious beginning was thet first set of "tax cuts to solve all of our problems," the tax cut in 2001. I was of the camp that wanted to take the surplus and split it into two clumps.
Clump one, retire a little of the national debt. Shave off a bit of the annual debt service.
Clump two, invest in the infrastructure: highways, bridges, RAIL LINES, etc.
Guess my camp lost that one.
This latest "we need to cut taxes" risks undoing what 10 years of bipartisan effort succeeded in doing, for better or worse: getting the deficit spending under control and restoring a small measure of fiscal sense to federal spending.
Time will tell if the current courses of action will pay off.
While a man cut from somewhat different cloth, President Reagan typically chose a course of action and went for it. On some stuff he was right, on some stuff he was not.
Fear of being wrong has no place in a leadership position. The best method is to get it as right as you can and do it. Vascillation is antithetical to leadership.
That said, I thought that an inauspicious beginning was thet first set of "tax cuts to solve all of our problems," the tax cut in 2001. I was of the camp that wanted to take the surplus and split it into two clumps.
Clump one, retire a little of the national debt. Shave off a bit of the annual debt service.
Clump two, invest in the infrastructure: highways, bridges, RAIL LINES, etc.
Guess my camp lost that one.
This latest "we need to cut taxes" risks undoing what 10 years of bipartisan effort succeeded in doing, for better or worse: getting the deficit spending under control and restoring a small measure of fiscal sense to federal spending.
Time will tell if the current courses of action will pay off.
While a man cut from somewhat different cloth, President Reagan typically chose a course of action and went for it. On some stuff he was right, on some stuff he was not.
Fear of being wrong has no place in a leadership position. The best method is to get it as right as you can and do it. Vascillation is antithetical to leadership.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete