I have been telling the Republicans who call for money (e.g. the RNC) that they need alternative programs. FIFTEEN (wow) years ago House Republicans had some smart people. Plans like Medical Spending Accounts were discusses as alternatives. Too many of those good Republicans term limited themselves…

Today the Republicans could have offered a plan to cut Social Security taxes and other taxes and extend unemployment and even a little (temporarily) supplement welfare. Cite John Maynard Keynes in 1942 writing to Nobel Prize economist James Meade that cutting payroll taxes was better than more government spending. {sorry in haste, no link..] Have some well chosen Government spending too. Opposition is fine but opposition with an alternative plan is better. Get some good economists helping out with party (generally free market) policies. Don’t talk about losing a home that was never owned, talk about getting people into quarters they can afford…