“Obama has paid and will continue to pay dearly for betting on his stimulus package. Because of it, the Bush recession is becoming the Obama recession much faster than it would have had he adopted a more gradual approach to solving economic problems. By jumping in immediately, as he did, in order to increase government spending and pass eight years of Democratic dreams in one day, he made the public expect a solution.” YearsMadeProblemDreamGovernmentOrderPayEconomicBecomingOne DayApproachSolutionsIncreasePaidDemocraticEightSpendingFasterAdoptedJumpingPackagesStimulusRecessionsBettingGovernment SpendingEconomic ProblemsJumping In Author:Dick Morris
“The stagnation of the Japanese economy in the past 20 years is eloquent testimony to the fact that government usually gets it wrong. Sometimes it makes the wrong decision because it fails to anticipate the market (as Japan did when it downplayed laptop computers and stressed mainframes).” YearsSometimesFactsGovernmentPastDecisionEconomyFailingComputerJapanTestimonyStressedAnticipateEloquentStagnationLaptopsWrong DecisionLaptop ComputersMainframe Author:Dick Morris
“Ronald Reagan cut taxes to raise the deficit to stop liberals in future years from increasing spending. Obama will raise spending to raise the deficit to stop conservatives in future years from cutting taxes. As he funds every liberal dream - from alternative energy production to infrastructure renovation to more federal revenue sharing - he will force a massive expansion in the size of government for a decade to come.” YearsDreamGovernmentEnergyForceCuttingTaxesRaisesSizeProductionsSpendingDecadesAlternativesFundMassiveExpansionRevenueInfrastructureDeficitRenovationAlternative EnergySize Of GovernmentEnergy Production Author:Dick Morris
“The last man to try to run for president advocating a tax increase was Walter Mondale. He lost 49 states in 1984, and the "I'll raise your taxes" reputation haunted him all the way to Minnesota last year, where he lost his 50th state in the Senate election.” MenWayTryingYearsStatesRunningLastsLostPresidentTaxesIncreaseRaisesElectionReputationSenateLast YearAdvocatingMinnesotaTax IncreasesWalter Mondale Author:Dick Morris
“The Hispanic population grew by 4.7 percent last year, while blacks expanded by 1.5 percent and whites by a paltry 0.3 percent. Hispanics cast 6 percent of the vote in 1990 and 12 percent in 2000. If their numbers expand at the current pace, they will be up to 18 percent in 2010 and 24 percent in 2020. With one-third of Hispanics voting Republican, they are the jump ball in American politics. As this vote goes, so goes the future.” IfsYearsLastsNumbersGrewRepublicanPercentVoteThirdsBallsCastsPopulationCurrentsVotingPaceLast YearAmerican PoliticsHispanicVoting Republican Author:Dick Morris
“The cost of campaigning has skyrocketed in recent years because of the falloff in TV viewership. With only one-third as many people watching TV as did 20 years ago, politicians have responded by buying three times as many ads, driving the cost of campaigning to levels which only favored candidates can afford.” PeopleYearsThreeLevelsTvsPoliticianCostYears AgoThirdsDrivingCandidatesBuyingAdsThree TimesCampaigningWatching Tv Author:Dick Morris
“Presidents generally do what they are good at in their first four years, then spend their second term responding to the agendas imposed upon them by events.” YearsFirstsPresidentTermFourEventsAgendasFour YearsPresidencyResponding Author:Dick Morris
