Comments on: Clinton: ‘We tax everything that moves and doesn’t move’

By: LibertyLover

LibertyLover — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:02:23 +0000

#21,

By: Somebody

Somebody — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:33:15 +0000

“I am not sure what the big deal is.

From Section 8 of the Constitution:

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;”

Pakistanis are NOT Indians, you insensitive clod!

By: Somebody

Somebody — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:29:12 +0000

Well, Hillary, why don’t you just ask him where he is staying at the next CFR meeting? I can’t believe you haven’t thanked him yet for taking care of your Barbra Olsen problem.

By: LibertyLover

LibertyLover — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:56:26 +0000

I am not sure what the big deal is.

From Section 8 of the Constitution:

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

Since the federal gov has the authority to tell the States what to do internally via the commerce clause, they can obviously tell other countries to do the same.

By: pedro

pedro — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:30:54 +0000

Hillary makes Condy like an airhead, dontcha think?

By: soundwash

soundwash — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:46:18 +0000

Considering Pakistan’s GDP and public debt numbers are way better than ours, me thinks she should put a sock in it.

if she needs to know where al-qaeda is she should just ask the CIA. they control them..

could she make herself (and us) look any more pathetic?

-s

By: chuck

chuck — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:18:31 +0000

What Clinton is telling Pakistan is that the simplest way to control your people is to provide them with government services which they eventually become dependent on, which justifies the higher and higher tax rates.

Right now, in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Taliban and Al-Quaeda are more “attractive” to the local population than the government because they provide relative security at a lower cost.

Here’s a simple way for the US to “win” in Afghanistan: buy the entire poppy/heroin crop from the Afghan farmers. Pay them in whatever currency they want, collect the harvest, destroy half and give the rest directly to US drug dealers. The result will be full support of the US forces in Afghanistan by the local population. The Taliban, with no revenue from exporting the heroin will be driven out, or simply give up.

By: Michael_gr

Michael_gr — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:11:49 +0000

Thomas#13: so it’s fine with you that the US will give aid to Pakistan (that’s what “partnership” means in this context, you know) even though Pakistan could raise the money themselves by taxing, but won’t? You sure are generous with the American people’s money.

By: JohnathanStein

JohnathanStein — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:41:33 +0000

RE #7: If Al Qaeda is in Pakistan, then why the hell are we not bombing them immediately?

Um, maybe because they have nukes?

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:34:01 +0000

#4
Frankly, I don’t see how your extended quote changes Hilarity’s core sentiment: if you want to partner with us you have to tax your people more. Her argument is ridiculous and this is the woman that is Secretary of State? We went from someone with a doctorate to this tool? For all the arguments about Bush’s stupidity, how come we don’t hear anything about the massive drop off in intelligence at Secretary of State?

By: pedro

pedro — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:30:42 +0000

#6 He’s always conFused

By: Dale

Dale — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:07:35 +0000

Obviously, Mr. Fusion, honesty isn’t the motivator on this blog…clicks are. All that quote is much to boring for a dynamic web blog such as the DU. It’s in the comments where it belongs.

By: MikeN

MikeN — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:04:58 +0000

Fusion, that’s even worse! Hillary is calling on other countries to raise their taxes!

By: Father

Father — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:42:30 +0000

Col. North, agreed.

By: Col. Ollie North

Col. Ollie North — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:42:19 +0000

That Hillary Clinton is a loose cannon! The Míshlê Shlomoh in the Tanakh said it best, “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt”.