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variation30 -> RE: does anyone care that hillary clinton being the sec of state is unconstitutional? (1/23/2009 3:17:39 AM)
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ORIGINAL: ScooterTrash
Just sounds as simple as you have to quit one job before officially accepting the other. It's probably not that simple, but that would make sense. As for care? Not really. Even though I didn't support the new administration from the onset, certainly doesn't mean I wish it to fail, quite the contrary, I wish them success, to do otherwise would be counterproductive...whoever needs to be in whatever job to reach the envisioned goals is of primary importance at this point.
what this part of the ocnstitution says is that you have to wait for your term to be up before accepting another civil job (if that jobs pay increase went up while you were sitting). this is to prevent people from voting up a pay increase for a civic position, then resigning and taking the position they just made more lucrative.
I actually differ. I wish failure upon this administration just as I wished it upon the last (and the one before that). why? people aren't going to learn from their mistakes through enlightened studies. they are only going to learn through discomfort or pain.
for instance. people may have thought that taking advantage of low interest rates to buy things beyond their means was a great idea until they were caned by an economic reality. now they've learned their lessons (unless they are bailed out, in which case their failures are subsidized and they keep on trucking). people may think that trusting the SEC to police the market is a good idea...but after they lose their fortunes, they realize maybe they should have turned to a private due diligence firm (like aksia llc, which saw madoff for what he was years before the government caught up).
people are only going to learn that a horrid monetary policy, inflationary policies, socializing industries, ignoring the necessity of a production based economy, and a nation relying so heavily on debt to fund its bloated existence is a recipe for disaster after the bonds market fails and the dollar is worthless (as is US debt). once you see your wealth reduced to nothing because of the incompetence of central planners, then you'll learn your lesson. I want people to learn their lesson...so I'm overjoyed when I read about obamas plans for the economy.
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