By Caroline Baum
Sep 28, 2010
Bloomberg Opinion
A contract is a contract, a pledge just a pledge. If a contract can be abrogated when the political winds shift, what sort of staying power should we expect from a pledge?
The contract I refer to is the 1994 Contract with America, a legislative agenda presented and signed on the Capitol steps 16 years ago by 367 Republican revolutionaries. It included eight major reforms and 10 bills, which the aspiring lawmakers promised to bring to the floor in the first 100 days if they became the majority party. (They did and they did.)
The measures included a balanced budget amendment, term limits, tax incentives for small business, and Social Security, welfare and tort reforms. …
Yes, the above is a post from Caroline Baum at Bloomberg.com. Yes, it brings into the “current events” domain neocon information that is not “pretty”. And “YES” it is quite a surprise!
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