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Top GOP Economists Call Pawlenty’s Economic Plans ‘Impossible’

Top GOP Economists Call Pawlenty’s Economic Plans Impossible Tim Pawlenty is getting blasted for his economic proposals. But the criticism is coming from somewhere you might not expect: he’s taking fire from some Republican economists.

The former lawmaker and 2012 presidential hopeful has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum for an economic plan that experts call impossible and unrealistic.

Pawlenty’s plan includes cuts to the federal budget and reforms to America’s tax system. At the center of his blueprint is a goal of five percent economic growth annually for a decade. While this sounds like a worthwhile benchmark, experts claim that the numbers simply don’t add up. According to TPM, Pawlenty explained why he’s aiming for such a high growth rate:

“Growing at 5% a year, rather than the current level of 1.8%, would net us millions of new jobs. Trillions of dollars in new wealth. Put us on a path to saving our entitlement programs. And balance the federal budget.”

Millions of new jobs, increased revenues, saving entitlements and balancing the budget are all politically-savory explanations, but experts fail to see realism in Pawlenty’s proposed methodologies. TPM has more:

“The trend growth rate is not going to be 5% in the United States,” Douglas Holtz-Eakin, director of the CBO under President Bush and a top GOP advisor, told TPM. “The market just doesn’t support that. It just doesn’t.”…

Rudolph Penner, CBO director under Ronald Reagan and a longtime budget hawk, said that high growth for an extended stretch coming out of a deep recession was not impossible, but took strong exception with Pawlenty’s rhetoric on the deficit…

“As an example, cutting just 1% of overall federal spending for 6 consecutive years would balance the federal budget by 2017,” he said.

“It’s totally unrealistic,” he said. “It sounds great: 1% a year, that‘s trivial isn’t it? But the trouble is underlying it you have health costs growing like crazy and you have Social Security growing fairly rapidly under current law. To get a 1% total cut is just extraordinarily difficult to do.

While some economists are less-than-impressed, The Wall Street Journal feels differently:

Among GOP Presidential contenders, Tim Pawlenty is offering the most ambitious reform agenda so far, and his economic address yesterday continued the trend. While details remain to be filled in, the former Minnesota Governor is rightly focusing on a growth revival that ought to define the 2012 campaign.

When it comes to the five percent goal, Pawlenty has acknowledged that it is a lofty one. He says, “I know this is a big goal for the country, but I want to set a positive one.”

Earlier today, he appeared on FOX News to discuss the plan, saying that “…it’s a stretch goal, it’s an aspiration, but it’s an aggressive goal…I don‘t buy the fact that we’re just going to be average…I don’t think we want an anemic America.” Watch the interview below:

In a separate appearance on CNBC, Pawlenty commented on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, saying that, as president, he would not nominate Bernanke to a third term:

“I opposed his appointment last time, so it wouldn’t be hard for me to oppose his reappointment next time, and I don’t think he should continue in that position.”

You can watch this interview below as well:

Pawlenty’s economic plan has been bold thus far. Whether his words will resonate with the American people is yet to be seen, but so far economists, even those from his own party, haven’t jumped on board.

Comments (99)

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  • caprica
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:01pm

    VOTE ON Sarah Palin…….she will drill for oil in USA !
    the rest of the republican candidates are corrupted and for themself only – they are for themselfs not for THE PEOPLE …….Gingrich, Romney and Pawlenty …sit down and shut up ! you are waisting Amercian Republicans Constitution – freedom loving People’s TIME !
    go home….you not it !

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    • LtdGovt
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 5:09pm

      Caprica, What in the world….I agree with you that Gingrich and Romney are definitely what we DO NOT need; however, what are you basing your assessment of Pawlenty on? I think Sarah is a great visionary and a true patriot. We need more like her, people who believe in America and her greatness. That is what you get with guys like Herman Cain and Allen West, too. I am not saying that Pawlenty is THE choice, just that his ideas are worth considering. However, if you are going to cast aspersions then back them up! (And please use spellcheck, honestly, that is just embarrassing)

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  • Tex Expatriate
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:58pm

    Republicans and conservatives have got to quit shooting at one another and giving ammunition and wounds to the Democrats to exploit.

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  • Mr. Oshawott
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:57pm

    With the idea of aiming for that 5% growth rate being the center of Tim Pawlenty’s budget plan, I think he’s offering a bold idea that just might bring our country back from the depths of red ink. I would much prefer a gigantic budget-cutting bill over a small one on any day.

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  • caprica
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:56pm

    this guy is another for himself……..NO ! DON’T vote for this anemic gjy ! we need a guy or woman with a BRAIN ! love for Free America, Republic, Constiturion and FREEDOM ……HE IS NOT it !
    we need a smart person……he is another corrupted freeloader ! no different than amature ( plant and imposter too) idiot like obama

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  • montana-bill
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:50pm

    the fix? Reverse the course!

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  • hauschild
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:47pm

    The funniest thing to me is that it would be easy to get the economy screaming again by simply opening up all America’s resources to oil exploration and drilling, natural gas, etc. That would immediately force speculation prices down. Then, slash corporate and individual tax rates.

    This is what Palin is going to do when she’s elected.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on June 9, 2011 at 1:59pm

      Elected? she’s not even going to run dude – get a clue. She too busy counting her money and planning her next scheme to keep her speaking fees up there in six figures. If she runs for anything it will be on the State level where it’s easier to keep the fix in check.

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  • LtdGovt
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:40pm

    You know what? I am so tired of lackluster leaders that the GOP establishment would WANT us to vote for. I think most of us feel like we need leadership that has clear vision to restore the US to it greatness.
    I want someone who has a passion and vision to do just that. The days of, “No we can’t“ under the guise of ”Yes we can” are over. It is time for American exceptional-ism to shine again! Pawlenty, while not my first pick, is setting the right tone. Ryan is right on the mark too!

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  • montana-bill
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:38pm

    I can state the problems aflicting our nation in one sentence. We have been a steady course toward solcializm for the last one hundred years and it has bankruped our country.

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  • Talmid of Yeshua
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:30pm

    We already know the Repugnant party is a joke, not much better than the demoncrats. They attack Pawlenty, because most Repugnants are also big-government, constitution-hating demoncrats in disguise. Screw RINOs.

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    • Coldheart
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 5:22pm

      The Hebrew Torah teaches love in all things. As a once Godly nation we have been reduced to the same level as the Kingdom of Samaria of The Ten Tribes. If and when HaShem (YHWH) says it’s over for us(US), it is in fact over.
      While the lying good times preachers are telling you fairy tales, the politicians are scheming our demise. I assert that in fact Isaiah 18 precisely refers to us. Whirring wings? we got’em, how many helicopters flew over you today? Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia? there are none east west north or south except the Nile which is already mentioned. A nation divided by rivers? we got’em in abundance. Tall and smooth of face? we got’em we are among the tallest humans on the planet and are suntanned and smooth shaven.
      What elite want is simply world domination and the idiots in Foggy Bottom really believe that the United States of America is the one to bring about a One World Government and Religion.
      Simply stated, please look up the Club of Rome and there Manifesto of Depopulation.
      Zechariah 12:1-3 states clearly that ALL nations are going to turn on Jerusalem. This is has occurred. As soon as the new president is sworn in, in 2012, no matter who it is, there will be an immediate hostile takeover of Jerusalem To Save The World! Without exception no matter who is elected, we will find ourselves with the same old racket in Washington. Unless we ourselves turn to God with our whole hearts, our whole mind, and our entire strength. 2nd Chronicles 7:

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  • Pattondog
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:29pm

    “As an example, cutting just 1% of overall federal spending for 6 consecutive years would balance the federal budget by 2017,” he said.

    “It’s totally unrealistic,” he said. “It sounds great: 1% a year, that‘s trivial isn’t it? But the trouble is underlying it you have health costs growing like crazy and you have Social Security growing fairly rapidly under current law. To get a 1% total cut is just extraordinarily difficult to do.

    Ummm..No 1% is not unrealistic. How about congress abide by the same social security package that its’ subjects have to depend on. their should not be a pension for gov officials were they earn the same wage every year in retirement as they did when they were employed. cut that out of the system and I would love to see the #’s on budget then.

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  • Its Gonna Getcha
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:27pm

    Hoping this election doesn’t become a Battle of the Plans. The plans are always going to change. What we need is someone who is grounded in integrity and flexible enough to not break in the interim.

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  • showmerancher
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:23pm

    C’mon. I’ll betcha that a really simple backwoods concocted plan, had it been implemented woulda had us in a heckova better position by now; one that spent taxpayer money through taxpayers themselves to fix what ailed us. Now, while it’s pretty much too late for the first two parts of the plan, the third part talkin‘ about creatin’ jobs would still work good-a-nuf… not as well as it coulda mind ya, but well enough to put a fair amount of the unemployed back to work and spin up the economy.

    ‘Course now, Republicans surely don‘t wanna see the economy come back on Obama’s watch now that we‘re so close to the next election ’n all… an‘ Democrats don’t want to look like a bunch of dad-blamed dummies for not havin’ done this in the first place when it was proposed.

    But ya know them Washington types don‘t have a licka sense and ain’t gonna use no simple country logic… it‘d make ’em all look like a packa dumb mules…

    http://comdinet.com/threepoint.html

    Let it grow on ya awhile… and see if ya think for a fraction of the cost we coulda done a whole lot better.

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  • Sam Brown
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:21pm

    If all these people know so much about the economy then why is the economy so fugged up?

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  • Oh My God
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:15pm

    If we don’t shoot high — however will we get out of this mess?

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    • cemerius
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:26pm

      Big goals take small steps and I agree make some concrete goals and go for it!! For whatever it is worth Pawlenty has done something the “man-child” has not… Propose a workable solution…..

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  • capecodsully
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:15pm

    Once Obama is voted out there will be a big surge in the economy, we should think big, everyone is tired of living under this black cloud (no pun intended). We saw a bit of a surge when Republicans took back the House, of course Obama screwed that up when he started talking about ending the Bush tax cuts yet again.

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    • CatB
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:04pm

      I agree .. the bounce would be huge!

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  • ghost-of-elvis
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:12pm

    At least this guy has the balls to come out with some details… he wasn‘t and still isn’t my top choice but I seem to like him a little bit more

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:11pm

    Pawlenty and Ryan are the only two so far to have the balls to propose anything.
    Our “president” should have led the way on such a serious crisis but you won’t see anything proposed from the left.
    They all need to work with Ryan and Pawlenty as if our country’s existence depended on finding solutions.
    Maybe these offerings aren‘t perfect but we don’t need GOP naysayers helping like this.

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    • Sargon
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:43pm

      Totally agree. The Dems are afraid to propose even a budget much less any hint of a plan to fix Obama’s mess. Tpaw and Ryan have started the debate and they are the only ones with the cahones to do so. Romney and the rest are afraid of their own shadows. We need someone who is candid, bold and willing to speak the truth such as Tpaw or Ryan. The “top economists” who call Tpaw’s plan impossible should keep their mouths shut unless they have a better alternate proposal.

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    • TeachX3
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:38pm

      RE: “I.Gaspar
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:11pm

      Pawlenty and Ryan are the only two so far to have the balls to propose anything.
      Our “president” should have led the way on such a serious crisis but you won’t see anything proposed from the left.
      They all need to work with Ryan and Pawlenty as if our country’s existence depended on finding solutions.
      Maybe these offerings aren‘t perfect but we don’t need GOP naysayers helping like this.”

      I agree with this train of thought so much. Why are we counting on just one person to be perfect in their policies and/or to produce the perfect plan? There is no perfect choice, each person has their own positives and negatives. You take the good, and build upon it. If we get many of the same goal oriented, like minded folk to stand together, than the ‘impossible’ becomes possible! You know, like we taught our children… there is no “I” in team. I hate to see people tearing down others, especially when they are on the same ‘team’… we must all work together for the good, rather than counting on just one perfect person. I don’t know… maybe I’m just looking at it all through rose colored glasses… or having a temporary ‘everybody hold hands and cooperate’ moment. :/ ?

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  • Eblaze44
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:10pm

    Pawlenty is toast. His plan so bold, is so unrealistic.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:31pm

      1%…… is out of touch? We really need to nuke Washington and start over. Something is wrong with the water there

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  • Leadthemtothelight
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:10pm

    I‘ll take an overly aggressive plan any day rather than the let’s sit back and spend and hope magic cash trees sprout all over the USA. Bottom line the “change” we need is gonna be painful. We are all making do with less and it‘s time the government get’s on board. Citizens of the US the party is over if we choose to return to prosperity we must trim all the waste and entitlement spending. We are still the greatest nation on the planet let’s link arms put the petty crap aside and get this done.

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:10pm

    Repiblican establishment wants Romney, and will attack all others.

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  • Hiswill
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:09pm

    If he became president, and his budget doesn’t work out he can always splane it by blaming Obama for four years. That‘s Obama’s fall back……Blames Bush for everything.

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  • Lesterp
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:09pm

    Shot down pretty early I’m thinking!

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  • Untameable-kate
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:08pm

    GOP is pretty much the same party as the dems used to be, and the dems have become the progressive, liberal, socialist party

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:21pm

      Correct. I feel the same way.

      We need someone like West just to bring the USA closer to the center as a nation. With any luck it’ll get dragged back to the right of center where it should be.

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    • CatB
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:24pm

      TEA!

      c

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:25pm

      Rep-Dem. does’nt mean much any more .
      Like saying If it not for stupidity, Ignorance would have taken over years ago.

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    • Untameable-kate
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:28pm

      CATB your lower case c at the bottom of your post cracked me up (you should use a t) ;-)

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    • american1st
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:09pm

      they are the same party, pushing different angles of the same agenda…
      this is why Ron Paul is the candidate the US needs most! he will stand against neoconservative wars and the military industrial complex, the socialist expansion of government, and the federal reserve and the banksters, no other candidate can say the same or show they have the same caliber record for voting constitutional principals..

      NO NEOCONS NO RINOS 2012

      the GOP isn’t going to hand you someone that is against the establishment “2 party really = 1party” agenda, you need to force them to take one that we pick..

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    • Cleveland
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 5:32pm

      This is exactly right. Anyone that votes for a Democrat OR a Republican, will get precisely the government deserved. Both are of the same group of treasonous slime, bought and paid for by corporate interests. Statists, every last one of them.

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    • Cleveland
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 5:51pm

      Forgot to add this in my reply, but the real problem is the Federal Reserve Corporation. Their stranglehold on our money supply, and the willingness of Congress to let it happen, ensures the people are nothing more than debt slaves. We will not be free, nor will we have proper government, until the burdens of this beast are relieved. And with both parties beholden to this behemoth, it will not be easy.

      However, the 2nd American Revolution begins June 14th, 2011 and it is aimed squarely at the usurpers of our sovereignty. The Blaze won’t allow me to post it directly as it would not be specifically “on topic”, so I put it here. – http://pastebin.com/XQH1hcSt

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on June 9, 2011 at 1:54pm

      @CATB

      AS if yelling “TEA” is going to solve any problem. Get a life.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:22pm

      @ SimpleTruths
      Posted on June 9, 2011 at 1:54pm

      @CATB

      AS if yelling “TEA” is going to solve any problem. Get a life.
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      What would you rather have him yell, “I surrender”?!?!? With all due respect, maybe you should take your own advice.

      Yelling TEA started with one person and it’s still growing.

      I support CATB.

      TEA !!!!!

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  • calebgs83
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:07pm

    An upturned mop with a bucket for a head has more charisma than T-Paw.

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  • sWampy
    Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:06pm

    Won’t be 5% as long as we are exporting all our wealth overseas, making nothing in this nation. Put a 5% tariff on everything coming in form over seas and increase it 5% a month, send the illegals home, and a year from now, we will be growing at a rate of 10%.

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    • Revere1
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:12pm

      First Romney, then Gingrich now Pawlenty getting criticism. Is gonna be a rough primary season. http://www.elephantwatcher.com/2011/05/rise-of-tim-pawlenty.html

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:18pm

      Is it not interesting that they talk about a 1% budget cut being ‘impossible’?

      We need to make the impossible happen, and soon or we will plummet into the darkness of this administration and the cronies they want to forge around us all.

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    • Jefferson
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:22pm

      Ron Paul is the ONLY one who has a grasp on the Federal Reserve its impact and the economic and business cycles.
      Keep voting for the nicest hair and the smoothest speech and we will be looking like Egypt in the next few years. If there’s one thing GB got right, it’s that our country is being collapsed on purpose, destroy the middle class, and turn this country into a 3rd world cesspool, that will eventually be integrated with Mexico and Canada, and then ALL of the “Americas” as Rockefeller and his CFR, Tri-Lateral, GLOBALIST minions want.
      Ron Paul is the ONLY one who understands this, and will RESTORE our SOVEREIGNTY, and the principles that have made this nation the greatest on the face of the Earth.
      Keep fiddling while Rome burns, and you will deserve what you get.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:24pm

      So far TP hasn’t set my ears on fire. I guess I will stick with Cain for now.

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    • djohn78
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:26pm

      America needs Herman Cain! VeteransForCain.com

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    • Jediusetheforce
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:26pm

      GOP is a joke!!!!

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    • drphil69
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:28pm

      All nominees get criticism. Especially Repubs. It’s how you handle it that matters.

      Drastically cutting taxes will cause foreign money to flood into our economy (again). His plan would result in huge growth… maybe not 5% for extended period, but under President Reagan we had 7%+ growth for a couple of quarters.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:33pm

      What we need is a POTUS who has the guts to stand for what is right, what needs to get done to save the nation and return us onto the path of prosperity and freedom, and the integrity to stick it out no matter what happens or the opposition.

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    • RefudiateObama2012
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 3:46pm

      There‘s a major fault in Pawlenty’s plan. Since the government can only create the environment for growth, it has very little input as to how the growth is realized. Five percent growth of GDP is not a goal. It’s a result. Declaring that he want 5% growth of GDP is Obamian nonsense. Maybe another candidate will declare 6% as their target and promise full employment, and real growth in wages. Afterall, if you’re going to promise us something, you might as well aim high.

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    • Eric_The_Red_State
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:01pm

      I predict that apathy…….

      .
      …… Oh, just forget it.

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    • JRook
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:01pm

      Hmmm wouldn’t a tariff be considered a tax. And of course the consumers, that is us would end up paying for it in higher prices. I do agree though that the 2 biggest economic lies that have been sold to the public are 1) free trade helps us, even when the other country puts restrictions and higher tariffs on US goods. We need to demand trade be free and even or tear up the treaties and 2) taxes are what is holding back the US economy. If you look at effective tax rates both corporations, the wealthy and actually everyone are paying less income taxes than they were 10 or even 20 years ago. The problem is since Reagan the game has been to lower income tax rates and look like your lowering taxes and then raise fees and cut distributions for state and local programs in order to shift the tax recovery burden to them. Both Social Security and Medicare are not entitlement programs and payments for them are not taxes, they are annuities and should have been funded at an actuarial sound levels, which of course they were not. Individuals that received money or coverage from either that have not paid into the system should be switched to some other program which is totally tax supported and subject to a balanced budget. The baby boomers and wealthy corporations need to make up the difference of what should have been paid to SS and Medicare. Both a separate issue from Federal spending.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:24pm

      Jefferson if Ron Paul is the ONLY one who has a grasp we are in trouble ……. because he is 75% okay and 25% Loon!

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    • snidley-whiplash
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:31pm

      Swampy
      I agree, but you left out one comment Growing at 5% a year and keeping entitlement programs??????

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:36pm

      Are these tha same experts that said in 2007 that the economy was sound and that there was going to be no recession in the near future.

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    • Gas137
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:42pm

      The 5% solution won’t work as pointed out in the criticism. If the Fed stops chasing inflation we’ll fall backwards to deflation and the economy will stall. Economic depression is coming whether we keep devaluing the dollar or not. Obama and his team have taken us to the point of no return, and ironically the administration has become irrelevant. No Republican or Democrat can fix this situation in the short or medium term.

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    • jkendal
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:51pm

      Those who are making the most noise are usually the ones who stand to lose. And I’m talking about the establishment GOP.

      The truth is Pawlenty’s plan CAN work – the numbers CAN add up. It’s just that the GOP power brokers (to say nothing of the democRATS) aren’t too keen about giving up their power and returning it to We The People – WHERE IT BELONGS…..

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    • Mister X
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 5:03pm

      This Pawlenty goon is not going to cut it. We need at minimum a 25-40% cut in Fed govt. I am afraid that only a civil war is going to save this country. There are too many takers and lying politicians for anything else to save it.

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    • Mister X
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 5:06pm

      We need a flat tax where everybody at least pays something . This business of the feds picking the winners and losers is BS. Every household needs to have some skin in the game. Everybody needs to pay at least 10% of their income. Nobody gets a free ride. And, all of the freebies to the illegal aliens needs to stop.

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    • Entropy
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 5:12pm

      “Top GOP economist”-that says it all. The GOP and the DEMS are 2 sides of the same coin. Neither one is looking out for us. They are doing the bidding of some hidden globalist entity. They are out to destroy this country one way or another. We need to break away from the 2 party system. If we vote 3rd party and the Dems win, well then, we are that much closer to the rebuild after the impending civil war. So be it.

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    • LibertariansUnite
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 5:46pm

      T-Paw fails again.

      Wow, the chips are falling heavily in favor for the good Dr. Paul!

      Ron Paul 2012

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    • jzs
      Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:31pm

      The Blaze threw Romney under the bus and now Pawlenty. Bad for Republican chances in 2012, good for Democrats. Democrats are united in their abject fear that Palin will earn the nomination. President Obama is shaking in fear of taking on Palin. Republicans should definitely go with her.

      She won’t announce for months at least though, because then she’d have to start reporting income from donations and getting paid by FOX. So don’t expect anything soon.

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    • Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
      Posted on June 9, 2011 at 7:25am

      @ Republicorp:

      Spoken like a true neo-con. All for liberty until that liberty doesn’t sit well with your beliefs. Do unto thee but not unto me mentality. Loon = all about freedom except on issues where I don’t think people should be free? Nice.

      Either you have liberty or you don’t. Arguing about where the government should curtail liberty is not addressing the fundamental issue. At that point, you are simply a statist-light.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on June 9, 2011 at 1:22pm

      Pawlenty isn’t very impressive to me. This plan sounds like a Progressive plan. Where‘s the detail of how he’d cut 1% from the budget per year? Where do those cuts take place?

      If he can’t give details, that means he doesn’t want to. He’s not willing to fight the battle up front, and he’ll lose it on the back side. You have to be up front about the cuts so the critics can blast you up front, so you can then answer those critics and let Americans know what the plan is as you come into office.

      Fewer surprises from the Democrats that way.

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