Just Last Month Powell Said America Willing To Pay Higher Taxes



Colin Powell can’t have it both ways.  Last month in an interview Powell said that America is willing to pay higher taxes.  This is at the same time he was denouncing conservative Americans.

In 1996 Colin Powell said, “I became a Republican because I believe, like you, that the federal government has become too large and too intrusive in our lives. We can no longer... (applause) We can no longer afford solutions to our problems that result in more entitlements, higher taxes to pay for them, more bureaucracy to run them, and fewer results to show for it.

On CNN Powell was asked, “When it comes to spending and the reach and the role of government, has the President met the test laid out by Colin Powell in 1996?"

 Powell responded, “Well, first, let me say, that was a pretty good statement, I thought. And I believe in all those things. But I also believe that we should have a government that works. I don't like slogans anymore like "limited government." That's not the right answer. The right answer is, give me a government that works. Keep it as small as possible. Keep the tax burden on the American people as small as possible, but at the same time, have government that is solving the problems of the people. The people want their problems solved. And very often, its government that has to do that. So let's have good government, effective government, whether you call it limited or not.

Now, I think one of the challenges that President Obama has now is that he's got so many things on the table, and these are issues that the American people find important, health care and so many other issues. But I think one of the cautions that has to be given to the President and I've talked to some of his people about this is that you can't have so many things on the table that you can't absorb it all. And we can't pay for it all.”

Powell went on to say, “I never would have believed that we would have budgets that are running into the, you know, multi-trillions of dollars and we are amassing a huge, huge national debt that if we don't pay for in our lifetime, our kids and grandkids and great-grandchildren will have to pay for it. So I think the President, as he moves forward with these initiatives, has to start really taking a very, very hard look at what the cost of all this is and how much additional bureaucracy and will it be effective bureaucracy? be needed to make all this happen. I'm a little concerned.  "Concerned" would be a better word.  I'm concerned at the number of programs that are being presented, the bills associated with these programs, and the additional government that will be needed to execute them.”

Mr. Powell, America is very concerned in the takeover of private businesses and the absurd spending in Washington, DC.  You, Mr. Powell campaigned for and voted for this mess.  It’s time for you as a patriotic American to tell America, Barack Hussein Obama and the Democrats are wrong.

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