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Rick Santorum doesn't care about the unemployment rate

Although the quote is slightly misleading, It's a foot in the mouth moment given the state of the country, and the employment situation being the focus of almost all swing voters.
 
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This is why Santorum is a joke. The concerns of most of America are the economy and jobs. It's clear Santorum is focused mainly on his social conservatism and not what the majority of America needs help with.
 
Santorum: "I don't care" about unemployment rate - Yahoo! News

unemployment isn't an issue for Rantorum?

fascinating.

If you read past the headline you will see that his position is actually consistent with conservative beliefs. He and many conservative and libertarian types believe that the government does not create jobs and that the economy should take care of itself. That is actually a stance taken by a large portion of the board here(usually the same ones who complain about the unemployment rate under Obama, but that is a separate issue).
 
To me, that is not even his most laughable quote:

My candidacy is about something that transcends that; it's about freedom

Freedom.... Unless you have a uterus... Or are a homosexual... Or watch porn... Or use condoms... Or..............
 
it's the economy, stupid


as true today as it was for clinton
 
To me, that is not even his most laughable quote:



Freedom.... Unless you have a uterus... Or are a homosexual... Or watch porn... Or use condoms... Or..............

Not once has he mentioned banneing contraception pal! Bug off!
 
This is why Santorum is a joke. The concerns of most of America are the economy and jobs. It's clear Santorum is focused mainly on his social conservatism and not what the majority of America needs help with.

He's a joke to you because he actually has a core.
 
If you read past the headline you will see that his position is actually consistent with conservative beliefs. He and many conservative and libertarian types believe that the government does not create jobs and that the economy should take care of itself. That is actually a stance taken by a large portion of the board here(usually the same ones who complain about the unemployment rate under Obama, but that is a separate issue).

Bah, Redress, stop being silly. Its much more important to just focus on the entirely unbiased, non-sensationalized, obviously accurately descriptive headline than to actually look at what's being said. Stop ruining peoples fun of highlighting their blind ideological following on issues.
 
He's talking about the unemployment rate not being what it seems. So he doesn't care what the government reports as "unemployment".

That is not what he is saying either, and would be a painfully stuipid thing to say. The unemployment rate is exactly what it is, a relative measure.
 
He's talking about the unemployment rate not being what it seems. So he doesn't care what the government reports as "unemployment".
You are seriously having some comprehension problems, Rick is arguing that the govt should not be concerned about unemployment because employment is the concern of business.

He is arguing against US industrial policy, he wants corporations to be totally at the helm of the US economy.
 
It seems he's suggesting that there's a larger over arching issue that, if you focus on, would take care of the unemployment problem.

Essentially, focus on issues to help get the economy rolling again...which in his mind is business friendly type of policies...and by doing so you'll fix the various issues connected to our economic issues in this country such as the unemployment rate. More specifically, he's suggesting that to truly fix unemployment you need the private sector to be highering again. That government can't micromanage the economy and that government, ultimatley, isn't the entity that's going to hiring people to the extent that it fixes the unemployment numbers.

So its not that he doesn't "Care" about unemployment, but that he doesn't care about the rate in regards to focusing specifically on fixing that number. He'd rather take a top down approach, seeking to fix the issues he believes are hindering the economy which would then help unemployment, rather than focusing singularly on the individual issue.
 
It seems he's suggesting that there's a larger over arching issue that, if you focus on, would take care of the unemployment problem.

Essentially, focus on issues to help get the economy rolling again...which in his mind is business friendly type of policies...and by doing so you'll fix the various issues connected to our economic issues in this country such as the unemployment rate. More specifically, he's suggesting that to truly fix unemployment you need the private sector to be highering again. That government can't micromanage the economy and that government, ultimatley, isn't the entity that's going to hiring people to the extent that it fixes the unemployment numbers. So its not that he doesn't "Care" about unemployment, but that he doesn't care about the rate in regards to focusing specifically on fixing that number. He'd rather take a top down approach, seeking to fix the issues he believes are hindering the economy which would then help unemployment, rather than focusing singularly on the individual issue.

So, if government can't micromanage the economy, how come him and his ilk are blaming everything from the bad economy, unemployment, gas prices, to the warts on Santorum's ass on Obama?

No wonder his voting base is so dizzy.......
 
Not once has he mentioned banneing contraception pal! Bug off!

What?!?!

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, whose strong base of evangelical Christian supporters has thrust him into contention in Iowa, said on Monday that he believes states should have the right to outlaw birth control and sodomy without the interference of the Supreme Court.

Rick Santorum: States Should Have Power To Ban Birth Control, Sodomy

One of the things I will talk about that no President has talked about before is I think the dangers of contraception in this country, the whole sexual libertine idea. Many in the Christian faith have said, “Well, that’s okay. Contraception’s okay.”

It’s not okay because it’s a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be. They’re supposed to be within marriage, they are supposed to be for purposes that are, yes, conjugal, but also [inaudible], but also procreative. That’s the perfect way that a sexual union should happen. We take any part of that out, we diminish the act. And if you can take one part out that’s not for purposes of procreation, that’s not one of the reasons, then you diminish this very special bond between men and women, so why can’t you take other parts of that out? And all of a sudden, it becomes deconstructed to the point where it’s simply pleasure. And that’s certainly a part of it—and it’s an important part of it, don’t get me wrong—but there’s a lot of things we do for pleasure, and this is special, and it needs to be seen as special.

Again, I know most Presidents don’t talk about those things, and maybe people don’t want us to talk about those things, but I think it’s important that you are who you are. I’m not running for preacher. I’m not running for pastor, but these are important public policy issues. These how profound impact on the health of our society.

President Santorum Would Talk "About the Dangers of Contraception."

Shall I go on??? Trust me, there is a plethora of material from Rick Santorum on Birth Control! Now, will he ban it on a federal level? No - I'm not sure he legally could. But he is all about pressuring the states to do it on a state level!!!!
 
It seems he's suggesting that there's a larger over arching issue that, if you focus on, would take care of the unemployment problem.

Essentially, focus on issues to help get the economy rolling again...which in his mind is business friendly type of policies...and by doing so you'll fix the various issues connected to our economic issues in this country such as the unemployment rate. More specifically, he's suggesting that to truly fix unemployment you need the private sector to be highering again. That government can't micromanage the economy and that government, ultimatley, isn't the entity that's going to hiring people to the extent that it fixes the unemployment numbers.

So its not that he doesn't "Care" about unemployment, but that he doesn't care about the rate in regards to focusing specifically on fixing that number. He'd rather take a top down approach, seeking to fix the issues he believes are hindering the economy which would then help unemployment, rather than focusing singularly on the individual issue.
I agree, that is his (and most "free-marketeers") misunderstanding of macroeconomics. They can't comprehend that we got here due to unregulated markets, that we have high unemployment due to low DEMAND, that successful recoveries happen when govt spending takes up the slack of lowered private demand.
 
And you think facts and evidence are going to even phase Amigo?
 
I guess it has been about a week since he said something mind-blowingly strange. Do his handlers get hazard pay?
 
So, if government can't micromanage the economy, how come him and his ilk are blaming everything from the bad economy, unemployment, gas prices, to the warts on Santorum's ass on Obama?

I take it you've never worked for a Micro-Manager in a position that really doesn't need micro-management?

Suggesting that the economy functions best when the government isn't micro-managing it and that ultimately the government can't actually micro-manage the economy into being a success is not the same as suggesting the government can have no affect on the economy. It's more suggesting that the more the government can't substantially affect the economy in a positive way with regards to exerting control over economic factors.
 
I take it you've never worked for a Micro-Manager in a position that really doesn't need micro-management?

Suggesting that the economy functions best when the government isn't micro-managing it and that ultimately the government can't actually micro-manage the economy into being a success is not the same as suggesting the government can have no affect on the economy. It's more suggesting that the more the government can't substantially affect the economy in a positive way with regards to exerting control over economic factors.

I hear ya.

But that reads to many as:

Get out of the way of the money makers. Let them **** over workers, send jobs to China, as much as they want. Let them continue to make the rich richer on the backs of the common man. Let them pollute our lakes, rivers and streams. Let them smog up our air with as much acid rain as they so desire. Let them be free from safety measures because there is always someone just outside the door to take the job of the man they just carried out on a stretcher.

Yeah, I hear ya.
 
I take it you've never worked for a Micro-Manager in a position that really doesn't need micro-management?

Suggesting that the economy functions best when the government isn't micro-managing it and that ultimately the government can't actually micro-manage the economy into being a success is not the same as suggesting the government can have no affect on the economy. It's more suggesting that the more the government can't substantially affect the economy in a positive way with regards to exerting control over economic factors.
Rick is arguing against both micro and MACRO management of the economy by the govt.

It is a fantasy position, but then Rick loves fantasy and fairy tales.
 
I hear ya.

But that reads to many as:

Well, you don't have to tell me that. I know full well many people hear what people ACTUALLY say on either side and then shove it through the thick hyper partisan filters they have to come out with what they foolishly convince themselves the person Actually thinks as if they have some amazing super power of mind reading.

Sorry, outside of times when I'm speaking from a political science standpoint, I don't really concern myself nor give a **** about the opinion of hyper partisans who view crap like that on either side. I more just feel sorry for them.
 
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