Let me just say that while I personally am very fond of John Boehner, his record of predicting what would happen if certain policies, economic policies were instituted is abysmal, okay?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
John Boehner was and is an unprincipled ward-heeler who simply couldn't weather the transition of the Republican Party from a corporatist party with a sizable conservative base to a purely conservative party.
The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.
In a normal time, I don't think economic policy makes a large difference one way or another. But in times of crisis it makes all the difference in the world.
John Boehner is a friend.
I don't think we should run government based on economists' predictions.
I want to support John Boehner in any way that I can, but we need to be pragmatic.
I'm concerned that Speaker Boehner is getting ahead of House Republicans when he commits to getting a 'comprehensive approach' to immigration taken care of 'once and for all.'
I think that our leadership, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, are taking the right approach.
Good economic policy requires not so much the bravado to implement drastic change as the strength and wisdom to make reasonable trade-offs over the many years it takes to transform a country's standard of living.
I thought the Bush economic policy was a disaster. We lost 500,000 private sector jobs during his tenure.
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