"If we lose our ability to fail, we will soon lose our ability to succeed."

[jmichna]

Thank you, Representative Hensarling. On behalf of my child and my future grandchildren....

Hensarling: “If we lose our ability to fail, we will soon lose our ability to succeed.”

By Michelle Malkin • September 29, 2008 09:46 AM

Thank you, GOP Rep. Jeb Hensarling, for defending core conservative principles:

Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, today issued the following statement on the agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators on the Paulson plan, and his intentions on the final bill:

“My top responsibility as an elected official is to protect the families and people who trusted me to represent their interests in Washington. I do not take lightly the critical nature of the credit crisis that our capital markets face today and the grave situation that every American will face should our credit markets freeze and remain frozen. Inaction has never been an option, but the Paulson plan should have never been the only option.

“In my heart and in my mind, I believe that this plan is fraught with unintended consequences, would force generations of taxpayers to pick up the tab for Wall Street losses, and could permanently and fundamentally change the role of government in the American free enterprise system. Once the government socializes losses, it will soon socialize profits. If we lose our ability to fail, we will soon lose our ability to succeed. If we bail out risky behavior, we will soon see even riskier behavior.

“I also believe that this Congress, in a rushed effort to provide stability to a troubled credit market, did not adequately discuss or investigate potential alternatives that would have constituted a work out and not a bail out. Even at this moment, it still remains more important for Congress to do it right than to do it fast. I stand ready, as do many of my colleagues, to stay here for as many days as it takes to do this right.

“For the last week, House conservatives have fought to protect innocent taxpayers from an unprecedented government raid on their wallets to bail out Wall Street from their bad decisions and financial losses. Principled Republicans like Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor helped improve the legislation before us by adding increased taxpayer protections and additional Wall Street accountability. But mere improvement is not the test for support. The test is whether, after weighing both the good and the bad, you believe that the plan ultimately leads America in the right direction. Using that test, I cannot in good conscious support this legislation.”

Where’s your congressional rep?
202-224-3121.

[yeahYeah]

our country was founded on winning and failing, learning from our mistakes.

[gsh341]

That guy understands what makes America great.

[Dotagious]

Amen brother.

[rockerz71]

damn right. this guy is awesome

[FrankRizzoXD40]

It is refereshing to hear that there are still some true free-market republicans left in elected office that haven't been converted to the new generation of phoney-baloney conservatives.

Frank

[cucamelsmd15]

Originally Posted by FrankRizzoXD40

It is refereshing to hear that there are still some true free-market conservatives left in elected office that haven't been converted to the new generation of phoney-baloney Republicans.

Frank

C'mon Frank, you know better.

[FrankRizzoXD40]

Originally Posted by cucamelsmd15

C'mon Frank, you know better.

I was talking about the past, not the current situation.

I'm highlighting the fact that republicans USED to be conservatives, but many of them no longer are.

They still wave the republican flag, but they are not conservatives. They are pretend conservatives.

Frank