Today we have a guest editorial from Larry Hodgdsen, chair of the cedar County Democrats

Larry is a retired Viet Nam era veteran of the USAF. He and his wife of 40 years, Sharon, have three children and seven grandchildren who keep him very busy. Family, education, church and politics have been a lifelong passion.

Could someone please explain why we would want to relive the years, 2001-2009 by going back to those same programs. The Republicans are proposing to do just that and I think we deserve an explanation of what was so good about that period.
Was it the large tax cuts for the wealthy ( the job creators ) which resulted in the weakest 8 year growth in jobs on record and the loss of 2.6 million jobs in 2008 alone.
Perhaps it was the two unfunded wars ( one unnecessary) which added over a trillion dollars to our debt and will add another trillion over the years as we care for our wounded veterans.
Maybe it was the Medicare drug plan which was also not funded and left seniors with serious health care needs caught in the “donut hole”.
Could it have been the lack of regulation, the lax enforcement of regulations or the inattention to the “Casino” being operated on Wall Street with hard working American’s mortgages.
Surely it was their concern for our children’s education with the ever so popular “no child left behind”.
Possibly it was the 700 billion dollars of tax money ( remember TARP) handed to Wall Street to bail them out without any strings attached.
I know, it must be all of the above which turned the budget surpluses of the Clinton years into budget deficits and added nearly 6 trillion dollars to our national debt.
Maybe I missed something so please inform us as to why a Romney/Ryan rerun of the Bush years would be so great. Tell us please because we all long for the “Good Old Days”.