Teflor Lyorian wrote:torkur wrote:How do you, as a supposed "Christian" Republican, justify killing off all the "evil" social programs to save your precious 3% Bush tax cuts? How do you justify killing thousands by refusing health care for those who actually need it? They seem to help people less fortunate than you. I doubt corporate executives fall into this category.
* Corruption
* Government Waste and Inefficiency
* Blatant Pandering for Votes
* Government is at best a necessary evil that should be limited and restricted.
* When the people find that they can vote themselves more money, the Republic is done for.
Nevermind the fact that people will still be refused health care due to waiting lists, lack of resources, and government cost savings measures.
* Half of the nation pays only 3% of Federal Income Taxes, this is an issue of fairness.
In short, the "caring" government is a liberal pipe dream cooked up by some elitists that want to centralize power so they can control more and more about you and your life. Congratulations on feeding the beast.
Fight the power - limit your government today.
* Corruption
- Corruption exists with or without attempting to help the common man. You think the Corporations really care about anything but more money and more power for themselves? Again, trying and failing beats letting entities just kill people to increase their bottom line.
* Government Waste and Inefficiency
- I agree there will always be waste and inefficiency. So if it isn't perfect you don't try?
* Blatant Pandering for Votes
- Gay marriage. 2nd Amendment talk "Taking our guns away". "Freedom Fries". Both sides equally are guilty on this unfortunately.
* Government is at best a necessary evil that should be limited and restricted.
- That is one option, yes. You can either have no regulations and power and extremely low taxes or you can have safety net programs and higher taxes. Currently the Republicans want social programs and low taxes, which is why we have the deficit. If Republicans REALLY believed what they preached, they would have a bill to end Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid completely within 10 years......yet they don't because they know that the general populous is a Christian state (as they say over and over) and want to help the poor and downtrodden. Lining their friends pockets with the privatization of these programs isn't removing them, it's being greedy, plain and simple.
* When the people find that they can vote themselves more money, the Republic is done for.
- Corporations?
* Half of the nation pays only 3% of Federal Income Taxes, this is an issue of fairness.
- The Bible and Christianity have NOTHING to do with "fairness" and everything to do with the "right" thing. Read the Book of Job. This is also a perfect example of why all taxes should be increased to pay for the things people want, Republican and Democrat alike.
* In short, the "caring" government is a liberal pipe dream cooked up by some elitists that want to centralize power so they can control more and more about you and your life. Congratulations on feeding the beast.
- The Patriot Act? Repealing Abortion to stop my personal choice for/against? Gay Marriage Amendment? I also WANT laws that stop corporations from putting 5 year olds in factories, working them 60 hours a week, and having no recourse against the company when they get hurt or killed in unsafe working conditions. Such evil regulations I know. Congratulations on screwing over your family and friends to feed the bigger beast.