Statements about liberals by opponents here are wrong 95% of the time, and I can't remember the other 5%.
Oh Lord. :|
By your definitions above, the government having ANY tax means it 'does not support private property rights'.
My statement was regarding a private organization being allowed to hire and fire who they want, when they want, and for whatever reason they see fit. You think it is ok for government to do things like ban smoking in a bar. You do NOT have respect for private property rights. Sorry. And don't come back with your "where's the beef" again, that got old in the 1980's.
So, your commentary to the position of supporting more federal funding of something is, 'you would get the money from taxes'. I guess to you, that's a scathing indictment.
As I've said before, trying to have any discussion with such radical differences that one dollar in taxes is to you some horrific moral travesty, doesn't make much sense.
That's because people like you can't have just one dollar, you need a trillion here and a trillion there. It's never enough, and your beloved government can't even efficiently spend what they get. And when they don't have enough, they just borrow or worse, print. The ends justify the means, until the ends come home to roost. You can blame whomever you want, Republicans, doesn't matter. Republicans are part of the government just as their constituents are part of your beloved democracy. You may have to take your head out of your ass to see it, but the air you breathe in afterward should be cleaner.
Some people just are just lacking the idea of 'community' in their politics.
Negative, at least in my shoes. You see us a nation, a society. I see us as individuals.
That's normal, for after a healthy progressive movement has created a stable politician system for them - they forget the desperate problems it came out of.
At the same time our democracy is in great danger from the economic gutting of the middle class, removing much of its power, and the spread of right-wing ideology as the wealthy class returns to plutocracy, such as the new right for the monied to buy opinion in our political system, some recognize the threat, and others cheer it on.
Your system is broken, Craig. Or rather, just flat broke. You see millions of old folks with health care and a SS check, millions with an unemployment check. I see their children getting nothing, because the government you have made them dependent upon is running out of money, they've made promises they could never keep. Your excuse is it's a hell of a ride, but you've put them on one that ends, and badly. It's not sustainable and in the end, that's what matters most.
As they say, the path to hell is paved with good intentions. I honestly don't know anyone here with better intentions than yourself. So, I may applaud you for that, but I shake my head as I see the disaster down the road.
