Why do we stand by as the govt. robs us blind?

[mxyzptlk]

Originally posted by: winnar111
Even if they did, at least they shattered the Soviets and Saddam in the process.

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Also I think you greatly overestimate Regan's affect on the decline of the soviet union.

edit: oh yea, and I voted 3rd party and I'm proud of it.

 

[retrospooty]

Originally posted by: mxyzptlk

Originally posted by: winnar111
Even if they did, at least they shattered the Soviets and Saddam in the process.

Also I think you greatly overestimate Regan's affect on the decline of the soviet union.

Thats pretty much Winnar's M/O. Overstate everything positive that reps do and ignore the negative effects... And understate everything positive the dems do and ignore hte positive effects. Double standard at its finest. Everything bad that ever happened in out govt. is 100% the fault of liberals.

 

[BoberFett]

retrospooty

You're coming dangerously close to the edge of crazy libertopian Paulbotism. Better step back.

Big government cannot be kept in check. Only small government can. There's a reason the constitution was written as it was: a defined limit to federal power. We Americans abdicated our responsibilities after the Great Depression and depended too much on the government teat, and we've been paying the price ever since. Wars like Vietnam and Iraq, and now the bilking of the middle class to enrich the already wealthy, the government is doing exactly what we gave it the power to do. Government obeys those with money, and a powerful government just makes those with money even more powerful because now they have the power of law behind them.

Not sure how to fix it. I voted for Ron Paul and people laughed at me. Joke's on them, Americans are in for a great deal of pain.

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: Craig234

Why do we stand by as the govt. robs us blind?

Because people don't bother to organize in groups like moveon.org to get actual political power to force the politicians to follow policies good for the public.

Indeed, as the concentration of wealth has increased, it's only made it harder and harder for the public to change the situation from the public becoming all but powerless.

If you choose policies that limit the concentration of wealth, things work a lot better, it's harder for a small group to dominate. The more it's concentrated, the more it's concentrated, or as the old saying goes, 'the rich get richer'. That's not always the case - under FDR, the rich remained just fine, but had their share of the wwalth decrease.

All it took was a lot of the nation becoming leftists and pushing FDR to adopt some policies to 'compromise' with the left.

:roll:

FDR set us up for the current mess. Government obeys the wealthy. Not you.