Posted on 05/16/2002 1:02:18 AM PDT by The Raven
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:46:31 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
I think its pretty clear, Americans are overtaxed and it is that excessive taxation that is driving the funding of the bloated bureaucracy in Wash-DC. We American's that support, a strong policy of fiscal restraint, don't agree with the type of spending increases we've witnessed over the last several Congressional sessions. The Republican Congress of 1995 actually cut spending and that type of Congressional responsibility has been sorely missed in recent years. I support economic policy that cuts taxes on working Americans and reduces the growth of government.
As I told you a few days ago, I support and vote for the most principled conservative candidate available. It's clear, not everyone in the House and Senate are conservative minded enough and serious about fiscal responsiblity. While that applies mainly to lawmakers on the leftwing, it also includes Republicans, who do not follow the agenda of the Republican Platform.
However, that doesn't mean, every Congressmen should be held to an absolute standard either. There are political forces that bend and shape how any elected official, may vote on certain legislation. Again, politics is about human nature and human interaction, it isn't about perfection or absolute standards. Politics is also about winning elective victory, so you can advance your agenda.
If more conservatives were elected to public office, it would help turn the tide of liberal-social policies, that have given us, excessive taxation and an ever expanding federal government. However, conservative-republicans don't constitute a majority in the House or the Senate and therefore, the influence conservative-republicans have on legislation is limited.
Your negativity and pessimism towards every elected officials and all of government is excessive and extreme. Its one thing to be vigilant, its another to condemn every elected official. Your malevolent and cynical nature isn't appreciated.
The WSJ is right on the ball with this article.
Thanks for putting that in perspective. You could take it further (384,000 families * ~4 = ~1.5 million population, or 3 cities like Des Moines) -- but I've seen enough.
19 posted on 5/16/02 8:21 AM Pacific by Zack Nguyen
I'd nominate that for the Quote of the Day, at the least
Yes, human nature and human interaction. It really is so much about perceptions.....
GWB knows this and is, as a President, an honest, decent version of Bill Clinton in a lot of ways.
In the summer of 1980 after Ronald Reagan had dominated the primaries and had the nomination locked up but before the actual republican convention occurred the most prominent republican other than reagan at the time was jerry ford, the ex-president. Ford held a press conference and told the world that reagan was an unstable character who needed to be replaced. This was after the primaries. Ford was trying to sabotage his own party's chances of winning the election because a conservative republican had won the primary. That's the republican leaders for you.
We are fools to keep voting republican. Instead we need to be selective. Vote Republican sometimes, vote democrat sometimes, vote 3'rd party sometimes, depending on the race. We should vote against liberal and moderate republicans always even if it means voting for a liberal dem. Otherwise, the republican party will in fact walk all over the conservatives and the two parties will not compete with one another to serve the americans as the americans would like.
Have to agree with you and Mr. Moore here, Raven. This is not good...
Easy, cowboy. It's a guest editorial on the op-ed page.
Yeah, the money he's talking about is almost as much as rent for a hotel on Boardwalk.
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