I was elected to a local office as a Republican.
Twice.
We ended several giveaway programs and returned those monies to the local taxpayers in the form of lower property taxes.
Now remind me again how many times in the last 10 years the Republicans did that on a Federal level?
And would you mind pointing up to me where in the US Constitution the Feds are given the authority to regulate what I chose to grow in my own back yard for my own personal consumption? Article and Section if you please. Thanks in advance.
I'll wait.
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Now remind me again how many times in the last 10 years the Republicans did that on a Federal level?
I'm sorry, Congressman, didn't you make the attempt?
There isn't some cabal in the Republican party. If you are active and work your way up the ranks, you have more and more influence. If you whine and complain and fold your arms, they won't listen to you. Nobody will listen to you. That's why the internet warriors are perpetual whiners.
As a successful candidate and officeholder you must have won a Congressional seat and lobbied for what you suggest here.
That winning personality and debating style can charm anyone. And you're such a team player.
But maybe the GOP ought to get together and advocate the full legalization of all drugs (and deal with welfare programs later). At least that would animate you. Giveaway programs can be priority number 15 or 16.
A quote from your homepage seems to fit this topic rather well:
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. — C. S. Lewis