Bush to Request More Aid Funding (***"expected to exceed $200 billion"***)

Washington Post ^ | 9/15/05

[Mo1]

Who will be in charge of the over sight of this money ??

Because the the track record of the Officials of Louisiana STINKS

[biblewonk]

200 billion, that'd buy a lot of beads. Are that many tits in the country? It sounds like the strip joints are right behind the refineries and ready to run at full capacity.

[jmc813]

There is no such thing as "smaller government." And in the 20th and 21st century, there never has been.

Are you saying that the mission of Free Republic is futile?

[sinkspur]

Are you saying that the mission of Free Republic is futile?

Well, I'm not holding my breath.

[avg_freeper]

I'm a very giving person.

[jmc813]

If not reducing the size and scope of government, what then, should our goals as conservatives be? I, like you, am pessimistic about the size of government, but I will never ever quit fighting for it. As former NJ gubernatorial candidate Bret Schundler says, "the good fight is the good life".

[NeoCaveman]

WTF?

[NeoCaveman]

There is no such thing as "smaller government." And in the 20th and 21st century, there never has been.

Then what is the point?

[IamConservative]

This is such a dangerous precedent.

I agree. Wonder why we don't consider letting capitalism take care of the rebuilding? Good old supply and demand, ingenuity, etc.

[sinkspur]

If not reducing the size and scope of government, what then, should our goals as conservatives be? I, like you, am pessimistic about the size of government, but I will never ever quit fighting for it.

No Republican president since Coolidge has spent less money than the year before. Not Ike, not Nixon, not Reagan, not either Bush.

What's more, the American people don't want it. If they did, they'd put in people who would cut the size of government.

I don't think even most conservatives much care what the size of the federal government is.

[sinkspur]

Then what is the point?

Help your neighbor and have some fun.

Worrying about the size of government is a waste of angst.

[NeoCaveman]

I wasn't asking what's the point of living?

Good answer BTW.

I guess I could have been more clear so here is take #2...

What's the point of politics in general, and FR in particular?

[jmc813]

What's more, the American people don't want it. If they did, they'd put in people who would cut the size of government.

I had a good discussion with some co-workers last week about this. I disagree with you that Americans don't want less government. Whenever the subject of wasteful pork comes up, it seems as if everybody is against it, whether they are conservative or liberal. The problem is that Americans are not motivated enough to really act on this.

I feel that a politician could come along who was capable of creating enthuiasm and really motivate the public on this. We came close to this with the Contract for America.

Because of this, my early pick for the GOP nominee in '08 is Gov. Sanford of South Carolina. This guy brought live pigs into the statehouse to protest wasteful spending. While some might consider that childish, I think we need more people like him to expose the con game politicians have been playing on us.

Please reconsider your position and do not give up hope of one dayreturning to a small, non-intrusive government. Without hope, it will never happen.

[MRMEAN]

Excellent post. I was Googling for those quotes which I have seen before and found your FR homepage. I am going to cross-link your post to another thread (the Bush speech) where the majority of posters think that the Constitution is a meaningless piece of paper and the phrase "the general welfare" means that President Bush can and should provide unlimited aid to all those who have been affected by the storm.

[traviskicks]

I am going to cross-link your post to another thread (the Bush speech) where the majority of posters think that the Constitution is a meaningless piece of paper and the phrase "the general welfare" means that President Bush can and should provide unlimited aid to all those who have been affected by the storm.
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Thanks, and please do. Educating the people is the only way to stop this constant looting of our property. Only when the people will no longer stand for it, will the thievery stop. Not spending public money on disaster relief is not only required by the constitution and due process of law, it is also the compassionate thing to do. This last point, unfortunately, needs to be emphasized more than the former.

[Black Tooth]

>>From our pockets, the usual place. Have you looked at your phone bills lately? My last bill was about 20% federal taxes. GWB may have cut income taxes, but overall more taxes are being paid than ever before, they simply get it from other taxations.<<

Big gov just gets bigger, and we keep getting raped by them..

[Black Tooth]

I don't think even most conservatives much care what the size of the federal government is.

AHHHH......Never mind...I am too depressed to even respond to posts like this.