Enough of this "we" BS buddy.
It's MY cash. How about letting me say how it's spent?
You have said how its spent, by electing people to represent you.
This is a doorway--the only way to cross to the other side is to play their game; but, once on the other side, WE make the rules. Yes, WE. Fine, it's your money, but under THEIR rules, YOU have no say in the matter. Now that we have the opportunity, their very ability to determine how YOU spend your money is diminished! They can't spend your money on social programs if the social programs DON'T EXIST. How can we get rid of the social programs if not this way? Realistically? How likely do you think it would be that Bush could retool social programs in the country if not thru Federal enforcement? It started on the Federal level, and must END on the Federal level--use the Fed against itself. Use the money and time to build programs that don't require or NEED Federal help. THEY have been rebuilding it in the reverse all along--rebuilding to ENSURE that the Fed is needed. Now, we have the opportunity to rebuild to destroy the "need" for the Fed! I think that is far more preferable than pissing and moaning about "encroachment on states' rights" and "MY money" nonsense. This is THE opportunity, and it MUST be seized! Play the game THEIR WAY, AGAINST THEM! How can the Left object to more Federal spending when that is all that they have pushed for for 60 years? They will LOSE, both in policy and with the public. Suddenly, the Left is the one calling for less spending--THEY become the ones that hate the poor, THEY become the ones that hate women. Then WE get to rebuild it the way WE want it...