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What Happened To Limited Government? (Why go along with democrats and liberalism?) Rush Limbaugh
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| May 21, 2003
| Rush Limbaugh
Posted on 05/21/2003 7:52:37 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
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posted on
05/21/2003 7:52:37 PM PDT
by
TLBSHOW
To: TLBSHOW
Limited goverment= more individual liberty.
I'm glad this has entered the bloodstream of the political right. Cutting goverment is how I judge politcians. Most are failing.
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posted on
05/21/2003 8:01:10 PM PDT
by
Finalapproach29er
("Don't shoot Mongo, you'll only make him mad.")
To: Finalapproach29er
Limiting government will be the only way out of our structural economic problems. We need to become a lot more efficient than we are, and the only way to do so will be to systemically stuff the government back into its pre-New Deal cage.
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posted on
05/21/2003 8:07:27 PM PDT
by
eno_
To: TLBSHOW
how in the world $50 billion in tax cuts so far equals a $400 billion deficit, yet spending $2.3 trillion somehow has no role in it - Partly because people are mislead into thinking that they are paying for valuable "services" without which we would be an impoverished people.
Folks, the opportunity costs associated with high taxes and expansive government are real - we are inflicting harm upon our progeny by taking away the potential for future economic expansion.
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posted on
05/21/2003 8:08:36 PM PDT
by
citizenK
To: TLBSHOW
I
really liked these calls and Rush's response (in that he didn't defend the Republicans) The important thing is that the Democrats are not an obstacle, they are just an excuse. Besides spending cuts, which would be fought loudly by Democrats, there are two other ways Republicans can reduce government.
The first is unfunded mandates, which was a big part of the Contract with America. Unfunded mandates are obligations on businesses, but not paid for by government. If no money is spent by government, eliminating them doesn't cost the governemnt revenue, but reduces the burden on business.
The second is the regulations in the federal register, which isn't even voted on by congress, they are entirely part of the executive branch. "Stroke of the eraser, law of the land gone. Kind cool." should be Bush's motto.
To: Finalapproach29er
Most are failing.All are failing. Even the ones who are genuinely trying are failing.
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posted on
05/21/2003 8:18:55 PM PDT
by
templar
To: TLBSHOW
most conservative pressure ends up as simple cheerleading for the White HouseAnd there has been an awful lot of that here at FR
Any politician (or anyone else for that matter) that does not support limited government is not conservative
To: TLBSHOW
God bless Rush.
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posted on
05/21/2003 8:35:35 PM PDT
by
manic4organic
(An organic conservative)
To: TLBSHOW
The link didn't work? I listen to Rush and haven't heard him criticize Bush barely at all for months. Is this an essay on his website or a transcript of his show?
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posted on
05/21/2003 8:49:19 PM PDT
by
Agricola
To: TLBSHOW
If I were President, I would:
...eliminate the Department of Education;
...eliminate the Department of Agriculture;
...eliminate the Department of Energy;
...eliminate the Department of Homeland Security;
...impose a flat tax on income;
...means test Social Security payments;
...eliminate extensions of unemployment benefits;
...eliminate the Border Patrol and have the Department of Defense patrol the U.S. land borders instead;
...and numerous others.
Which is why I'm not the President, I guess ;-)
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posted on
05/21/2003 8:49:47 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty" not the "Statue of Security.")
To: manic4organic
I would vote again and again and again for any politician that ends up getting rid of his job!
To: Agricola
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posted on
05/21/2003 8:54:41 PM PDT
by
TLBSHOW
(the gift is to see the truth)
To: TLBSHOW
Another way to cut the size of government - Executive Branch hiring freezes. Democrats can't prevent the heads of various agencies from implementing a hiring freeze, publically announced as such, or not.
To: FreedomCalls
Don't forget the EPA!
To: FreedomCalls
"Which is why I'm not the President, I guess ;-) "
Which is why you aren't George Bush and the spendthrift Republican party, you mean.
The Taxcut and Spend Party.
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posted on
05/21/2003 9:09:03 PM PDT
by
Jesse
To: TLBSHOW
Interesting. He says that he is critical of Bush and not of the Beltway and yet calls the article he mentions "bizarre"? I listen to him and he is barely ever critical of Bush or the GOP nowadays except in tactical tones. Rush has lost his conservative edge IMHO.
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posted on
05/21/2003 9:11:03 PM PDT
by
Agricola
To: TLBSHOW
I have said that the more of our money the government spends, the less money we have to spend and reminded everyone that CFR is an attack on the First Amendment and that the Constitution limits what government can do, not what individuals can do. Well said, Rush.
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posted on
05/21/2003 9:11:39 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Ken H
The bulk of "CFR" was struck down by the SC recently- as any casual observer of the SC could tell you it would be. Rush is hardley a prophet on this not did he take a big stand against Bush since even Bush knew it would be struck down.
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posted on
05/21/2003 9:18:51 PM PDT
by
Agricola
To: Agricola
The bulk of "CFR" was struck down by the SC recently. I wasn't aware that the SC had ruled on the current CFR law.
Are you thinking of a lower federal court that recently ruled on CFR, but then put a hold on implementation of their own ruling?
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posted on
05/21/2003 9:34:53 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Ken H
No- I don't think so? I am talking about the McCain Feingold law that was struck down about a month or two ago by the SC?
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posted on
05/21/2003 9:36:54 PM PDT
by
Agricola
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