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To: Wolfie
Why can't we get back to America - Home of the Free? As long as an individual is not having a negative impact on society, the government should stay out of their life.

If Americans had fewer restrictions put on them by the government - the amount of creativity & invention that would result would astound us. Our economy would be vibrant & alive!

We need to go back to a simpler society, where:

*People have to be held responsible for their actions.

*There has to be a sacred respect for life that transcends religion and governs our daily actions.

*Most people can work some kind of job, it might not be their ideal - but there's no excuse for someone getting government money for doing nothing.

*For the most part, children should be homeschooled.

*Small business owners should be given more incentives than large corporations.

*Government should be mainly concerned with taxing us only for things like maintaining a top notch military, highways, law enforcement, etc & leave everything else to John Q. Public.

*People should be free to follow the religion of their choice, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.

156 posted on 06/02/2005 7:08:13 PM PDT by alicewonders
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To: alicewonders
As long as an individual is not having a negative impact on society violating anyone's rights, the government should stay out of their life.

"Negative impact" is too broad an exception ... ugly people have a negative impact on society, but it's not proper for government to force masks on them.

165 posted on 06/03/2005 11:37:30 AM PDT by Know your rights (The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
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To: alicewonders
Why can't we get back to America - Home of the Free? As long as an individual is not having a negative impact on society, the government should stay out of their life.

I make this argument over and over and because of it the Prohibition Warriors on Free Republic tell me I am not conservative (at least under their warped definition)

The Prohibition Warriors actually believe Mommy-government social engineering laws are "conservative"

174 posted on 06/03/2005 12:56:02 PM PDT by Last Visible Dog
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