[LaserJock]

To achieve control of a free people, one must undermine three things: 1) the family, 2) the church, and 3) private property. If you destroy those three things, people are left only with the state. The Soviets knew this and launched campaigns in America and elsewhere on all three of those fronts. The American Founders knew this and declared that the U.S. Constitution is a document sufficient to govern only a moral people (referring of course to the Judeo-Christian morality of our heritage). No document is sufficient to govern an immoral people - only a tyrant can do that. The French learned this painful lesson after their amoral, atheistic revolution turned in on itself in the 1780s.

This is the danger of so-called "fiscal conservatism" that thinks we can disengage on issues of morality. That road leads to the guillotine.

[scottjewell]

“This is the danger of so-called “fiscal conservatism” that thinks we can disengage on issues of morality. That road leads to the guillotine.”

Bravo to you for saying that.

[Teacher317]

This is the danger of so-called "fiscal conservatism" that thinks we can disengage on issues of morality. That road leads to the guillotine.

Moronic. Keeping social issues out of the hands of the federal government government is NOT "the road to the guillotine. We've done pretty well for over 200 years without having psychotic "progressives" or equally oppressive social conservatives telling us how to view certain aspects of our lives. Keep government small, leave the social conversations for family and church and civic events and cultural influences, and let SOCIETY determine our culture, NOT power-craving corrupt idiots who give not one whit of concern to our future as a civilization. Budget debates have no need for social inputs. Allowing them just leads to unneeded grandstanding.

[Josephat]

Great post!

[VRW Conspirator]

undermine three things: 1) the family, 2) the church, and 3) private property.

And the economy. One of the five pillars of an economy is raw materials/natural resources. The attack on oil/coal/natural gas production is obvious.