[Consort]

I say it's permanent.

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It probably is and we need to have the "good guys" involved, not just the "bad guys".

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Do you believe that once you accede liberties and rights to the government you can ever get them back?

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Never — if you're not part of it. Maybe — if you are part of it. Yes — if you dominate it.

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Welfare and Social Security were meant to be a temporary solution to the Great Depression.

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If Conservatives had implemented these programs, they would be less addictive, more efficient, and much more cost effective. Conservatives must fill these social vacuums rather than letting the Liberals have free reign.

[Phantom Lord]

If Conservatives had implemented these programs, they would be less addictive, more efficient, and much more cost effective.

Boy, you really are a sucker.

Please name for us ANY government program that is not addictive, and is efficient and cost effective.

And I'm still waiting for your list of government programs that were instituted as temporary and actually were temporary.

Someone already said rationing. And so far, that is the only one I can think of as well.

[NittanyLion]

If Conservatives had implemented these programs, they would be less addictive, more efficient, and much more cost effective. Conservatives must fill these social vacuums rather than letting the Liberals have free reign.

Jimer to English Translation: we must fight to seize the stick of big government and use it toward "conservative" ends, rather than advocate the true conservative ideal of less government.