That's ANOTHER thing - they howl about "government handouts" but the
rich get as many government handouts as the poor, in the form of low
interest loans, construction grants, soil bank checks, and tax
loopholes. But they don't complain about THOSE. They're just
pathologically scared to death that somebody is going to get a free
meal.

It's never a good idea to turn government over to people who hate
government, and expect them to run it efficiently.


On Sep 21, 2006, at 11:04 AM, Jason Iversen wrote:

> I think many of them view anyone who ever received government aid
> in any form as some sort of societal weakling or leech. Some even
> object to funding education at any level.
>
> Increasingly I find many Conservatives and Republicans who have a
> sense of community or civic duty that doesn't extend past their
> mail boxes.
>
> Ironically, laissez faire to them means build government funded
> roads, water, sewage out to their property, have police and fire at
> ready at the instant and then leave them alone so they can whine
> about government spending and regulation.
>
> Too many share the view of Grover Norquist when he said "government
> should be shrunk to the size where it can be drowned in the
> bathtub". Well, how is that so many people paradoxically vote for
> politicans who share that view and still expect them to run
> government well or even take it seriously.
>
> We saw what happened when Katrina hit. Government drowned.
>
> Jason
>
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> Roger Metzger <metzger_r@...> wrote: I recently read, in a
> local paper, a quote by a
> Republican who said that “we” (meaning Republicans)
> are the people who keep this country running.
> Do you think there are many Republicans who think
> that way?
> Do you think the steel worker and his son might
> disagree?
>
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