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Originally Posted by scaeagles
I am.....depressed. Many of you may not agree with my reasoning, but many will also be shocked by what I am saying.
My major criticism of Bush has always been that he spends money. Lots of money. Too much money. Granted, all spending bills originate in the House, but he's got a veto pen. He hasn't vetoed anything, much less a spending bill. So what does he do last night? He basically promises everyone everything. This is nothing but an attempt to buy his way out of political trouble for the slow response to the disaster. And as everyone here knows, I don't hold the feds responsible for most of the damage, delays, or death. I know there is debate on it, but that's not my point.
In Mississippi, the governor has made it well known that he expects insurance companies are going to take care of everything. If insurance policies were purchased, then the damn well better. But with Bush promising the farm in LA, that incentivizes delays by insurance companies.
I am not meaning to sound insensitive. Help is one thing. Disaster aide. Relocation assistance. But to promise to rebuild it better than it was before? To eliminate poverty from the region? How the hell can anyone do that? Some 5 trillion dollars of wealth transfers over the last 50 years hasn't done squat to eliminate it.
I have lost all hope of the vision of Reagan for smaller federal government. With the SC eliminating states rights and an ever stronger federal government pulling the purse strings, there is no hope any longer.
I am completely disillusioned. Hopefully Carville won't have a chance to nab me again, because I'd be pretty vulnerable to being brainwashed right now.
The sad thing is I know the dems would be no better about it. So where to go? It is most certainly now, for me, the lesser of two evils. I have no hope any longer. The republicans have had power in the House and Senate for over a decade, with a Republican President for half of it. Yet the spending continues to increase, the promises of taking care of the populace continue to increase (not just this, but stuff like medicare prescription coverage, etc), and government grows ever bigger.
I want to puke.
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I believe there are still MANY Republicans who believe in a smaller federal Government. Bush has promised the Farm since day one. From here on out for him it will all be about trying to recover his ratings. But at Last it seems the country has awaken, and see's that the Emporor has no clothes. The Hundreds of billions of dollars we have spent on 'Homeland Security' to streamline our response to any attack or disaster, has been exposed as the largest scam in the country's history.
One thing we must relize is SOCIETY IS ONLY AS STRONG AS IT'S WEAKEST LINK. With that Politics is like a pendulim swinging from left to right. It is true you cant make all of the people happy all of the time, but if you can keep all the people happy ever 10 years or so, you can continue with the status quo.
Look at the Idiots on the Religious right- Abortion will never be illegal, yet it is the one issue the GOP dangles in front of them to keep them on thier side. If Jesus were walking the streets of America today, it is the social programs and care of those on the bottom of the pile that the DEMS offer that would attract him. (Not to mention an anti-death penalty stance, you remember, throwing the first stone and all)
So, Go ahead and Puke, but know this has been going on for over 200 years here. Why do you think we have such a problem with a self medicated society?....lol. We have always been told what to do by a government with a split personality.