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Small government advocates carp about government intrusion, over-regulation, and the wisdom of forcing laws down to local levels, sometimes at the risk of being inconsistent. But, inconsistency is bipartisan, a product of trying to solve difficult problems without context or tainted by economic preferences or moral beliefs that others don't share.Small government advocates carp about government intrusion, over-regulation, and the... more
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This article explores the unique opportunity the present day presents for advocates of stateless society to seize the weakened state and accomplish their goals.This article explores the unique opportunity the present day presents for advocates of... more
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Conservatives and their tea partying faction are yelling, “Hell no! We won’t grow!” in their quest for government with a microscopic “G”. The solution? Shed all regulations and regulators because big corporations obviously do a bang up job regulating themselves.Conservatives and their tea partying faction are yelling, “Hell no! We... more
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A funny thing is happening on the way to the ballot box. Voters of all stripes decry the excesses of big government and say it is inherently bad. But, it's curious that the louder the screams about government size, the fewer practical suggestions the screamers give regarding how to make it smaller.A funny thing is happening on the way to the ballot box. Voters of all stripes decry... more
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"A Republican and Democrat have put forward legislation that would rescind the automatic pay increase lawmakers are slated to receive in 2011."
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Annual congressional salaries right now:
rank and file members:$174,000
majority/minority leaders(house and senate):$193,400
speaker of the house:$223,500
source:http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm
from what i could find i believe the 2011 pay raise would be 2.8% or about $4,500 for rank and file members."A Republican and Democrat have put forward legislation that would rescind the... more
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A FL anti-abortion group wants to make the pill illegal, police in TX and ID are taking blood on the side of the road from DWI suspects, the Downsizer Dispatch, Maine outlaws all forms of distracted driving, Americans don't trust the news, and Scotland thinking about taxing bicycles for use of the road.
http://www.freemindsmedia.orgA FL anti-abortion group wants to make the pill illegal, police in TX and ID are... more
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Where to even start.
This is going to be a rant, but I encourage you all to read it and spread it along. I understand that I'm preaching to the choir but this should be a marketplace of ideas that we can share in our fight against the right.
Anyway, here we go.
Right-wingers are enitrely hypocritical. Allow me to explain. They love the phrase "limited government". We all know this is shit. We can look at the government under George W Bush and see that the Federal Gov't expanded it's power exponentially with no outrage from the right.
What right-wingers actually mean when they say "limited government" is "selective government". They love big gov't as long is it does what they want.
Ask a right winger you know the following things and the conversation is sure to sound like this:
You: So, you believe in limited government and keeping the gov't out of people's lives?
RW: Yes!
You: OK Great! So I can get stoned today! I've been holding on to this joint for awhile and I can't wait to get home and smoke it!
RW: Well, no. No, that's illegal.
You: Um, ok. So I have a gay friend and he wants to marry his boyfriend, is that OK?
RW: No, no, not that either. We want the government to make that illegal. In fact, we want it to be put into the constitution that only a man and woman can get married.
You: Ok, well, that doesn't sound like you support limited government, but Ok. So can my girlfriend choose to get an abortion if she gets pregnant?
RW: No, no way! That should be illegal too.
So the right-wingers want the government to tell me what state of mind I can be in! And they want to tell me who I can and can't marry! And they want to tell my girlfriend or wife and other women that they can't get abortions! How is that "limited government" or "keeping government out of people's lives"? It's horse shit! It's a ridiculous catchphrase.
You know, if someone talks about supporting national healthcare, or increasing benefits for people, or giving people homes and jobs, because it's for the good of society and it's good for the country, what does a right winger do? Goes for the guns and screams "SOCIALISM!!!!"
They love to talk about how there is no such thing as "for the good of society". Margaret Thatcher even said "there is no such thing as society".
What a crock!
And what magically appears whenever you ask a right winger about gay marriage, abortion, national healthcare, etc? Society!!! They think gay marriage will destroy society! They think abortion will cause the collapse of families and society! They say drugs will cause the collapse of society!!
So it's just hypocritical nonsense. They DO NOT support limited government and don't let them get away with it, either! They support selective government, invading people's lives and telling them what to do whenever they feel something is bad for the "society" that they don't believe exists!
So the next time you hear some idiot right winger talking about "limited government", ask them if drugs should be legal along with gay marriage and abortion. After all, you want the government out of people's lives too!
:)Where to even start.
This is going to be a rant, but I encourage you all to read it... more
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