Most pork was Republican, the amount of pork has gone up 300% since the GOP took over.
It's simple really, Democrats believe that government is an important part of society with a vital role to play, and they run it like that.

Republicans think government is a waste of money, and they run it like that.

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address

Wow! I guess we found out who gets to carry Nancy Pelosi's jock strap now.

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843rd Bomb Wing - Strategic Air Command
"Peace is our Profession"

"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine. . . . Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants.
" - James Wilson, U. S. Supreme Court Justice and Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

Damn funny.

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Anyone who thinks freedom comes cheap, please put the blindfold on and stand against the wall.

Many times I believe Americans will have to take back the country and start a new government.

I got a warning from OSHA. They told me that if I carried any more deadbeats on my back, I'd have to install handrails.

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843rd Bomb Wing - Strategic Air Command
"Peace is our Profession"

"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine. . . . Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants.
" - James Wilson, U. S. Supreme Court Justice and Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

You GOP lackeys are still in a state of disbelief, huh?
It's hard enough to digest the stunning defeat of American forces by the Iraqi insurgency, but the end of Republican political dominance came so quickly, six years with the House, Senate and White House, and it's all over for another 70 years. Gosh you guys are bad.............

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address

Remarks such as that make me hate voting for a democrat.......
Maybe starting in 2008, I will vote strickly by the R's.

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Anyone who thinks freedom comes cheap, please put the blindfold on and stand against the wall.

Many times I believe Americans will have to take back the country and start a new government.

I can tolerate the remarks, its the neverending assault on my paycheck that prevents me from voting for them.

Yes take away welfare and see what we get, a lower tax rate that boosts economic output which creates more jobs which employes more people and forces those who don't wish to work to support themselves to work anyways because the free money teet has been sucked dry.

Sorry Goober, but the Republicans controlled the Congress for 12 years, not 6. And given Pelosi's "100 hour no debate" dictatorial start, Republicans should be back in on 2008.

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843rd Bomb Wing - Strategic Air Command
"Peace is our Profession"

"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine. . . . Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants.
" - James Wilson, U. S. Supreme Court Justice and Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

And what do you suppose will happen to the disabled and mentally ill? Even if regular, abled people went back to work, there is STILL going to be people who aren't working for whatever reason. You don't seem to understand that ridding taxes and programs is the worst thing you could possibly do. It will not create more jobs and a booming economy. It will create another Great Depression - that is pretty much where it will lead us (again). And even if they did create some more jobs, then the prices will go up. I thought that you or someone here had told me that the more money a business has to spend on employee wages, the higher prices go up. Again, make up your mind. We will be in the same situation as before and eventually, even in a worse situation because you KNOW that the businesses aren't going to fork out money to support the people who STILL aren't working and aren't able to work. Private charity can only do so much AND people need a steady income.

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Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.

- George Orwell, 1984

Wow, your inability to understand basic economics continues to dazzle me. How is cutting taxes going to create another great depression? Cutting taxes (as recently demonstrated by the Bush Tax cuts) is a time proven strategy for stimulating the economy, because when less money is taken out of peoples pay checks they have more money to spend, when they buy more things buisnesses get to sell more things which means they need more employees to help build, transport, stock, invent, and sell those items, thus the more you cut the tax burden the better the economy performs.

If in such an economic environment someone chooses not to work for whatever reason then they are in no way entitled to a steady income. The final portion of the equation, the sick, ill, diabled etc make up such a small percentage of welfare reciepients that I'm sure charity can make great strides in helping, as well as numerous medical aid programs.

Because an economy that "booms" too high creates more investors and when the market ever dips those investors lose out and lose their money, then it falls on the banks too and banks and businesses start going out of business. Then all those jobs you claim that were created are now lost again. What are you going to do with those people who would have needed welfare and unemployment from losing their jobs, now that aid is gone?

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Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.

- George Orwell, 1984

You know sometimes I wonder if you actually arn't being serious and are just making up silly little statements that don't make sense just to see how people react to you.

The economic expansion resulting from tax cuts enabled by the slashing or elimination of welfare programs would be entirely controlable. The only industries that would probably be negatively impacted are the malt liquor, custom rims, and neighborhood crack industries. Other then that the US economy would benefit greatly from from a serious cutting back of these ill thought out entitlement programs.

I think your crystal ball may need adjustment...if you think that the dems are going to capture the WH in a walk, in 08, I would think again real long and hard....

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No individual can plan his own existence in their view.

So the state planners must arrogate to themselves the right to manipulate any sector of the economic system if the good of “society” or the “general welfare” is paramount.

Ipso- if the rights of the individual get in the way, the rights of the individual must be sublimated.

The Road to Serfdom
FA Hayek (interpretation)


Mortgage Backed Security survivor

The last true liberal elected President was Jimmy Carter, 30 years ago, so it's going to depend a lot on who gets the Democratic nomination. I'm hoping that it's a true liberal that runs against a conservative so that we can have a real contrast...and a conservative victory.

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843rd Bomb Wing - Strategic Air Command
"Peace is our Profession"

"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine. . . . Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants.
" - James Wilson, U. S. Supreme Court Justice and Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution