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OK, add'em to the list !
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It'll be just like 2008 when the second best won. (Hillary)
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2008 Me and my wife watching TV ... Hillary and Obama
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10-30-2011, 08:50 PM | #79 |
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Conformist Communist. HAAAAAAAAA! You run with the pack..... which ever way the wind blows....
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What is the proper role and scope of government?
Whatever the people vote for, is what. I was arguing this with my (remaining) Libertarian friend; I said, friend, it's all well and good to try to get into office. But if only 10% of the people agree with your approaches, isn't it tyranny to put them into place, even if you are elected? |
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I suppose it depends, UT, on whether or not that 10% was solely responsible for making the election happen...through money and media influence. Or perhaps it more depends on whether the unpopular policies were touted when running or not. If we don't know what we're getting, how can we be truly electing a representative?
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Government doings reify the things a society considers and generally agrees are necessary to do, but on which nobody's ever figured out how to turn a profit. Providing for the common defense is the most obvious example.
It connects with that other thing that should be said of the State: it is not your mother, it is not your father; the State is a weapon. Like a weapon, it is a tool suited to a certain spectrum of tasks, but not to others. Yet like a weapon in very truth, when it is needed nothing else will do.
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but I don't think you want to hang your hat on the second. Eisenhower recognized and told the US people something about that. Regan ignored his remarks in striving for his 600-ship navy. "Star wars" and "Haliburton" are a couple of the more current memes. It was all about making $ and profits from the common defense. |
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I'm with you, Lamplighter. Private contractors are raking in money hand over fist. They're making a killing in more ways than one. During the Iraq War, there was one private contractor employee for every one American soldier.
Lots of interesting stuff from the CBO. Here's a snip: Quote:
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Heck, I'd probably rather have an even higher ratio than that. They're probably cheaper and lets be honest, no one was really ever tallying the dead mercenary numbers in the press.
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The one to one ratio was 2 1/2 times that used in any other war. So W. and Cheney were giving out defense contracts left and right to their buddies.
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I don't think it has. Why would anybody want to step off the gravy train? What were we talking about, anyhow?
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Google News puts up headlines and current links to the topic
Here are two articles on the same topic. Flip a coin to decide which you read first. The articles are about the same length, so you may want to read the originals. Then post your thoughts on the subject and/or the role of government. Winona Daily News.com Nov 6, 2011 Dr. Frank Bures Imperfect medical tests still useful Quote:
Forbes Nov 21, 2011 Steve Forbes The Department of Health and Human Services' Death Panel Quote:
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