"I know that government cannot resolve all problems. It cannot make men happy or bring them spiritual fulfillment. But it can attempt to remedy the public failures which are at the root of so many human ills." -Lyndon Baines Johnson
=> To start off on a good note, this is one of my favorite quotes from LBJ or anyone really. It characterizes how government really works. While I believe in government, the power it has to do great things for America and the world, it has limits. Too many people expect government be a quick fix to many challenges we have today and many new politcians do this too. Terry Schiavo is one example, but also outsourcing. When outsourcing was a big deal about 3 years ago, people wanted to Bush to save these jobs, and the truth is he just couldn't do it without abolishing FDR's minimum wage. I am one of the biggest proponents of big government, as LBJ was, a lot of the things that would make me happy are not things government could give me.
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"Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats. You're for them or against them. Taxes go up or down; government raises taxes or lowers them. But Democrats will not let the words "abortion" or "tax hikes" pass their lips.” -Ann Coulter
=> People like Ann know how to dish out extremist propaganda, and then in defense say the other side is full of propaganda that doesn't make sense. Democrats don't support abortion and taxes. Democrats support the right to choose for all women. You can exercise that right if you want, but you're certainly not being forced to get an abortion. Democrats are pro choice, not pro abortion. With taxes, Democrats don't support taxes, but they are just very realistic about how they deal with the economy. Taxes are sometimes raised slightly during mild recessions because the government needs money to invest and stimulate the economy. Taxes are raised during times of war (usually) to pay for that war to avoid a major recession. Taxes will have to be raised to pay off our national debt. Ann just doesn't seem to understand how taxes & the economy work.
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“As I never tire of saying, heat is not the antithesis of light but rather the source of it.” -Christopher Hitchens
=>It's true, though the Bush Administration and other conservatives try to spin it the other way. Intense, heated political discourse in this country is needed. Even though Republicans had a majority in Congress when the Iraq War first started, had there been more discussion in Congress (there really wasn't, Republicanss were pretty much forced to rush it through out of support for Bush), if we still invaded Iraq, the strategy would have been different,more thought out.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
=> The unemploymment has increased from when Bush first took throughout his entire first term. It seems to be unchanged in the last 2-3 years. High dropout rates have increased slightly. Tax cuts have gone tot he wealthiest 1%...so Bush policies fail the FDR progress test.
=> To start off on a good note, this is one of my favorite quotes from LBJ or anyone really. It characterizes how government really works. While I believe in government, the power it has to do great things for America and the world, it has limits. Too many people expect government be a quick fix to many challenges we have today and many new politcians do this too. Terry Schiavo is one example, but also outsourcing. When outsourcing was a big deal about 3 years ago, people wanted to Bush to save these jobs, and the truth is he just couldn't do it without abolishing FDR's minimum wage. I am one of the biggest proponents of big government, as LBJ was, a lot of the things that would make me happy are not things government could give me.
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"Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats. You're for them or against them. Taxes go up or down; government raises taxes or lowers them. But Democrats will not let the words "abortion" or "tax hikes" pass their lips.” -Ann Coulter=> People like Ann know how to dish out extremist propaganda, and then in defense say the other side is full of propaganda that doesn't make sense. Democrats don't support abortion and taxes. Democrats support the right to choose for all women. You can exercise that right if you want, but you're certainly not being forced to get an abortion. Democrats are pro choice, not pro abortion. With taxes, Democrats don't support taxes, but they are just very realistic about how they deal with the economy. Taxes are sometimes raised slightly during mild recessions because the government needs money to invest and stimulate the economy. Taxes are raised during times of war (usually) to pay for that war to avoid a major recession. Taxes will have to be raised to pay off our national debt. Ann just doesn't seem to understand how taxes & the economy work.
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“As I never tire of saying, heat is not the antithesis of light but rather the source of it.” -Christopher Hitchens=>It's true, though the Bush Administration and other conservatives try to spin it the other way. Intense, heated political discourse in this country is needed. Even though Republicans had a majority in Congress when the Iraq War first started, had there been more discussion in Congress (there really wasn't, Republicanss were pretty much forced to rush it through out of support for Bush), if we still invaded Iraq, the strategy would have been different,more thought out.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt=> The unemploymment has increased from when Bush first took throughout his entire first term. It seems to be unchanged in the last 2-3 years. High dropout rates have increased slightly. Tax cuts have gone tot he wealthiest 1%...so Bush policies fail the FDR progress test.
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"Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar” -Abraham Lincoln=>Not anymore.
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