09-25-2008, 04:51 PM | #1 |
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Amazing I've stayed Republican
Listening to Bush last night brought home how much I detest the man, deep down, and always have. I guess I'm an enigma even to myself.
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I want a Free Market/Libertarian Party, because neither the Dems nor the Reps stand for governing principles which I can endorse.
I want a free market capitalist, who eschews government regulation, except and only when absolutely necessary through enabling restraints. I want a single flat rate income tax or a consumption tax as a major source of revenue. We need to do away with the AMT and death taxes. I want a foreign policy which is neither interventionistic nor pacifist, but one which balances our economic interests, regional interests with the needs of traditional alliances. I want a party endorsing a minimalistic form of government and government should not be the single largest employer. We should not be a country of career politicians and bureaucrats but a country of small and medium sized businesses serving our local communities. I want social policy being primarily driven by libertarian concerns, not economic concerns to obtain more benefits. I want a government which stands for all the civil liberties of Constitution as well as the Second Amendment. I want a party which does not wish to further federalize health care delivery systems, as the initial forays have already screwed it up enough. Universal health care will be a nightmare. I want a party that protects those who cannot fend for themselves, but recognizes incentives for people to solve problems rather than government intrusion usually work better. I'm sick of government "bailouts" for investments gone bad. When does a small business owner get a "bailout" if his investment choices go awry?
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But the Democratic incarnation is just as bad or worse. F.. . em both.
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So Obama gets to be president of the Second Great Depression. I can hardly wait for the New Screw you Deal.
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This statement is fundamentally & comprehensively offensive, like saying "your momma wants to have bin Laden's baby". I strenuously object to this kind of incendiary rhetoric.
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Political parties are unavoidable. The problem in the US is that somehow we have made the two party system into a sacred cow. We point at Europe as an example of what we don't want and assume it's because they have multiple parties. That's not the real problem. It's the parliamentary system that causes their problems. Three or four main parties would do fine under our system. Congress would just have to change some of their traditions and rules to accomodate more groups perhaps, but that wouldn't be a tragedy. We still have three well defined branches of government and set terms for offices. Parliamentary systems generally don't have that, and that is their weakness.
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