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Originally Posted by padcrasher
Oh they threw the Goldwater Republicans out long ago.
They're into authority now.
Government surveilance, meddling in the affairs of other nations, buttkissing the religious right, more Presidential dictatorial powers, using the military at a drop of the hat.
Barry Goldwater wouldn't recognize today's GOP.
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There is one element of the GOP, though, that Goldwater would still agree with: cutting taxes = fiscal preference, as opposed to higher taxation. The socialists believe in a top-down, centralized D.C.-style control scheme. Goldwater would have firmly rejected this. We have to work until the third week in April before we get to keep any of our money. The socialists want to increase this threshold. The socialists want to implement universal health care. Again, Goldwater would have rejected this.
Now, I will agree with you about the spending spree the GOP congress has participated in since 2000. Here is where the GOP lost their focus: in 1994, the 104th Congress was given a mandate by the voters. In 1995, the Democrats, in the minority, engaged with the mainstream media a public relations campaign that resulted in a full scale GOP retreat. The rhetoric was everywhere. It was something along these lines: tax cuts = racism, spending cuts = desire to throw SS recipients out onto the street, etc. The federal government was shut down when Clinton engaged in an impasse with the GOP congress. The GOP proceeded to back down. When this occurred, the final manifestation of that cowardice is about to become a reality in 12 days. For, when the 105th, 106th, 107th congress etc, adjourned, the GOP did nothing to suppress spending. Goldwater would not have approved of this course of action. He also would not have approved of a presidential campaign predicated around redistributing wealth, and mandating health insurance. That's akin to tyranny.
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