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Old 12-13-2011, 06:35 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by Casper in Dallas View Post
When Repubs talk about smaller government they do not mean smaller in size, they mean one Party, theirs.
In other words they just like a smaller Democratic party?
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Old 12-13-2011, 06:39 AM
 
Location: Gone
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In other words they just like a smaller Democratic party?
Small, as in none, no Independents either, they do not like to be questioned.
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Old 12-13-2011, 06:45 AM
 
Location: Upper St. Clair
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Ron Paul has the right idea about government! He doesn't believe in big government and he also believes in real freedom and setting things right again...
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Old 12-13-2011, 06:48 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Ron Paul has the right idea about government! He doesn't believe in big government and he also believes in real freedom and setting things right again...
Yes, his core ideas are approved by a wide range of people.
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Old 12-13-2011, 07:21 AM
 
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And.....who is the party of big government, big spending, big taxes?

Why, that would the the man and the party that has grown the debt by $5 TRILLION in just 3 short years, the man and party who want to raise your taxes even more to pay for even more spending and to sustain the unsustainable level we are at right now.

In U.S., Fear of Big Government at Near-Record Level

I'm thinking obama's CHOICE of class warfare rhetoric will fall on deaf ears.

The American people KNOW which party is the party big government.
Class warfare? The last time I checked, taxes have always been progressive (higher on the rich) since there have been income taxes in this country. The monicker of "class warfare" is political spin created by those people who give you your opinion.

In terms of growing the debt, it grew plenty under Bush as well and his daddy raised income taxes. It's almost as if you're some partisan who doesn't have a clue of what he's talking about.

Perhaps if all of you partisans pulled your heads out of your collective backsides then politicians would actually have to do more than pander to people's emotions.
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Old 12-13-2011, 07:23 AM
 
Location: Upper St. Clair
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Goes to show you how corrupt our society has become too
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Old 12-13-2011, 07:25 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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And.....who is the party of big government, big spending, big taxes?

Why, that would the the man and the party that has grown the debt by $5 TRILLION in just 3 short years, the man and party who want to raise your taxes even more to pay for even more spending and to sustain the unsustainable level we are at right now.

In U.S., Fear of Big Government at Near-Record Level



I'm thinking obama's CHOICE of class warfare rhetoric will fall on deaf ears.

The American people KNOW which party is the party big government.
The scary thing is that prob 30% of the nation's voters thing we need more big government to save us from big government. These are the same ignorant people who nod their heads when 0bama claims his stimulus saved us from another Great Depression, and they buy into his campaign slogan "It could have been worse."
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Old 12-13-2011, 10:17 AM
 
Location: Pluto's Home Town
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Big government kneels before big business.

Fearing our government taking over is like fearing a grizzly bear attack while cooking meth in your kitchen in Cleveland.
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Old 12-13-2011, 10:22 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Nice find, Sanrene, from a respected source. I think most people believe they can do a better job than the government of allocating their own money, whether spending or investing. Gerald Ford quoted a wise man who said "The government that is big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take from you everything you have." One party seems stuck on the first half of that saying.
One party?

How about supplying something factual about the last time either oparty actually reduced the size of government during one of its regimes?

I fear a stupid government beholden to special interests, a stupid government that believes the US need attend to any other country but the US, size doesn't have that much to do with it.
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Old 12-13-2011, 11:20 AM
 
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And.....who is the party of big government, big spending, big taxes?

Why, that would the the man and the party that has grown the debt by $5 TRILLION in just 3 short years, the man and party who want to raise your taxes even more to pay for even more spending and to sustain the unsustainable level we are at right now.

In U.S., Fear of Big Government at Near-Record Level



I'm thinking obama's CHOICE of class warfare rhetoric will fall on deaf ears.

The American people KNOW which party is the party big government.
Well, if they didn't before, I sure as hell hope they do now.

Outside of Rand Paul and Mark Kirk, every GOP senator (which includes the Tea partiers which are supposed to be against big gubmint) voted in favor of the end of civil liberties and the beginning of the domestic War on the American People.

Again just TWO GOP senators voted against the criminalization of American citizens.

Indeed, I hope Americans are aware of which party YOU represent; what you and your masters are about; and what they have in store for the Constitution.
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