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One of the most widely-advertised, but falsest claims in politics is that the modern Republican Party stands for small government / limited government.
The Republican Party has consistently stood up for government programs that offer widespread intrusive surveillance of Americans, indefinite detention without trial, controlling women's decisions when it comes to their bodies, deciding who Americans are allowed to love and marry, building an expansive global military complex, enhanced interrogation (torture), secret prisons overseas, let's be honest the government has grown in power under modern Republicans.
So basically the same as democrats except that they don't like government enterprise as much? Sounds like the lesser of 2 evils to me.
It shows Republicans are liars, while in many ways Democrats offer more freedom. They tend to be against mass surveillance, government spying on Americans, secret prisons, prison without a trial, women's choice etc.
Americans are NOT for small government. Only in the abstract. The concept gets rave reviews but the reality is that everyone, including Republicans, is looking for a candidate that can fix the problems of our country. The solution, to nearly everyone, is in the hands of government. A true conservative would say that it is the government that causes the problems (they all say that) and support someone who says basically that he/she is going to sit on his/her ass, pass no new laws while repealing quite a few and let things work themselves out.
One of the most widely-advertised, but falsest claims in politics is that the modern Republican Party stands for small government / limited government.
The Republican Party has consistently stood up for government programs that offer widespread intrusive surveillance of Americans, indefinite detention without trial, controlling women's decisions when it comes to their bodies, deciding who Americans are allowed to love and marry, building an expansive global military complex, enhanced interrogation (torture), secret prisons overseas, let's be honest the government has grown in power under modern Republicans.
I grew up being told Republicans were all for:
- Personal Freedom
- but are hard bent on telling gays they cannot marry
- but are hard bent telling women they don't have a choice when it comes to abortion
- but are hard bent telling people they cannot smoke a plant anyone can grow
- often are leading attempts to restrict American's rights (NDAA, surveillance programs, etc)
- Are all for smaller government
- government over the past 40 years has on average grown more under a republican than a democrat
- insist on outrageous tax breaks and incentives for corporations (those tax breaks and incentives have to be
paid by someone)
- insist on a global military presence
As I've gotten older they've shown themselves to be the party of greed. If it wasn't for the above, I would likely be a republican instead of feeling forced to vote democrat (fiscal conservative, social liberal) most often simply because I cannot support their military/social/privacy stances, which are more important to me than money.
Last edited by LordSquidworth; 08-15-2015 at 12:06 PM..
- Personal Freedom
- but are hard bent on telling gays they cannot marry
- but are hard bent telling women they don't have a choice when it comes to abortion
- but are hard bent telling people they cannot smoke a plant anyone can grow
- often are leading attempts to restrict American's rights (NDAA, surveillance programs, etc)
- Are all for smaller government
- government over the past 40 years has on average grown more under a republican than a democrat
- insist on outrageous tax breaks and incentives for corporations (those tax breaks and incentives have to be
paid by someone)
- insist on a global military presence
As I've gotten older they've shown themselves to be the party of greed. If it wasn't for the above, I would like be a republican instead of feeling forced to vote democrat (fiscal conservative, social liberal) most often simply because I cannot support their military/social/privacy stances, which are more important to me than money.
I have a lot of respect for Ron Paul, but there are times when Rand Paul sounds like just another Conservative. I'll give you he is better than the other GOP candidates. However, I'm certain the Republican base will not vote for him because most Republicans really do believe in big government for the things Lord mentioned.
I have a lot of respect for Ron Paul, but there are times when Rand Paul sounds like just another Conservative. I'll give you he is better than the other GOP candidates. However, I'm certain the Republican base will not vote for him because most Republicans really do believe in big government for the things Lord mentioned.
Many Republicans and many Democrats suffer from the same problem. They just tow the party line, even when it goes against their principles.
Republicans have also been horrible at marketing their message.
Democrats do a great job at vilifying Republicans and changing the narrative.
They worry about things about electability and how being principled can be twisted in the news by political opponents.
What people should do is find out what their own principles are, and vote based on those. Dont worry about electability. Dont worry about who others are going to vote for.
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