> I've always heard Republicans say Democrats have no new ideas. I considered > this and thought to myself. Gee. They would like to have the environment > treated a bit better. They would like the common joe to have more education > and opportunities and they would like to tax the rich a bit more(who are > getting quite a bit richer by the minute compared to the common joe) and try > to get the budget more ballanced.
The ideas above are fine (except for the taxing the rich a little more-politicians are generally rich and there is no way they will tax themselves). How will they be accomplished. What are some actual ideas. Hell, I can get up and sing kumbahya, say I want peace in Iraq, better schools, and cheaper fuel and it means just about as much as the Democratic leadership's plan. > But then I think to myself - what are the republican ideas that are so great > and new? As best as I can tell, its to make laws that serve corporations > and the rich. Then minimize taxes on the rich. Think that its a possibility > that everybody else might benefit but dont really care. Finally appear to be > as tough as possible on terrorism even tho you have no tangible results and > the national deficit is skyrocketing. There are some Republican ideas I like, but there aren't many true Republicans in office. I like the ideas of smaller gov't, lower taxes, stricter control of welfare, etc. However, these just aren't gonna happen. Some of your jab about coorporations and the rich ring true (don't try to exempt the Democrats from this; they are just as bad). > But where are these great republican ideas and why do these democratic ideas > need revisiting? I don't think the Republicans are doing a good job. However you ask about ideas. Bush tried to push social security reform, not hard enough if you ask me, but got slammed by the media and the Democrats. No Democrat offered any type of alternative. When fuel prices skyrocketed, Bush pushed for drilling in Alaska. There may be a conspiracy here about Bush and big oil, but I don't want to get into it. Needless to say, the left just said no, save the trees, etc. No alternative except ride the bus. The Republican line is to hold the line in Iraq, thus drawing terrorist to Iraq while helping stabelize the country. The democratic line is get out. That's it. Get out. What about the terrorist and an Iraq that is (hopefully) learning to stand on its on. Etc. Etc. Etc. The Democrats have been blasting the Republicans for 6 years and it has gotten them nowhere. If they would stop pandering to the far left and look towards normal people, it would go a long way towards making them successful. Bottom line: Both parties suck. I would vote Libertarian if they had a snowball's chance in hell of winning (I do vote Libertarian in a lot of local elections-just not the national). As it stands now, I vote against a candidate. I voted against Gore and Kerry because I was afraid of what they might put on the Supreme Court. That is the only reason I voted for Bush. Hopefully, in the next election, the Democrats will field a strong Candidate who can win. It will be the best thing for both parties because the Republican party will have to start putting in better candidates for all elections. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:215766 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
