In a message dated 2/3/08 11:52:01 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Higher taxes: This doesn't have anything to do with your party affiliation. If you spend a lot, generally taxes have to go up. The republicans have been spending a lot of late, but have not touched the taxes. If they go up under the dems, it could be because we have to pay for the prior republican spending.
Democrats attack religious freedom or political speech? Ha! Show me. Don't forget that the federal government is not allowed to support a particular religion or any religion. I agree Republicans have lost their way when it comes to fiscal policy, spending like drunken sailors and they paid the price for this in the last election. However in a growing economy all that is necessary to eliminate deficit spending is hold the line on spending and the revenues will grow into the budget. So a tax hike is not necessary.< Regarding religious and political free speech, the Democrats would have a tuff time passing legislation on these issues so they get their judges to legislate from the bench. Let's look at the most obvious and first instance in my life time that I'm aware of. Everybody knows education is a states responsibility and school prayer was common up until the early sixties but the USSC ruled it could not be done. Some excuse of a separation of church and state which is no where in the constitution but found in a letter by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Ct. Baptists assuring them the Federal government would not establish an official Church of State. However, the first amendment does guarantee that the government shall not establish a state religion NOR prohibit the FREE exercise there of. So if some federal judge is telling people where and when they can or can not pray that is prohibiting the free exercise there of claus, especially if it is the will of the people in that school district to begin the day that way.< How about free speech? Lets look at McCain/ Feingold for example. Ah Yes, but you say McCain is a Republican and it had bipartisan support. McCAin is not called a RINO for nothing and it was the Democrats that really pushed the issue of restricting free political speech through this bill that Bush so unwisely signed into law.So lets look at another , the Fairness Doctrine which democrats first imposed on the FCC and want to bring back so they can force Talk Radio to present their sides to any argument which most talk radio listeners don't want to even listen to. **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48)
