> > [Platt] > > Always good to find common ground. As Reagan said a long time ago, > > "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the > > problem." > > > > [Krimel] > > And that cynical formulation that We the People are our own worse > > enemy is perhaps the most enduring evil of a legacy filled with > > hypocrisy and lies. > > [Platt] > You lefties unmercifully berated "We the People" for their stupidity in > electing Reagan and Bush. Talk about hypocrisy and lies! > > [Krimel] > Being disappointed in the gullibility of ones fellow citizens is a bit > different than endorsing a web of lies and anti-American activity. > > > [Platt] > > Unfortunately, like every other politician before or since, he > > expanded the size of government. Today, Americans spend more on taxes > > than on food, shelter and clothing combined. > > > > [Krimel] > > It is particularly galling that Raygun made the quote above in > > reference to the federal budget deficient. At the same time that he > > preached against "tax and spend" liberals he practiced the "borrow and > > spend" politics that have been the hallmark of "conservatives" ever > > since. Thank God Almighty that they are at last falling apart and we may
> > at last be delivered from their pernicious bullshit. > > [Platt] > No doubt the Republican party lost its bearings. We shall see in the > coming months just how much we will thank the Messiah Almighty for taking > us further down the road to serfdom. We have been assured that He will > increase already burdensome taxes to "spread the wealth,." the hallmark of > Marxism. > > [Krimel] > Lost its bearings? It does now what it has always and consistently done. > It actively seeks to redistribute wealth into the hands of the very rich. > Your tacit acknowledgement of the upcoming landslide should serve as a > beacon of hope for us all. [Platt] Rather, the Republicans have sought to allow people to keep what they earn by reducing taxes across the board. They went astray on spending. As for next week's election, the "gullibility" (as you put it but which your fellow lefties called "stupidity") of one's fellow citizens is likely once again to prove to be true. The beacon leads to despotism. [Krimel] Earlier you said, "Today, Americans spend more on taxes than on food, shelter and clothing combined." IF this is true, it is only true of the poor and the middle class. Of the rich it is assuredly NOT true. It is a result of the conservative distortions that make regressive taxes somehow sound palatable to folks who think that someday they will be Carl Icahn or Ken Lay and they too will be able to suck at the tit of regressive policies. If in fact the rich paid their "fair" share of income taxes, the poor and middle classes wouldn't need to pay any at all. As for "going astray" is that some euphemism for totally abandoning the "principles" you claim are most central to your philosophy. Oh wait, you have to have some principles to actually abandon them. Despotism? Again the fear mongering conservative dictionary seems not to have been written on Planet Earth. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
