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Originally posted by madame_zora@Sep 15 2005, 04:25 AM
BnD, thanks for scaring the shit out of me! That is probably exactly what will happen, another excuse to waste more money instead of run things more efficiently. The poll Mark posted lent a better insight to me as to what a conservative stands for- bush is CLEARLY not that! Conservatives, while supporting less personal freedom (ugh!) are supposed to stand for LESS government- our bureaucrasy is at an all-time high, I wonder why more people aren't upset?
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Zora,
Unfortunately, many Republicans have abandoned their core beliefs and now feel the way to stay in power is to outspend Democrats when it comes to all things governmental. Many Democrats believe the way to solve all problems is to raise all taxes in all areas and throw that into more & new social spending. Neither wants to truly cut spending, because who is going to go first? Who is willing to offend their base first?
Consider: What if your senators from Ohio or your district's US representative had the opportunity to bring a big pork-barrel spending project home that would result in a large number of jobs, both temporary and permanent? Everyone else in 49 states might see the price tag (few billion dollars let's say) and consider that wasteful spending. The people of your area consider it an investment. It would be the same situation if you changed the state name from Ohio to Missouri. Until we as voters decide to reward politicans for doing what is right for the country as a whole versus
just being good at bringing home the bacon, nobody has a right to expect things to change.
We have a massive federal bureaucracy in charge of our safety and while things MIGHT be a bit safer than they were on 9/10/01, we're faaaar from where we need to be. Pick your area, pick your pork...there are lots of both to argue/worry about.