RE: US Presidential Election 2012
September 30, 2011 at 5:11 pm
(This post was last modified: September 30, 2011 at 5:29 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Running the risk of riling those who feel otherwise, we already have a country where people can be prosperous and free. Point me to a place that better fits this description? It isn't his "tear down this government" rhetoric that I dislike. I wholeheartedly agree that the government extends itself too far, in too many directions. It's the dogged reliance on our constitution as a near "sacred" text, and resistance to any sort of social programs that might lift us up above oh I don't know, Cuba for example, in critical areas. Ron Paul seems to have a "it was better back in the day" approach to any given issue. This just isn't the case.
One of the best ways to illustrate this is "states rights". I sometimes think that people looking in from say, the UK, don't truly grasp how vast our country is. There was a point where state governments where very much in control of the show, and I'm not talking ancient history here (the US doesn't have any of that, as such). Law enforcement, taxation, standards of living, these were all massive issues then. Why on earth would would we want to revert to a system that promotes this sort of thing to an even greater extent? Great quote from his Daily Show interview a couple days back "Some States would do better than others". WTF? This is the United States of America. We don't have oceans bordering each individual State. What affects some of us affects all of us. Those in the grips of absolute poverty, will for example, be the ones holding the guns at those that are not. We started this thing off with the whole "Great Experiment" business right? Change the world? How about we man the fuck up and try that? All I've ever heard in response to progressive policies is "it's too hard". Well boo fucking hoo, when did we start giving up because things were difficult?
One of the best ways to illustrate this is "states rights". I sometimes think that people looking in from say, the UK, don't truly grasp how vast our country is. There was a point where state governments where very much in control of the show, and I'm not talking ancient history here (the US doesn't have any of that, as such). Law enforcement, taxation, standards of living, these were all massive issues then. Why on earth would would we want to revert to a system that promotes this sort of thing to an even greater extent? Great quote from his Daily Show interview a couple days back "Some States would do better than others". WTF? This is the United States of America. We don't have oceans bordering each individual State. What affects some of us affects all of us. Those in the grips of absolute poverty, will for example, be the ones holding the guns at those that are not. We started this thing off with the whole "Great Experiment" business right? Change the world? How about we man the fuck up and try that? All I've ever heard in response to progressive policies is "it's too hard". Well boo fucking hoo, when did we start giving up because things were difficult?
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