24th July 2010, 5:47 AM
...support for fiscal policies which are beneficial to big business, large corporations, and the rich, and opposition to policies which help the poor and middle class.
It's very true that Republicans do favor policies that help businesses stay competitive. Everyone knows that in the businessworld, it's a cut-throat, Darwinian theater. Republicans do tend to support big-businesses, but not at the expense of anyone else. You like to say they don't care for the poor, but that's not at all true. Republicans support the middle, working class. They do not necessarily, however, have much tolerance for the poor Welfare leaches that your on the left cater to. Republicans believe in a hard-working middle class, and in case you didn't notice, the hard-working middle class is vastly Republican. One minute, you depict all Republicans as rich white men, the next, they're all poor trashy white people. At least be consistent with your stereotypes: are they all poor white racist trash, or rich Scrooge-types?
Or that suddenly Republicans care oh so much about deficits, while they didn't care at all about them a few years ago
Denial that Republicans are, on the whole, financially in favor of less government, less bureaucracy, lower (OVERALL) taxes, is ignorant. Dem's deny that this is their platform because it wins votes. Obviously, there are exceptions on both sides. Ben Nelson is a fiscal cons. Dem. from Nebraska. And there are probably more frivolous Republicans as well.
If they get power again, their current "fiscal discipline" thing will vanish in a flash, just as it did under Reagan and Bush.
First of all, we'll see about that in November. Second, you blame Bush for the disaster of 9-11? As if Afghanistan was his fault... approved by congress, heralded abroad by an international coalition... you can't blame him because that fell on his lap during his watch any more than you can blame the cost of WWII on FDR. Iraq, while in hindsight a colossal mistake, was also approved by congress... including many of your favorist socialists. Beyond these, what other spending are you referring to?
They're only complaining because it's Democratic priorities like propping up the economy, keeping us out of depression, and helping poor and middle class people that we're spending our money on.
Propping up the economy you say? By EXPLODING the national debt? I must say, the economy surely is trucking along now... however many hundreds of billions of dollars they irresponsibly spent.. it seems to be... well, not working, but... they meant well, so it's OK. Helping the poor? I assume you mean welfare and unemployed. And our friend Ben Nelson agreed that, extending unemployment benies MUST BE PAID FOR FIRST... which was not at all to say that it would not have been passed, but, once again, the Republicans sought FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PRIOR TO SPENDING. The Dems refused, and passed more unpaid-for legislation. And the middle class? How are the Dems helping them out again?
The only thing that's ludicrous is that anyone actually believes that Republicans care much about deficits, after their last several presidents have all ran up record deficits and national debts, while Democratic ones have been much more fiscally disciplined.
They're not fiscally disciplined.
I mean, I know a few people in the Republican party really do care about the debt. The vast, vast majority though, all of the ones who marched in lockstep behind George W. Bush, do not.
Such is an opinion, and a biased one at that.
The Republican party in congress always works as a unit, dissent is not often allowed... it isn't as democratic, but it does mean they get more done than the Democrats do...
The Republicans always work as a unit, whereas the enlightened, holier-than-thou democrats all vote independently... which is, to say, that over the past 1.5 years, all these times that both parties have voted strictly along party lines, like in the stimulus, health care... that was actually that the Republicans all voted along party lines because they're simple-minded dolts, and the Dems all voted upon party lines because they're all free-thinking individuals who just arbitrarily arrived at a consensus.
It's very true that Republicans do favor policies that help businesses stay competitive. Everyone knows that in the businessworld, it's a cut-throat, Darwinian theater. Republicans do tend to support big-businesses, but not at the expense of anyone else. You like to say they don't care for the poor, but that's not at all true. Republicans support the middle, working class. They do not necessarily, however, have much tolerance for the poor Welfare leaches that your on the left cater to. Republicans believe in a hard-working middle class, and in case you didn't notice, the hard-working middle class is vastly Republican. One minute, you depict all Republicans as rich white men, the next, they're all poor trashy white people. At least be consistent with your stereotypes: are they all poor white racist trash, or rich Scrooge-types?
Or that suddenly Republicans care oh so much about deficits, while they didn't care at all about them a few years ago
Denial that Republicans are, on the whole, financially in favor of less government, less bureaucracy, lower (OVERALL) taxes, is ignorant. Dem's deny that this is their platform because it wins votes. Obviously, there are exceptions on both sides. Ben Nelson is a fiscal cons. Dem. from Nebraska. And there are probably more frivolous Republicans as well.
If they get power again, their current "fiscal discipline" thing will vanish in a flash, just as it did under Reagan and Bush.
First of all, we'll see about that in November. Second, you blame Bush for the disaster of 9-11? As if Afghanistan was his fault... approved by congress, heralded abroad by an international coalition... you can't blame him because that fell on his lap during his watch any more than you can blame the cost of WWII on FDR. Iraq, while in hindsight a colossal mistake, was also approved by congress... including many of your favorist socialists. Beyond these, what other spending are you referring to?
They're only complaining because it's Democratic priorities like propping up the economy, keeping us out of depression, and helping poor and middle class people that we're spending our money on.
Propping up the economy you say? By EXPLODING the national debt? I must say, the economy surely is trucking along now... however many hundreds of billions of dollars they irresponsibly spent.. it seems to be... well, not working, but... they meant well, so it's OK. Helping the poor? I assume you mean welfare and unemployed. And our friend Ben Nelson agreed that, extending unemployment benies MUST BE PAID FOR FIRST... which was not at all to say that it would not have been passed, but, once again, the Republicans sought FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PRIOR TO SPENDING. The Dems refused, and passed more unpaid-for legislation. And the middle class? How are the Dems helping them out again?
The only thing that's ludicrous is that anyone actually believes that Republicans care much about deficits, after their last several presidents have all ran up record deficits and national debts, while Democratic ones have been much more fiscally disciplined.
They're not fiscally disciplined.
I mean, I know a few people in the Republican party really do care about the debt. The vast, vast majority though, all of the ones who marched in lockstep behind George W. Bush, do not.
Such is an opinion, and a biased one at that.
The Republican party in congress always works as a unit, dissent is not often allowed... it isn't as democratic, but it does mean they get more done than the Democrats do...
The Republicans always work as a unit, whereas the enlightened, holier-than-thou democrats all vote independently... which is, to say, that over the past 1.5 years, all these times that both parties have voted strictly along party lines, like in the stimulus, health care... that was actually that the Republicans all voted along party lines because they're simple-minded dolts, and the Dems all voted upon party lines because they're all free-thinking individuals who just arbitrarily arrived at a consensus.
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