Census worker found hanged with FED 'scrawled' on his chest

[lurker]

Re: Census worker found hanged with FED 'scrawled' on his chest

Jim,

I've got to say I feel the same sentiment. What's a few billion on healthcare compared to an Iraq War and bank bailouts?

How are people so furious about expanded health coverage and not nearly as mad at trillion dollar bank giveaways and wars started on false pretenses?

--- Mind boggling ---

I can understand if one is against all of these things - on grounds of anarchism or libertarianism or some such non-government-interventionist philosophical leanings - but I cannot understand the majority of the modern Republican party anymore.

It is like America is left with a party of Democrats and a party of Anti-Logic.

In RI a new party called the moderates has just been formed last month because the Republican platform has gotten so out of whack that it has become a de-facto one-party state (~90% democrat). What happened to the old fashioned fiscally conservative Republican party?

I may not have agreed with it, but at least I could understand where it was coming from. Now it's all fire & brimstone & death panels & bridges to nowhere & axis of evil - heck - even 'no new taxes' would be refreshing.

Sorry for the rant -D

You've perfectly summed up my feelings. Better than I could have done myself. If only I'd paid more attention in English classes.

[dcarrigg]

Re: Census worker found hanged with FED 'scrawled' on his chest

There is something I don't get about this point you make.

By the logic of your observation, once you've identified any large federal expenditure which you find seriously ill-advised, then any other proposed expenditure that you find more worthwhile should be adopted because it's better than the ill-advised one.

That's absurd in my view. It would seem to offer justification for all too many "more worthwhile" programs just because they are not as bad as one or two programs you (reasonably enough) detest.

The Iraq War and bank bailouts provide no justification whatsoever in my mind for adding other programs. If anything, they suggest that the Federal government is out of control and untrustworthy and that we should be looking for Federal programs to cancel, not add.

Pythonic Cow,

We Are Toast took care of most of what I would have said. I simply want to add that I can understand your view about the government, hence the next line of my quote:

Jim,

I've got to say I feel the same sentiment. What's a few billion on healthcare compared to an Iraq War and bank bailouts?

How are people so furious about expanded health coverage and not nearly as mad at trillion dollar bank giveaways and wars started on false pretenses?

I can understand if one is against all of these things - on grounds of anarchism or libertarianism or some such non-government-interventionist philosophical leanings

[ThePythonicCow]

Re: Census worker found hanged with FED 'scrawled' on his chest

Pythonic Cow,

We Are Toast took care of most of what I would have said. I simply want to add that I can understand your view about the government, hence the next line of my quote:

I'm not sure I'm correctly understanding your position, but my current impression is that you're saying that it would make sense to advocate either of

• no major government programs (anarchist libertarian view), or
• all major government programs arguably better than one or more existing major programs.

My position would be neither of these. I would consider each such proposal on its own merits, regardless of what other, arguably more idiotic or corrupt, major programs might already exist.