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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rarebird who wrote (186)	9/4/2000 8:52:09 PM
From: ColtonGang	Respond to of 10042

YOU see how corporations work without regulation.........faulty Firestone tires.........drug recalls......toxic waste dumps like Love Canal........exploding gas tanks..........asbestos...........gas prices.........ozone layer........it goes on and on. Without some regulation your cable bill would be 100$ instead of 40.

To: Rarebird who wrote (186)	9/4/2000 9:02:56 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Radical conservatives, like Reagan/Bush want to privatize everything. Oh get over yourself already Rarebird... You and I BOTH know that simply is not the case. What they, and I, want is to prevent the liberals from imposing Federal dictates over the states.. They merely wish to permit the 10th Amendment to actually have a reason for existing. They seem to have an anathema to all government sponsored programs and projects that help make life a more beautiful place to live in, like support for Public Education, the Arts And again, you mistake non-support for spending money on obviously, and intentionally offensive art, or programs, with intolerance. Few people have any expectation that the Maplethorpes, Larry Flynts, or other purveyors of filth will be completely prevented from engaging in their "art", but there is NO REASON that tax-payer money should be spent on it. If it is art, then let the artist attract private sponsorship for his work. And let it stand in the marketplace of ideas. I am a moderate, and so is George Bush from what I can read. He is against taking too many drastic steps as some of the reactionary elements of the Republican party might prefer..(which do not all consist of the Moral Majority types). Many of the reactionaries are like Richard's friend Ron Paul, who are libertarians, and not really much inclined toward the Moral Majority any more than yourself. The way it should work is that private solutions to public problems should be pursued before instituting a publicly funded governmental program that inevitably grow larger and more all-encompassing as time goes on. That is what I think most Republicans, moderate or extreme could agree on. Simply putting a limit on the cancerous growth of a public sector that seeks only to increase its own budgets and expand its authority. For at the head of every agency is an agency director who seeks to increase their own political importance, or promotability to higher office. Regards, Ron