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To: mistermj who wrote (208118)	11/9/2006 2:52:23 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 281500

I would guess almost 100% want government to do more for THEM. What people don't want is to pay for the other guy/gal, and interference on his/her behalf,but everyone thinks their piece of the government pie is "only fair". That creates some problems with poll questions like that one- "Do you believe government interferes too much?"

To: mistermj who wrote (208118)	11/9/2006 3:27:18 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>> Somehow I doubt your definition of Progressive is "hands off". This is because you are one confused fellow who has not been paying attention to what I've been saying. I've said it many times. I am a libertarian. It means the maximum freedom for all and minimum government intervention. The catch here is that we do need government to assure nobody, including corporations, arm wrestles or deceives others. The other catch is that for some things, government intervention is the most efficient and practical way to get the right thing accomplished. For example paying for a fire department is more efficient than forcing everyone to buy huge liability fire insurance. And I would not want my surgeon to have arrived at his position purely based on market forces. Government is needed to set some standards. It is not a black and white world. Now on to your illusion that the Republicans are a party of small government. Take a look at budget deficit and national debt growth over the past 40 years (that would cover the period of service by every politician who is alive today) and tell us who has held smaller governments, Dems or Reps. In fact, the Republicans not only expand the budget and government to hell, they even want to legislate morality and keep tabs on who has sex with whom and how and what is taught in science classes. How small of a government is that? ST PS Do please inform us of what you find in the budget and debt under different administrations. It should be an eye opener to everyone but the blind.