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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (53349)10/28/2008 2:13:06 PM
From: longnshort2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224713
 
what does that have to do with it? labor is labor



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (53349)10/28/2008 3:04:00 PM
From: tonto2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224713
 
Jefferson also said the following:

Unfortunately Obama and others have turned their backs on such wisdom.

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (53349)10/28/2008 4:34:20 PM
From: ManyMoose1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224713
 
I suppose you are one of those who consider the Constitution a living document, amenable to the winds of change when precisely the opposite is true.

Some things change, some don't. Principles don't. That was a principle and it will stand.

Here it is again for anybody who missed it.

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
Thomas Jefferson