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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 (71846)	9/11/2009 9:15:20 AM
From: JakeStraw	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

Regulation is one thing; gov't bureaucracy and control is another... I'm tired of seeing my money wasted by a bunch of self-serving bureaucrats. If you had any sense you would be also!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71846)	9/11/2009 12:01:27 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

This recession is the direct result of "too little government" regulation - especially financial regulation. Au contraire mon frere! Since our economy, especially the finance industry, has been heavily regulated for nearly 80 years, the current economic crisis is clearly a sign that government intervention does not work. We have seen enough government intervention, it is time to give capitalism and the free market a chance. What will happen when all of the new government programs start to fail? It will be used as an argument to get MORE government programs. Politicians are like junkies in search of their next fix. After the buzz of the current mainline of power and money wears off they'll need more. It's never enough for politicians, it's time that We the People did an intervention with our government. It's time we said NO!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (71846)	9/11/2009 3:51:45 PM
From: chartseer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224729

Oh bummer! How could the government regulate when the government ran Fannie mae and Freddie mac. Now what does the government run? What are they going to run next? Remember when the mortgage business was profitable, very profitable until the government got into it. Remember when everyone in the world dreamed of owning an American auto until the government got involved telling the American auto makers how much mileage their fleet must average and how much carbon monoxide an auto could and couldn't emit. Now health care is next for complete government involvement. Will they do to health care what they did to the American auto industry or to the very profitable mortgage industry? Oh bummer! "You ain't seen nothing yet!" comrade chartseer