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To: TimF who wrote (552117)	2/25/2010 5:48:13 PM
From: Jim McMannis	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1575047

RE:"The rich don't vote overwhelmingly for Republicans, particularly not the very rich, at the same time a large number of non-rich vote for Republicans, particularly those that are not very poor". Very true. For instance. Palm Beach County, FL is the most liberal/dem county in the state. One of the richest counties as well.

To: TimF who wrote (552117)	2/25/2010 11:19:59 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575047

so long as we are 300+ million strong with a fairly complex culture, we will never have small gov't 300 million perhaps can't have small government in absolute terms, with a small simple (either now or more likely in the past) as the standard for small, but it can have small government relative to its large population or economy. In fact it should be able to do ok with government taking up a smaller percentage of the economy, with an economy that is so big you can have governments do all sorts of things and still be a smaller part of the huge economy. What facts do you have to support your position? Other than your ideology there is absolutely nothing that says a smaller gov't is reasonable or even attainable. Where your ideology has been put into practice.......CO Springs, CA and OR to name three places.......the results have been horrific. They are having to turn off the street lamps in CO Springs; OR's school systems were on the brink of BK, and CA, the once golden state, is in a perpetual downward spiral. Smaller gov't is an Ayn Rand pipedream that makes absolutely no sense except to her adherents. This game the Rs have been playing for 3 decades whereby they cut the taxes to their consituents, the rich, hoping that that will force the gov't to reduce spending That strategy is called "starve the beast". It hasn't worked out well, since the beast just grabs what it wants anyway. The current Democratic strategy is the reverse. "Gorge the beast". Spend so much so that future tax cuts become harder, and future tax increases more likely to be accepted given the horrible fiscal situation that is being created. Its not an either/or proposition. Bill Clinton, a Dem, proved that. The rich don't vote overwhelmingly for Republicans, particularly not the very rich, at the same time a large number of non-rich vote for Republicans, particularly those that are not very poor. Really? It sure looks that way.