To: RavenCrazy who wrote (5 ) 12/19/1998 12:34:00 AM From: Frank Griffin Read Replies (1) | Respond to
I think the Republicans want to make you free. They want to make government smaller, more local and more responsive. They want it to perform the functions government should perform (fire, police, military, etc..) and not take the big brother approach to socially engineer our society by taxing and spending to manipulate society. The democrats want to create and maintain a constituency that are economic slaves to the government. It seems to me that, on balance, most people who like the democrat philosophy are either people who want something from the government or work for the government. The Republican philosophy is to create a level playing field and let people, through initiative and effort, rise to the highest level they possibly can. The Republicans believe in us and believe if they will stay out of our way, tax as little as possible, create a level playing field then each of us can pursue the American dream unencumbered with excessive taxation, regulation, and manipulation. When that dream is removed and people look to the government for their survival and needs they are only degrees from the socialist or even communist ideals. From each according to his ability and to each according to his needs. Sounds good but the downside of that is that productivity goes down the drain. The producers lose initiative and the non producers don't produce but expect government intervention to take care of their needs. In my opinion, if Bill Clinton really put America first he would step aside just based on what he has admitted and what it is doing to our country. The country is bigger than him and would work just fine if he would resign. The only possible reasons he wants to stay are selfish reasons (Power, etc.).
