Originally Posted By: Cubey
Originally Posted By: andrewg
o...you think it's a good idea for more regulations, laws, and taxes because we all NEED more government oversight of our lives? What percentage of our incomes should we be forced to surrender to the government...above the 40% we already give it? 60%? 80%?
It worked fine from FDR until Reagen, despite your attitude that the government is the big bad wolf.
You're a product of corporate brainwashing that occurred as a backlash to the New Deal. It took a good 30-50 before the rich got their way, once Reagen got into office, but they have. Since Reagen, the message has been NOTHING but "government is bad!!!".
We're back to the 1920s economically, except we have safety nets to keep the country from being Hooverville again. (Although arguably, we do in certain places like Detroit)
It's ironic when politicians who are government employees, pulling in huge paychecks and hefty benefits scream about how bad the government is and how much money is being spent. If they hate the government so much, maybe they should have been a ditch diggers instead of getting government jobs.
They are in it for the payola from corporations to get them in office, and kickbacks from the corps when they pass laws the corps want.
To suggest otherwise, when it's done so openly and blatantly in Washington, is to suggest madness and/or complete and total stupidity.
Yes, the government has corruption but it's so because people are putting anti-gov people in the gov. You may as well have a bald man selling hair restorer, an obese person giving you diet advice, or a catholic priest in charge of a pack of cub scouts. Not exactly the most trustworthy people for the jobs, if you ask me.
You think that the government is corrupt because voters are putting anti-government people in office?
That make no sense, what so ever.
Can you give me a list of current pro-government people in office that you feel are above being corrupt? I'd be interested in who you think is honest besides Bernie Sanders (although watch him support the highly corrupt Hillary when he loses the nomination).