(Hypothetically, if HE were somehow eventually removed due to Constitutional ineligibility or some other provable high crime, and this assault on every area of our lives could magically be ended, what/who would YOU want to see replace BHO?)
Well, that’s up to the constitution. It has the answer, not me. I regard it as a self-defense weapon, like MACE, to protect us from the criminal government that squanders everything without any genuine regard for anything good in this world.
I am liberal, but guess what?
I just don’t like wasteful spending.
And I don’t like that foreign policy/defense ALWAYS drives our national policy and spending. All the time. IMO. I understand that it has to sometimes—that can’t be helped—but I think we need BALANCE whenever possible.
And believe me when I say that I feel closer to you than I ever did to any anonymous democrat I met up with online. I feel like I have a personal connection thanks to our struggle for the truth on Obama.
We would get along just fine in real life, because I would be considerate to you. I feel like an oaf about my ignorance per the government and it’s functions. Believe me, I would not make you uncomfortable.
I have no more party, so I have had to define my own. And it’s a little lonely in my party, so cut me some slack on hanging out here.
My political definition starts with a quote from Our President—because I had to drop out of mainstream politics, for good because of him. My party is built on the following laughable quote from Obama, and how I can build on that and come up with something better:
“I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics.” -Barack Obama
Now I ask you, is there a greater “shortcut” than a handout?
Educate our people Mr. President. Obligation and indoctrination DO NOT move us forward.
You know, I think EVERYONE contemplates foregoing the work of getting an education at some point in their lives—it’ the lull of the ‘easy way out.’ In our hearts, I think we all know THAT education should be the thing that drives our national policy and our spending.
Instead we waste TRILLIONS of dollars most often on things that result from lack of education. With Obama, it’s always a bandaid, handout, excuse—but he never puts the dollars or competent people where his mouth is.
Personally, I believe in a generous amount of human decency and uh, humility (believe it or not)—healthcare and homes for every child and every sick person (legitimate health and mental)! On this we may not agree, I know.... Read More
But, for healthy adults, that government money doesn’t come without an obligation to educate themselves and means for them to get educated. Yes, I say it’s a GOOD investment NOT a handout.
The hope, of course, for this program is that spending for it DOES get way out of control.
And BTW:
I voted for Sarah Palin this election, NEVER in my life did I think I would cast a vote for a Republican. I passed up progressive candidates, because when I weighed all the variables—I felt the Rep ticket was the best option for all Americans.
Most of us here are for individual liberty, and want us to all be able to choose the lives we live as long as it doesn’t hurt others. I appreciate your views, and extremely appreciative of your patriotism.
My fam just walked in the door and I didn’t get to finish per our ‘economic system’ and big government:
Really your thoughts align with mine. I don’t usually state “less government needed” as a benefit of education, although I recognize it, because it’s just one of many I see.
IMO-Poverty breeds all crime, inequity, hate, oppression, etc... I believe that wholly. Because the poor are vulnerable in every way. If you give them an education, you arm ... them with a tool to fight vulnerability.
I believe in a capitalism, too, but I recognize it is based on competition. So we must accept that there will be winners and losers. Obviously, it behooves everyone and the idea of ‘competition in a free-market’ if those losers are they best, happiest, most-able-to-compete people that they can be. Imagine.
I really believe the only solution to poverty, of course, is education. We haven’t yet tried everything else yet but it seems that way to me.
Oh, and did I say I am sick of seeing class-warfare turned into ‘race-warfare?’
A Libertarian friend of mine recently said this: “It’s a perfect system, when the gears are greased properly - and if the people are the gears, then surely education is the grease that helps things run smoothly.”
That’s our common ground, anyway.
And for those who choose to shirk their obligation of educating themselves?