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The Problem Is Conservatives' Acceptance of Progressive Government
American Thinker ^ | October 1, 2016 | Scott Lazarowitz

Posted on 10/01/2016 12:07:05 PM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

FDR was in favor of self-funded schemes, unlike Hillary.

We certainly shouldn’t be adding to the number of handouts since the current ones are draining society.

A woman with a baby could put her baby in a crib at a customer’s house while cleaning the house at say $13/hour.

Two women with kids could pair up and share say a 7-day job and a place to live, three/four days one week for one and four/three days a week for the other. While one works the other could mind their kids.


21 posted on 10/01/2016 1:11:16 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: loveliberty2

As usual another great post


22 posted on 10/01/2016 1:14:28 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
The Problem Is Conservatives Republican legislators Acceptance of Progressive Government, is more like it.
23 posted on 10/01/2016 1:16:16 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Enlightened1

I did mention it, however belated


24 posted on 10/01/2016 1:17:41 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

It seems like the only thing conservative with a lot of conservatives is the title of “conservative”


25 posted on 10/01/2016 1:21:30 PM PDT by Leep (Just say no to half dead hillary and wrong lane kaine!)
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To: Brian Griffin

“The invaders now come not with guns in arms but with children in arms and they head straight towards the welfare offices.”

You have that right.


26 posted on 10/01/2016 1:26:27 PM PDT by Pelham (DLM. Deplorable Lives Matter)
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To: Leep

That is especially around election time.


27 posted on 10/01/2016 1:26:41 PM PDT by Leep (Just say no to half dead hillary and wrong lane kaine!)
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To: JPJones
They have a plan, we don’t.

Bump. And you have to give them credit, they keep moving the ball down the field.

28 posted on 10/01/2016 1:31:52 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Enforce the Law. Build the Wall.)
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To: Kaslin

Substitute “Republicans” for “conservatives” and the writer might have a point.
Steve Deace? Please ....


29 posted on 10/01/2016 1:38:47 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: Shadow44

Yep. There is a fundamental disconnect with laboring to preserve a legacy of high-handed lawlessness in governance while (occasionally) also somehow trying to slow its growth.

Just as compromise with evil is still evil so too is compromise with so-called “progressivism” still progressivism.

Going along to get along is a poor way to lead a life, a treacherous way to run a government.


30 posted on 10/01/2016 1:44:24 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Kaslin

Consumption taxes and tariffs are the way to go. Kill the income tax.


31 posted on 10/01/2016 1:52:31 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: MarchonDC09122009
I agree; I mean most people (ie sane people) would consider rolling over for your 'opposition' on everything to be a bad strategy, and in fact, most would become suspicious that they were throwing the game if it happened two or three times… how many times has the Republican party betrayed its core constituents?
32 posted on 10/01/2016 1:58:54 PM PDT by Edward.Fish
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THE #1 ISSUE AND GREATEST THREAT TO AMERICA IS THE MOSTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL $4 TRILLION FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 80% of which MUST be dismantled to make America free, prosperous, and happy again.

Isn't 80% a rather low-ball figure considering the size and scope of the current federal government?

33 posted on 10/01/2016 2:00:47 PM PDT by Edward.Fish
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To: Brian Griffin

If people knew how little the national government actually spent under FDR compared to today they wouldn’t believe it.

It was “big spending” only in comparison to the even smaller levels of spending that was typical before his administration.

We weren’t the dominant free world military power that we have been since WWII. Being an Army brat I have some appreciation for why it’s wise for us to play that role, but we have a lot of free riders who benefit from our protection and who ‘repay’ us by taking chunks out of our economy. Trump has a valid point when he says that these countries should be paying up.


34 posted on 10/01/2016 2:02:49 PM PDT by Pelham (DLM. Deplorable Lives Matter)
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To: Kaslin

Thx for pointing that out.


35 posted on 10/01/2016 2:09:45 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: central_va

It would pay to go back and read the debates over switching the tax system back then. I’m pretty sure that it was an outgrowth of the same movement that was behind William Jennings Bryan- the perception was that taxes were falling disproportionately on farmers and lower wage earners than they expected an income tax to do.

And the income tax may not have been that onerous until the start of WWII and the brilliant idea of withholding taxes from paychecks... an insight that came out of the retail industry of the time.


36 posted on 10/01/2016 2:14:36 PM PDT by Pelham (DLM. Deplorable Lives Matter)
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To: JPJones
They have a plan, we don’t.

They don't have a plan, they have a willingness to fight, and to keep fighting for their next latest goofball "cause" they are always coming up with.

They are stubborn and intractable, while we are reasonable and compromising.

There has been a term that has recently come to my attention. It is "Cuckservative." (derived from "cuckold". Look it up if you don't know what it means.) It basically means people who are conservative that simply let other people walk over them. They are weenie, pathetic beta males who simply say "oh dear" every time the liberals make another inroad.

Liberals win because they fight, often unethically, but they don't care just so long as they win.

We try to play by the rules and as a result we get our @$$es handed to us.

They don't have a plan, they have willpower. We have a plan, but we have little to no willpower.

37 posted on 10/01/2016 2:16:28 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: MarchonDC09122009

You’re welcome


38 posted on 10/01/2016 2:17:03 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Edward.Fish

Agreed. My gut says it’s a low-ball figure. I usually say 80%+. I haven’t figured out exactly what % of the $4 trillion feds is actually unconstitutional but I know that most of the cabinet departments/bureaucracies and ALL of the regulatory/administrative agencies/bureaucracies are unconstitutional and needs to be abolished. Cutting 80% would take them down to around $800 billion. I could live with that for a start.


39 posted on 10/01/2016 2:19:20 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Brian Griffin
Taxation is actually meant for the financial support of the government, not individuals or households.
The Founding Fathers knew well of the troubles of Rome that came from welfare handouts.

Your post reminds me of the Not Yours to Give (Davy Crockett & Farmer Bruce) story.

40 posted on 10/01/2016 2:19:44 PM PDT by Edward.Fish
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