Ronald Reagan would be very disappointed with what we are seeing in the GOP today.
Debt to the penny: 08/18/2005 $7,925,741,499,921.91 http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdpenny.htm
Most conservatives make an exception for the biggest big government program of all, war. Why expect that when we get into combat formerly inept bureaucrats will become efficient? Maybe contracting out more of our defense efforts than we currently do would give us a better defense at a lower cost.
I didn't leave the Republican party, The Republican party left me.
Which US GOP Senators are going to Crawford?
They have the time off work and can well afford to buy airline tickets.
Which GOP Governors will be in attendance?
The next President of the United States will be there
and I'll vote for him or her
because they supported our troops when they need it the most.
When we are called to exalt, or make excuses for the "needy villan" -- to which the pop-psyche "profession" has taught contemporary man - then Houston, we have a problem.
What ever happened to correct CAPITALIZATION OF WORDS?
Forced charity is a contradiction in terms.
Reagan's successes were a result of the fact that the country had to get its economy, budgets, and money supply under control. We had to come to terms with the problems brought out by the 1960s and 1970s.
We'll probably see another "day of reckoning" like that soon, but our situation now is reminiscent of the Eisenhower-Kennedy years four or five decades ago. On the one hand, being involved in a global struggle brings greater respect for government and acceptance of social programs. On the other hand, people think a degree of fiscal and moral laxity is justified and excused by our victory in the Cold War and success in the global economy.
Truer words were never spoken.
I don't care how good the intentions, government has NO lawful authority to take one person's hard earned money and distribute it to others that are too lazy/shiftless/stupid to earn their own.
Leave charitable works to the charities.
Government employees move up the ladder through educational credentials rather than merit. People are given jobs and promotions based on seniority, race and gender rather than ability or talent. >>>>>>>>>>
This is dead on the money, unfortunately it is not just the government, the same thing happens more than we care to admit in private industry. Anyone who has worked for large companies has seen the phenomenon of highly capable people working for someone who really should be at the bottom rather than managing others.
Read later bump. But like Ferris Buehler, I have a bias against "isms".
Ask the RINOs who've hijacked the GOP.
The people of Cape Cod will be finding this out. They got eight sex offenders and untold numbers of felons from New Orleans. That's out of 250.