They say that the Democrats are liberals, and the Republicans are conservative. I say that thos analogies are relative. This is to say that the republicans are conservative only as far as how the government gets the money to do it's job. They want to give all the money back to the taxpayers. They spend like any other politician, and just borrow money driving us further into debt. Historically, the debt has increased with every republican in administrative power since Reagan. I believe that it may have always been that way, but that is as far as I can rememeber (head injury in 1988) off of the top of my head.
Liberals spend the money, just like the others, but have a logical way to acquire the money, via taxes. That realistically is the only way to acquire money for the government to do it's job. In turn, they actually spend the money to pay down the huge ass debt.
In our current government system, the balance of power needs to be true balance, which is something we have not had for the past several years.
We have had Republican control of the entire government system since the last congressional election, and look where it got us? 5 times the debt that we had when Bushy boy started. Bush gave a straight across the board tax cut. Nice thought. Does anyone remember the $300 check that we got fromt he IRS in 2002 or 2003? That was the tax cut for the average citizen making $50,000 annually.
The really big checks went to the businesses, corporations, millionaires, etc. Lots of money for the few, very little money for everyone else. Everyone voted for that big ass tax break, but the major proportion of the US population is in the middle class socioeconomic groups.
People lose their brains when they hear that they would get more money, but if they really thought about it, they would see that they did not get any further, since inflation has grown dramatically over the past 6 years, due tot he oil investors taking advantage of the apparent Oil crunch and the average american freaking out about it.
Oil goes up, shipping costs go up, end consumer products go up.
Then there is the Minimum wage, raise it, and what happens? Does everyone really think that it will give them more money? Hell no! The Minimum wage rises, and prices for products and services go up in equal proportion. Business owners do this all the time, every time that the minimum wage goes up.
A loaf of bread has doubled, gallon of gas has tripled, how many here can remember the 25 cent can of pop? That was Coke or Pepsi kids. Not the swill like Safewaqy select or something like that.
Yeah the minimum wage hike is supposed to help the less advantaged? Bullshit! it takes more money from the poor as a result.
Then the War. Does anyone rememebr that Osama Bin Laden hasn't been heard from but in audio tapes, and in ONE video tape of the man in a building, the same age as when he filmed his last speech? Does anyone remember that he had to get a dialysis machine?
Dialysis is a last ditch effort to save a human life, that most of the time only works for 3 years under the best sterile, and regular conditions.
I believe that he is dead, and the administration used the momentum of us already in a conflict to invade iraq. We all know that the iraq was necessary eventually, but the asshole lied to us to get us there in 2003, using fear tactics, and dception.
Politicians lie, plain and simple. Fiscally the Democrats seem to be a bit more honest about financial reality, Republicans seem to build on the Military better.
But the whole mess is really getting muddied yup when they bring in the freaking religious card in. They are using religion to win elections. Hey! I thought we managed to get Religion out of politics.
That is the thing that really pisses me off.
Vote according to a man (or woman) 's Merits, not their political party. Political parties are used to make the Stupid voter blindly follow party lines, and disregard things like electing a complete moron into office! (Yeah I am bitching about Bush again)