> Brian wrote: > Yeah, that was a crock of shit. > Isn't that a loophole that needs to be closed? >
It definitely does, but the conversation brings up the "pet causes" of both parties: historically religious/moral issues for Repubs and social issues for Dems. Where a religious/moral issue conflicts with a social issue, e.g. gay marriage, the neo-cons go with the religious angle - mostly business as usual there. It's where they don't conflict that a change has happened for Republicans. In the past the Republican line was that "the market" would solve social problems and gov't assistance was interfering in the the market. However Mr. Bush changed that. For example, with Social Security (one of the greatest of Great Society creations), Mr. Bush offers choices rather than repeal. This is a major departure from historical Republican positions. (Unfortunately for Mr. Bush his choices plan only attempts to lessen the impact from the problem that he's not addressing: taxes need to go up or benefits need to go down. He's hoping that private accounts will attenuate the impact from reduced benefits. However in doing so he exacerbates the problem and risks no attenuation!) In short his "compassionate conservative" really means "liberal Republican" which is why the party is starting to crack up. People like Mr. Delay are becoming reactionary, while people like Sen. Hagel and moving moderate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153735 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
