Gruss, do you have a job? :) Ray
Gruss Gott wrote: >>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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153737 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
