On 03-Dec-04, Travis Pahl wrote: TP> Yes, and passed on larger spending bills than we had ever seen before. TP> Balanced budgets mean nothing when spending keeps increasing. Tax TP> cuts mean nothing when spending keeps increasing. They NEVER reduce TP> spending.
Are you opposed to govt deficit spending, or govt spending in general? s>> Do you think it would have been prudent to cut the budget in the wake of s>> 9/11? TP> YES. Smaller government is not just some random goal i have. It is TP> what I beleive makes a better government.... How small is small enough? TP> ... That does not change just because some jackasses attacked us. And TP> Bush increased spending in things htat had nothing to do with 9/11. 60% TP> increase in the federal dept of education? Care to defend that one? Hell no, the federal govt was never granted any authority to regulate education. And I'll top ya with one even more onerous: ten years after the Republican Revolution, the Natl Endowment for the Arts still exists! TP> They have had a chance nearly all my life. I was born in 1977 and TP> during that time they have the presidency for all but 12 years. The TP> republicans have had it for 16. How many spending bills have passed TP> despite a republicans veto? ... Reality check again, Travis: you are not going to make the federal budget smaller. The best we can hope for is to freeze govt spending and let growth and inflation do the rest. TP> ... They have also controlled part or all of congress for quiete a while TP> now. You know a bill has to pass both houses right? Our system is set TP> up to make things hard to pass unless a party has a super majority... That's not in the Constitution - it's part of the rules Congress has imposed upon itself. TP> ... and the white house. But that implies that the minority party have TP> balls to stand up for whta they beleive in. The republicans do not. Hastert sure doesn't, and Frist isn't much better. s>> Why do you think most govt employees are militantly Democratic? TP> Team loyalty. Loyal to the team that pays them the most. TP>>> Call it what you want. But Fox news is the number on 24 hours news TP>>> channel ... s>> ... on cable ... TP> No. Of any 24 hour news channel. Name a 24 hour news channel on broadcast TV. TP>>> So republicans are just poll driven idiots? ... TP> Then they do not deserve your support. They get my support when they're the lesser of two evils presented. _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw