iceberg, in your perfect world, the government would pay for everything, and you would pay for nothing... there is a basic problem here, and that is the government has NO money of its own... it must tax its people to gain money... if the government provides everything, the tax rates would, of necessity, be so high, there would be a definite DISincentive to work... no work, no income, no taxes, no services... look at france, if you will... free health care, generous social programs, double digit unemployment, and an economy in the shitter... its called socialism, and it cannot work in a technological society...
health coverage is not a constitutional right, nor is education... in any case, for a good education, one has to go to a private school, and last i checked, your allies are the ones standing in the way of any program that would reallocate tax dollars for education to the school of the parents choosing, public or private... seems your folks are against a good education in favor of equal suffering and a bad education for all...
President Clinton would have never been elected in 92 had perot not joined the race... period... it wasnt the economy, stupid, it was one party divided between two candidates... oh, and the recession that hit in 2001 started in 1998 or 1999, and was made far worse by something... oh, what was that... ah, yes, september 11, 2001... a major terrorist attack on this nations soil that killed over 3000 innocents and destroyed a landmark and damaged another... they have never made a President that could shrug something like that off... not this one, not the last one, not any one...
the government is the single worst entity to be put in charge of spending money responsibly or efficiently, or to be administering ANY program... why do you liberals believe that the government can better spend a citizens money than the citizen himself?? why do you believe that allowing workers to keep more of what they EARNED is a bad thing?? why do you ignore the proven fact that if tax rates are too high, EVERY tax cut results in MORE money coming into the treasury?? as recently as this very year, that was the case...
conservatives think, liberals feel... intellect should always best emotion... i would be surprised to see the dems gain in 2006, and if hillary is annointed and mccain stays out of the third party picture, i will guarrantee a republican win in 2008... in fact, the only way i see any democrat winning the 08 election is if mccain decides he wants to be like perot.... and if Dr Rice opposes hillary, it wont even be close...
mindido, call me anything you wish... i forgive you...
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gas prices continue to fall... filled up the work vehicle for 2.28 today, and expect it to be less next time... where is the astonishment and the amazement now that the price is again coming back to where it was??? just something i find fascinating...