glassgowkiss Posted August 15, 2012 Posted August 15, 2012 From CBC: republican ticket Americans like to see themselves as a nation of rugged individualists, but they are just as addicted to government spending programs as Canadians, and Europeans for that matter. The simpletons who show up at Tea Party rallies warning Barack Obama to "keep his government hands off their Social Security" are perfect examples. They proclaim themselves dedicated to spending cuts, as long as the government doesn't take away any of their entitlements, or cut the military, which of course accounts for most government spending. Farmers demand that government "get off their backs," then serenely collect the big agricultural subsidies so zealously defended by their elected, often Republican politicians. Jobless Americans look to government for unemployment benefits and extensions of those benefits when they run out. Most people depend on the government to backstop their mortgages. And of course, Medicare, with its ballooning costs, has been a big political untouchable. The fact is, you need more health care as you age, whatever your ideology. And a life-threatening illness tends to tame any hard-line view about "socialistic medicine." There are no atheists in foxholes, as the saying goes. Nonetheless, with Paul Ryan on the Republican ticket, that long-awaited adult conversation may actually get underway. Certainly, Romney has clarified the ballot question: Are Americans so dedicated to small government and lower taxes that they are willing to sacrifice their entitlements? Quote
glassgowkiss Posted August 16, 2012 Author Posted August 16, 2012 Im confused sounds like you are not alone. pretty simple, lots of people want cuts, as long as it doesn't effect them. Quote
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