"My personal opinion": An opinion based upon nothing, no facts, no evidence or anything observable.
Liberal? 'nuff said.
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Right my political interest of taking care of my family instead of yours wanting the gov't to do it for me?Conservatism is a bunch of bullshit.
What you mean is you are opposed to the government doing things that diminish your petty political interests, and you are in favor of the government doing things that increase your petty political interests.
Your political ideology is a patchwork of excuses, justifications, contradictions, and hypocrisies and they exist solely to serve what conservatives think will benefit themselves personally.
For example:
Trump's payments to farmers hit all-time high ahead of election
U.S. President Donald Trump is assuring a bumper year for farmers as the Nov. 3 election approaches, with record government subsidies projected to make up more than a third of farm income in 2020.
In sign of the times, Ayn Rand Institute approved for PPP loan
The institute promoting the “laissez-faire capitalism” of writer Ayn Rand, who in the novels “Atlas Shrugged” and “The Fountainhead” introduced her philosophy of “objectivism” to millions of readers, was approved for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of up to $1 million...
Grover Norquist’s Anti-Tax Group Took Money From the Paycheck Protection Program
So much for drowning the government in a bathtub.slate.com
Personal responsibility? HAHAHA.
No you want OTHER people to have to rely on personal responsibility.
When it comes to yourself and other conservatives you want the government to help you, because why? Because you deserve it, and it's your right, and because MAGA that's why.
We've seen this endlessly. Rand Paul derides hurricane and tornado assistance to other states then has his hand out when KY gets hit.Conservatism is a bunch of bullshit.
What you mean is you are opposed to the government doing things that diminish your petty political interests, and you are in favor of the government doing things that increase your petty political interests.
Your political ideology is a patchwork of excuses, justifications, contradictions, and hypocrisies and they exist solely to serve what conservatives think will benefit themselves personally.
For example:
Trump's payments to farmers hit all-time high ahead of election
U.S. President Donald Trump is assuring a bumper year for farmers as the Nov. 3 election approaches, with record government subsidies projected to make up more than a third of farm income in 2020.
In sign of the times, Ayn Rand Institute approved for PPP loan
The institute promoting the “laissez-faire capitalism” of writer Ayn Rand, who in the novels “Atlas Shrugged” and “The Fountainhead” introduced her philosophy of “objectivism” to millions of readers, was approved for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of up to $1 million...
Grover Norquist’s Anti-Tax Group Took Money From the Paycheck Protection Program
So much for drowning the government in a bathtub.
Personal responsibility? HAHAHA.
No you want OTHER people to have to rely on personal responsibility.
When it comes to yourself and other conservatives you want the government to help you, because why? Because you deserve it, and it's your right, and because MAGA that's why.
Yes we have the endless dodging of the reality that higher taxes take money out of the pockets of the consumers and that hurts state and local revenue plus economic activity forcing the gov't to pick up the slack. You would better served in a European economy where gov't spending is the major component of GDP, not the case here where consumer spending is the major component thus the private sector is our economic model. Feel sorry for the left who apparently needs the gov't to be the parent, taking money from the taxpayers and spending it on personal responsibility issues of people like you
What does this have to do with denying others tornado assistance but being first in line yourself, exactly?
LOL more data with no context, what is it about people like you who never point out context like Hurricane Harvey or major flooding and natural disasters in Florida and La. Out of a 4.4 trillion dollar budget your chart totals approximately 20 billion dollars, a drop in the bucket but read meet to liberals like you who prefer having that money spent on programs you support, programs that create more dependence.I don't think it's helpful to even use the phrase personal responsibility, because it sort of connotes that individuals are somehow failing at being good citizens if they don't do x, y, or z. And that's kind of the point.
It's about what the government is going to insure against.
So the government insures against wars. Right? You wouldn't think twice about paying taxes to support a war to defend against an enemy.
The government insures against natural disasters. For instance, in Texas, between 2017 and 2020 the federal government gave Texas over 7 billion dollars:
East Coast States the Most Reliant on FEMA
As Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vows to eliminate the agency, here’s a look at who depends on it.www.valuepenguin.com
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So, Conservative, why isn't Texas employing a little more personal responsibility?
What's the deal here?
Why is Texas being parasitic? They should fund their own natural disaster recoveries. Right? Right?
Individual Texans shouldn't have to rely on the federal government for disaster aid! What is this crap?!?!? I thought cowboys knew how to pull themselves up by their bootstraps?
Where is the rugged individualism?
What's this crap? Why is the federal government playing the role of DADDY to baby texas?
I don't recall Rand Paul opposing Hurricane assistance to other states and if he did he wouldn't be the first hypocrite most of whom reside in today's Democratic Party? Waiting for an answer to the question as to where states get their revenue, the taxes you pay and their purpose, and then back on thread topic regarding the Democratic Governor of Colorado's comments regarding the vaccine?
They also put at risk the people who've been vaccinated but are part of the approximately 10% of people who didn't develop immunity and people who can't take the vaccine for medical or allergy reasons.
You think I give a damn about getting respect from anyone on the left as the feeling is mutual. What "stuff" have I asked for and how does raising taxes provide "stuff" for me and my family? Your so called "stuff" ignores all the liberal policies funded by taxpayers that provide "stuff" to buy the votes and create dependence. Tax cuts allow people to take care of themselves thus less need for that massive nanny state parent that you need.
The people benefit by keeping more of what they earn, the bureaucrats benefit by taking those dollars away and spending it to buy votes.
OFF TOPIC and IRRELAVENT
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As I stated I DIDN"T RECALL as I don't live in KY. Still waiting for what that has to do with the thread topic? I don't pay a lot of attention to rhetoric like you but when you don't have the results promised by liberals rhetoric is all that you have.Column: Rand Paul demands federal disaster aid for Kentucky after voting against it for everyone else
Rand Paul, like many other conservatives, opposes aid for a disaster until it hits home.
Column: Rand Paul demands federal disaster aid for Kentucky after voting against it for everyone else
Rand Paul, like many other conservatives, opposes aid for a disaster until it hits home.
I said I DIDN"T RECALL and stand by that. Typical leftwing diversion when losing the debate