That is your opinion, but then of course maybe you are for greater govt. dependence, massive growth in the size of the govt, a large central govt, new entitlement programs, and legislating equal outcome rather than what the Constitution states, equal opportunity. You see, all Obama has done is create greater dependence on the govt. ignoring personal responsibility and states' right issues. Our Founders envisioned a country where neighbor helped neighbor and never was that neighbor the Obama bureaucrats. Obama and liberals are doing a great job of buying votes. What are you going to do when you run out of other people's money to spend?
I am?
I always get a kick out of people writing the script on what I supposedly support politically. Don't feel I'm singling you out, its pretty common especially in personal relationships. I honestly don't get how anybody thinks they've gained such insights into the minds of other people they believe they're qualified to define their positions on a wide range of issues often with very little basis and/or in the face of the person they're defining graciously correcting them yet still insisting the person they're defining is wrong and they, the expert on the other person's mind, knows more about what that thinks than the person himself. I have a friend of specializes in this who is also a Republican party hack and to be honest, this type of treatment is in my humble opinion very condescending and helps me to define the overall culture of the republican party that along with numerous disturbing aspects as something I want to be less and less a part of. Forgive my venting. I'm really thinking about this as one aspect of the political right culture, not you specifically. In fact, after re-reading your reply I noticed you qualified your statement with "Maybe you are for..." I have a friend you tells me to my face what I support, don't support, etc. often while I'm telling him what it is I actually support. Drives me nuts.
To clarify.
- greater govt. dependence.
No. I do however support "teach a man to fish" programs with the belief they'll eventually eliminate their need. I think its best when private non-profit organizations are allowed to compete with the government programs with equivalent funding. For example, in my city Habitat for Humanity is kicking the butts of government housing projects, so much so that the city government gives free land Habitat. What I do not support is yanking the support that so many people have been conditioned to depend upon instantly without offering a compassionate transition, educational and vocational training, etc. I think for mothers of infants and toddlers we probably need to do the math and ask ourselves, whats more expensive, making her go get a full-time job possibly with little education and the childcare expense that incurs or letting her stay home and be her kid's own childcare provider while enrolled in online education improving her situation and producing kids who will be better citizens that if they were raised by strangers ? I think the knee jerk reaction of making no father in the home a condition of eligibility for government assistance has had horribly destructive consequences on numerous levels. I also am of the view than prison and high crime rates are a greater burdens on tax-payers than government assistance, especially if done smartly with the goal of helping people stand on their own and incentivizes 2 parent families, educational achievement and responsibility.
- massive growth in the size of the govt,
Heck no.
- ignoring personal responsibility
Heck no.
- and states' right issues.
That's a tricky one. I do think states rights should be respected but in consideration of what I think are disturbing practices I think we might need to reconsider to what extent states rights should go. Almost the entire segregationist/white supremacy agenda in the lead up to the Civil War to Civil Rights era stood on the principle of "states rights" to justify the legal codification of racism. In recent months certain groups with political agendas who control certain states have used their control of state government not just to enact policy but to try to change voting rules in their group's favor, restrict access to voting and make voting more difficult among those who do not support their group.
I personally think it makes sense to have a single ballot format nationally and elections administration This in consideration of the 2000 chaos in Florida where not only did the state have its own system, but each county had a different ballot format and some reports surfaced that elderly voters from the North East who have winter homes in the state were voting twice, in Florida in person and by absentee in New England, etc.
I think people should be allowed to buy health insurance across state lines to increase competition and reduce costs of premiums.
I think Arizona SB 1070 is ridiculous.
I support a direct election of the President with a runoff system or at a minimum creating Electoral College delegations for representing Americans living overseas, the US territories and active duty military.
