(10-01-2013, 10:48 PM)kandrathe Wrote: We are a bi-polar nation. We are split almost equally between those who want more government, and those who want less government.
Well that is an oversimplification. The war mongers are fine to have a big government if it is to hassle scary poor people on the street or spending billions to go to war to some country of scary people who all hate us.
What is the fact is that you have a quasi two-party system in which people loose jobs once the other party gets a majority and the other way around. There is an unnatural hostility between the two parties which is much much bigger than just political issues.
I think I mentioned once these interviews they did with average Americans asking them about what they would like to have in a country and what not. They suggested them a system like in Sweden but of course without telling them it was about Sweden. A very high percentage thought this sounded great.
The thing is that if a republican hears a suggestion from a democrat he will automatically be against it (and the other way around).
If the democrats want Obama-care they should just call it Reagan-care and tell everyone they are against it. Withing 5 minutes all tea partiers will accept.
(10-02-2013, 04:58 AM)DeeBye Wrote: I'm perfectly happy paying my taxes and knowing that the vast majority of my tax dollars are used to help the community I live in. I am also not an idiot, so I know that a small percentage of my tax dollars go towards people that are happily sponging off the system. I'm okay with that, because of baby and bathwater. Nothing's perfect.
This is a 100% match with the way I think about it.