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Republican run government doesn't work (Original Post) MythosMaster May 2020 OP
K&R +1000, ad infinitum. Newest Reality May 2020 #1
By design, that is not a bug, it's a feature csziggy May 2020 #2
Exactly. The pukes think all federal departments should be run like businesses. fleur-de-lisa May 2020 #3
When they see a problem in the US MythosMaster May 2020 #4
Why would you expect government run needledriver May 2020 #5
Ironically, Republican government is not small at all if you ooky May 2020 #7
They don't want small government. Caliman73 May 2020 #10
This☝️ I_UndergroundPanther May 2020 #11
They don't want Government to work ... GeorgeGist May 2020 #6
Biden needs to use that image in his campaign. Different Drummer May 2020 #8
3 kGOP presidents 3 crashed economies for my voting lifetime uponit7771 May 2020 #9
Reeps don't govern. ananda May 2020 #12

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
2. By design, that is not a bug, it's a feature
Tue May 12, 2020, 12:46 PM
May 2020

Republicans have become libertarians. They do not want government to work so when they are in power, they try to ensure that it will not work whether they are in control or someone else is. Just look back to Republican obstructionism while President Obama was in office!

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
3. Exactly. The pukes think all federal departments should be run like businesses.
Tue May 12, 2020, 12:50 PM
May 2020

They don't believe that governement exists to help average American citizens, but only to assist large corporations and wealthy people.

 

needledriver

(836 posts)
5. Why would you expect government run
Tue May 12, 2020, 01:00 PM
May 2020

by the party that wants to make government so small you could drown it in the bathtub - to work?

ooky

(8,908 posts)
7. Ironically, Republican government is not small at all if you
Tue May 12, 2020, 01:06 PM
May 2020

are a big corporation or a wealthy person. Just if you are in the other 99% and lost your income because of Covid19. Then it's so small you can't find it. It disappeared.

Caliman73

(11,726 posts)
10. They don't want small government.
Tue May 12, 2020, 01:40 PM
May 2020

They say it but the size of government is irrelevant to them. The function of government is important. They want government large enough to enforce American Hegemony abroad and social and economic policies domestically. They have no problem growing the military as large as it needs to be. They have no problem growing police forces. They have no problem with spy programs and growing programs to regulate the behaviors of people they find "unacceptable".

Republican government doesn't work because their policies favor the wealthy and try to impose a hierarchy that does not promote free and equitable society. They use fear, anger, and resentment to motivate people to support their policies.

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