Time to Attack The Right Wing's Core Values-- Less Taxes and Less Government

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You Want to talk about less Government and less Taxes? Make My Day.

Here's a deal for you. I'll give you $1000, even $20,000, and I'll make sure that there's less government to bother you. All you need to do is sign over all the added value in your home for the past ten years, all the interest that's built on your retirement savings, and by the way, plan on paying twice as much for gas and 50% more for bread and milk. And, as an extra, expect the price of buying things from Europe to start climbing dramatically, as the dollar plummets in value. Great deal, huh?

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Less taxes and less government go hand in hand as the two biggest issues the right wing embraces. And they should go hand in hand, because they have worked together to weaken America and dash the dreams of tens of millions of Americans.

Sure, you can save 5-10% or more with income tax breaks. But then your real estate taxes go up, you pay more for your kids tuition, health insurance goes through the roof or, maybe you just lose your job to foreign competition or outsourcing. And there's the value of your house and your retirement investments. Do you have any equity left in your home? How much have your retirement savings dropped in value in the past year or two?

How about those credit card rates? Have you seen yours raised from a reasonable rate to over 20, 25 or even 30%?

Sure you saved a few bucks on taxes, but because the right wing leadership gutted regulation of industry-- that's the job of government- the prime mortgage mess happened. And now your house is worth tens or hundreds of thousands less than before.

Then, let's talk about the basics-- milk, bread, gasoline. They're all skyrocketing. When you voted for less taxes and less government, you got, free of charge, right wing policies that dragged us into a foolish, stupidly planned war that is draining our money, our youth, our reputation, and flushing them all down the toilet.

The less government sales pitch is really a hidden way to deregulate industry and sell welfare for corporations and religious schools. It has led to weakening existing regulation of industries and corporations and to the failure to introduce new regulations to deal with new, evolving industries. This is particularly true for the finance industry. This policy of regulation avoidance and elimination has led to the USA facing the worst economic crisis in generations...

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[ColbertWatcher]

1. ...and less accountability...

...and more secrecy.

Nice post.

We can't bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell them stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I took the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe so I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on them. Give me five bees for a quarter you'd say. Now where were we, oh yeah...the important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

[rcsl1998]

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[Hydra]

3. You know

We need to be hammering the point that the gov't is MUCH larger under Bushco, and the taxes haven't really gone down for those of us who work.

No one should be voting Repub- they promise one thing, and shamelessly do the opposite...oh, s***- that happens to us, too!

"Impeachment is off the table"

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4. KICK

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5. More redistribution of wealth and resources to a few greedy immoral assholes,...

,...just like before in this nation. Yup, let's return to those ole' robber-baron days of old where fat cats made their employees dependent upon corporate jobs and housing and food. The only good roads were to the fat cats' homes and businesses, the only competent schooling available to the wealthy, the only hope of ever advancing beyond survival,...

OH!

THAT'S RIIIIIGHT!

THERE WAS NO HOPE BEYOND MERE SURVIVAL.:think:

Hey, let's talk about those other MODERN RIGHT-WING VALUES:

PERPETUAL WAR
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IS ONLY FOR THE HARD-WORKING AND LEAST AMONG US
NO HABEAS CORPUS WITHOUT RW CONNECTIONS
NO PRIVACY
TORTURE IS THE NEW MORAL IMPERATIVE
THE LAW IS RELATIVE
THE CONSTITUTION IS MEANINGLESS
FELLOW AMERICAN'S LIVES ARE WORTHLESS UNLESS THEY GOTS BIG BUCKS
POLITICIZING THE MILITARY AND JUDICIARY IS ACCEPTABLE
WHEN DEMOCRACY IS INCONVENIENT, DICTATORSHIP IS GOOD
DEVELOPING AND MANUFACTURING MORE NUCLEAR BOMBS CREATES JOBS AND ADVANCES PEACE
PROLIFERATING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION KEEPS THE WEALTHIEST IN CHARGE OF THE WORLD
LYING TO AND INTENTIONALLY MANIPULATING AMERICAN CITIZENS IS A JOB REQUIREMENT OF OFFICE-HOLDERS
CHEATING IS FINE (AS LONG AS YOU COVER YOUR ASS, ADEQUATELY)
RICH PEOPLE CAN BUY AN ELECTION IF THEY WANT BECAUSE "FREE SPEECH" IS A FREE MARKET
ECONOMIC OPPRESSION HAS BEEN AND WILL BE THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY ON EARTH
GAYS ARE AN ABOMINATION (UNLESS TIED TO A RICH, POWERFUL INDIVIDUAL)
THE MEDIA MUST BEND TO THE WILL OF THE "GOVERNMENT" AND MANIPULATE THE "GOVERNED", PERIOD
SUPERIOR DEMI-GODS/HUMANS ARE JUSTIFIED IN EXERCISING ANY MEANS TO AN END, WHATEVER THE END MAY BE.
RELIGION IS USEFUL TO BOTH THE SUPERIOR HUMANS AND THE INFERIOR BELIEVERS.
SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS (WHERE THE POWERFUL ADVANTAGES OFF HUMAN NEEDS OR HUMAN WEAKNESSES) IS SUPREME
THERE IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS "AN ENEMY" TO MOTIVATE SUCCORS TO GIVE UP THEIR LIVES
THE TRUTH IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED AND EXPOSURE WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES (WHISTLE-BLOWERS BEWARE)


Laws reigning in abuse of power associated with wealth and politics are bad, bad, BAD.

[rcsl1998]

6. Kick

[Echo In Light]

7. K&R