From: poop@poop.com   
      
   On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:51:44 -0800, chaski wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:18:41 +0100, "Kerstin"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Why won't the Republican increase the taxes?   
   >>Are they sure, that this stubbornness won't break the USA the neck at the   
   >>end?   
   >   
   > The underlying goal is to minimize government.  By strangling   
   > government on a continuing basis, they hope to "starve the beast".   
   > They fantasize about a pure freedom.  However, there have been periods   
   > in the past such as the late-19th century Gilded Age of the Robber   
   > Barons where unfettered capitalism led to much evil.  Also there are   
   > many services required in common such as schools, police, etc. which   
   > can only be satisfactorily provide by a government and not so well   
   > "for profit".   
      
   Strangling govt. on a continuing basis?   
      
   How long have you lived on the moon?  The govt. has been ballooning since   
   LBJ's Great Society of the 1960s with its ensuing welfare state and under   
   the Marxist Obama resembles a cancer engulfing and controlling all aspects   
   of our lives.   
      
   I've been a democrat since 1960 but not bragging about it and the only   
   reason I haven't switched is that the Repubs are wimps who usually concede   
   on most issues.   
      
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