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Montyman 
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Posted on: Jan. 31 2004,7:10 pm |
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Did you notice that most of jim hanson's list concentrated on handouts and entitlements?
There is nothing wrong with the BASIC services that a government supplies, but when the politicians, pacs, special interest groups, lobbyists, etc. get their noses into the picture, the theory of providing minimum service goes out the window.
We need to re-examine government at all levels, and decide what we really want it to do for us.
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Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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jimhanson
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Posted on: Feb. 01 2004,11:19 am |
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| Quote | | Then many of the active supporters are promised jobs, get careers as civil servants, devoting their service to the rest of the public. (very sarcastic) |
Get elected to Congress, make a few million, get a lifetime pension, become a "lobbyist", make a few more million--the old "Washington two-step!"   (sadly sarcastic)
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"If you want to anger a Conservative, tell him a lie. If you want to anger a LIBERAL, tell him the TRUTH!"
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jimhanson
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Posted on: Feb. 01 2004,11:32 am |
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| Quote | | We need to re-examine government at all levels, and decide what we really want it to do for us. |
I couldn't agree more--a "top-to-bottom" re-examination should occur every legislative session. A complete new budget, new priorities should be set. If nothing else, the legislature will be so busy re-examining OLD laws that they will be incapable of passing NEW laws. (sarcasm)
Every law should have a "sunset"--an automatic expiration date. The law would have to be re-examined--maybe we can get rid the the U.S. Tea-tasting Board (about $500,000 per year), that makes sure we don't get tea cut with other substances--it has been around since the Revolution!
While we're on a "wish list"--the best idea to come out of Perot's presidential bid was a cap on spending. Set the total tax burden at whatever figure you want--but they can't spend more. "Take my tax money, send it to Washington, throw it down a rathole--BUT IF YOU WANT ANY MORE, YOU HAVE TO ASK ME!".(a vote would have to be taken to raise the tax rate). How else do you protect yourself against an entrenched government bureaucracy that always wants to "do more" (equates to "spend more")? Ask Ann Coulter asks (rhetorically) "How much is enough? Government always wants to do more--asks us to "invest" more. Right now, government is taking nearly half of our income. Would they be satisfied with 55%? 60%? How much is 'enough' for government?"
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