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Originally Posted by Robbie
It's a simple belief that the govt. should not be giant, should not rule us, but should SERVE us...
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The government
IS us. We send lawmakers to DC to represent OUR interests and vote on OUR behalf. The problem is too many people don't understand that. They never contact their lawmakers and the lobbyists couldn't be happier about that.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Do I think things are better than the 1930s? Yes, the 1930's were the years of the Great Depression.
And of course life in general is always going to be better NOW than it was decades ago because of advances in medicine and technology.
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And because of public policy laws that weakened a once very rigid caste system.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Does that mean our GOVT is "better" now? Hell no. They are overreaching into our lives. They tell us what we can and can not ingest in our bodies, what we can see or not see, what we can read or not read, what we can do or not do in our own bedrooms.
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Really? How many books are banned now? How many were in 1950? How many sodomy laws are on the books now? How many in 1950? Things are worse now?
You can eat anything you want. You can watch almost anything you want, with the exception of kiddie porn (we as a society have decided such material should be banned). Where are you getting this persecution complex?
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Originally Posted by Robbie
The things that ARE better with our govt. today are mostly the things that they have been STOPPED from interfering with...such as abortion.
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And that didn't just happen. Were those pro-choice activists wasting their time? Would they have been better off bitching about taxes because nothing ever changes and both parties suck? No. They understood that WE ARE the government. People changed things - for the better.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Slavery was obviously wrong. And it was taken care of in the Civil War. And race discrimination during the Johnson Administration.
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"Taken care of" by who?
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Why doesn't Pres. Obama STOP it.
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He lost his wand?
Presidents don't "stop" anything. Citizens who have had enough do. Things HAVE gotten better - and not simply as a result of technology. When people pay attention and take part - things can improve. If we stop caring - things most certainly backslide. It's all up to us. Nobody ever promised it would be easy.