So the answer to stupid people is to... discard the Constitution and the gov't it set up?
I would say: I dunno, improve the education system here?
Huntsman Nails It Concerning the Current GOP
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by John Galt » Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:03 pm
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Re: Huntsman Nails It Concerning the Current GOP
by G5000 » Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:19 pm
We get the government we deserve.
Something like 84 percent of Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing. Yet a Representative has a 98 percent chance of getting re-elected should he choose to run for re-election, while a Senator has a 70 percent chance.
What does that tell us?
It tells us that more than half of Americans like THEIR OWN Congresscritter, and a super-super-majority hate the OTHER GUY's Congresscritter. We are a nation that points out the mote in the other guys' eyes while ignoring the beam in our own. We are a nation that wants more and more benefits from the government while forcing the other guy to pay for it. We are a country that sees a problem and reflexively asks, "What is the government going to do about it?"
We are on the road to serfdom, my friends.
Something like 84 percent of Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing. Yet a Representative has a 98 percent chance of getting re-elected should he choose to run for re-election, while a Senator has a 70 percent chance.
What does that tell us?
It tells us that more than half of Americans like THEIR OWN Congresscritter, and a super-super-majority hate the OTHER GUY's Congresscritter. We are a nation that points out the mote in the other guys' eyes while ignoring the beam in our own. We are a nation that wants more and more benefits from the government while forcing the other guy to pay for it. We are a country that sees a problem and reflexively asks, "What is the government going to do about it?"
We are on the road to serfdom, my friends.
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Re: Huntsman Nails It Concerning the Current GOP
by J.K. Gregg » Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:21 pm
Is the road to serfdom paved with good intentions?
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Re: Huntsman Nails It Concerning the Current GOP
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