Ted Cruz gave a speech in Iowa in which he said, “We are
going to get back to the principle that made this nation great.” Like so much
of what the radical right wing, talks about, they saying that are wrong; Ted
Cruz has no idea of what it is that makes this country great. Make a list of issues
and describe according to proclaimed political party positions.
Things that make us great Conservative Liberal
Constitution Un-variable Plastic
Federations of State States
Rights Central control
Senate Represent
social class Represent
area
House of Representatives Represent
political party Represent population
Supreme Court Makes
law Judge
Laws
Voting Rights Class
restriction Everyone
Taxes Flat
tax Progressive
Social Security Destroy Expand
Affordable Health Care Destroy Open to
everyone
Immigration Stop Promote
Segregation Retard
Advance
Public Education Privatize Open to everyone Prisons Privatize Public financed
Labor unions Outlaw Legalize
School boards Party
controlled Neighborhood
Utility commissions Party
controlled Homeowners
Election boards Party
Controlled Fair
Speed limits None Safety
Helmet legislations None Safety
Go through this list and highlight those that contribute to
making this the greatest nation on earth. Shock of all shocks, you will not
find a single item supported by the Republican Party that has contributed to
making this nation what it is today. In other words, Ted Cruz has no idea what
made this country so great. He has not idea of “what he wants to go back to”. He
and the Republican Party want to turn the government over to the rich and destroy
voting freedom; the sad truth is that they have already done a damn good job of
it. Look at the ratio of the 1% to the 99%. What you see is the fruits of
Reaganomics; read my blog post; Reagan,
Someone Else’s Hero (04/18/13). Cruz wants to double down on that approach that is
proving to be a disaster for the American Dream.
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I agree with your main point entirely. Respectfully, your concern that the Republican Party wants to "turn the government over to the rich" is just a tiny bit myopic to the other party and doesn't support your main point that Ted Cruz is sailing his party's ship onto the reef. However, since you opened that door allow me to opine.
ReplyDeleteI see BOTH main parties doing their darn best to channel our "Treasury Debt" to their rich benefactors at every level {county, state, federal}. There was once gold in our treasury but the Grabber Barons and their time honored practice of owning the political system took all the gold and left the future generations holding only the burgeoning debt with its elastic ceiling. I have a hard time subscribing to any idea that credits this hideous plunder of the collective tax payers credit rating on just one party. I see our two party system as vying for control of the money taps.. not looking for ways to improve the general welfare of the citizens who fund the money party. The examples are just too many to even try to list. Allow my good friend Google to do that for you: https://www.google.com/#q=government+contract+fraud+waste+and+abuse
DeleteAs for government waste and fraud, I see on the Google site you mentioned, multiple efforts to stop the fraud and waste with Obama in the lead. Take a brief look at the national dept then look at the Republican vote winning policy of no more taxes; there is not way to cut the debt without raining taxes. Now consider the persistent Republican call to make the government smaller by privatization. Then look at privatization of prisons, schools, the military, etc and explain how privatization with big profits overseen—as out point out—by crooked politicians saves money. Much fraud and waste is through privatization. Have you ever seen a Democrat call for cuts to corporate welfare or vote for a tax cut for a corporations? I can name a couple but they are from Oklahoma or Texas. Have you ever seen a Democrat’s name on the Grover Norquist pledge not to raise taxes? I blame the GOP for our national debt.
We need a fiscally conservative party for a balanced government. We need to raise taxes. We need to cut spending—but that does not mean the 99% of the e people in the richest country in the world have to live like poppers. We need a government to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves—as tree hugging bleeding heart liberal, I would love to debate what that might mean in a social or military sense.
Well, nobody want's to hear that "THEIR" baby is ugly. I'm pretty set on the belief that ALL political leadership is bankrupt. I'm in the same group that gives Congress (D & R) an 8.4% approval rating, only with a fairly large dose of disapproval. Sorry for writing it here. I suppose that was evident.
DeleteWhat is left out of this discussion is all of us, the citizens. Our government should be inclusive (D & R) and supportive of the general welfare. Your previous tabulation "Things that make us great -- Conservative -- Liberal" is an excellent itemization of the polarization on these stated issues. Just as clear as a church bell ring, there is some truth to both sides. Just as split as these issues have made us, they have enabled the very mechanisms that prevent the citizens of this country from having a government they can be proud of. While sectors of the population are at polar opposites, our leaders are collectively scrapping away everything that generations before us created. Our grandchildren will be left with low income wages and crushing debt. It won't matter whether a school is public or private if we can't first straighten out the greater issue of rampant greed that is festering throughout our political systems. Why can't the American people make their politicians accountable to them? Why can't we have clear visibility of where our money goes? Why can't we have a better distribution of wealth? Why do we buy into a government policy that sends our jobs to foreign countries and the majority of wealth to the top 10%? An so on...