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By: oldCADuser in FFFT | Recommend this post (3)
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Some reasonable thoughts indeed.

Unfortunately most of the far Right, which now includes virtually all of the Republicans, whether they be tea baggers or merely someone appealing to the basic prejudices of their state or congressional district, are totally opposed to your points of view.

I mean, have you heard anyone on the Right say what you've said about the EPA or the FDA? Or the idea that the average consumer, the 'little dude', needs to be protected from the 'rich and powerful', like corporations, lobbyists and political action groups representing narrow-minded interests supported by individuals with more than enough money to buy/bribe the people who were ostensibly voted into office by the same 'little dudes' and who thinks that they're in Washington to represent them? I really doubt it.




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Re: Obama Urges Congress to Extend Unemployment Benefits
By: Zimbler0
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Tue, 10 Dec 13 3:54 AM
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OCU> And what about establishing justice and promoting the general welfare?


Justice.
As in the Supreme Court. Not a problem.

General Welfare - one can make a good argument for
things like the EPA - who's job should be to punish
those who would pollute the drinking water. Or the
FDA - who's job should be to punish unscrupulous
cretins who's products would poison their customers.
I could define this as 'defense against enemies
domestic'.

General Welfare.
I would consider it the governments job to protect
the 'little dude' from predations of the 'rich and
powerful'.

It should be seen as the governments job to protect
me and my assets from the predations of government itself.

The government should not be allowed to seize my
little parcel of land so's some rich turd can build
a mega-shopping-mecca on top of it. And the government
should not be allowed to seize my 'wealth' to give
it to 'poor people' so's they can live high on the hog
without working for it.

Zim.


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