Comments on: How Much Government is Too Much? http://www.elharo.com/blog/politics/2009/10/16/how-much-government-is-too-much/ Ranting and Raving Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:21:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Joseph E. Davis http://www.elharo.com/blog/politics/2009/10/16/how-much-government-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-848138 Joseph E. Davis Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:39:19 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1002764#comment-848138 How about a government that doesn't help out big business, Wall Street, arms builders, foreign countries, unions, or deadbeats? How about a government that doesn’t help out big business, Wall Street, arms builders, foreign countries, unions, or deadbeats?

]]> By: sblundy http://www.elharo.com/blog/politics/2009/10/16/how-much-government-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-848027 sblundy Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:55:47 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1002764#comment-848027 Pres Obama was right: "One of the interesting things you find out about being president is everybody will attack you for spending money, unless you're spending it on them." Somehow I doubt he's the first to say this either. One wonders if Plato ever made that observation... Anyway, I think what's different about Republicans these days is that they're used to getting their way on such things by sheer obstinance. And everyone else is used to them doing so. They'll probably do what British Conservatives did during the Blair years. Become more radical and loose elections, till someone with fresh, or at least different, ideas comes along. Or they'll go the way of the Federalists and the Whigs and some new party will emerge. Pres Obama was right: “One of the interesting things you find out about being president is everybody will attack you for spending money, unless you’re spending it on them.”

Somehow I doubt he’s the first to say this either. One wonders if Plato ever made that observation…

Anyway, I think what’s different about Republicans these days is that they’re used to getting their way on such things by sheer obstinance. And everyone else is used to them doing so. They’ll probably do what British Conservatives did during the Blair years. Become more radical and loose elections, till someone with fresh, or at least different, ideas comes along. Or they’ll go the way of the Federalists and the Whigs and some new party will emerge.

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