Tuesday, August 7, 2007

GOVERNMENT GOOD OR BAD?

rEAGAN'S FAVORITE LINE WAS THE SCARIEST WORDS HE HAD HEARD WERE "I'M FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND I'M HERE TO HELP".NEOFASCICONS HAVE MADE THEIR MAIN THEME GOVERNMENT
IS BAD, BIG GOVERNMENT WORSE.THEY SAY THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS TOO MUCH ,REGULATES
BUSINESS TOO MUCH, PROTECTS US TOO MUCH AND IS INEFFICIENT AT DELIVERING HEALTH CARE SCHOOLING AND OTHER SERVICES.
1.BIG GOVERNMENT.FACT,THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE LAST 5 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
TERMS HAD HUGE GOVERNMENT GROWTH,ONLY THE 2 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL TERMS IN
THE 90'S ACTUALLY CUT THE GROWTH AND MADE "BIG GOVERNMENT" SMALLER.

2.GOVERNMENT SPENDING.FACT,SINCE 1980 THE BIGGEST INCREASES IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING
WAS DURING REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS THEY ALSO GAVE US THE BIGGEST DEFICITS IN
HISTORY.THE 2 DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS IN THAT PERIOD CUT SPENDING AND GAVE US
THE FIRST BALANCED BUDGET IN OVER 50 YEARS.
3.GOVERNMENT REGULATION.FACT, WE HAD AN UNREGULATED "PURE CAPITALIST" "FREE MARKET"
SOCIETY IN THE 1800'S.QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF AMERICANS
WAS VERY POOR.MANY AMERICANS WERE VIRTUAL SLAVES ON FARMS OR IN A COMPANY TOWN
WHERE YOU WORKED FOR EX. WALMART,LIVED IN A WALMART OWNED HOUSE IN WALMARTVILLE
AND HAD TO SHOP AT THE ONLY STORE IN TOWN,YUP YOU GUESSED IT,.. WALMART.YOU FEEL
SMART FOR GUESSING THAT HUH?(I KNOW THEY DIDN'T EXIST BACK THEN. I'M JUST USING A
MODERN EXAMPLE TO CONNECT YOU MORE EMOTIONALLY WITH SOMETHING MORE FAMILIAR.)
IN THIS PERIOD OF UN REGULATION ABUSE AND FRAUD WERE RAMPANT.
MONOPOLIES CONTROLLING AND TAKING AWAY OUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE AND SPEECH
OUR FREEDOM TO GATHER(UNIONS WERE UNCONSTITUTIONALLY OUTLAWED)
THE UPPER CLASS BECOMING INDECENTLY SUPER RICH,CREATING A NEW TYPE OF "ROYALTY"
WHICH WE HAD FOUGHT OVER CENTURY'S TO BREAK FREE OF.(MORE MONEY EQUALED
MORE POWER,FREEDOM,AND MORE FREEDOM FROM THE LAWS EVERYONE ELSE HAD TO FOLLOW.
NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED)ABUSE OF WORKERS (WOMEN LOCKED INTO THEIR JOB SITE AT THE
TRIANGLE SHIRT CO.COULDN'T ESCAPE A FIRE AND BURNED TO DEATH)HIGH DEATH RATE
AT JOBS,PEOPLE DYING FROM TAINTED FOOD AND WATER,SEXUAL HARASSMENT,HERE AND
AROUND THE WORLD.YOU'VE HEARD THE SAYING EVERY ACTION HAS A REACTION? WELL THE
UNREGULATED INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND PURE CAPITALISM HAD MANY.CULMINATING IN
THE RISE OF COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA, THE STOCK MARKET CRASH AND SOME POSITIVE,
SOMETIMES BLOODY,REACTIONS.UNIONS,WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE,OSHA,THE FDA,THE 40 HOUR
WORKWEEK,ANTI MONOPOLY LAWS AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF BUSINESS.AS YOU CAN
SEE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE GOT BETTER.SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE ALL THIS AWAY
AND TRUST THE "FREE MARKET" AS THE NEOFASCICONS WANT TO?
CUT OSHA'S BUDGET AND INJURIES AND DEATH RATE GO UP (MOST OF THEM DON'T WORK
DANGEROUS JOBS SO THIS IS OK TO THEM).
CUT FEMA AND WE GET KATRINA.
CUT FDA AND OTHER INSPECTION AGENCIES FUNDS,AS THEY HAVE,AND WHATS THE
REACTION? HEARD ANY STORIES LATELY ABOUT TAINTED MEATS,VEGETABLES,PET FOOD,LEAD
PAINT IN TOYS,OR POISON IN TOOTHPASTE FROM CHINA?
WEAKEN OR DESTROY UNIONS AND OUR PAY GOES DOWN,WORKWEEK HOURS GO UP,SAFETY
BECOMES A MEMORY.
DEREGULATE BUSINESS AND YOU GET ENRON.REMEMBER ERIN BROKOVICH? IF REPUBLICANS
HAD THEIR WAY IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A CRIME. (THAT SAYS ENOUGH DOESN'T IT?)
ALLOW MONOPOLIES AND YOU GET FOX NEWS,WALMART,RUSH LIMBAUGH.WE LOSE OUR FREEDOM
OF PRESS, SPEECH AND WAGES.THESE GET REPLACED BY PROPAGANDA AND ABUSE.
4.GOVERNMENT PROTECTIONS.THE FASCICONS SAY THEY BELIEVE IN STATES RIGHTS AND LESS
GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN OUR LIVES.THEY SAY MEAT PLANTS DO A BETTER JOB
INSPECTING THEMSELVES (MORE ECOLI AND SALMONELLA FOR US! YUM!)WE SHOULD TRUST
POLLUTERS,THEY DO IT FOR OUR OWN GOOD.BUT WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO FREE
CORPORATIONS FROM REGULATIONS AND LAWSUITS FROM "THE GOOD AND GREAT" PEOPLE OF
AMERICA.(THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE US OR TRUST US)THEY OVERIDE STATES LAWS AND TRYING
TO MAKE LAWS GOVERNING OUR BEDROOM BEHAVIOR,OUR SPEECH,ABORTION,LIMITING OUR
HEALTH CARE OPTIONS
5.GOVERNMENT IS INEFFICIENT.FACT,MEDICARE IS BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT,AND CHEAPER
THAN ANY NON GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH CARE COMPANY.SOCIAL SECURITY HAS MORE EFFICIENT
MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT COST THAN WALMART OR ANY FORTUNE 500 COMPANY.OUR
SOLDIER'S CAN DO THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN OUTSOURCED TO HALLIBURTON,BLACKWATER,ETC.
IN IRAQ BETTER (THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE TRAINED FOR,COOKS,ENGINEERING CORPS,MP'S)
AND FOR TEN TIMES LESS COST.THE PRIVATISED PORTION OF MEDICARE IS 12%MORE COSTLY
AND LESS QUALITY.THIS IS HOW THE FASCICONS SAVE US MONEY?

ISN'T IRONIC THAT THE "FAMILY VALUES" "LAW AND ORDER" FASCICONS CLAIM TO SUPPORT
THESE IDEALS BUT THERE ACTIONS ARE DESTROYING THEM.HOW DO YOU HAVE FAMILY VALUES
WHEN YOU HAVE TO WORK TO JOBS AND 70 HOURS A WEEK TO SURVIVE AND CANT SPEND
TIME WITH THEM? THEN WHEN YOUR CHILD GETS SICK BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE OR
MONEY TO TAKE THEM IN YOU CAN ONLY TAKE THEM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM IF IT GETS TO
BAD.THEN THE FASCICONS EXPECT YOU TO RESPECT "LAW AND ORDER"(WHICH THEY DON'T)AND
NOT STEAL TO PAY FOR THE OVERPRICED MEDICINE YOU CAN'T AFFORD THAT IS KEEPING YOUR
CHILD ALIVE.NOW IF YOUR CHILD DIES BECAUSE OF HOSPITAL NEGLIGENCE (L.A. WOMAN)OR
MEDICINE THAT WAS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT PROPER FDA SAFETY CHECKS.THE
FASCICONS EXPECT YOU TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN(BY THEIR DEFINITION) AND FORGIVE AND
NOT SUE THE CORPORATIONS THAT KILLED YOUR CHILD (I SAY MURDERED,FASCICONS WOULD
SAY IN FOX NEWSPEAK "CAUSED THE UNTIMELY DEPARTURE OF").THE WONDERFUL CORPORATIONS
WERE JUST PRACTICING "FREEMARKET CAPITALISM" TRYING TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS
POSSIBLE FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND YOUR CHILD WAS COLLATERAL DAMAGE BUT IF YOU SUE
THEY MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE THE DRUG OFF THE MARKET AND THIS WOULD HURT THEIR
PROFITS AND STOCK,SO JUST BE PATRIOTIC AND THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE
FOR YOU.

THEY SAY HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.ITS TRUE EVERYTHING THE FASCICONS WANT TO DO
TO MAKE AMERICA "BETTER" HAS BEEN DONE.ITS NOT "TRYING SOMETHING NEW" AS THEY
SAY IT IS.WE DON'T NEED TO TRY THEIR SOLUTIONS TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.WE JUST
HAVE TO READ A HISTORY BOOK.

THIS IS THEIR DREAMWORLD IS IT YOURS?

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