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What do you think the government's involvement should be in your life, well being, health, security, material success, education, etc?
I think most of what you guys argue about here comes down to differing expectations about what the hell Government is supposed to do.
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Take care of the children who didn't ask to be here.
That's about it.
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To protect the borders, to maintain the transit systems (rail, road, ect), to ensure a good education level for all citizens, to provide for the least of it's citizens ie the mentally and/or physically disabled, ect
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Which government? The federal government should strictly be for homeland security. The states shall than over rule the federal government on just about anything.
In my mind the state government shall maintain infrastructure, and nothing else. However it is the right of the states to draft their own legislation.
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Which government? The federal government should strictly be for homeland security. The states shall than over rule the federal government on just about anything.
In my mind the state government shall maintain infrastructure, and nothing else. However it is the right of the states people to draft their own legislation.
This is close enough that it's not worth me trying to figure out how to word it differently.
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i expect the government to rape 3rd world countries for their resources on my behalf
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I expect the government to lie, cheat, and steal their way to the largest possible power bases they can obtain. I expect them to work closely with the wealthy to ensure they obtain this at the expense of its citizens. In other words, all of my expectations have been met and will continue for the foreseeable future.
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between the feds, state and counties, I have $200k in AR, that is what the hell I want, it has gotten so bad I am refinancing my house so I won't have to struggle with the payroll every two weeks
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between the feds, state and counties, I have $200k in AR, that is what the hell I want, it has gotten so bad I am refinancing my house so I won't have to struggle with the payroll every two weeks
when you take government contracts you have to expect that it will take at least twice as long to get paid.
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What do you think the government's involvement should be
None, just leave me alone, if i need your services then i will pay you like I do with any other business
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I just want them to force BT to do things against his will.
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_Alexandra_ posted:
Take care of the children who didn't ask to be here.
That's about it.
So in other words, everybody?
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Federal government - protecting interstate commerce, money, military, foreign relations, healthcare (just too big now a days... costs us too much money to ignore), beating down the states that are trying to infringe upon citizen rights.
state/local government - police, fire, local issues.
Our history has shown that states like to become tyrants if they are not put in check... so while I think that states should be able to experiment to find solutions that work locally I also think there needs to be a central government composed of a larger group of people to avoid bias/prejudice.
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jeune posted:
Our history has shown that the States like to become a tyrant
Fixed for accuracy .. tyranny is not isolated to local governments, it is the end game for all governments local and federal/central
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Brother_Tempus posted:
jeune posted:
Our history has shown that the States like to become a tyrant
Fixed for accuracy .. tyranny is not isolated to local governments, it is isolated to life long federal employees and political leeches like Ron Paul
Fixed for Accuracy.
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Brother_Tempus posted:
jeune posted:
Our history has shown that the States like to become a tyrant
Fixed for accuracy .. tyranny is not isolated to local governments, it is the end game for all governments local and federal/central
Source? I think you might be thinking of european forms of governane... in north america governance (what the u.s. is based on) there has never really been tyranny.
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Rhodoman posted:
WhipSmack posted:
Which government? The federal government should strictly be for homeland security. The states shall than over rule the federal government on just about anything.
In my mind the state government shall maintain infrastructure, and nothing else. However it is the right of the states people to draft their own legislation.
This is close enough that it's not worth me trying to figure out how to word it differently.
Rho
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jeune posted:
Brother_Tempus posted:
jeune posted:
Our history has shown that the States like to become a tyrant
Fixed for accuracy .. tyranny is not isolated to local governments, it is the end game for all governments local and federal/central
Source?
I guess you missed Mr. Holder's briefing yesterday ...
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I expect government to support our plutocracy of corporations.
Never anything more than that. If they actually do something for the benefit of the people, generally I'm shocked. But, usually it's a distraction from even greater benefits being given to our corporate overlords.
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To provide the necessary organization to keep a society of hundreds of millions of people running smoothly. Private citizens would/have not voluntarily assumed these responsibilities, so the government has to hire citizens to perform the required tasks.
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I have a great relationship with my government. They seem to enjoy sending me money every month for my contribution to my nation's future, apparently.
Soon, I get to pay it back by working for way less pay than I would get elsewhere (like in the USA for example!) but I'm ok with that, I sort of owe Canada and my fellow taxpayers.
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I expect nothing but incompetence from them.
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To be the world's policeman, to ensure oil and tobacco subsidies are paid, to enforce my religious viewpoint, to fight the free press, and to ensure taxes hit payroll harder than investment income.
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Jezza_Belle posted:
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between the feds, state and counties, I have $200k in AR, that is what the hell I want, it has gotten so bad I am refinancing my house so I won't have to struggle with the payroll every two weeks
when you take government contracts you have to expect that it will take at least twice as long to get paid.
In my business Govt. pays faster than private.
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a paycheck every two weeks.
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I don't have a source. I also don't know the difference between opinion and fact.
Fixed for accuracy.
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Brother_Tempus posted:
-Mithan- posted:
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I love urine.
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jeune posted:
Brother_Tempus posted:
jeune posted:
Our history has shown that the States like to become a tyrant
Fixed for accuracy .. tyranny is not isolated to local governments, it is the end game for all governments local and federal/central
Source?
Ask any Indian on the reservation.
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