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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
If I could facepalm any harder, I'd give myself a concussion.
Why some people have to be so....Oh, nevermind.
I'm done in here. Wear your tinfoil hats and your self-righteous clothes...
...Just God forbid any of you come into positions of power in this country.
*sigh*
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Dragoneye,
There is no need to get all worked up here. This is a forum, and healthy discussions of current events are a good thing for everyone. I left this site awhile ago due to the censorship policy in place about politics. That type of censorship is what this current administration wants by trying to implement "The Fairness Doctrine" and kill off talk radio by creating a bureaucracy to monitor and take action against radio stations that don't follow their rules of what to say. Much in the same manner they way your moderators have to follow the policy and ban people and delete posts here.
Most everyone has differing opinions of some sort and I guess you are asking why so many of us are "hard headed"? As for the "tin-foil hat's" comment, is that supposed to be code for people who fear everything the Government is doing? And then you throw in God forbid any of us come into "power in this country"?
Please elaborate on these points since what is it exactly you fear us "conservative's" would do if we were in power. I can tell you we would lower taxes, and de-crease Government control over everyones lives. Both of those events would stimulate the economy as history proves that it would. Us conservatives value what is written in the Constitution of the United States of America and uphold it's main doctrine that everybody has equal rights. Everybody has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Now all this patriotism and upholding the constitution does not mean we don't take care of those less fortunate who cannot take care of themselves. Compassion and charity are always a part of the America we all live in.
Now back on topic. What I am afraid of is the Government telling me what kind of car I should be driving. And their definition of "should be" in reality means they don't want you to buy certain types of cars. In the past before they owned GM, they set out rules and regulations which caused them to spend lots more on R&R to improve efficiency. This is something that the "free market" would have taken care of regardless of Government intervention if left alone and if the people desired it. However the Government felt they know better than we do and regulations and CAFE standards were imposed.
Now I am leaving out the Union's and pension's and so forth since we all know what roll that played after workers started living longer and retirement check's kept rolling in. Not a bad deal for the workers, one that no company could NOT sustain in the long run if they have a few bad years..
Fast forward and this situation above occurs. Now the Government seizes the opportunity to take over and they do. It amazes me how many of you see this as harmless. Some see it as better than before. The hiring and firing of most in charge placing in power those with similar mindsets as those in control of Government. This only represents half of the countries population here and half of the stockholders party affiliation.. So that one half gets left out of any decision making.. Is that fair?
When GM was a part of the "free market", they had a better mix of people running the show who were not all geared toward one mindset. You can argue that their focus was on gas guzzling SUV's and gas guzzling other vehicles, however at that time that is what the people wanted since gas prices were low. Their competition overseas was outselling them in the more gas friendly vehicles and that was the fault of the management. However in time, they would have come out of that down-spell on their own if they were able to manage their funds better and did not have the Union's stranglehold in contracts to deal with and other factors etc.
Overall I am in the belief system that the Government does not know how to run things well. Show me any proof of that statement otherwise.. So Since the Government cannot and has not run any company better than the private sector ever could, then why such blind faith to whatever the Government does and wants to cram down our throats. That is all..
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...h-advertising/
A good article..