Big Government Republicans
I found this today and had to share it.
Every single Republican today talks about being a Reagan conservative. This is a conservative that believes in small government, reducing federal spending and ultimately runs a lean and mean government. They talk about this stuff in campaigns, but in practice they failed miserably.
In fact HISTORICALLY, it is has been Democratic presidents who have reduced the size of the federal government. The Republicans have lied to the people so much that I believe the current crop somehow BELIEVES the history as they have been told, rather than researching the facts for themselves. This may be a stretch, but I am trying to give them the benefit of the doubt.
According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, which tracks the number of employees per year, the data shows that the “conservatives” for small government are really just big government conservatives. I know that is an oxymoron, but numbers don’t lie.
Hummmmm, interesting.
Isn’t it time to disarm and join the rest of the site in civility and instead of posting attack blogs, posting on “issues that matter” (your words)?
I see Temy Beal took your advice and posted a blog http://www.friendburst.com/blog/58486/matter/ discussing the issue of Social Security and He got only two comments, neither of which was a comment from you…
It’s the drama that drives you, isn’t it?
The Lemur wasted his breath, didn’t he?
I don’t think of big government just in the terms of how many people they employ. I also think of intrusive laws that are put into effect such as the patriot act and those new laws that they are pushing to make abortions harder to get, among other things.
Yup….
More big government here:
Spending $178 million in order to keep from spending $60,000.
http://www2.tbo.com/news/politics/2011/aug/24/welfare-drug-testing-yields-2-percent-positive-res-ar-252458/
Now that’s some wasteful spending!