Comments on: Big Government Will Save Us From Big Government http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:02:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: spaghetti happens http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-277002 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:04:38 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-277002 "Where in the Constitution does it say ..." blah, blah, blah. You know, I hate ignorant fuckers like this. You beat 'em over the head with the Preamble, and what good does it do? Government is an organizing principle, you idiot. It's what we do to make social existence possible; it's a pooled effort, so that it's not every man for himself. Is that what you want? Are you ready to grown your own food, deliver your own children, and make your own goddam automobiles out of leaves, dirt, and scrap metal? Good luck, dumbass. Let me know when you've figured out how to make soap. Why do we have to keep explaining this? “Where in the Constitution does it say …” blah, blah, blah. You know, I hate ignorant fuckers like this. You beat ‘em over the head with the Preamble, and what good does it do?

Government is an organizing principle, you idiot. It’s what we do to make social existence possible; it’s a pooled effort, so that it’s not every man for himself. Is that what you want? Are you ready to grown your own food, deliver your own children, and make your own goddam automobiles out of leaves, dirt, and scrap metal? Good luck, dumbass. Let me know when you’ve figured out how to make soap.

Why do we have to keep explaining this?

]]> by: The Mahablog » Let It Burn http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-276909 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:08:01 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-276909 [...] I keep saying the American people need to face some basic questions about government, like why do we bother to have one if it’s not going to do shit for citizens? Right wing extremists have decided that government has no responsibilities to citizens at all. It is not supposed to protect civil liberties, or property, or public safety, or even lives. To the Right, government exists only to protect privilege and accumulate power, and if you aren’t already in the “privileged and powerful” column you’re on your own. But I suspect there are a lot of (perhaps former) Republican voters who didn’t realize that’s what they signed on for. Spotlight [...] […] I keep saying the American people need to face some basic questions about government, like why do we bother to have one if it’s not going to do shit for citizens? Right wing extremists have decided that government has no responsibilities to citizens at all. It is not supposed to protect civil liberties, or property, or public safety, or even lives. To the Right, government exists only to protect privilege and accumulate power, and if you aren’t already in the “privileged and powerful” column you’re on your own. But I suspect there are a lot of (perhaps former) Republican voters who didn’t realize that’s what they signed on for. Spotlight […]

]]> by: The Mahablog » Why Is the Right Afraid of Universal Health Care? http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-275677 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:56:16 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-275677 [...] Where in the Constitution does it say that every one has the right to an education? Or the right to call the fire department if your house catches fire? What’s the big bleeping deal with allowing We, the People, to use the federal government to solve national problems that aren’t being solved any other way? Isn’t that what bleeping government is for? Besides, I bet you most people think that everyone should have access to affordable health care, but that is not the same as making it the responsibility of the federal government to provide it. [...] […] Where in the Constitution does it say that every one has the right to an education? Or the right to call the fire department if your house catches fire? What’s the big bleeping deal with allowing We, the People, to use the federal government to solve national problems that aren’t being solved any other way? Isn’t that what bleeping government is for? Besides, I bet you most people think that everyone should have access to affordable health care, but that is not the same as making it the responsibility of the federal government to provide it. […]

]]> by: The Mahablog » Taking Care of Our Own http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-275460 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:29:41 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-275460 [...] As you know, the Bush Administration has moved boldly to protect the insurance industry from the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or “S-chip.” The Bushies have attached tough new strings to the program to prevent states from expanding coverage to children of middle-income families. Many of these strings are designed to prevent families already covered by private insurance from dropping it and moving to the subsidized programs. [...] […] As you know, the Bush Administration has moved boldly to protect the insurance industry from the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or “S-chip.” The Bushies have attached tough new strings to the program to prevent states from expanding coverage to children of middle-income families. Many of these strings are designed to prevent families already covered by private insurance from dropping it and moving to the subsidized programs. […]

]]> by: Mike the Mad Biologist http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-274611 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:04:18 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-274611 <strong>Putting the S-CHIP Battle in Context</strong> Maha does a great job of getting at the underlying issues in the Bush adminstration's opposition to expanding the S-CHIP children's health insurance program. Putting the S-CHIP Battle in Context

Maha does a great job of getting at the underlying issues in the Bush adminstration’s opposition to expanding the S-CHIP children’s health insurance program.

]]> by: c u n d gulag http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-274540 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:25:55 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-274540 A Canadian Reader, Thanks, I've given it some thought. If you know of any good jobs up there, let me know. A Canadian Reader,
Thanks, I’ve given it some thought. If you know of any good jobs up there, let me know.

]]> by: moonbat http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-274313 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:19:33 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-274313 Government is a profit center for Republicans. If you think about it in those terms, everything they do makes sense. If you've never worked for a big business, this concept might be hard to grasp. Government is a profit center for Republicans. If you think about it in those terms, everything they do makes sense. If you’ve never worked for a big business, this concept might be hard to grasp.

]]> by: Madison Guy http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-274307 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:11:11 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-274307 Let's be fair. The Bush Administration clearly does believe there's a legitimate role for big government, and that's to make people in financial distress even more miserable: <a href="http://letterfromhere.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-bush-world-when-you-lose-your-house.html" rel="nofollow"> In Bush World, when you're poor and you lose your house to foreclosure, your world of pain has just started.</a> It's a perfect Catch-22: You lose everything, but at least your debt is forgiven, but because the debt is forgiven, it's income, and now you have a new debt to Uncle Sam, one with penalties and interest added, because of the time that elapsed since you "earned" that income. It all makes perfect sense in Bush World, though. What else is the I.R.S. to do? The rich are off limits. Middle class people fight back. So why not go after the poor and disadvantaged? I.R.S has to collect taxes somewhere. Let’s be fair. The Bush Administration clearly does believe there’s a legitimate role for big government, and that’s to make people in financial distress even more miserable: In Bush World, when you’re poor and you lose your house to foreclosure, your world of pain has just started. It’s a perfect Catch-22: You lose everything, but at least your debt is forgiven, but because the debt is forgiven, it’s income, and now you have a new debt to Uncle Sam, one with penalties and interest added, because of the time that elapsed since you “earned” that income.

It all makes perfect sense in Bush World, though. What else is the I.R.S. to do? The rich are off limits. Middle class people fight back. So why not go after the poor and disadvantaged? I.R.S has to collect taxes somewhere.

]]> by: A Canadian Reader http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-274276 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:19:17 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-274276 c u n c gulag: Have you thought about moving to Canada? c u n c gulag:

Have you thought about moving to Canada?

]]> by: c u n d gulag http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-274236 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:50:06 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/21/big-government-will-save-us-from-big-government/#comment-274236 Oh, now I get it! You can't pull the plug on Terri Schiavo. Instead, you can pull the plug on thousand's of children with heart defects. George "Lord of the Flies" Bush's, and the conservative philosophy, in two sentences. Let me see if I understand this correctly - in order to get this coverage, I have to do without coverage for a year. What's next? In order to get affordable auto insurance, I have to drive uninsured for a year? This may be the final straw! I just can't take it anymore!!! the insanitiy - it burns!!! Does anyone know of any job's outside of the US that I can get? I speak Russian fluently, and a smattering of German. I want off of this JesusLand Roller Coaster... Oh, now I get it!
You can’t pull the plug on Terri Schiavo. Instead, you can pull the plug on thousand’s of children with heart defects.
George “Lord of the Flies” Bush’s, and the conservative philosophy, in two sentences.
Let me see if I understand this correctly - in order to get this coverage, I have to do without coverage for a year. What’s next? In order to get affordable auto insurance, I have to drive uninsured for a year?

This may be the final straw! I just can’t take it anymore!!! the insanitiy - it burns!!!

Does anyone know of any job’s outside of the US that I can get? I speak Russian fluently, and a smattering of German. I want off of this JesusLand Roller Coaster…

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