I really don't understand the voting populace.

Mark Sanford, Ray Nagin, Marion Berry etc etc.

Will the left finally learn

That a massive activist government apparatus is NOT the answer to every problem, big and small.
That what we are seeing in the past month is the inevitable result of aforementioned massive activist government apparatus.
That when government becomes this large and intrusive corruption and constitutional conflict is absolutely inevitable.
That "creeping socialism" is not just a buzz term for a small segment of zealots.


Issues NOT being covered by the press:

Continued drone killings.
Profligate waste in SNAP and TANF and SSI.
Negative effects of PPACA on employers

Will the left finally learn

That a massive activist government apparatus is NOT the answer to every problem, big and small.
That what we are seeing in the past month is the inevitable result of aforementioned massive activist government apparatus.
That when government becomes this large and intrusive corruption and constitutional conflict is absolutely inevitable.
That "creeping socialism" is not just a buzz term for a small segment of zealots.


Issues NOT being covered by the press:

Continued drone killings.
Profligate waste in SNAP and TANF and SSI.
Negative effects of PPACA on employers

clearly moderation has no place in government's role, so we should manipulate things at the state level to send us as far in the other direction as possible. let's start with something vitally important: abortion!!

Spoiler: show

:roll:

not that i like what the IRS did, but isn't that the same exact thing as attacking unions and pbs, and defunding acorn?

How are they at all comparable?

Withdrawing funding is not equal to special IRS scrutiny.

You might argue that tax exempt status is effectively extending a subsidy but its one thing to allow an organization to keep its money is something all together different than giving it access to the public treasury.

I'm not comfortable with the idea of selectively taxing political speech. Any party in power will take advantage of that to the detriment of their opponents.

To be fair to the IRS, with the current structure we have its pretty much unavoidable and not something that staffing increases would likely help.

The problem with the US government is primarily that it is occupied and run by politicians.

Not sure this is the right thread, but how anyone in my state voted for Mark Sanford is beyond me.

Yeah, totally mind boggling. I lived in SC for a long time, and I just don't know if I can ever go back. I'm pretty middle / left, and in SC that seems to be extreme liberalism. I just feel that I have nothing in common with that state anymore (other than the beaches, grits, and Clemson football).

I often wonder if we adopted that 'cannot run for office more than six months from an election' rule, if things would get better. I suspect that part of the problem is that they never stop campaigning, so they need the constant stream of bribes... err... donations. If we broke that cycle, maybe things would get better.

make it like pick up basketball

play two games (terms) sit for one (term)

what if they had to get jobs (and health insurance and investment advice) like the rest of us?

their role as congress-man/woman should only be enough to get rich live modestly pay-your-bills-while-living-in-d.c. off.

Oh yeah, that would really change things.