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Topic: Big Government Is Bad Government
Because Power Attracts The Corrupt |
Big Government Is Bad Government
Because Power Attracts The Corrupt
Cybercast News Service, by Lawrence W. Reed
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 1/25/2013 11:24:05 AM
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| It´s a good bet that no matter where you are on the political spectrum-liberal, conservative, libertarian or something else-you want men and women in government to be honest, humble, fair, wise, independent, responsible, incorruptible, mindful of the future and respectful of others. But you may be holding profoundly contradictory views without realizing it. This is the bottom line: The bigger government gets, the less likely it will attract men and women who possess those traits we all say we want. Have you noticed how mean and nasty campaigns for high office have become?
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Comments:
Add this to the list of reasons why 0bama loves big government.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Rafter, 1/25/2013 11:43:34 AM (No. 9138724)
The Klintoons come to mind.
BillyBoob and Hill-err-ee-ass.
Unfortunately, the ugly sick joke is on all of us.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
olcap, 1/25/2013 12:55:35 PM (No. 9138916)
I hold profoundly contradictory views, and I realize it!
I would think that those so naïve, that they believe that any of the politicians in Washington are honest, respectable men and women full of integrity, are few. Sometimes I wonder though.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 1/25/2013 1:03:18 PM (No. 9138936)
Limited government was a corner stone in the foundational thinking behind the Constitution.
Dear Gawd....we need a house cleaning.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Roll Tide, 1/25/2013 1:27:28 PM (No. 9138986)
Was it EVER otherwise?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 1/25/2013 2:09:03 PM (No. 9139056)
We don´t have individual sovereignty or public service. We have a tyranny of fools. The U.S. has the most corrupt government in the world, highly sophisticated in theft, undemocratic rule by executive order and regulation. The democratic Congress does not deliberate. It rubber stamps bills never read, never exposed for comments by the public. This government is illegal.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
jl80863, 1/25/2013 2:51:41 PM (No. 9139140)
A perfect case study is obama.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Penney, 1/25/2013 2:52:28 PM (No. 9139144)
Excellent article with a perfect headline! ...And the further BIG Government distances itself from governance by we the people, the more the statists´ inherent corruption becomes evident throughout the land. Woe upon woe.
Character Counts!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
nonsense, 1/25/2013 3:15:47 PM (No. 9139178)
Tidy article that spells out just what we will end up if the givernment keeps swelling.
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