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ORIGINAL: BoiJen

So I'm listening to certain Republican "goals"and some I can really jive with. Balance the budget, limit government power, maintain rights under the Constitution....all of this I can really go for.

What I don't get is how Republicans (because Democrats the I can tolerate listening to don't go spouting this stuff) can say they hope to limit government influence and control by deregulating the business sector but at the same turn scream about limiting individuals' rights by being invasive about people's personal business (who they marry, how they fuck, parental planning, etc). I mean, if governmental involvement is required by a societal situation, would impacting major influencing bodies like businesses take less money and less invasive efforts from the government than trying to control what every individual does in their own lives?

Is this like a big picture problem?

I just don't understand the reasoning behind it. I don't want to debate who's right or wrong, I want insight into the logical process that brings Republicans, as a whole, to this conclusion.

boi

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ORIGINAL: hlen5

Something that bothers me about the Republicans is how can you keep/expand tax cuts AND balance the budget?

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967

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ORIGINAL: hlen5

Something that bothers me about the Republicans is how can you keep/expand tax cuts AND balance the budget?

That's an easy one...Stop spending money you don't have to spend...Duh

This country could easily cut 20% of the federal budget.

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967

This country could easily cut 20% of the federal budget.

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ORIGINAL: hlen5

One - with the economy the way it is and many economists saying another stimulus is in order, where do you suggest they carve out 20%?, Defense budget, unemployment benefits?

two- was that "duh" really necessary?

There's no doubt that there is pork in the budget, but 20%? Hey I know! Let's hit up the contractors in Iraq, maybe they'll be able to find some billions unaccounted for!

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967


That's an easy one...Stop spending money you don't have to spend...Duh

This country could easily cut 20% of the federal budget.

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ORIGINAL: hlen5

Of course there is pork in every budget, but 20%?

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ORIGINAL: BoiJen

While this discussion is interesting...it doesn't clarify the whole minimize government/invade people's personal lives stance the republicans tend to have/state.

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ORIGINAL: CreativeDominant

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ORIGINAL: hlen5

Of course there is pork in every budget, but 20%?

We could start with cutting funding to such asinine things as N.P.R, the National Endowment for the Arts grants which always seem to go to those artists who are most avant-garde and/or offensive, we could purge oversight committees on congressional spending on defense, welfare, education and other areas and put others in charge who will deal with a sharper knife and a willingness to stand up to those entities that think that because the government will pay for it, they can charge what they will...all of those things would make a start. 

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ORIGINAL: hlen5

Of course there is pork in every budget, but 20%?