Our government has grown out of control. It is like a cancerous tumor. Starts out microscopic, but once it starts to grow, the growth is exponential until it finally kills the host. It's time for some Chemo and radiation because we are still alive, but rapidly deteriorating. We need a complete overhaul of the government. Spending needs to be slashed, term limits need to be implemented, we need line item veto, no more pork barrel spending. Those would be good places to start. Funding should be redirected from subsistence programs to education and empowerment type programs. Give the people the tools to help themselves so they don't have to rely on the government.
Just how many spending bills were vetoed by George "Wya" Bush? Barrack Hussein" OBama? Shocking isn't it! What a difference? Were Hosed!
6.1 Trillion is what the Iraq war will cost when it's all said and done. Anyone want to guess who has benifited the most from our troops who sacrificed some with their lives, some with body parts and all with time away from their familes? Over half the oil exported from Iraq goes to China, China has moved right on in and is sucking the place dry. So yes we're hosed
The only way the GOP has a snowballs chance in hell of beating the "Hilda beast" in 2016 is a structured flat tax on all incomes and the passage of term limits of no longer than two terms total either House, Senate or one term in either and then you become ineligible to hold any other seat beyond POTUS or VPTUS.
Exactly, and I agree. My whole point is that I don't see the democrats getting any better, at least the republicans are in the middle of an identity crisis and they're the only party I see that have a chance to restore what they moved away from over the past 30 years. Regardless, because of the shenanigans of both parties, we the people suffer. What each party "voted" for and what they do are completely different stories. The Patriot Act has been expanded with new branding and provisions from the democrats. What they "voted" against was Bush's version - what we have now is an expanded democrat version of the same thing but worse, hence the Model T and Ferrari analogy. The democrats are notorious for voting against something that a republican came up with only to vote for it later when it's put forward by democrats. I think we are on the same page here, I am against the Patriot Act regardless of who put it forward, I'm just saying that I find the democrats to be much more threatening to our freedom and founding principles. You are right though, those who we'd expect to vote against such a bill need their feet put to the fire, it's sad. The cost of Iraq and Afghanistan combined will end up being $4T-$6T and yes, China has moved right in to take Iraqi oil. We get most of ours from Canada and Latin America. Liberating a country should have a bill, whether paid in oil or gold. Unfortunately no monetary value could replace the lives of our dead.
Do you just make stuff up? On May 26, 2011, Congress passed a four-year extension of three expiring Patriot Act provisions without making much-needed changes to the overly broad surveillance bill. The extended provisions are set now set to expire on June 1, 2015. Despite bills pending in both the House and the Senate to amend the three expiring provisions and other sections of the Patriot Act, Congress decided instead to move ahead with a straightforward reauthorization. It's the same damn bill, that still sucks
Make things up?? No. It's the same bill but are you familiar with section 215 of the bill? How the bill is used differs between different administrations (Bush and Obama). The bill is interpreted by the executive branch, which under law, Eric Holder must disclose the president's interpretation to the public. The bill may be the same, but what's being done with it isn't. You keep looking at public information as if what is said will be but you are ignoring the reality. The White House is under pressure to explain whether there was congressional oversight of the programs and interpretation of the bill that Snowden revealed. The whole reason Snowden blew the whistle is because he believes the administration has misused the powers based on this executive branches' interpretation of the Patriot Act. The whole bill is wrong in my opinion, yes, but even the same bill word for word can be "used" differently to render completely different results.
Ok, but lets look at what you said "The Patriot Act has been expanded with new branding and provisions from the democrats." What are these new provisions?
