[MD] On the road to serfdom

[Platt Holden]

> > > [Platt]
> > > Always good to find common ground. As Reagan said a long time ago, 
> > > "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the
> > > problem." 
> > > 
> > > [Krimel]
> > > And that cynical formulation that We the People are our own worse
> > > enemy is perhaps the most enduring evil of a legacy filled with 
> > > hypocrisy and lies.
> > 
> > [Platt]
> > You lefties unmercifully berated "We the People" for their stupidity in
> > electing Reagan and Bush.  Talk about hypocrisy and lies!
> > 
> > [Krimel]
> > Being disappointed in the gullibility of ones fellow citizens is a bit
> > different than endorsing a web of lies and anti-American activity.
> > 
> > > [Platt]
> > > Unfortunately, like every other politician before or since, he
> > > expanded the size of government. Today, Americans spend more on taxes
> > > than on food, shelter and clothing combined.
> > > 
> > > [Krimel]
> > > It is particularly galling that Raygun made the quote above in
> > > reference to the federal budget deficient. At the same time that he 
> > > preached against "tax and spend" liberals he practiced the "borrow and
> > > spend" politics that have been the hallmark of "conservatives" ever 
> > > since. Thank God Almighty that they are at last falling apart and we
> may
> 
> > > at last be delivered from their pernicious bullshit.
> > 
> > [Platt]
> > No doubt the Republican party lost its bearings. We shall see in the
> > coming months just how much we will thank the Messiah Almighty for
> taking 
> > us further down the road to serfdom. We have been assured that He will
> > increase already burdensome taxes to "spread the wealth,." the hallmark
> of
> > Marxism. 
> > 
> > [Krimel]
> > Lost its bearings? It does now what it has always and consistently
> done.
> > It actively seeks to redistribute wealth into the hands of the very
> rich.
> > Your tacit acknowledgement of the upcoming landslide should serve as a
> > beacon of hope for us all.

You mean a beacon leading to tyranny. 
 
> [Platt]
> Rather, the Republicans have sought to allow people to keep what they earn
> by reducing taxes across the board. They went astray on spending. As for
> next week's election, the "gullibility" (as you put it but which your 
> fellow lefties called "stupidity") of one's fellow citizens is likely once
> again to prove to be true. The beacon leads to despotism. 
> 
> [Krimel]
> Earlier you said, "Today, Americans spend more on taxes than on food,
> shelter and clothing combined." IF this is true, it is only true of the
> poor
> and the middle class.

Yes, we know you love class warfare. But, the above is true taking into 
account all Americans, regardless of race, sex, income, ethnic background 
or religion -- as you lefties like to have it -- except of course when 
you're taking money from some to buy the votes of others. 

 Of the rich it is assuredly NOT true. It is a
> result
> of the conservative distortions that make regressive taxes somehow sound
> palatable to folks who think that someday they will be Carl Icahn or Ken
> Lay
> and they too will be able to suck at the tit of regressive policies. If
> in
> fact the rich paid their "fair" share of income taxes, the poor and
> middle
> classes wouldn't need to pay any at all.

Some 40 percent of working Americans don't pay any income tax now. So 
what's your beef, other than envy? 

> As for "going astray" is that some euphemism for totally abandoning the
> "principles" you claim are most central to your philosophy. Oh wait, you
> have to have some principles to actually abandon them.

Try the principle of individual liberty. I know. To you that's a foreign 
concept. 

> Despotism? Again the fear mongering conservative dictionary seems not to
> have been written on Planet Earth.

According to fear-mongering environmental wackos, we won't have to worry 
about having Planet Earth much longer if we don't all live in teepees and 
eat toadstools.

Platt