i dont know about you guys but i dont think that the government should be telling me if i my girlfriend can have an abortion or if i can marry a man. i think they should be focusing on the growing economic gap and increasing poverty. the growing immigration issue and international trade, but that is just my opinoin. oh yeah and there is that whole global warming thing going on.
2006-09-01 16:27:39 · 12 answers · asked by larry j 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
no, ending poverty and conserving the environment are social issues.
2006-09-01 16:31:06 · update #1
Designer Legislation is passed shortly after elections as a reach around for all the special interest groups and corporations that contributed to the national party organizations. Feel Good Legislation is passed throughout the term, but especially just before elections to tackle issues that will endear voters to their elected officials so they re-elect them.
My opinion is that government should not be passing moral or social legislation, and limit the economic legislation to the scope of the constitution. Some oversight may be necessary but government should not be running our personal lives any more than they should be running corporations.
2006-09-01 16:36:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Social and economic issues are obviously considered far more important, because the federal, state, and local governments spend vast amounts of money on these issues, and relatively little on moral issues.
It's hard to legislate morality..
2006-09-01 23:45:03 · answer #2 · answered by senior citizen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You people on the left ............!!!!!
Your anxiety about economic gap and poverty IS a moral concern! It IS about morality! Economic morality!
Next thing you're going to be saying that prostitution and polygamy ought to be legal because it is no business of "the government" to dictate on those things either!
If you want to live in an utterly amoral society, go live in Antartica.
2006-09-01 23:42:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because economic issues aren't emotionally inspiring.
Political parties can't get a lot of impassioned rallying around those issues, which means they can't attract attention and keep people emotionally charged. And absent the emotional charge, most people don't bother voting.
So, the way to get political capitol and supporters is to get people all riled up over morality and emotional issues, on both sides.
2006-09-01 23:28:13 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I agree,, global warming is interesting,,, the moral fiscal conservatives of the Bush team have got to go,, thank god election day is near,,,, vote democrat
2006-09-01 23:30:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
you're right! big brother is taking pictures here in houston, on every corner, under the guise of watching for people to run the light
2006-09-01 23:32:56 · answer #6 · answered by jon p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Preach on, brother. They are too busy trying to turn us into a religious state.
2006-09-01 23:40:11 · answer #7 · answered by rob 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So protecting the envornment and helping the poor arent moral decisions?
Why should the government not allow murder? thats a moral decision... what about child molestation?
2006-09-01 23:28:52 · answer #8 · answered by TLJaguar 3 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Tis the Republican way
2006-09-01 23:38:53 · answer #9 · answered by Salem 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
expansive abuse of the commerce clause
2006-09-01 23:30:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋