how can republicans claim their for smaller government when they have expanded the military and homeland secur

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they give money to govt. contractors, foreign contractors throwing our tax dollars down the drain. instead of spending money on actual things that migh help or benifit americans and society. they chased after phantom wmds in iraq throwing money away on that. they over simplify problems in iraq. for those of you whom say its not the federal govts job to "help its citizens" you are wrong, for this reason. it is there job to give states money, which the state then uses for us. bush says no child left behind but house republicans have cut founding by $1.5 billion compared to 2 yrs ago. the republicans have left a legacy of bad budgeting. when the 110th congress convenes in january they will face fiscal challanges of historic proportions. all while ignoring critical domestic responsibilities. domestic investments have been cut and squeezed denying college aid, undermining healthcare access, preventing investments in energy independence. bush inherited a budget surplus,

and intrest rates that were shrinking steadly for 4 years.now we are left in the red. thank god they are gone. dont let the door hit you in the *** on the way out.

Answer 1

WTG!! Yippie someone sees it! Wow!! You haven't even mentioned the housing foreclosures that are happening and it's just the beginning! Well continue for a while to come. The republicans will manage to blame it on the democrats. Because they will be the ones in office when the worst will hit.
This administration is guilty of not breaking the law but changing the law to suit its purposes.
Yes with Bush we got a bigger break cut but it's going out the door faster then the smaller tax break we use to have.

You notice too how they left most of the mess work for the next congress! The democrats to do? Democrats will have not choice but to tax us more to start unburying us out of this mess.

Answer 2

Smaller government is in terms of spending on domestic programs.

There were WMDs in Iraq. Saddam used them on the Kurds. He admitted he had them. Enough for me.

We went into Iraq because he broke the treaty he signed.

You are correct that the No Child Left Behind is a failure.

You are also correct that the Republicans have spent money like a drunken sailor. That is why they lost the House.

You are flat out lying about all your domestic spending. Spending has gone up each year for decades.

1. College aid is better served by individuals taking care of their own education.

2. Health care access is the responsibility of the individual. It is not the government's job to provide it.

Also you lie about the budget surplus. We had a problem called 9-11 which crushed this economy. Most of the deficit has been cut out because of the tax cuts. We will be fine soon. What needs to happen is a 10% decrease in the federal budget. Then continue that for the next few years. It should be about half of what it is now.

I am sick of liberals who want me to pay for everyone else. If you do not like what you have, go earn more. Losers whine and complain

Answer 3

I always precieved it to be due to party loyalty and the fact the definition of any ideology including party loyalty is relatively flexible.

In order to answer that question you have to determine what exactly being a "republican" is. I think Neo-Traditionalism is in the lead when it comes to that party. Republicans are normally associated with smaller government because they generally favor a liberalized free market economy with a minimum of regulation and social welfare programs that "distort" this model.

However, republicans are fundamentally "realists" that is to say that they think people are constantly in competition as to what democrats think which is that people are more capable to work together (In a nutshell). So, this feeds into the tendency for republicans to be more militaristic because they are in greater fear.

I suppose the answer to your question IMHO has to do with priorities, the president and voice of the republicans feels that terrorism is of greater importence than smaller goverment. Given the opportunity and assuming he's not psyco, i'm sure mr bush would be in favor of smaller government

Answer 4

One problem is that they haven't expanded the military, but shrunk it to way too low a level, a real problem now that we're in Iraq. And the fiscal mess is because the liberal wing of the Republican party, headed now by the President, have almost always run the party since the defeat of Goldwater, though the conservatives occasionally make waves, and they all say "I'm conservative" in public because it sell, and most people have forgotten what "liberal" and "conservative" mean, anyway.

Answer 5

The problem is that conservative Republicans have all but been ousted of the party by these new ideological Republicans. It appears that fiscal conservatives is dead (I never really believed in it anyways). Lincoln Chafee was a true fiscal conservative, he was ostracized by his party and voted out, George W. Bush (41) was a fiscal conservative, and Ronald Reagan tried to be a fiscal conservative but failed at it.

The current Republicans in office are for expansive government, an insanely strong executive, and tax cuts tax cuts and more tax cuts. There are many fiscal conservatives out there, they just don't get past the Republican primaries.

Answer 6

You've hit upon the biggest paradox of the modern Republican party. Read Paul Krugman's last column in the New York Times, it was about this.

But your question was how...they certainly don't focus on the facts that you mentioned. Or cite facts at all for that matter. Karl Rove is (or was) a master of misdirection, which gave the neo-cons the opporunity to do many of the things you described. Money speaks louder than ideology. The veil of conservatism was a tool for them to get their personal agendas enacted.

Answer 7

It is not smaller government they want. It is destroyed government.

It is to get the American Government to the point they can drown it in a bathtub, or at least force it into bankruptcy.

That way there will be nothing to protect the safety and freedom of the American People.

If you want to know what would happen if we lost a city, go visit New Orleans. They will protect you from nail clippers, but if it is a massive hurricane you are on your own.

Answer 8

Neo-cons want to spend the government out of existence. By creating an exorbitant deficit they can thereby sanction cuts to domestic programs such as Social Security. It's all a big political ploy to, in the end, reduce government. It's ridiculous and stupid.

Answer 9

It is true that President Bush has spent more than would be expected as a Republican President . But further exploration reveals why . After the dismantling of our military and intelligence agencies by Bill Clinton any President would be forced to spend more . And thank God he did in the military realm . You can't complain about lack of intelligence and lack of military preparedness and lack of equipment.. . . .and at the same time complain about the President spending more money to remedy those PROBLEMS . We can't have it both ways . We either spend more and fix it, or we leave it be and accept default .
As a former U.S. Army soldier, I can tell you that there are always things going on that are kept 'secret' for reasons of 'National Security' . Some of those things may seem trivial at times, but knowledgable military personnel actually understand what it means when we say " NEED TO KNOW " . As a former holder of a " Top Secret Clearance ", I can attest to this fact first-hand .
I was privvy to info, some trivial and some significant, that if made public, would help explain many things that some complain about . But it's not in the interest of the U.S., that we 'disclose' that info, even to benefit understanding of the masses !! And even if release of that info would benefit the President's popularity !! NEED TO KNOW - NEED TO KNOW, my friend .
WMD's certainly were present in Iraq, in fact, THOUSANDS WERE FOUND in Iraq, but because of political 'mincing', they were dismised by the Democrats and the left-wing media, as 'old' Weapons of Mass Destruction . Who knew that a day would come in our fine country's history, that people would judge a Weapon of Mass Destruction by it's AGE . Nevermind the FACT, that COUNTLESS sources attest to the FACT that the WMD's were covertly hauled in trucks over the Syrian border only days before the invasion . And those trucks were tracked to the Bekka Valley, and parked in the middle of NOWHERE, and then MAGICALLY Syria's top brigade was sent to 'guard' these trucks . For what reason ? What could be on those trucks ? Hmmm !! Well we know it wasn't fine Iraqi Throw Rugs that they were guarding !
People would be better served, if they'd stop addressing EVERY issue as a political issue . Saddam was given 17 U.N. Resolutions to comply with, not 'U.S." Resolutions . All he had to do is COMPLY - Disclose - and Allow unfettered Inspections.. . . . ..he chose not to !! Logically thinking tells the logical thinker that Saddam knew we were at the doorstep, he knew he was facing Invasion and CERTAIN DESTRUCTION of his regime, and he KNEW that the ONLY way to avoid this was to COMPLY with " U.N. " Resolutions . Why didn't he ? Logic dictates that there could be NO OTHER EXPLANATION for his behavior, other than HIDING what he was up to . And BTW, I realize that you are of the Liberal mind-set, but you should know that there are Democrats who are FULLY AWARE of this info, yet CHOOSE not to tell you . WHY ? Because that would've derailed the momentous HATE CAMPAIGN of the Liberal Left Wing Democratic Party !!!! You should be pissed at your heroes, the Democrats and not President Bush, or the Republican Party . They told you and EVERYONE . You guys have just CHOSEN not to believe that which is completely logical !!!!!!!!!!

EDIT* - Not that it matters to you or any of the Hate-Mongers, but I served in the U.S. Army 1981-1987 . And FYI, I joined straight out of high school on a 3 month Delayed Entry Program . And I joined because the Iranians had taken OUR people hostage, and I was absolutely Outraged that they even had the nerve to do so . I wanted to be part of the force that set them free and send a BIG-TIME message to the Iranian Radical Islamists.. .. .NEVER AGAIN ! Never again would we allow that to happen . Yes my dear, the Birth of Radical Islam had just occured and I for one, was not about to let that happen by simply sitting on my a_s and 'bitching' about Democratic President Jimmy Carter !!!

Answer 10

The republicans are thee bigest liers that have ever been in dc an no bid bush an shoot up dick just gave haliburton an kbr a blank check as a tax payer i want to see somebodys *** go to jail