Everyone knows Democrats want higher taxes and a bigger government, but why ?

Question

Don't we have enough tax ? Isn't the government big enough yet ?

Wouldn't more government control lead to more corruption and waste ?

Answer 1

It is about control and power. The democrats are very close to the communists / socialists of the old USSR. And the free health care system they are pushing will finish America as a free country. The anti tax black market is alive and growing in response to the leftists insistence on stealing all the money from the workers.

Answer 2

Not everyone knows this, but a lot of people think they know it. This is because the news media is busy trying to change us to people who react to sound bytes instead of using the computer that God installed between our ears.

Traditionally, and by that I mean several presidents ago, the Democrats controlled Congress by a large majority, had a platform of government protecting the people from all kinds of problems, while the Republicans were the opposing party, verbally fighting everything the Democrats seemed to stand for.

In that time period, more taxes paid for welfare, mental health hospitals, a whole bunch of government programs.

Then the Republicans gained the upper hand. They emptied out the mental health hospitals creating a problem with homeless people, that we never had under the Great Society. The welfare state was deemed a failure, so most of that got closed down. But even with the Republican great ideas, the deficit got worse and worse.

Then Bll Clinton got elected under the banner of "The Economy stupid" and under his administration the deficit got wiped out, totally paid off. I think the approach used was reckless, but the gamble worked. Maybe he knew something the rest of us did not.

Under Bush, the deficit is now worse than it ever was.

It seems like the Democrats are now fiscal conservatives and the Republicans are the pork spenders.

For me, I believe the big issue is efficiency. I want a government that works, that fulfills promises of the founding fathers.

Now I believe that the best system is private corporation competition with government regulation to prevent abuses, and keep things fair. I believe that an open market system is as bad if not worse than laissez faire capitalism, but this discussion really belongs under Economics, not under Government.

If you look at the total # of employees in various government agencies, there's more people there than many Fortune 500 companies. It is amazing anything gets done.

Check out the book "The Mythical Man Month" which among other things explains that in any organization, we have to have different departments intercommunicating, and the more people involved, the more permutations of intercommunication, such that you can reach a point such that we can expect nothing to get done, and it not be surprising.

Answer 3

We always blame the economic problems on the wrong person. The next president will be blamed for the outcomes of Bush's spending. It has happened many times in history.

People should be less worried about "bigger government" under democrats when republicans are trying to control our lives with their theocracy.

Answer 4

I'm a democrat and I want a balanced budget. That's right: government should spend only what it raises. If Congress wants to spend more, then they should have the guts to raise taxes. If they want to cut taxes, then they should have the guts to cut spending. It seems to me that, at this point in U.S. history, the concept of "smaller government" is a myth, like the lochness monster. And it doesn't much matter whether democrats or republicans run the show.

Answer 5

I don't know it. I do know that federal spending has increased five percent a year under Bush, compared to two percent a year under Clinton, which will make higher taxes unavoidable, once we have a grown up back in the White House who understands you have to pay for what you get.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Why: Bigger budgets, more clients to serve (welfare recipients, corporate welfare recipients, etc), which equates to more political endorsements which equates with more votes.

Yes, government is big enough. More government leads to more corruption. And more government leads to more waste.

So to round this one out: Don't vote for a Democrat.

Answer 8

bigger government means more taxes and government control and more welfare. and the democrats must keep promising more welfare and financial aid if they want to keep getting the votes they get from the poor, the minorities, and the freeloaders

Answer 9

You have forgotten that Bush has been expanding the government while lowering taxes and fighting a war.

No wonder we are running a deficit in the trillions.

Taxes are needed. Bigger government not necessarily so.

Answer 10

Isn't that nice you can get more you don't have to work hard for it? Just tax it and tax more.