Ask a Republican this question..

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Why cant Republicans be honest about their intentions?
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We know what you want. You know also. You want to do away with social programs , food stamps, welfare, Social Security , Medicare etc. You want to make government small and put everything on the states.

So why hide it from the masses? Ive never seen anything on TV about this. No political ads stating your true intentions. Never heard anything on radio, newspaper...maybe a few obscure media, but nothing that reaches the masses. Why nothing about this on Fox? And please don't say they already know this because 95% don't. I would venture to say that figure would be higher in reality.

So why hide your goals? Are you afraid if people know what you're about you'll lose them? Are you that gutless you cant even be honest about what you want?

Id love to hear a credible answer.

[wryter2000]

1. You answered your own question

Are you afraid if people know what you're about you'll lose them?

That's pretty much it. Anyone who isn't rich and votes Republican is voting against his/her own best interest. It's that simple.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. Yep.

Anyone who makes under a couple hundred grand a year and votes Pug is an idiot. Unless they are set to receive a large inheritance in the future.

[elperromagico]

2. I know a few Republicans who are honest about it

They'll flat out tell you: "It's all about money. I want my money. I don't want poor people to have my money."

Of course, none of them hold elective office...

[rasputin1952]

3. But the interesting part is...

if they lose their source of income, they will be more than happy to take advantage of all of the safety nets that have been established over the years.

One of the more striking examples of this, is that when the S&L scandals were working the news beat, it was the RW'ers that screamed for the FDIC to protect their investments. If it were not for the FDIC, they would have lost collective billions more. Instead, it was the population of taxpayers that kept them from more massive loss. Those that arte trying to make neds meet, bail out the S&L losses. Perhaps they are right, let's get rid of all of the safety nets, and let them fare on their own. it would do them some good to get on Food Stamps for a while...oh, that's right, there would be no food stamps...better yet, they might actually ahve to grow their own food!

Self aggrandizing bastards!

:grr:

[bywho4who]

6. A great big KICK to all that

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[Nobody]

4. But they're perfectly happy to let rich corporations take their money

A Republican relative last week and I were talking about social security. He is well aware that if you make more than 75,000 dollars a year you pay nothing to the social security fund. This doesn't bother him. But what does bother him was when I told him that was backwards, working people making less than, say 15,000 per year should be exempted and lose the exemption for the over 75K crowd.

I hate the I Got Mine So F**K Off mentality.

[elperromagico]

5. I have never understood why the wealthy,

who have benefitted the most from the American system, should give the least.

Here's the simple truth: When the tax rate is raised on the rich, economic growth occurs. This has been true, almost without exception, since at least the 1930s. When the tax rate is lowered on the rich, economic downturn occurs. It happened with Reagan, and it is happening with Bush 43.

I am all in favor of giving hardworking Americans some of their money back. But does Bill Gates really need a tax break? Is he that hard-up for cash? Is he in danger of having his power shut off because he can't pay the bills? Is he having difficulty putting "food on his family"?

Looking around my computer, and seeing a few hundred dollars worth of Microsoft equipment, I must assume that the answer to all of the above questions is "no."