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Originally Posted by GatorB
I hear all the time the GOP say they believe in smaller government, lower taxes, gun rights. Go look at the libertarian party platform and tell me how that is different than what the GOP says it stands for?
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You are cherry picking a few items. The Republican platform looks nothing like the Libertarian platform. Compare today's Republicans with Libertarians on these issues; legalization of drugs, social rights of the individual, freedom from government search, laws to force a balanced budget, pornography. These parties are as far apart from each other as Democrats and Republicans.
Yeah, all my life I've heard Republicans campaign on smaller government. They don't actually do it. Bush and co. gave us Medicare D prescriptions. He campaigned on it. Medicare D is the biggest annual increase in social welfare spending in something like 40 years.I prefer to judge them by their actions and not their words. Republicans have a record of big spending. Permanent increased spending is increased taxation. Just that the tax increase will come in the future. Republicans, like the Democrats are equally big spenders now. And why not? The voters LOVE it. look at all those senior citizens voting for whomever promises increased medicare spending. That's a pretty big block of voters.