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Benedict Arnold

Is the thing is the Republicans want a smaller form of government and that always leads to trouble and dissent?

Posted - July 17, 2018
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  • 6023
    They SAY they want smaller government ... but what they MEAN is they want less "Democrat party" government.
    Proof?  All the laws THEY try to pass to control our lives the way THEY think we should live.

    The truth is that neither party wants less government.
    They both want more, more, more control of our lives.
    After all, THEY know better than us peons what is best for us.  And it usually involves giving THEM more money.
      July 17, 2018 3:31 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    The only reason to have a government is to prevent anybody else from taking control.

    A citizen needs to control his government.

    That is why governments always eventually consider citizens to be enemies of the state.
      July 17, 2018 8:12 PM MDT
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  • 2706
    What did the Founding Fathers want for the United States? If more Americans thought about this simple question they would have a more clear understanding of why those men who came before us risked their blood, treasure and sacred honor to create the greatest nation on Earth. The Founding Fathers were a revolutionary group, diverse in their professions and yet unified in their goal: American liberty. They also understood that the citizens should have a say in their government and that the government only derives its legitimate power from the consent of the governed. Keeping in mind what the Framers wanted for this country, the only reason why there are trouble and dissent now is that Republicans want what the Framers wanted (smaller Federal government) and the Democrats want a larger, more powerful federal government. Personally, I always opt for what the Constitution lays out. :)
      July 18, 2018 11:59 AM MDT
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  • 1502
    If you actually paid attention in History class and studies it you would learn tyranncial governments, dictatorships, communism, and socialism have all failed. More government control and power equals less freedom. There must be a balance. The founders escaped tyranny and wrote the constitution to prohibit it. Sadly we have too many young people who are fine with big government. 
      July 18, 2018 1:04 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    Of course republics have also failed, when the "congress" was too divided to effectively rule.  Usually falling to a dictatorship.
      July 18, 2018 1:20 PM MDT
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  • 1502
    No system is perfect. I would rather live under freedom and limited government. 
      July 18, 2018 1:21 PM MDT
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  • 6023

    I was just reading an article in History magazine ... about the Commonwealth of England under Cromwell.
    They almost got rid of the Monarchy in the mid-1600's ... but Cromwell's son couldn't hold the Commonwealth together and it went back to a Monarchy.

    I wonder why we don't hear about that in American schools, and how it undoubtedly influenced our Founding Fathers?
    As if the "native American" tribes were more influential than the Founders' own history?!?

      July 18, 2018 2:03 PM MDT
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  • 2706
    I have to agree. There are too many young people that are fine with big government. They weren't taught any different. If they were taught differently they chose big because it's easier to live off the government rather than earning their own way and helping out society as a whole. As always, my opinion. :)
      July 20, 2018 4:57 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    Remember the story of Satans final demise. He knows he is done for, but will try to do as much damage as possible before his time is up. Same thing with the Republican Party..................maybe. This post was edited by Zack at July 18, 2018 2:03 PM MDT
      July 18, 2018 1:27 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    Hey, you elected a master, so now you have a master. You could have elected a different master, but you still would have a master.

    What part of this process don't you understand?
      July 20, 2018 5:20 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    not always
      August 7, 2018 4:23 PM MDT
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