First off, Saying that only Republicans should pay for something cause GW was prez when the outragious spending occured is unbelievably dumb. ALL spending has to pass congress, and it never would have gotten to his desk without democrats voting for it. Saying I shouldnt have to pay anything cause I vote democratic misses the point that democrats voted for this spending too.
And last I checked, Democrats voted for the war in Iraq too. Actually, it never would have happened if the Senate democrats had some balls and said no. So everyone is culpable for everything the GOV has done in our names, even if you didnt vote for the guy who was pushing it. He still cant get it done without your guy going along with it. Checks and Balances is a bitch.
Second, both political parties are morons. They spend and spend and spend, and get little done for the money, and then do it all over again. WHY? Cause we want them to.
You may not want them to, you just want clean water and air, open roads, SS, safe meds you can afford, Police and Fire at a moments notice if necessary, good schools, affordable college, safe work places, good hospitals, reliable air transportation, clean water from the tap, safe food, the worst segments of society removed/punished, a military to keep us safe, guns out of criminals hands, less drugs on the street, scientific investments (new fuels, drugs, space exploration etc….), public lands that are accesable for all, and maybe one or two other things like saving endangered species or helping out starving people in africa.
None of those things are bad things. Who here doesnt want any one of those things? That is all we are asking, oh, and we really dont want to pay for it cause my quality of life is expensive.
Political parties are only idiots cause we ask them to be. We want our cake and to eat it too. We talk a good game, but actually fixing things will require sacrifices, and as Arni found out in Sacramento, everything is what it is cause someone wants to be that way.
