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Nic W asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

In attempt to understand liberals? ?

I'm at a loss where liberals love large governments.

I'm of the persuasion that government should be as small as possible. Take DMV for example. These people hate their jobs, hate us (The consumer), and get paid vastly above what they are worth.

The entire DMV *could* be taken care of online. However, liberals seem to think that the DMV "Creates Jobs" and etc, etc. This is just one miniscule example of the thousands of ways that our government squanders our dollar on every whim.

Then, when they run out of money because of dumb policy, they just raise taxes!!!

Why would anyone think that larger burocracies would solve anything"?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I believe in local government. The forgotten 10th Amendment should be read every day before a session of Congress.

    I'll disagree, however, with your assessment of the DMV - a completely online approach is unworkable. I will submit, however, those so in favor of a national health insurance should remember the waiting times at the DMV when they get their next appointment.

    I have less problem with State and local governments - the levels of corruption at the national level are staggering. Billions of dollars are spent at the blink of an eye. Scary sometimes.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You pretended to quote liberals as saying the DMV "creates jobs." What is your source for this silliness?

    Also, I'd like to see your supporting examples of "small government" to support your argument.

    Until then, not much of a conversation here.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    In this day and age with Identity theft running rampant, only a complete and total fool would advocate turning the function of issuing drivers licenses over to the internet.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    On the other hand, the conservatives think all the insanely wealthy people should be lightly taxed because they've "earned their money" (not that there aren't people who got there because of hard work), while over a third of our country is below the poverty line.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Don't try to understand. You'll never figure it out. They're a lost cause. Just persuade your undecided friends on how to vote.

    Edit: then there are Liberals like Pro Deus Et Patria, who will try to confuse you with double speak because they think they are superior to you. Then, when you see through that they move to personal insults, then when that doesn't work they start to call you names like racist and homophobe in attempt to intimidate their opponents into silence.

    more editing: I'd stick to labeling them as leftists, because they can't turn that around on you to try to invalidate you like you don't know what you're talking about. They're very skilled in deception and evasion of the truth. Neo-cons are just Globalist leftist Democrats masquerading as real Republicans.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That's why the liberals have chosen Obama and Biden who are BOTH being financed by labor unions, which cause the red tape world and inflation. Unions are ruining America and they are the cause of jobs leaving and union teachers are not held accountable and the union media promotes them like celebrities, so that make the media thier "agents"

    Source(s): Trade Unions Destroy a Million Jobs. Page 1. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 5. Page 6. www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/ abs/10.1111/j.1468-0270.1982.tb00412.x CNN.com - Tech jobs leave U.S. for India, Russia - Jul. 14, 2003 Some say sending jobs abroad may cause American tech workers' wages to stagnate ... whose 275-member union is asking Congress to study and possibly regulate ... www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/ 07/14/moves.offshore.ap/index.html - 43k - Have Union Leaders Destroyed Manufacturing. ... Is Sweeney out to destroy America? Look at the history's economic leadership under President Sweeney. ... www.theconservativevoice.com/article/3... - 29k How unions destroy support industries - Tammy McCutchen - Department of Labor - Zimbio. www.zimbio.com/Tammy+McCutchen+-+Depar... news/IYhaUeiwJW9/How+unions+destroy+supp... - 43k - Unions force workers to knees - alt.politics.conservative | Google ... Local: Tues, Jul 29 2008 8:37 am. Subject: Unions force workers to knees ... in addition to regular union dues. Unions that fail to meet the requirement ... groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.c... browse_thread/thread/6a7bcfa75e98aa91 - 56k Why Unions Don’t Work | Krotscheck.net So let me begin my making my claim: Unions don’t work in a free market environment. In fact, they actively harm any industry in which they are present, ... www.krotscheck.net/2008/04/29/why-unions-dont-work.html - 24k
  • LeAnne
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Unless you subscribe to their warped sense of logic - you will never be able to "understand liberals."

    They are the first to warn us of the pitt falls of big government - and then they propose socializing our oil companies and health care systems - where the hell is the logic in that?

  • Dot
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Make drugs legal. It sounds crazy. Yes. But you can regulate them, and reduce the amount of crime. Yes, there will be people who commit crimes on drugs but a great amount of it is done in order to GET drugs, not because they are on it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Why has the Republican government increased the size of the government and sent our debt soaring to record levels?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    They are retards! None of them have ever studied history because if they had, they would know that socialism has failed everywhere and everytime it's ever been tried. They just think the right moron wasn't in charge of it.

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