Beretta92FSLady
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It was not my intention to come off as argumentative in my former posts. I am registered as a republican and loosely affiliated with the party. I was hesitant to involve myself at first because there is much I am in disagreement on with what seems like a majority in the party. However I think libertarians and unaffiliated liberty minded individuals are missing a good opportunity when they simply write off the party as useless (not saying that's you). In my limited experience I have found that since people's lives are becoming more personally affected than ever before by the growth of government, more and more people are wanting to become involved and educate themselves about the proper (Constitutional) role of government, supply side economics, state's rights etc...and as such I see an opportunity to start to get government off our backs. Will it take something huge, ie financial collapse, to wake up the majority; probably, but the more people who understand these issues the better IMO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLAg8a0vCZQ
I am not trying to be argumentative. But the first issue I see is establishing what "proper Constitutional role" even means. The Government is on our backs, but is it unConstitutional, maybe, maybe not. People decry the "overreaching government" but forget that the nature of government is to assure its survival at any cost, even at the cost of the life of you and/or I.
I hope that we have a complete financial collapse. The reason: I believe that all of us, including the top 1%, and politicians need to be knocked down a couple of pegs, if we get back up, and come to the table, and hash something out collectively, we will be a better America...if not, then we will suffer for our hard-headedness, and inability to compromise. Unfortunately, it is more likely than not a financial collapse will harden the position of the most powerful in this country, the rich, big business. It looks like we are screwed, no matter what we do. The right has concluded that any compromise is defeat, and that the actual goal is not a better America, but power. Welcome to our vicious political cycle, that will likely never end.