Raptor wrote:
It's hard to take the left seriously when they throw their support behind people who insist that goveremnt should be the source of happiness and prosperity, want to use a natural occurrence like climate change as a tool of oppression and to punish industry, believe inanimate objects are responsible for crime, claim to be for small business but want to tax and regulate them out of business, believe receiving services for free is a right, etc. And yes, when I hear people spouting ideas like that, I do feel smarter and better educated. As soon as the left decides to stop courting these idiots and their idiotic ideas, the sooner I'll stop thinking poorly of the left.
I don't think anyone ever said that government should be the source of happiness and prosperity. But it certainly has a role to play in helping people achieve those goals, such as supplying public education, work programs, government loans and grants, healthcare, etc.
The government wouldn't have to punish industry if they weren't responsible for environmental abuses.
And who's being oppressed by the government in regard to climate change? Industry? Sort of like industry was "punished" for refusing to rid lead from gasoline, paint, and other everyday things that were slowly poisoning us? Contrary to right wing conspiracy theories, the left does not advocate action against big business in order to destroy them, but to protect the American people's health and welfare.
As for climate change being a naturally occurring phenomenon - Tell that to almost one hundred percent of scientists. Oh, yeah, there are some "men of science" who disagree with the overwhelming majority - at the behest of big business, which places dollar signs over and above human life. Then again, the right has never been big on science, considering their record on so called creation science, rejection of evolution, and autism denial.
Sure, there are anti-gun nuts on the left who want to hold guns and their makers responsible for murder and other crimes, but seriously, their numbers are way blown out of proportion. Last time I checked, the gun lobby was winning.
As far as small business is concerned - the right has convinced small business people that the government is the evil doer, with all their taxes and regulations. In fact, small businesses are more likely to fail because big business downsizes work forces, cuts wages and benefits, and even outsources, taking money out of the hands of workers who had previously been loyal consumers. Let's see the right cop to that.
Guess what, I still feel smarter and better educated.
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-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer