>As I've stated before, I used to buy into the Reagan comment about the worst thing you can here is "Hi we're the govt and we're here to help".
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>But it's obvious to me now just how selfish a comment that was. And how perverse those in charge of the republican party are to utter such statements as a way to enhance their own, while reducing the size of the middle class.
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>You can see it in the comments some have made on the UT when discussing topics like insurance. I think this Mort Sahl (a political satarist famous in the 60s, early 70s) is rather appropo:
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“Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they’ve stolen.”Excuse me... I didn't steal anything.
The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
– Mark Twain (1866)
