tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959556.post9055415517027648736..comments2024-02-21T17:30:40.448-05:00Comments on An Objectivist Individualist: Democracy Fails, Americans Too Politically IgnorantCharles R. Anderson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09610765984333672076noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959556.post-17190846852225635182012-04-24T19:11:55.916-05:002012-04-24T19:11:55.916-05:00Yes, LZsays, I did have to choose my words careful...Yes, LZsays, I did have to choose my words carefully. It is unfortunately true that only fragments of the Republican Party really want to make drastic reductions in the size and scale of the federal government. Most Republicans want reductions, but usually in some subset of illegitimate programs which are different from the subset that some other Republican wants reduced. The net result all too often is that for any given program that ought to be eliminated, fewer than half of all Republicans want it to be eliminated. Meanwhile, most of the Republican politicians are still of the mindset that they are supposed to bring federal dollars back to their home states. They are actually very good at doing this. While working this game, they often vote for more net government spending. Some Blue Staters are beginning to complain that their states are commonly being drained to send money to Red States! This siphoning of Blue State money to the Red States is actually hurting everyone.<br /><br />On the other side we have the Democrats who want much greater government spending. In order to get this, they often buy the votes of Republicans by offering them a disproportionate amount of money for their states. In the end, the Democrats are in favor of a somewhat larger government with its hands in more of our affairs than are the Republicans. The difference in degree of spending and power and in the reasons offered for the programs is significant, but never nearly as strong as lovers of freedom would want. This can be quite frustrating to those of us who want broad and massive slashing of a clearly out-of-control and mostly illegitimate government.Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09610765984333672076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959556.post-88471333700075046862012-04-24T07:39:38.060-05:002012-04-24T07:39:38.060-05:00"The party that wants a less unlimited govern..."The party that wants a less unlimited government" is a good way to describe the Republican party, since they aren't for a really limited government at all, just one that's not quite so unlimited as Democrats want.politicaltragichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07730859339792734304noreply@blogger.com