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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but will suggest that conservatives who are tolerant of civilian casualties and other collateral damage when we go to war have no similar patience for predictable problems with social welfare programs.
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I'm not sure how this is responsive. Even if true, it doesn't change the fact that you cannot design a social welfare system that actually works well. Valient attempts were made for the the better part of the 20th century, but to no avail.
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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
The corporate interests that are in the driver's seat right now are not particularly principled. There are a lot of principled conservatives who don't like what's going on, but their principles don't seem to be sufficient strong to motivate them to actually criticize a Republican President or otherwise do something about it.
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I see this as just the opposite. Bush has not had the balls to stand up to the porkers and say no. He's got a veto which he has yet to use. I'm hoping that changes after 2004.
