SuperDemocrat
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- Mar 4, 2015
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i supported the patriot act because it was needed after 911 to find terrorist and its powers aren't already found in other existing laws so I never understood the sometimes overly exaggerated complaints about it. With that being said the new powers were temporary because the law had to be renewed every few years. I thought out politicians would let it expire at some point but then they kept voting it back in. It now appeared that a temporary law was going to be a permanant thing in our government.
What does this have to do with "socialism"? I believe in road to serfdom the author makes an interesting observation on how hard it was to repeal laws in the 20th century. It was common for laws to be repealed before but now it seems politicians like to hold onto power and acquire more power along the way.
It just seems like that in every level of government it is impossible to diminish it in any way. We can't cut spending on any level even military spending can't be cut. Such a thing was possible during the 90s because bill Clinton did cut the size of the military and even bragged during the campaign of 1996 that he reduced government by 200,000 employees. It was his way of stealing conservative votes from bob dole. Now when there was talk of reducing the military in 2012 we couldn't do that. We can't even shut down bases left over from ww2. It just seems like our government doesn't want to let go of any power whatsoever. Not one drop of it and that should tell us that there is something wrong.
What does this have to do with "socialism"? I believe in road to serfdom the author makes an interesting observation on how hard it was to repeal laws in the 20th century. It was common for laws to be repealed before but now it seems politicians like to hold onto power and acquire more power along the way.
It just seems like that in every level of government it is impossible to diminish it in any way. We can't cut spending on any level even military spending can't be cut. Such a thing was possible during the 90s because bill Clinton did cut the size of the military and even bragged during the campaign of 1996 that he reduced government by 200,000 employees. It was his way of stealing conservative votes from bob dole. Now when there was talk of reducing the military in 2012 we couldn't do that. We can't even shut down bases left over from ww2. It just seems like our government doesn't want to let go of any power whatsoever. Not one drop of it and that should tell us that there is something wrong.