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Originally Posted by p-did
Maintaining law and order, protecting our land against attacks, building interstate highways, rebuilding communities wrecked by a disaster, etc.
Those are all "needs". So what do you mean by "Politicians shouldn't be 'meeting any needs.'"?
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I don't define them as "needs" - no one has a right to go to another individual or another group and say "Hey, I have needs. You need to meet my needs." Give me a break. Again, government's only legitimate role is punishing those who initiate force, fraud, or coercion. Law enforcement against these types of crimes is therefore covered. As is national defense. Rebuilding communities wrecked by disaster is not. It is your responsibility to insure your property against damage. Charities and other private groups can also help, but that's not government's role - since government has to steal money from other people to do so. If government was funded voluntarily, then you might could make that case, but not so under taxation.
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I'm voting for Obama to reduce the burden of federal government by simplifying the tax code,
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Why simplify it when you could just scrap it? That's the ultimate simplification - and it would end the $100 billion cost of compliance as well. Ron Paul is right on this issue. The income tax should be repealed and government should rely on excise taxes for its revenue, which is entirely feasible.
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enforcing laws that protect consumers,
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If a company defrauds a consumer, then yes, they should be punished. The problem is, many of your beloved Democrats are colluding with big business to drive the little guy out of the market,
as you can see here.
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and bringing to light the part of the constitution that says (to paraphrase) that we're all supposed to be treated equal (or something like that).
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This is a misinterpretation of the Constitution. Can the government make you as talented as Michael Jordan in basketball? No. The government cannot make everyone equal. This is absurd. What the equality is referring to is the equality of rights - unalienable rights of the individual - that we all keep what we earn. That we all have a right to be secure in our persons and our property, etc.
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Obama, in my estimation, has the best chance to do what's right to make our economy more bullet proof (its not bad already, but Obama has good ideas to improve it) in both ups and downs. Our last President has failed greatly to create an economic system that is free from avoidable disturbances like the loan crisis. Obama has the leadership to institute measures that will reduce the burden of taxes and avoidable interferences.
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Bush has failed precisely because he is a collectivist statist, just as Obama is. Collectivist statist "solutions" will only lead to more problems down the road.
Much of our instability is caused by the central bank, the Federal Reserve.