What fuels the Big Government crowd...

[BOBO]

...the most in your opinion? Below is a few suggestions I put out for you to pick from. Feel free to add your own suggestion(s)/input...

1) Strength in number?

2) Hopes of permanent government employment?

3) Welfare programs/free ride?

4) Social programs/social security etc?

5) Hopes of political power?

6) Light workload for big pay?

7) Government worship of the collective whole?

8) Union protection/can't be fired?

9) Lucrative retirement?

10) All of the above?

 

[Charles_Main]

...the most in your opinion? Below is a few suggestions I put out for you to pick from. Feel free to add your own suggestion(s)/input...

1) Strength in number?

2) Hopes of permanent government employment?

3) Welfare programs/free ride?

4) Social programs/social security etc?

5) Hopes of political power?

6) Light workload for big pay?

7) Government worship of the collective whole?

8) Union protection/can't be fired?

9) Lucrative retirement?

10) All of the above?

11) Miss Placed Trust

 

[Oddball]

What fuels the Big Government crowd...

Dope.

Patchouli oil.

Blue tortilla chips and organic guacamole.

The naïve belief that they won't eventually have to pay for the free lunch that they're demanding.

 

[paulitician]

Freebies. That's what it's mostly about for the Nanny State crowd. The allure of Government Freebies is very powerful. Many people will gladly give up their freedom & liberty if it means grabbing those Freebies. That's a very bad trade-off though. The all-powerful Nanny State is bad for everyone. Grabbing a few Freebies just isn't worth giving up your freedom. But it's very hard for many to understand that. Also,nothing is for free. Someone always pays.

 

[editec]

What fuels the Big Government crowd...

The history of what happened (and is now happening) when BIG CAPITAL had (is gaining) all the power.

 

[uscitizen]

...the most in your opinion? Below is a few suggestions I put out for you to pick from. Feel free to add your own suggestion(s)/input...

1) Strength in number?

2) Hopes of permanent government employment?

3) Welfare programs/free ride?

4) Social programs/social security etc?

5) Hopes of political power?

6) Light workload for big pay?

7) Government worship of the collective whole?

8) Union protection/can't be fired?

9) Lucrative retirement?

10) All of the above?

You got me, might want to ask the repubs that supported bush why they supported massive govt growth.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Freebies. That's what it's mostly about for the Nanny State crowd. The allure of Government Freebies is very powerful. Many people will gladly give up their freedom & liberty if it means grabbing those Freebies. That's a very bad trade-off though. The all-powerful Nanny State is bad for everyone. Grabbing a few Freebies just isn't worth giving up your freedom. But it's very hard for many to understand that. Also,nothing is for free. Someone always pays.

Gee. Nothing is free? And you know this information while I do not? How smart you are!

What freebies are you accusing ME of grabbing. I am a small business owner and I earn enough to earn the label "middle class". What freebies am I grabbing?

 

[WatertheTree]

...the most in your opinion? Below is a few suggestions I put out for you to pick from. Feel free to add your own suggestion(s)/input...

1) Strength in number?

2) Hopes of permanent government employment?

3) Welfare programs/free ride?

4) Social programs/social security etc?

5) Hopes of political power?

6) Light workload for big pay?

7) Government worship of the collective whole?

8) Union protection/can't be fired?

9) Lucrative retirement?

10) All of the above?

I think what fuels big government more then anything else is welfare for corporations. Take this latest example of giving banks control of food stamps in several states. These banks are making hundreds of millions of dollars each month off of this government program.

This is just one example. The common misconception is that the 'social safety net' is the problem, but the real problem is all the corporations that have there dirty fingers in the treasury. Federal money for the department of agriculture (which is where foodstamps come from) is like 1% of the federal budget. Not exactly the big elephant in the room, pun intended.

 

[Dragon]

There is no such thing as "the big government crowd."

 

[WatertheTree]

There is no such thing as "the big government crowd."

This is not true. Every successful corporation is a big government fan. They like the regulation, they like the wealth redistribution, they like the war on drugs, they like the military conflicts. Why?? Is because all of that gives them MONEY. It gives them a PURPOSE to exist.

If you were to restrict your statement to living breathing human beings then I would agree with you 99% of the way.

 

[Dragon]

This is not true. Every successful corporation is a big government fan.

No, like everyone else accused of being a big government fan, they like some of the things that government can do while disliking others. No one is in favor of big government in all its ramifications, across the board, for its own sake.

 

[paulitician]

In the end a Nanny State/Police State will be bad for everyone. I mean now we have the TSA setting up randomn checkpoints to harrass innocent American Citizens. The Police State is growing stronger & stronger by the day. I just wish people would care about this instead of all the silly stuff the MSM wants them to care about. People should protest the Nanny State/Police State because it effects all of us.

 

[konradv]

...the most in your opinion? Below is a few suggestions I put out for you to pick from. Feel free to add your own suggestion(s)/input...

1) Strength in number?

2) Hopes of permanent government employment?

3) Welfare programs/free ride?

4) Social programs/social security etc?

5) Hopes of political power?

6) Light workload for big pay?

7) Government worship of the collective whole?

8) Union protection/can't be fired?

9) Lucrative retirement?

10) All of the above?

Who's surprised that the wingnuts never mention Social Justice? That's the real point of government, because without it we're in a state of nature with no rights at all, except those that might provides.

 

[bripat9643]

You forgot the fact that public universities and public schools are indoctrination centers where paid propagandists sucking on the government tit brainwash our children to believe government is the solution to all their problems.

...the most in your opinion? Below is a few suggestions I put out for you to pick from. Feel free to add your own suggestion(s)/input...

1) Strength in number?

2) Hopes of permanent government employment?

3) Welfare programs/free ride?

4) Social programs/social security etc?

5) Hopes of political power?

6) Light workload for big pay?

7) Government worship of the collective whole?

8) Union protection/can't be fired?

9) Lucrative retirement?

10) All of the above?

 

[bripat9643]

Who's surprised that the wingnuts never mention Social Justice?

"Social Justice" is a euphemism meaning "injustice." You don't need any qualifiers before the word "justice." Justice is justice. If you qualify it, then you are proposing the opposite of justice.

That's the real point of government, because without it we're in a state of nature with no rights at all, except those that might provides.

Wrong, so-called "social justice" is precisely not the purpose of government. Protecting you from predators, both foreign and domestic, is the only legitimate purpose of government. Those who advocate "social justice" are precisely the kind of predators we need to be protected from.

 

[bripat9643]

There is no such thing as "the big government crowd."

Of course there is. If you want to see a member in good standing, go look in the mirror.

 

[paulitician]

You forgot the fact that public universities and public schools are indoctrination centers where paid propagandists sucking on the government tit brainwash our children to believe government is the solution to all their problems.

...the most in your opinion? Below is a few suggestions I put out for you to pick from. Feel free to add your own suggestion(s)/input...

1) Strength in number?

2) Hopes of permanent government employment?

3) Welfare programs/free ride?

4) Social programs/social security etc?

5) Hopes of political power?

6) Light workload for big pay?

7) Government worship of the collective whole?

8) Union protection/can't be fired?

9) Lucrative retirement?

10) All of the above?

This is accurate. Public Schools are run by hardcore Socialist/Progressive Democrats who belong to Unions. They have become Left Wing indoctrination camps. I understand why so many American parents want their kids out of these camps. It's all about the "Global Warming,Evil Corporations,and Vote Democrat" propaganda now. All Government Unions should be abolished. They're just plain bad for America.

 

[konradv]

Who's surprised that the wingnuts never mention Social Justice?

"Social Justice" is a euphemism meaning "injustice." You don't need any qualifiers before the word "justice." Justice is justice. If you qualify it, then you are proposing the opposite of justice.

That's the real point of government, because without it we're in a state of nature with no rights at all, except those that might provides.

Wrong, so-called "social justice" is precisely not the purpose of government. Protecting you from predators, both foreign and domestic, is the only legitimate purpose of government. Those who advocate "social justice" are precisely the kind of predators we need to be protected from.

Isn't protecting the people from predators, social justice? Predators don't just wear ski masks. They also wear three-piece suits.

 

[Dragon]

Of course there is. If you want to see a member in good standing, go look in the mirror.

Well, by your definition, anyone who isn't a borderline anarchist is in the "big government crowd." I guess it's all relative.

 

[007]

...the most in your opinion? Below is a few suggestions I put out for you to pick from. Feel free to add your own suggestion(s)/input...

1) Strength in number?

2) Hopes of permanent government employment?

3) Welfare programs/free ride?

4) Social programs/social security etc?

5) Hopes of political power?

6) Light workload for big pay?

7) Government worship of the collective whole?

8) Union protection/can't be fired?

9) Lucrative retirement?

10) All of the above?

Why did you put question marks after all those suggestions? Those aren't questions, they're FACTS.