Exactly right. You are pointing out one of the worst, most dangerous flaws of the Bush camp. If itOriginally Posted by DrSmellThis
doesn't fit into their philosophy they reject it out of hand. A couple of good examples are stem cell research and
the Kyoto protocols. Rather than accept the fact that there are issues to be worked out, they reject them out of
hand to the detriment of society as a whole. They have even gone so far as to try and silence their detractors by
censoring sciencetific debate. It does not solve the problem, only makes the solutions more painful in the long
run.
At the same time, the dems attempt to solve every problem by throwing money at it (Yes it is an
over-simplification, but the problem is real) and by give-aways. That simply creates additional burden on the most
productive segments of society, which is a dis-incentive to increased productivity, without really helping the most
needy except in the short term. Giving the masses bread and circuses is not the answer either.
The problem stems
from our system that encourages politics to be based on the next election, they never have a reason to think beyond
the next four years. We need to change the mind set of our leadership to look at the problems and solve them rather
than to simply talk to get votes.
Religion has no place in running a government. It is no less mind numbing than
the over-stimulation and apathy caused by too much television. I don't want to side track your very valid points by
starting a religious debate so will leave it at that. I do believe that we need to put far more emphasis on teaching
people to think ofr themselves rather than to follow any group or belief system like a flock of sheeps to
slaughter.
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