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Gay Republicans Slam Romney For Speaking At Liberty

cpwill said:
I think we'll start seeing sooner than that. I intend to pay pretty close attention to Wisconsin come June.



Not that I've seen; but I haven't been able to spend much time on-Island over the past year :p
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Wisconsin will be interesting.

There used to be a snake farm where they conducted daily habu / mongoose fights. The guide's spew was "new habu every day, mongoose very old."
 
Nick2253 said:
Government has grown and shrank (as a percentage of GDP) off and on since the end of WWII.

FDR/Truman - Grew government considerably.
Eisenhower - Shrunk government (not really that much though).
JFK/Johnson - Slight growth in government.
Nixon/Ford - Slight growth in government (just more than JFK/Johnson, though most of that grown was during Ford's years).
Carter - Growth in government.
Reagan - More or less flat.
Bush - Slight growth in gov't.
Clinton - Somewhat significant drop in gov't.
Bush Jr. - Flat, up until his last few years, with significant growth.
Obama - Continued significant growth.

However, there really isn't a good metric to show "growth" of government. Sometimes, a government might impose a significant cost on business or employers, or significantly restrict liberty, while showing a good balance sheet. Or you might have a government engaged in a war or cleanup effort, all the while removing restrictions on liberty.

If anyone knows of a good analysis of the size of government (as in the subjective "size" including costs, taxes, freedoms, etc.) I'd love to read it.
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Here's an interesting look at size of government...

"Reagan's Liberal Legacy" by Joshua Green

"In fact, the budget grew significantly under Reagan. All he managed to do was moderately slow its rate of growth. What's more, the number of workers on the federal payroll rose by 61,000 under Reagan. (By comparison, under Clinton, the number fell by 373,000.)"​
 
leftofabbie said:
Here's an interesting look at size of government...

"Reagan's Liberal Legacy" by Joshua Green

"In fact, the budget grew significantly under Reagan. All he managed to do was moderately slow its rate of growth. What's more, the number of workers on the federal payroll rose by 61,000 under Reagan. (By comparison, under Clinton, the number fell by 373,000.)"​
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That's not a "look at the size of government" piece. That's a "bash Reagan until his head caves in" piece.

I'm not saying that I think Reagan is some fiscally conservative God, but as a share of GDP, the government under his administration was more or less flat (I'm assuming you disagree, which is why you posted this article).
 
VanceMack said:
You know whats really sad? You dont see all those gay liberals hitting out at Obama for being in bed with preachers that oppose gay marriage. Must have something to do with that complete lack of values and character.
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Hussein Obama is in big trouble because he needs these black preachers and their congregations to vote for him if he wants to get reelected and that might not happen in a lot of churches.........
 
Navy Pride said:
Hussein Obama is in big trouble because he needs these black preachers and their congregations to vote for him if he wants to get reelected and that might not happen in a lot of churches.........
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As an Obama supporter, that's the least of my concerns.
 
well, good luck winning with only inner-city upper-earning well-educated white social-liberals :)
 
Gay Republicans slammed Romney? What were those two guys so upset about?
 
Everybody and their brother are coming out of the woodwork at this time slamming someone for something. Most of it is single issue and usually stupid. The country is taking a nose dive and we're arguing about small crap and seeing who can come up with the best slogan.

I'm waiting to hear the ideas of how, Obama or Romney, are gonna fix the economy, reform the tax code, PASS A BUDGET, cut the budget, cut the govt spending, help business add jobs and pay down the country's debt before we become Greece.
 
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