Dizel8 said:
Replubicans and Democrats, it's all the same. One could almost go so far as to say, that all politicians are the same. It is all about getting elected and staying in office, once you get there.
I do not honestly think, that one party is better than the other, although they do differ slightly in agenda. One seems to be big business, the other the individual, either way, we average Joe Taxpayer foots the bill. So either way, it is still the same.
Honest politicians, and yes there probably are a few, do not stick around long, either they do not get re-elected or they do not wish to be. We are now saddled with career politicians, who has as much touch with reality as Saddam did on human rights.
There may be a solution, but I cannot see one.
Since you see no difference, allow me to explain as best I can.
The democrat party was traditionally a labor based party, and had it's greatest strength through trade unionism and southern segregationism. The trade unionist element has shrunk significantly over the last 40 years, and has been largely supplanted with others outside of the union movement who are similarly oriented to a socialist worker's party mentality. Some segregationists served for many years in the democrat party, but the majority have died off, replaced by those who instead exploit minority interests for their own power.
Capitalism, the basis of American ideals, is seen as bad among democrats, at least in their political persona if not in their investment portfolios, and conversely, an increasingly large array of government services and bureaucracies which are charged with social and monetary enforcement are seen as being
good.
The rise of European socialism has been regarded by the democrats as a model for social and economic reform, including the relaxation of traditional social structure and values, which are the underpinnings of an organized society that is based on moral imperatives, an idea which was critical in the minds of the founding fathers.
Democrats firmly believe that they can make life more "fair" for most Americans by creating special entitlements, specific rights groups, and enforced social changes that go well beyond the ideas of the civil rights act. Central to this increased "fairness" is income redistribution. That's why they are against tax cuts. Money is the fuel of their engine of change.
Following the passage of the civil rights act of 1964 by republican legislators, the democrats adopted the socialist idea of government enforced "equality" based on race as a basis for enforcing "fairness," which expanded their power base using entitlements, given in return for consistent re-election to political office. Fear of losing these entitlements became the weapon used to ensure re-election. This exchange created a dependent underclass who became beholden to the democrat party, and developed the phenomena of generational poverty. The leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. King, had been killed and was unable to stop this shift away from "opportunities based on abilities" to "guarantees based on skin color," an idea he abhorred.
The republican party is based on the idea that smaller government is often, although not always, the best idea. While an increase in oversight and regulation is inevitable in an increasingly complex society, the basic idea of wealth creation and retention by individuals, the sanctity of private property, and the basic tenets of the constitution are immutable ideas.
Both respect for innocent life and the ultimate price for the guilty are basic, along with a desire for a strong national defense against all enemies foreign and domestic, and the retention of national sovereignty, are believed to be among the basic beliefs that built America.
These ideas are to be valued and retained, and are all central ideas among republicans with very little disagreement.
Does that help to make the differences more clear?
But I guess they do not update those pages that quickly!!
