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Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:23 am
by Ivytalk
See the linked piece from Reason's Veronique de Rugy:

http://reason.com/archives/2017/08/03/o ... d-it-again

John Stossel also came out with an article this week about the GOP Congress's new budget that increases the funds for EVERY department. Yeah, Trump is a real game-changer.

https://townhall.com/columnists/johnsto ... t-n2363013

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:29 am
by CAA Flagship
You misunderstood. Smaller government means they want shorter people working in the government.

:silly:

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:24 am
by Chizzang
I've only said it on here 100 times...
There is no evidence (other than a trail of words)


:ohno:

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:25 am
by Pwns
Reading Slate and Huff Po you'd think Trump was taking a chain saw to the budget.

I'm so confused. :lol:

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:50 am
by AZGrizFan
This doofus is just NOW figuring that out? He been under a rock for the last 30+ years?


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Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:56 am
by BDKJMU
Pwns wrote:Reading Slate and Huff Po you'd think Trump was taking a chain saw to the budget.

I'm so confused. :lol:
Yeah, lol at the left's fairy tales of draconian cuts..

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:58 am
by Grizalltheway
BDKJMU wrote:
Pwns wrote:Reading Slate and Huff Po you'd think Trump was taking a chain saw to the budget.

I'm so confused. :lol:
Yeah, lol at the left's fairy tales of draconian cuts..
Isn't that what you elected your boy to do?

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:20 am
by Ivytalk
AZGrizFan wrote:This doofus is just NOW figuring that out? He been under a rock for the last 30+ years?


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Are you calling me a doofus?

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:55 am
by Col Hogan
Republicans are no longer conservative...

Same same...

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:20 pm
by AZGrizFan
Ivytalk wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:This doofus is just NOW figuring that out? He been under a rock for the last 30+ years?


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Are you calling me a doofus?
:lol: Hey, if the shoe fits, wear it old man.

But I was referring to the author of the piece... :tothehand: :coffee: ...as far as you know. :suspicious:

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:15 pm
by Ivytalk
AZGrizFan wrote:
Ivytalk wrote: Are you calling me a doofus?
:lol: Hey, if the shoe fits, wear it old man.

But I was referring to the author of the piece... :tothehand: :coffee: ...as far as you know. :suspicious:
You really have turned into an old crank since you've moved to Texas....as far as I know. :lol:

And who are you calling old? :tothehand:

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 4:08 pm
by dbackjon
Ivytalk wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
:lol: Hey, if the shoe fits, wear it old man.

But I was referring to the author of the piece... :tothehand: :coffee: ...as far as you know. :suspicious:
You really have turned into an old crank since you've moved to Texas....as far as I know. :lol:

And who are you calling old? :tothehand:

Are you talking about Z, or the Colonel?

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:13 pm
by AZGrizFan
dbackjon wrote:
Ivytalk wrote: You really have turned into an old crank since you've moved to Texas....as far as I know. :lol:

And who are you calling old? :tothehand:

Are you talking about Z, or the Colonel?
IT. HE'S old...

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:57 pm
by Col Hogan
AZGrizFan wrote:
dbackjon wrote:

Are you talking about Z, or the Colonel?
IT. HE'S old...
:hide:

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:51 am
by Ivytalk
Col Hogan wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
IT. HE'S old...
:hide:
No need to hide, Hogie. We speak the same language: the language of wisdom and experience. And even AZ is AARP-eligible. 8-)

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:26 am
by kalm
Ivytalk wrote:
Col Hogan wrote:
:hide:
No need to hide, Hogie. We speak the same language: the language of wisdom and experience. And even AZ is AARP-eligible. 8-)
Just as long as you remember your wisdom and experience is responsible for the debt, entitlement insolvency, Medicare Part D, 17 years in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Pat Boone .... :ohno:

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 2:09 pm
by Ivytalk
kalm wrote:
Ivytalk wrote: No need to hide, Hogie. We speak the same language: the language of wisdom and experience. And even AZ is AARP-eligible. 8-)
Just as long as you remember your wisdom and experience is responsible for the debt, entitlement insolvency, Medicare Part D, 17 years in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Pat Boone .... :ohno:
Pat Boone. That's a low blow. :tothehand:

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:01 am
by AZGrizFan
Ivytalk wrote:
Col Hogan wrote:
:hide:
No need to hide, Hogie. We speak the same language: the language of wisdom and experience. And even AZ is AARP-eligible. 8-)
Nope. Untrue.


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Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:42 am
by kalm
AZGrizFan wrote:
Ivytalk wrote: No need to hide, Hogie. We speak the same language: the language of wisdom and experience. And even AZ is AARP-eligible. 8-)
Nope. Untrue.


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You pre-qualified.

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 10:33 am
by AZGrizFan
kalm wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote: Nope. Untrue.


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You pre-qualified.
:lol:

Well I FEEL a hundred and eight....so if that means anything then yes, I've prequalified... :suspicious: :tothehand: :ohno: :ohno:

Re: Republicans Hate Small Government

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:50 pm
by JohnStOnge
I generally enjoy John Stossel's stuff. But he attacks spending on NOAA and appears to suggest that we're wasting money on that agency. If there is an agency that does provide lots of critical work, it's NOAA. The weather stuff is obvious. But they have also done things like do an excellent job of managing fisheries.

Do I agree with everything they do in terms of fisheries management? No. Is it perfect? No. But I assure you we are in a lot better place fisheries wise than we would be if NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service didn't exist.

NOAA is a bargain.

And it's like that with a lot of Federal agencies. Discretionary spending on agencies like NOAA, EPA, DOA, and DHHS aren't the problem when it comes to budget issues. All that stuff is less than 10% of the Federal budget. The Entitlement Programs are the problem and Trump doesn't want to grapple with those.