Republican Warning.

piezoe said:
We are well aware of the things we don't want to pay for. Some of these things happen because some politician, or politicians, had their palms crossed by corporate interests. As one example, nearly all our expensive, murderous, and counter productive wars would fall into this category; we routinely use lofty, altruistic justifications for war. But in truth, virtually all wars have dual motives, one nearly always being corporate profits and maintaining American corporate hegemony abroad. Beside endless wars, we have no difficulty thinking of many other federally funded activities we'd rather not contribute to.

That said, the bulk of government activities go on day to day without our taking notice of them, and it is quite likely that we are entirely unaware of many. But we would sorely miss the outcome of these government programs and activities if they weren't there. Quite of few of these activities pay dividends over time, although their immediate impact isn't evident. I'll mention only one example: The internet!; federal funds played an important role in its development. There are endless other examples that could be named however.

So government is a mixed bag. Be careful what you wish for. You might find yourself in Malawi. https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=13903[/quote]well first of all, I don't want to pay for anything, whether it's a stock or a government program or a steak dinner. But I will gladly pay my taxes if I am getting anything close to my money's worth.

I agree, the military aint nothing but Don Corleone's soldiers.

But as far as day to day? Tell me my friend, what did the Department of Education do today that made my life better?
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first of all, I don't want to pay for anything, whether it's a stock or a government program or a steak dinner. But I will gladly pay my taxes if I am getting anything close to my money's worth.
I agree, the military aint nothing but Don Corleone's soldiers.
But as far as day to day? Tell me my friend, what did the Department of Education do today that made my life better?
 
Ricter said:
"This is a technical point that does not detract from the letter’s message that any administration deal with Iran might not last beyond this presidency," Goldsmith wrote. "But in a letter purporting to teach a constitutional lesson, the error is embarrassing."

Lol.
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So, basically, the letter writers are correct.

LOL back at you.
 
We got by as a country without a federal Department of Education for 200 years. Test scores have steadily declined since its formation. Federal meddling in education is the one thing that has increased.
 
AAAintheBeltway said:
We got by as a country without a federal Department of Education for 200 years. Test scores have steadily declined since its formation. Federal meddling in education is the one thing that has increased.
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Our test scores have been declining since 1939? Gee, that's news.
 
Was the GOP's Iran letter really unprecedented?

From Reagan to Clinton, both Democrats and Republicans have tried to sabotage the other party’s foreign policy.

By MICHAEL CROWLEY
3/10/15 1:27 PM EDT

The senator was outraged. Congress had challenged the foreign policy of the president, ignoring that he is “the sole person to whom our Constitution gives the responsibility for conducting foreign relations.”
It was “an unconstitutional encroachment on the presidential prerogatives and power,” he fumed.

The words may sound like they come from a Capitol Hill Democrat, reacting to the Senate Republican letter to Iran’s leaders about their nuclear talks with President Obama. On Monday, Vice President Joe Biden said in a statement that those lawmakers were attempting to “undercut our President and circumvent our constitutional system.”

In fact, the angry speaker was Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah — reacting in 1987 to Congress’s passage of the Boland Amendment, cutting off U.S. aid to Nicaragua’s Contra rebels against the vehement wishes of President Ronald Reagan. (Some of those aides would ignore the ban, later producing the Iran-Contra scandal).

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/gop-iran-letter-115943.html#ixzz3U0QVRLDN
 
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