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Nov 18, 2012 05:30:51   #
Reddog Loc: Southern Calif
 
You Hit it On the Nose!!!! Everything Romney was AGAINST!!
tschmath wrote:
One of the constitutionally mandated jobs of the federal government is to "promote the general welfare." For me that means making sure I have clean air to breathe and water to drink. It means making sure my food is safe. It means making sure I have health care. It means making sure that I don't live in squalor when I'm too old to work anymore. It means making sure that 10-year olds don't work in sweatshops. It means making sure that everyone has a minimal level of income from their employment. It means making sure that everyone has the right to vote. It means equal pay for equal work. It means that everyone can use the same lunch counters and schools. That to me is a large part of what the federal government is supposed to do.
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Nov 18, 2012 07:28:40   #
BW326 Loc: Boynton Beach, Florida
 
donrent wrote:
The MAIN and #1 function of the Government is to protect its citizens...

NOT to rule them...


The MAIN and #1 function of the Government is to protect its citizens... from themselves!

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Nov 18, 2012 07:39:40   #
Shaka Loc: Brisbane, Australia
 
The primary function, in my opinion, of any Elected Government is to serve and protect its citizens. Secondly its function is to lead and protect the country as a whole against unwanted external forces. Thirdly it is a Governments to enact laws by which society conducts itself in all aspects of life. Government officials are public servants whom we have elevated to a specific job in the furtherance of the core issues of serve and protect.

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Nov 18, 2012 07:55:21   #
JBTaylor Loc: In hiding again
 
Reddog wrote:
You Hit it On the Nose!!!! Everything Romney was AGAINST!!
tschmath wrote:
One of the constitutionally mandated jobs of the federal government is to "promote the general welfare." For me that means making sure I have clean air to breathe and water to drink. It means making sure my food is safe. It means making sure I have health care. It means making sure that I don't live in squalor when I'm too old to work anymore. It means making sure that 10-year olds don't work in sweatshops. It means making sure that everyone has a minimal level of income from their employment. It means making sure that everyone has the right to vote. It means equal pay for equal work. It means that everyone can use the same lunch counters and schools. That to me is a large part of what the federal government is supposed to do.
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You Hit it On the Nose!!!! Everything Romney was A... (show quote)


SERIOUSLY?????? I'll assume you didn't read that carefully before making such an ignorant comment. For one thing, if Mitt was in favor of segregation, what a great disappointment he would be to his father, who marched with Martin Luther King.

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Nov 18, 2012 09:19:21   #
ted45 Loc: Delaware
 
tschmath wrote:
One of the constitutionally mandated jobs of the federal government is to "promote the general welfare." For me that means making sure I have clean air to breathe and water to drink. It means making sure my food is safe. It means making sure I have health care. It means making sure that I don't live in squalor when I'm too old to work anymore. It means making sure that 10-year olds don't work in sweatshops. It means making sure that everyone has a minimal level of income from their employment. It means making sure that everyone has the right to vote. It means equal pay for equal work. It means that everyone can use the same lunch counters and schools. That to me is a large part of what the federal government is supposed to do.
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Well said and I agree with you. Where we differ is how to accomplish those goals and to what extent the Government should interfere with our individual liberty and choice in order to "promote the general welfare."

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Nov 18, 2012 09:26:44   #
PrairieSeasons Loc: Red River of the North
 
Throughout the history of the world, the function of the government is to do whatever it wants to do. The US Constitution was intended to reverse roles so that the function of the government is to do whatever the people allow it to do.

Since the time of Woodrow Wilson, our government has been in the process of reversing that again.

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Nov 18, 2012 09:28:21   #
ole sarg Loc: south florida
 
Actually don and tschmath agree. The role of government is to protect the people. But tschmath further deliniated the meaning of protect.

Now I would like for Don and others of his bent to define rule them.

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Nov 18, 2012 09:28:23   #
PrairieSeasons Loc: Red River of the North
 
BW326 wrote:
donrent wrote:
The MAIN and #1 function of the Government is to protect its citizens...

NOT to rule them...


The MAIN and #1 function of the Government is to protect its citizens... from themselves!


Bullshit.

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Nov 18, 2012 09:32:22   #
BW326 Loc: Boynton Beach, Florida
 
PrairieSeasons wrote:
BW326 wrote:
donrent wrote:
The MAIN and #1 function of the Government is to protect its citizens...

NOT to rule them...


The MAIN and #1 function of the Government is to protect its citizens... from themselves!


Bullshit.


Oh yeah? I'll see your bullshit and raise you a bullshit!!

Take almost any positive characteristic you have to decribe a nation and then put the adjective "unfettered" in front of it.

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Nov 18, 2012 09:34:41   #
Twardlow Loc: Arkansas
 
tschmath wrote:
One of the constitutionally mandated jobs of the federal government is to "promote the general welfare." For me that means making sure I have clean air to breathe and water to drink. It means making sure my food is safe. It means making sure I have health care. It means making sure that I don't live in squalor when I'm too old to work anymore. It means making sure that 10-year olds don't work in sweatshops. It means making sure that everyone has a minimal level of income from their employment. It means making sure that everyone has the right to vote. It means equal pay for equal work. It means that everyone can use the same lunch counters and schools. That to me is a large part of what the federal government is supposed to do.
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Hear, Hear!!!

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Nov 18, 2012 09:38:40   #
PrairieSeasons Loc: Red River of the North
 
BW326 wrote:
PrairieSeasons wrote:
BW326 wrote:
donrent wrote:
The MAIN and #1 function of the Government is to protect its citizens...

NOT to rule them...


The MAIN and #1 function of the Government is to protect its citizens... from themselves!


Bullshit.


Oh yeah? I'll see your bullshit and raise you a bullshit!!

Take almost any positive characteristic you have to decribe a nation and then put the adjective "unfettered" in front of it.
quote=PrairieSeasons quote=BW326 quote=donrent ... (show quote)


Generally, government protecting citizens from themselves will result in a "nanny state" - a path we are already on.

Specifically, government protecting citizens from themselves will result in central planning - another path we are already on - and will impoverish us individually and collectively. It will impoverish us financially. It will impoverish us culturally. It will impoverish us intellectually.

It's a long road down and even a longer road back.

I just thought that my first answer was more succinct.

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Nov 18, 2012 09:40:32   #
ted45 Loc: Delaware
 
BW326 wrote:
PrairieSeasons wrote:
BW326 wrote:
donrent wrote:
The MAIN and #1 function of the Government is to protect its citizens...

NOT to rule them...


The MAIN and #1 function of the Government is to protect its citizens... from themselves!


Bullshit.


Oh yeah? I'll see your bullshit and raise you a bullshit!!

Take almost any positive characteristic you have to decribe a nation and then put the adjective "unfettered" in front of it.
quote=PrairieSeasons quote=BW326 quote=donrent ... (show quote)


You guys are so eloquent in your discussion that it makes me wish I lived in the country so I could understand what you are talking about.

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Nov 18, 2012 09:40:52   #
Pentony Loc: Earth Traveller
 
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

Please don't put down others.
Please don't be rude.
Please don't show your ignorance.
Please be considerate and kind to others.

Smart 'alec' comments are unnecessary and not appreciated.

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Nov 18, 2012 09:42:23   #
PrairieSeasons Loc: Red River of the North
 
Pentony wrote:
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

Please don't put down others.
Please don't be rude.
Please don't show your ignorance.
Please be considerate and kind to others.

Smart 'alec' comments are unnecessary and not appreciated.


If you are criticizing me, that was a heart felt response not a smart alec comment.

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Nov 18, 2012 09:43:52   #
Twardlow Loc: Arkansas
 
Bangee5 wrote:
To uphold the constitution of the United States of America.

What Donrent meant by "NOT to rule them...", and YOU KNEW WHAT HE MEANT, not to oppress its people with laws that burden its people by force. No government is above the law that it imposes. If it is not meant to protect then of what use is it's laws.

You asked a very good question, try not making a game out of it.




I didn't get Don's comment, either. It sounds like a slap at something, but I don't know what.

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