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Originally Posted by Larryp
The problem for many americans, Brian, is that Obama stands for big goverment. And the american people do not like the goverment controlling their lives-just look at the uproar when he introduced a very limited form of Medicare. Americans are by and large against their tax money being used to prop up people who do not contribute. Just ask my ex-wife, who is american.
Ronald Reagan tapped into the american psyche when he made his famous quote ( The most feared words in America are" I'm from the goverment and I'm here to help") |
As was remarked on the election coverage this morning, they don't want government to interfere with their lives until something like Sandy comes along, then they say where is the government
Without large government you don't have the resources to combat such disasters.
The GFC was coursed by lack of government control.
The American public has been brainwashed by the anti socialist/ Communist rhetoric of the republican party.
