6/29 "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the Common Good."
Hillary Rodham Clinton, making my point much more eloquently than I
ever could. -- ilyas
\_ isn't that the definition of taxes?
\_ or the Republican line: we're going to take things away from
you and there's nothing you can do about it....buah! ha! ha! haaaa!
\_ Your comment does fall a little flat in that she was commenting
on the (hoped for) repeal of Bush's tax cuts. -- ilyas
\_ Okay, she wants to repeal ill thought out tax cuts. That
seems like a lesser evil when compared to an administration
that seeks to deny US citizens their right to legal counsel,
as well the right to a speedy public trial based on the
frighteningly slippery classification of 'terrorist' under the
aegis of National Security.
\_ Eh. I don't like erosion of rights. However, the Courts
recently reaffirmed that whole 'checks and balances' thing,
while they can do nothing about the growth of government
at our expense. It's telling, also, that most of the
responses to this thread have been counterattacks on
republicans (I am neither republican nor conservative),
rather than the defense of Hillary's statement. -- ilyas
\_ Think of it this way: The current administration is
like a guy that wants to shoot you in the left testicle.
He missed his first three shots, but he's still armed
and in a position to try again. Would you feel safe
knowing that? I can't speak for everyone else, but the
current administration makes me veeeery nervous when it
comes to preservation of rights. Don't get me wrong:
I want terrorists dead, but I'm not excited about seeing
the US turn into a police state acheiving that goal.
\_ Sure, you are neither conservative nor republican!
I thought you claimed to be a conservative of some sort
once upon a time.
\_ "We're taking things away from you on behalf of Halliburton and
Enron and the Military-Industrial Complex." Cutting taxes while
running huge deficits isn't really giving much. |