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Originally Posted by dippin
It is stuff like this why the republican party is not a serious party. Unfortunately most self identified republicans don't see this. They talk about smaller government even as they talk about troop surges and don't say a thing about cutting medicare and social security. In fact, they even talk about being against "health care rationing," which is their way of speaking out against medicare cuts...
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Troop surges in Afghanistan does not equal bigger government. It may equal a more expensive war, but yet, could also be argues, that it could be a shorter war if we did surge and had defined missions.
I am not a GOP, but my guess is that as the boomers are retiring, it would be political suicide for anyone let alone a party, to even joke about Medicare/Social Security cut. Yet, in a way the Dems and Obama did just that by not giving a cost of living increase.
I am a very firm believer that the 3 people government should take care of and make sure life is as comfortable as possible for are the elderly (70+ yrs), vets and the disabled.
In regards to the OP, this is nothing new. It sounds like a building block for a "new" Contract with America, the basis for their congressional wins in '94. The candidates are going to say and do whatever it takes to get elected in their district/state, same with the Dems. Once elected how they vote should tell you how honest they were with their constituents and the less honest should not be re-elected.