Government is mainly looking out for
our welfare.
|
| People in
government are not our servants; they're our leaders. |
| I live in a free
country. |
| Government
officials
know what's best for the people (me). |
| Greedy
corporations are
more dangerous to me than is my government. |
| Government-protected
monopolies, like phone companies, cable TV, sports teams and utilities
are better for the consumer than a competitive market in the same
businesses. |
| It
is right and proper for local governments to use my taxes to
finance sports teams owned by multi-millioinaires. I
call
this an "investment" even though I don't see a dime of the profits and
only government officials get in for free while I have to pay. |
Although there
are flaws in "The System," ours is basically
the best one that
could be. |
We can influence
our government to change its course
in a meaningful way. |
| Only
the Left (Right), Republican (Democrat) has the right answers.
It
really makes a difference in my life which one is in power. I
can
count on these parties to stick to principle over being re-elected. |
| My election
choices make a real difference in the direction government takes. |
| There can be
such a thing as a "Fair" tax. Tax law just has to be written
right. |
| The phrase
"Leader of the Free World" applies to the President of the U.S. |
In general,
politicians act upon their stated moral convictions,
even
if it would mean losing the next election. |
| Scientists
objectively view the facts of a matter in question. Emotion
plays
virtually no part in their methods or conclusions. They use
the
Scientific Method to reach their conclusions without regard to
financial influences (e.g. grants, foundation funding). We
can
trust science to report to us objectively. |
| If a government
program is not working well, increased funding will often provide the
desired result. |
Government
programs usually are established solely for their stated goal.
When
that goal is reached, the program will be dismantled or curtailed. |
If the
government takes property or money from a person or group,
it's
for the greater good of society. |
As Star
Trek's Mr. Spock said:
"The needs of the
many outweigh the needs of the few." |
| We
can generally trust government fact-finding commissions to disclose the
whole truth about whatever they investigate. If they withhold
any
details, it is truly to protect our Nation's security. |
| Health
care in this country is expensive because of the greed of doctors or
health-care corporations. It is not because government
rations it
and protects hospitals, doctors and drug companies from market forces
such as competition. |
| Inflation
is caused by wasteful consumers and an "overheated" economy.
First-year economics books are wrong when they say only the
government, which controls the money supply, can cause inflation.
|
| Our economy is
better off controlled by the Federal Reserve, which is owned by private
banks, than it would be under the control
of market forces
and private watchdog agencies. |
| There
is no way humans could live together in peace and harmony without the
control of an overseeing government with the power to confiscate, tax
and execute its citizens. |
| If
the President says he will use caution before starting a war, torturing
captive U.S. citizens and others, or searching our homes, we should
trust him without oversight. |
| The
Constitution is a "Living Document" and means whatever the Supreme
Court or other government officials say it means at that moment. |
| We must be
willing to give up individual rights for the collective good. |
We can battle
and win a war on inanimate concepts, such as a "War on Drugs"
or
a "War on Terror." |
| Terrorism
against the U.S. is solely because "they" are fascists, simply hate us
or are jealous of our living standard. It is not because a
group
has been oppressed, has no country or army, and has no hope of escaping
the daily violence our government sponsors against them. |
| Iraq
and Afghanistan really posed a threat. They could destroy
parts
of the U.S. and needed to be invaded pre-emptively.
Even
though I would be prosecuted for pre-emptive violence against my
neighbor, it is OK for a government to use it. |
| Common morality
does not apply to governments. We must trust that they are
well
intentioned, even if they have "bad intelligence" or there is "no
controlling legal authority" for their actions. |
