Thursday, May 14, 2015

GOP philosophy in a Nut...shell

Anything for the military and for government to interfere in our private lives, but nothing to address inequality or the crumbling infrastructure on which our economy depends.  Both sides of the republican philosophy were on display yesterday.   Less than 24 hours after a disastrous Amtrak crash in Philadelphia left 7 dead and hundreds injured, the House committee on transportation voted to cut funding for the railroad.  Meanwhile, the full House is expected to vote on further restrictions on a woman's right to choose abortion.  Marco Rubio came out with a "Doctrine" which includes "rebuilding" the military, a code word for enriching military contractors.  Meanwhile we are told by various candidates we need to make hard choices on "entitlements", another code word for cutting lifelines for the poor, sick and elderly.  So we will have the most robust military in the world, a domestic surveillance government ever ready to deny individual freedoms except the right to carry guns and a pinch penny welfare state with ever more homeless and destitute who will be subject to ridicule.  Is this any way to run a country?

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