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Originally Posted by Seakony
That's his opinion... he could be wrong. Slim votes the way his parents did..democratic. My parents voted democratic. I haven't voted for a democrat since Ann Richards, for govenor and Jimmy Carter...we know what happend there, great man, lousy president. I tend to vote for the man not the party, but Dukakis, Kerry, and Gore just flat scared the hell out of me. Clinton was just too skanky for me. GWB is not the best president either, but crap happens.
David Eisenhower talked about responsibility, but he left out personal responsibility, and there are just way too many people abusing the system and sucking us dry.
Like I said.. that's his opinion and he can think and vote whatever he likes. I will use my consience to vote the way I want and I think many voters today decide who they vote for regardless of the way their parents voted...unless they grew up in Union country...then the union tells them how to think.
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I wasn't trying to argue with him, disagree with him or second guess him in any way...
I was simply trying to figure out what he meant by "spooner!!!"
BTW, I agree with you about way too many people abusing this country's public assistance "social safety net." I've posted about that a few times - I think we should crack down on fraud and punish it harder than we currently do. Most of my fellow Democrats agree. But I do NOT think we should eliminate our social safety net as the current neo-conservative Republicans do.
Abuse of the social safety net system only provides ammunition for those either heartless enough or neo-conservative enough to want to eliminate the vast majority of these programs, even for those who truly need the help and have no other option. These ultra-right wingers then use these examples (far too many, unfortunately) of abuse of the social safety net system to support their argument to ELIMINATE the system rather than to advocate fixing the problems. I have no problem with a portion of my tax dollars going to people who TRULY need the help, and I think most Americans agree with me. Unfortunately, abuse by a few jeapordizes the availibility of these safety net programs for those with true need.