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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 01:45 PM Original message |
Poll question: Are you a fan of "big government"? |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. This frames the question in a way that plays to the Right, |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I don't link "big gov't" with tax as much as I do with regulation. |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. This should be our biggest wedge issue in 2006. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. We will lose again. Unless they let us win. |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. The right is a fan of big government as well |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Maybe I'm just looking at this through Canadian eyes. |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. "Big government" has been traditionally used against the left, though. |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Bush is a Big Spender, but he's not building a Big Government. |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. The term "Big Government" has gotten a bad rap, much like the word, |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Government that's big enough to be an adversary |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't like your wording much. |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Neo-cons what you to believe they are small government, |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Which reminds me, social security has a 1% overhead |
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tubbacheez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. i'd prefer to not equate "big" government with "rich" government. |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Big Gov put a man on the moon. Big Gov can get asteriods for resources |
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tubbacheez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. your post is perfectly aligned with mine. |
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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Big Gov = Bush |
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rniel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. Irrelevant |
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DFLer4edu (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. I hate the phrase big government |
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tubbacheez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. too many people say "big govt" when they really mean overtaxation. nt |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. So do freepers |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Big Government" is just another propaganda term created by the Repukes |
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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm a fan of smart government |
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