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PIC: Republicans want less government for same reason criminals want less cops (Original Post)
yurbud
Aug 2012
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nanabugg
(2,198 posts)1. This makes a great silent ad. It should be run everywhere!!! nt
Fridays Child
(23,998 posts)2. It's an excellent meme but should be corrected to...
"fewer cops." Just saying.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)5. we should come to a bipartisan compromise and say "fewerless"
Fridays Child
(23,998 posts)9. It could happen.
Language is constantly evolving.
LuvNewcastle
(16,856 posts)3. Good point.
If businesses don't need regulations, why do the rest of us need cops? Surely the 'invisible hand' of the law will ensure that we can police ourselves, right?
yurbud
(39,405 posts)6. yep--leave preventing homosexuality and abortion to the invisible hand
isn't that the Republican position?
Maybe somebody needs to ask them how they decide which things need state intervention and which don't.
Festivito
(13,452 posts)4. Republicans want smaller government
like criminals want fewer cops
same as criminals want fewer cops.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)7. C&P pic to an e-mail & sent to all my contacts!
indepat
(20,899 posts)8. Surely one of the Gipper's most horrific utterances was "Government is the
problem." No, Gipper man, the problem is elected officials who use the power of their office to promote the welfare of special interests rather than the general welfare.