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Romney (lesser of two evils in my opinion)
A few questions for everyone posting here?
1) It used to be government stepped in only to prevent bad things (i.e. The law says you can't do that without a consequence). Or to regulate areas where people needed to show competence and good judgement before being allowed to do something. With the Healthcare reform we are looking at a completely new set of circumstances in which the government forces people to do something against their will. Once this door is opened it will never be shut. Are you all fully aware of this and do you actually want it?
2) In the political game when has it ever been that the President had so much time to devote to making laws. It was originally intended that Congress be the only branch to create laws with checks and balances coming from the area branches. Does the Healthcare bill not seem to all of you to be circumventing this organization (much how California courts may soon overrule majority vote. Whether I or you agree with prop 8 the bigger picture here isn't being addressed. The majority of voters may be overruled by a judge!)?
Last one,
3) The founding fathers intended for the government to be a place of service for the people. It has now become a life long job for a new bread of rich and powerful men. This was precisely what the founding fathers wanted to avoid- people in positions that could enact laws to further their own agendas instead of the voice of the people. Why are we as a people not voting for more non-life-long politicians?
This is an excellent point and something that I have thought about it. Leon Trosky stated once; that if a nation would have a highly educated and knowledgeable population, the bureaucracy and corruption found in many modern governments would decrease because anyone could take their position in a heartbeat (he said this more eloquently, of course).
The alternative is to not treat a group of rich, land-owning, slave-owning, dead guys' words as if they came from the lips of God. Instead, the Constitution can be treated as a guide that serves the needs of our current world.
I totally agree with this point. It is absurd to continue with this type of mentality. The same argument has been made about the bible, which a lot of people take literally even though it was written <2000 years ago.