Little-Acorn
10-29-2015, 12:28 PM
In his speech accepting the election as Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan said we should encourage people airing their disagreements. But he put a major caveat into his endorsement: "We have nothing to fear from honest differences honestly stated."
And that's the rub.
Conservatives straightforwardly declare that they want smaller government, lower taxes, less regulation, and more fealty to the Constitution as written.
But Democrats cannot possibly state publicly that they want more government involvement, more regulation and restriction, more taxes, more govt control over routine parts of people's lives. Even though that's what virtually every Democrat policy winds up promoting, however intentional.
Democrats know that they would be turfed out of office so fast the seats of their pants would smoke, if they honestly stated what they wanted. On the few occasions the liberals (in both parties) did reveal their agenda when the public was actually listening (passing Obamacare and other new entitlements, passing unconstitutional gun restrictions, etc.), they HAVE been kicked out of office in large numbers (congressional elections in 1994, 2010, 2014; Presidential elections of 2008 and 2012).
The rest of the time, they have successfully lied and pretended to be somehow conservative or innovative, which got them enough votes to survive. And they have promised to give more and more free stuff without the people having to pay for it ("Make the rich pay instead"), without mentioning the soaring debts and dwindling economy that has resulted from such policies every time.
Today Paul Ryan called for "honest differences honestly stated".
But he was addressing the wrong people. The ones causing the strife in the House (liberals in both parties) have no intention to state anything honestly, since they know that would get them voted out of office.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rep-paul-ryan-likely-be-elected-next-house-speaker-n453696
And that's the rub.
Conservatives straightforwardly declare that they want smaller government, lower taxes, less regulation, and more fealty to the Constitution as written.
But Democrats cannot possibly state publicly that they want more government involvement, more regulation and restriction, more taxes, more govt control over routine parts of people's lives. Even though that's what virtually every Democrat policy winds up promoting, however intentional.
Democrats know that they would be turfed out of office so fast the seats of their pants would smoke, if they honestly stated what they wanted. On the few occasions the liberals (in both parties) did reveal their agenda when the public was actually listening (passing Obamacare and other new entitlements, passing unconstitutional gun restrictions, etc.), they HAVE been kicked out of office in large numbers (congressional elections in 1994, 2010, 2014; Presidential elections of 2008 and 2012).
The rest of the time, they have successfully lied and pretended to be somehow conservative or innovative, which got them enough votes to survive. And they have promised to give more and more free stuff without the people having to pay for it ("Make the rich pay instead"), without mentioning the soaring debts and dwindling economy that has resulted from such policies every time.
Today Paul Ryan called for "honest differences honestly stated".
But he was addressing the wrong people. The ones causing the strife in the House (liberals in both parties) have no intention to state anything honestly, since they know that would get them voted out of office.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rep-paul-ryan-likely-be-elected-next-house-speaker-n453696