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pipoman

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37. Yeah, couldn't have anything to do with..

Fri Aug 17, 2012, 09:04 AM

Aug 2012

failure to protect US jobs through trade agreements against the will of the majority, funding of wars over healthcare, bipartisan legislation for the benefit of multi-national corporations over the interest of voters, unity of the parties on issues counter to the interests of the 99%, circumvention of the legislative process through invention of new words to describe actions of government which were always meant to protect the interests of the people, abandonment of labor, loosening of laws designed to protect the people at the urging of the wealthy, taxation of the poor to avoid taxation of the rich, funding of "wars on terror" "wars on drugs" to the complete exclusion of "wars on poverty" right here at home...couldn't be any of that stuff, eh?

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Think I finally figured out where the anti-government mindset comes from [View all] NNN0LHI Aug 2012 OP

Greed and racism. dawg Aug 2012 #1

I might add bigotry to that too. Greed, racism and bigotry. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #3

Let me add jealousy to that list NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #18

You are the winner!!! DING DING DING!!! (I'll ad "ignorance"). nanabugg Aug 2012 #26

I don't know about that, MadHound Aug 2012 #2

I find it strange when someone can jump from Watergate to the present without any mention of Reagan NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #32

Government most certainly IS the problem right now.. sendero Aug 2012 #50

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions that protected the powers of jody Aug 2012 #4

Whoa! Hold on there. longship Aug 2012 #31

Please read the resolutions Jefferson and Madison wrote and study the context including Alien and jody Aug 2012 #52

It comes from 30+ years of Reagan inspired lies n2doc Aug 2012 #5

I blame St. Ronnie for much of it Freddie Aug 2012 #51

Racism and the Anti-tax, Anti-government Cult of the Last Thirty Years: enough Aug 2012 #6

It isn't just the right wing who has figured this out and use it either NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #8

Those Same People Love the Government Just Fine� AndyTiedye Aug 2012 #7

On a personal level, I'm doing fine and I don't blame or credit the government for that. badtoworse Aug 2012 #9

"The government" is people we vote for - TBF Aug 2012 #10

There is no one person or political party to specifically blame. badtoworse Aug 2012 #33

When were things "good"? TBF Aug 2012 #34

I don't look at things in terms of a ruling class badtoworse Aug 2012 #42

Economic forces were not within Reagan's control? Got to be joking with me NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #44

None of those things dealt with foreign competition. badtoworse Aug 2012 #45

I know you don't - TBF Aug 2012 #53

I blame idiots that put people in power that I didn't personally vote for... Comrade_McKenzie Aug 2012 #40

My question was meant to ilicit a response - TBF Aug 2012 #54

They praise God for the good - TBF Aug 2012 #11

Sometimes it comes from the pulpit independentpiney Aug 2012 #12

People in the pulpit can't tell people to blame themselves for their problems NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #15

"WE" Americans are the government. We elect the Governement. Hatred of the Government is hatred Lex Aug 2012 #13

That's a good way of looking at it. CJCRANE Aug 2012 #16

I have tried the same thing Lex NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #17

We are supposed to be PD Turk Aug 2012 #19

Who are the "corporate shill lite" politicians you are referring to? NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #20

A lot of red state "Democrats" PD Turk Aug 2012 #21

privatization and regulations KT2000 Aug 2012 #14

it's those in charge of the government who are doing this. it's rank & file who are being HiPointDem Aug 2012 #24

Yes - but some rank and file KT2000 Aug 2012 #25

"some" HiPointDem Aug 2012 #30

There damn well have never been any government policies deaniac21 Aug 2012 #22

That's probably taking it a bit far. wickerwoman Aug 2012 #28

no. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #23

It comes from a mind inclined to lawlessness jberryhill Aug 2012 #27

I think sometimes it's people who have gotten a raw deal wickerwoman Aug 2012 #29

Who are these workers advocates in government? pipoman Aug 2012 #38

GOP tells the white guy who isn't as successful as he thinks he should be that "scary others" JoePhilly Aug 2012 #35

Personal responsibility is for everyone other than repugs. Hotler Aug 2012 #36

Yeah, couldn't have anything to do with.. pipoman Aug 2012 #37

My anti-govt mindset started just after high school and during the Bush administration... Comrade_McKenzie Aug 2012 #39

Sometimes it's -- Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #41

i thought it was just as simple as listening to the local RW radio loon Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #43

Public school, the draft, the IRS, the police, the DMV and other bureaucrats. FarCenter Aug 2012 #46

You forgot to mention unemployment. badtoworse Aug 2012 #47

As of 4 years ago, you had to appear in person here for a "training session". FarCenter Aug 2012 #56

You can add Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #48

Locally they passed a "Tree Ordinance" FarCenter Aug 2012 #57

You have to add the Ayn Rand worship Sugarcoated Aug 2012 #49

In the words of Willie Sutton rrneck Aug 2012 #55

Jefferson vs. Reagan Green_Lantern Aug 2012 #58

Thinks Tanks Herlong Aug 2012 #59

It isn't an "anti-government" mindset kctim Aug 2012 #60