Dems, be honest: is the most important role of government to facilitate transfer payments?

[AZ Rider]

The role of government has gotten way out of control. Our lawmakers are now playing Robinhood in an effort to gain more control. It's really become a game to them. They don't care about the people. They only care about staying in power.

[tehabwa]

I AM honest. I'd like to see one Republican try it at least ONCE.

The most important role of government -- as everyone who understands what AMERICA is actually about -- is to serve the citizenry.

???? HUH? You seem to have NO grasp of where money comes from, or where 90% of it goes.

It's astonishing to see the completely braindead manage to use a computer.

[bwlobo]

Republicans create the conditions that cause social programs.... whoah, Rev. Hal Luya... you may want to read a few pages of Father Sirico's book, "Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy".

The Left has seized on our economic troubles as an excuse to “blame the rich guy” and paint a picture of capitalism and the free market as selfish, greedy, and cruel. Democrats in Congress and “Occupy” protesters across the country assert that the free market is not only unforgiving, it’s morally corrupt.

Father Sirico argues that a free economy actually promotes charity, selflessness, and kindness. And in Defending the Free Market, he shows why free-market capitalism is not only the best way to ensure individual success and national prosperity but is also the surest route to a moral and socially–just society. In Defending the Free Market, Father Sirico shows:
* Why we can’t have freedom without a free economy
* Why the best way to help the poor is to a start a business
* Why charity works—but welfare doesn't
* How Father Sirico himself converted from being a leftist colleague of Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden to recognizing the merits of a free economy.

This was the best book I read in 2013.

To quote Martin Luther King, Jr., "You cannot achieve a moral end—helping people—through an immoral mean—taking from people. The left’s solution is always to take from people to help another group. That’s lazy!”

It seems that Martin Luther King Jr. read his history.... here's an apropos quote from Thomas Jefferson:
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”