Contract From America

[idlewind]

Gee - looks like I don't qualify either. In fact, there is only one item in this definition that I might get on board with. Who defines this crap anyway?

Is it Euthanasia? As I get older I get stronger and stronger on opposing that one and have fond memories of some of the others.

 

[GoodWitch58]

My point is that we have spent so much time arguing about these items that we let a bunch of politicians from both parties drive us to the brink of bankruptcy. Most of these things should not be federal issues anyways, the states should decide for themselves.
What I see from the majority of the tea party rank and file is a desire to concentrate on bringing our fiscal house in order. It seems to be the Democrats who want to argue about social items to deflect attention from the abject failure of their fiscal policies. Same goes for many establishment Republicans.

Dare I say that many of these should be personal decisions and no government would have to intervene!

 

[Lynnie]

They want to ban non-marital sex? Isn't that adultery - which I think is technically already illegal in most states?

No kidding! It's comical because I think pre-marital sex would qualify as non-marital sex.....but, I could be reading too much into the conservatism here. Sex outside of marriage, from the conservative perspective, is adultery, no?

 

[Lynnie]

Is it Euthanasia? As I get older I get stronger and stronger on opposing that one and have fond memories of some of the others.

Is that the same as Fantasia? Can you get a conservative to define this, please?

 

[LuciferSam]

Is that the same as Fantasia? Can you get a conservative to define this, please?

If I get euthanized, I think watching Fantasia would be a good would way to go out.

 

[idlewind]

Is that the same as Fantasia? Can you get a conservative to define this, please?

You may be onto something. As I get older, my reccollection is the girls get prettier, the beer colder and ....well, you get the picture.

 

[TooFarTampa]

[quoteProtect the Constitution
Reject Cap & Trade
Demand a Balanced Budget
Enact Fundamental Tax Reform
Restore Fiscal Responsibility & Constitutionally Limited Government
End Runaway Government Spending
Defund, Repeal, & Replace Government-run Health Care
Pass an ?All-of-the-Above? Energy Policy
Stop the Pork
Stop the Tax Hikes[/quote]

I keep getting stuck on the "defund, repeal and replace government-run health care" part. Sounds like abolishing Medicare and Medicaid to me. Not being snarky. If that is not what they mean, they should consider a rewrite.
]

 

[TooFarTampa]

And the VA .... Definitely government run health care. They also pay more than Medicare does for at least a few things I am aware of.

 

[idlewind]

[quoteProtect the Constitution
Reject Cap & Trade
Demand a Balanced Budget
Enact Fundamental Tax Reform
Restore Fiscal Responsibility & Constitutionally Limited Government
End Runaway Government Spending
Defund, Repeal, & Replace Government-run Health Care
Pass an ?All-of-the-Above? Energy Policy
Stop the Pork
Stop the Tax Hikes

I keep getting stuck on the "defund, repeal and replace government-run health care" part. Sounds like abolishing Medicare and Medicaid to me. Not being snarky. If that is not what they mean, they should consider a rewrite.
][/QUOTE]


That is not snarky, it is a legitimate question. If you look at the explanation that Kurt posted above you will see under #7 that the point is to repeal teh "recently passed government-run health care" so neither medicare or medicaid are included.

 

[scooterbug44]

Considering how $$ those programs are, I think reforming them should be part of their platform.