Comments on: The Most Despicable and Reprehensible People in Washington Are Republicans

By: A Charming and Intimate Look at the Relationship between Politicians and Lobbyists | International Liberty

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:48:52 +0000

[...] And it goes without saying that I also don’t like politicians (including Republicans!). [...]

By: Question of the Week: “What Do You Think about Jim DeMint Leaving the Senate to be President of the Heritage Foundation?” « International Liberty

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:56:20 +0000

[...] since they are willing to fight for small government even when it means causing friction with establishment-oriented, go-along-to-get-along [...]

By: Republicans who raise taxes should hold signs that say “I am a moron” « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:21:35 +0000

[...] politicians who perhaps came to Washington many years ago thinking it was a cesspool, but they’ve since learned to work the system and now they think it’s a hot [...]

By: The No-Tax-Hike Pledge Is an IQ Test for Republicans « International Liberty

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:19:43 +0000

[...] who perhaps came to Washington many years ago thinking it was a cesspool, but they’ve since learned to work the system and now they think it’s a hot [...]

By: Question of the Week: “Dan, Why Do You Hate Republicans?” « International Liberty

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:17:42 +0000

[...] first chore is to explain why I hate Republicans, and as you can see here and here, there’s certainly ample reason to think I hold GOPers in low esteem. The actual question, [...]

By: No, I’m Not Corrupt, but It’s a Fair Question « International Liberty

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:15:32 +0000

[...] But now for my serious point. Washington is filled with people who say things, write things, and do things solely because they’re getting paid. I often write about the sleazy behavior of such people, particularly Republicans who do the wrong thing just to fatten their bank accounts. [...]

By: Middle-Class and Poor People Shouldn’t Subsidize the Mortgages of Rich People « International Liberty

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:08:29 +0000

[...] Especially since programs that redistribute from the poor to the rich almost always involve corruption – often involving morally bankrupt Republicans. [...]

By: Do You Trust the Republican Party to Protect, Promote, and Defend Liberty? « International Liberty

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:09:13 +0000

[...] And don’t forget that the Republican establishment in Washington is heavily influenced by corrupt lobbyists – many of them former GOP politicians! [...]

By: AZVick

AZVick — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:43:28 +0000

Thanks for shedding some light on why it is the Tea Party’s biggest haters are the mainstream GOP.

By: Washington’s Revolving Door of Legal Corruption « International Liberty

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:37:50 +0000

[...] explained in a previous post that some of the most despicable people in Washington are Republicans, but this story gives me an [...]

By: Kudos to Sarah Palin for Exposing the Sleazy Bipartisan Corruption Problem in Washington « International Liberty

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:16:17 +0000

[...] Indeed, Republicans are probably even worse than Democrats. [...]

By: Ted A

Ted A — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:32:38 +0000

One senses that you would use a much harsher language for the GOPers if you had the chance. The key words that you forgot to enter, though, are “most & leaders”; such as “The Most Despicable and Reprehensible People in Washington Are Most of the Republican Leaders”. Should that be the case, I think that by calling them despicable and reprehensible you are complementing them. You are giving the despicable and the reprehensible people a bad rap by associating them with most of the Republican spineless laggardship.

By: Martha W

Martha W — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:50:00 +0000

“Democrats seek to make government bigger because they believe in statism.”

So to what fortune do Democrats attribute America being the most prosperous country on earth? “Our central planning has always beaten, is beating and will beat everybody else’s”?
Do Democrats understand elementary probability?

So do they really “Believe in statism” or simply know that while statism is detrimental, they do recognize the electoral reality that harvesting the efforts of a competent minority to benefit a majority garners popular support and gets one elected to office, at which point the more the office becomes the gatekeeper of redistribution, the more the office holder benefits in fame, power and fortune. Is this type of hypocrisy any better?

E.g. We have earmarks because after all is said and done, people DO want earmarks. Of course they only want their earmarks, not other people’s, but they are willing to go along with the grand bargain whereby “you support my earmark, I’ll support yours, so that we can form the majority needed to force a more competent minority to pay for most of the bill”. Unfair? Economically inefficient? Pernicious to growth incentives and the future of the country? Loss of American exceptionalism? Sure. However, that’s what most people want in the immediate term, so that’s what they get to impose on everyone. In the mid to long term, prosperous countries are merely those whoose populations manage to escape this immediate and natural temptation.

By: Paul Schleifer

Paul Schleifer — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:17:41 +0000

Just further evidence that Acton was right–power tends to corrupt.
One thing that would help would be to eliminate Washington, DC. What I mean is this: there was a time in our country when it was important to have the various bureaucracies in proximity one with another. Because of modern technology, proximity is almost meaningless.
Why not decentralize the bureaucracy? Move the Pentagon, figuratively, to Wichita. Send the SEC to Atlanta. Move the Senate to Bangor, ME, and the House to San Diego. Further, require members of the House and Senate to spend at least 6 months at home, communicating via the internet and conference calls.
It is the concentration of power that corrupts the good people who go to Washington, though I have to admit that bad, power-hungry people go to Washington, too; indeed, the power-hungry are already corrupt.

By: Zorba

Zorba — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:58:44 +0000

In a nutshell, the American future is:

“American Idiots under French incentives to produce.”

Now what nation in the world is going to be able to compete with this indomitable combination?

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Lost in the details and bickering is the overriding epic development of our era. I.e. that:

- As the 3+ billion people in the Developing World are moving away from collectivism and thus ASCENDING towards the Average Worldwide Prosperity Level (AWPL),

- The 0.8 billion people of the Western World are reverting into collectivism and thus DESCENDING towards the Average Worldwide Prosperity Level (AWPL). Convergence will be swift.

The East is adopting western economic liberaralization and, at the same time, the West reacts by adopting eastern, Mao Zedong, five year mandatory collective growth plans. Convergence will be swift – very swift. The more time goes by, the faster things move in the world.

The early 21st century will sonn be remembered as the pivotal era when the Western World, bamboozled once again by collectivism, descended into worldwide averagedom.

So, have fun Westerners… and especially have HOPE… because anytime now, the right groups of experts will find the grand, master, top down, 5,10,20,50 year plan for generalized prosperity. It is just a matter of time before the right people are found, elected, and sent to Washington to implement it, i.e. impose it throughout the land… Perhaps a couple more elections is all it will take, and then off you will be on your road to prosperity once again as American Individuals under European governance (and associated incentives). Have hope! Change will come and Americans will once again be exceptional…