Would Compassionate Conservative George W. Bush Recognize His Party?

Slavery is an immoral act using the threat of violence/imprisonment/death or some other form of punishment to coerce another person to work for another without compensation. When the government forces someone to pay taxes in order to support another it has committed an immoral act of forced slavery. It has enslaved the worker that had to work for free and the recipient of another's labor is enslaved by not having the incentive to provide for one's self and therefore creating a dependency that is usually generationally learned.

Most Common sense Americans understand clearly what the "Tea Party" people stand for, and that is exactly what most Americans stand for. So, this last minute put down is not working. Let's all join the "Tea Party" voters and vote these liberals out of office.

I disagree with the Democrat writer. I do understand the Democrats are on the wrong side of most issues and writers like this one will not help them out. People are more informed today and slanted articles like this one actually hurts the writer's credibility. Say what they will, but the American people will have the last say. There are ways to get the correct facts, and once you have them, stories like this one are just that, stories.

Unemployment benefits does not cost the tax payer a dime unlike welfare. All unemployment benefits come from the company who laid off their employees. It helps the unemployed people to find another job after being paid 6 months. Welfare is a total waste of money. Illegal immigrants who don't pay their taxes can still recieve welfare. It also promotes families and unemployed people to become lazy. People abuse the system too much therefore making it a waste of tax payers money.

"Our goal isn’ t welfare or handouts, it’ s jobs and opportunity."(R. Reagan) Bush made the welfare mistake and Obama is making the welfare mistake. They both have and are robbing every citizen of their right to have a job and opportunity. How sad is that? If you don't know what your opportunities are, I suggest you go back to school, if you don't have a job, why? When Reagan was President we had both and if you deny that you are doing so because you want to be surley and your liberal feelings are getting in the way.

George said one thing and acted 180 degrees different. Conservative is anything but how he spent this county into the worst deficit and resulting recession not seen since the 30's The only compassion he showed was to his friends in big business and millionaires with the sympathy tax cuts and lining their pockets with gold as the country floundered

It is interesting to gauge economic libertarian perspectives in America at this time. There seems to be a push to be radical, rather than a push to be sensible. I despair when I read remarks made by Angle however when you listen to Rand Paul he makes a lot of reasonable sense (although the disability and minority Act repeal is a little underwhelming). My biggest problem with this libertarian stance is to whom are they comparing themselves with. The "Founding Fathers"? It seems that the further they go back in history to make their claims seem reasonable the less believable they become. Moreover with the exception of Reagan there has not been a GOP administration or Senate or Congress that has enacted the extreme views that this group of politicians represent. The quickest way to stop spending billions of dollars of taxpayer money is not cutting medicare its cutting the industrial-military complex. Wars are expensive and they dominate domestic politics. Ironically, this view was aired by none other than President Eisenhower in farewell address to the American Public, January 1961.

Unemployment pays just enough to get by while this so called free market capitalism dosen't even pay a living wage. From riches to rags & no jobs thanks to bush's non action on south of the border trespassers. Have a nice day.

I've never met a Tea Partier who actually KNOWS what the Tea Party stands for. Most of them would not be happy if they were to get it, either. This is a movement that plays on the emotions of the ignorant and angry. No logic, no reason, not an ounce of rational thought. Racism is the least of their issues and is, more or less, simply a symptom of their willful lack of intellect. The Tea Party can be summed up this easily, "Poor people fighting for a rich person's bulging pocketbook." The story hasn't changed since the end of the barter system and the beginning of the history of money and I doubt it ever will.

The parties do not matter. The world is changing and being truly educated and able to work in a world society is the only way you are going to be able to survive. Ignorance will get you no where. Wise up kids are you are not going to survive no matter which party is in power or which idea is blasted on the TV.