The sad state of the US people.

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ManusJustus said:

TheRealMafoo said:

I was thinking about last nights debate a little, and it saddened me a great deal.

A little history about the US for those in other countries, and those living here that need a refresher.

America is supposed to be the land of the free...

What kind of freedoms?  Economic freedoms or social freedoms?  John McCain and the Republicans want economic freedom, so they can be free to make as much money off of you as possible, but hate the idea of freedom of choice, freedom to choose who you marry, and so forth.  Democrats want more social freedoms but more economic control, so for any given person its a tradeoff between what you want to be free and what you want to be controlled.

Congrats Manus! You actually got that right.

However, you should forget the Great Society and New Deal stuff and go back to the fundamentals, the Constitution. It's interesting because it frames a government that wants economic freedom and social freedom, or something that is known as "Liberty." In other words, if your candidate has you trading one for the other then they are NOT a qualified candidate. This would include both Obama and McCain.

Ofcourse you do have one thing wrong. Republicans don't believe in taking money from others, they believe in earning money and keeping what they worked for (Capitalism). The party thet likes to sieze money unrestrained is the democrats, and their means of siezure is a powerful central government (Marxism).