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In the majority of the cases I see with friends and acquaintances, the woman has the choice of whether to work or not open to her. There is no such choice available to me or other men I know.

Paul Marks

berferd is correct - it is not the job of the government (least of all the Federal government) to totally control the lives of human beings from the cradle to grave - feeding, clothing and sheltering citizens means they are not really citizens at all, they are dependents. The government has usurbed the place of parents, clubs, societies, local commnites - and of adult citizens themselves.

If the citizens can not feed, clothe or shelter themselves (and helpt others) - and must leave all to the Federal government. Then how can these same "citizens" (i.e. helpless dependents - babies who never grow up) possibly decide who should be President?

The difference is that whilst Mitt Romney is indeed a interventionist (no libertarian he - very far from it) he at least has a small amount of understanding for the view berferd expresses.

Barack Obama has no sympathy for the view berferd expresses at all - he is a pure cradle-to-grave total statist.


Mr. Hartke writes "Voters should decide whether they prefer to be loved or to be fed, clothed, and sheltered."
Some of us have decided, and long ago. We want the state to do none of the above. Neither Obama nor Romney is qualified to feed, clothe, or shelter me, much less a nation. (Goodness, they can barely tie their neckties properly.) And let's not even get into whether they could "love" me.
Of course, those voters never get counted.


Alexander Fulbright of SF writes that the most important issue in the election is the economy. The purpose of government is to secure such God-given rights as those to life, bodily integrity, liberty and property. Economic rights are derivatives of these fundamental rights. At present the federal Government violates fundamental rights by funding abortion, by immunizing many Government officers against civil suit, and by funding the Zionist expropriation of private property. The economy is therefore not the most important issue.


Mitt Romney is a poor excuse for a leader whether in business or government. Mitt Romney leveraged the pension fund of a Bain owned corporation, paid himself and then declared bankruptcy and this is the type of person Republicans want as President: a Christian hypocrite and a backstabber. If you have to blather on endlessly to convince us that Mitt is a good person and leader, you have already lost.

And by the way, Congress refused to provide money for closing Guantanamo and the trial, so please try to stick to reality.



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