tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post7141598742852929913..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: Republicans And Social IssuesDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-23086851629866005902014-09-10T11:34:02.801-04:002014-09-10T11:34:02.801-04:00Not that Mr.Foley isn't at this point making s...Not that Mr.Foley isn't at this point making some specific proposals that would be an improvement. But, he does seem willing to make only marginal adjustments rather than to reverse the decades long Nutmeg plunge into government activism, which is the fundamental "social issue" we face.<br />------------- <br />Getting Control Over Spending<br /><br />Hold spending flat for two years<br /><br />Direct every department of state government to find productivity improvements...<br /><br />End pension fraud and abuse<br /><br />- See more at: http://www.tomfoleyct.com/landing/restoring-pride-prosperity-ct/#sthash.RSBqj8Ns.dpuf<br />----------<br />Ludwig von Mises<br /> Full government control of all activities of the individual is virtually the goal of both national parties.peter brushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-89359105013556758782014-09-09T10:22:02.894-04:002014-09-09T10:22:02.894-04:00Republicans refuse to engage Democrats on matters ...Republicans refuse to engage Democrats on matters other than the domestic economy<br />-----<br />Alternately put, the Republicans twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, can't explain the theoretical/empirical failures both in inefficient distribution of scarce resources and of social dysfunction of "planned" or "directed" economics (including Dannel Malloy's goofy Nutmeg government "job creation" policies). Or, put in positive terms, because we don't want to appear to be "anti-government," they can't explain the the comparative economic success and humane order of societies like South Korea over North Korea or Hong Kong over the Peoples "Republic" of China." Looking at the narrowly defined "social issues" (i.e., the attack on social traditions in favor of man-made, rational, egalitarian policies), is there any evidence that places like North Korea are less sexually repressed? Are "sex-change" operations available there? On the other hand, is there any evidence that fifty years of cradle-to-grave government management has enhanced family formation (and therefor, happiness) in the U.S. black "community?"<br />--------<br />“A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.” <br />― Milton Friedman<br />--------<br />Ludwig von Mises <br />"The market economy is the social system of the division of labor under private ownership of the means of production. Everybody acts on his own behalf; but everybodys actions aim at the satisfaction of other peoples needs as well as at the satisfaction of his own. Everybody in acting serves his fellow citizens."<br />peter brushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-2117516780570831872014-09-08T14:40:41.780-04:002014-09-08T14:40:41.780-04:00Many (R's)are clamoring to remove Social issue...Many (R's)are clamoring to remove Social issues from our National Platform. I remember a few years back at the 2012 Presidential convention some establishment (R's)from CT attempting that. These are the (R's) I and many conservatives refer to as "RINO's." Some of these establishment types even agree with higher taxes instead of spending cuts and outrageous anti-2nd amendment bills such as CT SB1160. I ask you, if you are soft on social issues, take firearm rights away from law abiding citizens and increase taxes/spending what is the difference between you and the democrats? We DON'T NEED YOU.SVeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15755639279896554010noreply@blogger.com