Why vote Republican when they believe that government is futile?

Question

Have you ever really listened to Republican party theory? They believe that business should lead then nation, and that government can't accomplish anything. So why do they want to hold the office, if they feel that government is helpless and hopeless?

Answer 1

Because those are the values this Nation was founded on.

Answer 2

That is a cherry picked view. I guess I want to say, "if you have to ask, you wouldn't understand." But in case you do want to know, then here it is.



We think that governments job is to take care of national security and provide infrastructure to support business. We prefer them to provide reasonable regulations for ethical business. We are not for more government agencies such as FEMA. The military could easily handle this. The same is true for homeland security and border control.



In a capitalistic society, making a profit is essential for motivating people to work. In every society there is a true poor and disabled element that needs legitimate help. In the US however; 50 percent of our so called poor, own a home, 84 percent own a car, and 86 percent have TV with cable. Some of us find that a little shocking. I am not sure that the government has really accomplished anything when we look at the cost of entitlements to many people that could actually work.



Now, it is not all partisan, that is for sure. Big government spending is is draining us, and Congress holds the checkbook. Pork-barrel spending is also not partisan.



So we don't believe that government is futile, we believe that is just too big. And adding this elections Democratic spending promises to it, simply compounds that problem.



EDIT: Albert S - You are delusional, see the video.



EDIT 2: Halliburton contracts were first intiated by Bill Clinton. Yawn.

Answer 3

LOL....you just don't get it. It's not that we feel government is helpless and hopeless. Far from that, we believe that the government is quite the busy body and willing to help everyone's problem....and that is why we are against the government. It's not that they can't solve it (although as long as we continue to promote individual responsibility, liberal social ideas will fail), it's that they can at a price of civil liberties because the government will know what's best for you.



I'm sorry but we believe in personal responsibility and limited federal government. IMHO, I truly believe you would have more conservatives on your social programs side if it wasn't a federal thing. Make it a state or local item and most conservatives wouldn't care.



I believe that the tax rates are backwards. I believe that local taxes should be the highest, followed by state, followed by federal. I can't fathom why feds need over $3000 a year from me. A final pull-in of over 2.5 trillion dollars PER YEAR!!!!

Answer 4

Interesting point. Have you ever noticed that Democrats tend to stay in government longer than Republicans, too? Compare the seniority of the top 3 Democrats in the Senate to the top 3 Republicans. Compare the seniority of the top 10 Democrats in the House to the seniority of the top 10 Republicans.



BTW, this is a pretty flimsy attempt to tell people that nobody ought to ever vote for any Republicans at all.



Edit: above me, Greg R argues that "neo" conservatives use the Supreme Court to try to push social agendas on the country. Now that's viewing the world in a bass-ackwards way.

Answer 5

Apparently, you do not understand the Constitutional role of the Federal Government. The Federal Government has certain duties that it does more effectively than having 50 separate States try to do them individually. National Defense, International relations, Space Programs and Immigration are good examples. But the true role of the Federal Government is supposed to be limited. It has no role, for instance, in social programs, education, agriculture, health care, day care, etc.



Good Conservative Republicans, wish to hold office to strengthen National Security, to protect our borders, to get the Federal Government out of the areas where it has no Constitutional role and return control of those things to the States and the People respectively. One of the goals of the Conservative movement is to get the Government off the backs of American businesses and American taxpayers.



You see, the Federal Government oversteps its authority by using bribery. Why do you think the Federal Government pays farmers not to grow something? Because they lack the authority to order them not to grow something. Why do you think they give local school distrticts money with strings attached such as requiring them to use specific text books or experiment with the latest teaching fad? Because they lack the authority to order any public school to do anything. Those schools belong to and are run by the States, not the Feds. There was no Department of Education until Jimmy Carter invented it.



The Federal Government bribes its way into nearly every aspect of our lives. It has no business doing that. They steal our money and then bribe us with it to their will. That is why we are in the mess we are in. Somebody has to fix it. It surely will not be Liberal Democrats. They love controlling everything.



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Answer 6

They do not believe that government is futile.



They believe in limited government at the federal level.



When you limit government on the federal level you give state and local government more power to dictate the rights of the individual person.



Government at the state and local level is more directly impacted by voting unlike government at the federal level, therefore with government the lower you go from federal the more representing of its people.



Our country was founded on the belief in limited federal government. Why should the US government make a law that impacts everyone in every state? Why cant each state make its own laws? When you allow each state to make its own laws it gives people more freedom because after all, if you don’t like your state you can move to another.



With federal law if you don’t like the laws you have to immigrate to another country.



The Republican Party believes that the larger the government is, the more inefficient it is.



Unlike in business, the US government has no competition.



When you buy something at MacDonald’s if you don’t like the taste you can simply go somewhere else to eat, you can patronize another business; we do not have a choice like that with the government.



Instead you have an institution with the right to kill, which takes 26% of you paycheck every month.



Democrats what this institution bigger?? I read someone above me stating that Republicans are paranoid because they are afraid of government. You should be afraid of the government.



The bottom line is that the founding fathers and the constitution was drafted so that the individual states could dictate the every day lives of their own people, not the federal government.



As stated before the lower you go in government the more directly impacted it is by voting, that’s why federal government should be limited.



I am not a republican, I am libertarian.



The one thing I cannot understand about democrats is how quick they are to give away their own rights to the government.



They don’t seem to read anything in terms of international politics and history. We are very lucky here in the US in terms of individual freedom. You should always fight to ensure that the federal government doesn’t attempt to dictate rights to you. The federal government should exist to secure your rights, not legislate them away.



Legislating your rights away is what happens when you have a larger government, they take away the right to choose from the people. The government decides that people are too dumb to make decisions on their own, so the government will.



This is how freedom dies.

Answer 7

Please don't misrepresent Republican philosophy.



Conservatives believe in limited government, based on strict interpretation of the Constitution. That means hat the Federal Government should provide for national defense, provide a judiciary, and handle "National" issues.



Things like welfare, wages, education, and others should be left to state and local governments to handle. The local situations call for local leadership--which a monolithic Federal government cannot provide.



Did you know, for example, that President Bush has spent more money on poverty programs than President Clinton did? Yet we still have poor people...Evidence that Federal spending has little effect on these peoples' lives and ought to be discontinued in favor of local/state programs.

Answer 8

Rhetoric and action are two different things. Republicans do believe that business should lead the nation. However, their actions demonstrate that they do not believe in the futility of government. Rather, they partner with business to give advantages to chosen businesses. Their policy is hardly one of laissez-faire as they used to claim.

Answer 9

Republican Like myself be leave that government is to provide for a common defense and maintain those things that are in a common interest (roads, basic infrastructure) . Our government has never been lead by the people it is a Representative government. It is not our governments job to pick up people who can not take care of themselves. however the socialist like Hillery and Oboma want the government to take over all aspects of our lives .

Answer 10

Government isn't futile. It's necessary to have a government, but it should be LIMITED. I don't want government running my life. Do you? Have you ever noticed how anything run by the government turns into a monstrosity? Things always works better when there is competition and there is incentive to do well. Socialism and communism (democrats' ideal government) don't take human nature into account. Capitalism does, and that's why it works.

Answer 11

You didn't state where you got that information about the Republicans believing that the government can't accomplish anything . I believe that you have a run-away imagination .

Answer 12

Why vote democrate when they are both against the war overseas 'from the beginning.' Pretty much what they are saying is they think the United States should have sat back after 9/11 and said 'Ok, you got us good, but we're not going to do anything back.' I can understand saying they are against keeping the military overseas for so long, but against the war from the beginning??? Listen to the democratic campaigns if you don't beleive me, then think about it...

Answer 13

Actually only the TRUE Republicans believe that a large Federal bureaucracy is inefficient, wasteful, and stultifying to civil liberties.



Many of the "neo" conservatives think large government is great so long as it's being used to push social agendas onto the country through the Supreme Court and taxes are being funneled into warfare and corporate welfare.



And of course most Democrats seem to see the Fed as the "Savior" of the U.S.



Bottom line: It's a tough time in our nation's history to be advocating a limited central government with most of the power delegated to the individual states.

Answer 14

Republicans love Jedi mind tricks...they say limited goverment, then encourage big business. Well, guess who controls the BIG business? I think they have an issue with gov't 'directly' leading...they'd rather lead indirectly or under the table so to speak. Dems understand that we pay their salaries and should benefit from the fruits of our labor. Reps would rather take our money and go on vacation or give themselves a raise--something I've never been able to understand by the way. Why do they get to vote for their own pay increase? Shouldn't we do that?

Answer 15

Repulicans don't "believe that government is futile". They believe that Socialism is unproductive and not in the best interests of the people, and that big government results in waste and beaurocracy.

Answer 16

Conservatives are hypocrites. The talk about limited government, but when their party is in total control of all branches of government (2000-2006) they double the national debt, lead us into a pointless, crippling war, suspend habeous corpus, and spy on Americans without warrants. (In clear violation of the 4th Amendment...If you don't believe that then you haven't read it....go read it.)



They also want to use the government to force prayer in schools, criminalize abortions, and stop gays from legal partnerships, and have draconian drug laws (life for possession?).



How is that "limited government."

Answer 17

We (Conservatives) believe in very limited government.Securing our borders or National defense is really all the Constitution says the Federal government should be in charge of.The is not one program run by our government that is either successful or effective and now the Dems think they know how to run health care........LOL

Answer 18

Why do you fear a different view?

Would you prefer that we have a one party system like they do in Cuba and Russia just to name a few?

Just remember the wise and time tested words of the king of your party, FDR..."We have nothing to fear, but fear itself."



Respectfully submitted by,

A conservative..

PS: I'll leave it up to you as to which party (if any).

Answer 19

It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

- Abraham Lincoln 16th president of US (1809 - 1865)

Answer 20

Exactly, you are right! And, if the government is futile, the party is futile too!

Answer 21

Where have you been the last seven years? Republicans are all for big government helping big business.

Answer 22

I vote for GOP, because I can't vote for Socialist like Obama and Hillary!

Answer 23

STAND DOWN MAN !!! to make money !!! no bid contracts to halliburton and KBS they charge the government 100 dollars to wash one load of cloths for the troops. TELL ME DOES THIS MAKE SINCE ? ITS REALY UNAMERICAN TO DO THIS TO YOUR COUNTRY ! WHO'S ARE THE REAL TERRORIST !!!!!!!!

Answer 24

What is business? It's people. Without successful business, there is no money for people. Please, be a realist.

Answer 25

Republicans are scrooges, pessimistic, cynical, and are paranoid. They think government is out to get them and they want to minimize it as much as possible, instead of using government(which really is the PEOPLE) to help people. It's people helping people.

They even thought Iraq had WMD - paranoid.

Answer 26

Good view point I never really thought of their platform that way until now thank you for the Bullets.



Obama 08

Answer 27

To prove their point.