GREAT ARTICLE from Ariana Huffington

[ChairmanAgnostic]

Arianna Huffington: Does McCain Still Agree with Reagan that Government is the Problem?

Ronald Reagan, in his first inaugural address, famously declared that "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." Twenty-seven years later, in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and seven-plus years into the reign of Bush and Cheney, Reagan's anti-government battle cry should be on trial. But, stunningly, it is not. This needs to change. The presidential candidates' view of the role of government should be one of the central questions of the last 36 days of the campaign. And it should definitely be a question they are asked at their next debate. Our economy is not the only thing that is crumbling. So is the philosophical foundation of the modern Republican Party.

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She makes a great point. where are the writers, the thinkers, the members of congress, ready to jump on this issue and make our point that Reagan's legacy should be buried once and for all.

[thereismore]

1. Obama is talking about "trickle down economy". He knows. nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. i find some of her writing a bit shallow, then at other times, spot on.

this is closer to the latter.

[ThePowerofWill]

4. I'm sure you know she's a reformed repug.

So yeah, sometimes she comes off a bit on the other side seemingly. She is an amusing personality non the less.

[King Coal]

3. What I never understood about that was that the people are the government.

So, Reagan and Gramps think the people are not the solution, but the problem. Horseshit.

[OneGrassRoot]

5. Reagan Republicans/Neocons wanting to be in government are like...

people who hate children wanting to be teachers.

There's an element of schadenfreude to their political aspirations.

Why would we elect people into government positions when they clearly hate the government as they see it?