Seems I fit the the majority interviewed in the polls who are in favor of small government.

The German border closed to prevent more people from leaving (the wall was part of that). My mother was “forced” out by her father, he wanted a different life for his children. I don’t think she ever expected to see her parents again at the time she left. Obviously, her parents were not allowed to leave the country to attend her wedding (they might not come back, or worse, tell tales about communism).

My grandfather’s business was taken away from him by the communists (although he continued to run it until his death).

I don’t want to be part of a country where the government allows intimidation, chooses your health care, runs your daily business and caps your salary–be it IDs for a few urban chickens that pose no threat, the CPSIA, union card check, etc. I am not in favor of a free-for-all yet over-regulation that does nothing but create bureaucratic government jobs is the more frightening scenario to me.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/Politics/story?id=7084460&page=1

I see HR 875 as the result of some very, very bad intentions by the agri-business lobby and the giants like Monsanto, ADM, Cargill, and Tyson, all of whom contributed to the legislation, and who have business and personal ties with the person introducing the legislation, and our new Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Perfectly sane from their perspective. I think they are socialist in as much as they are trying to sew up the biggest captive markets possible for their clients.

If you’ve followed Monsanto at all, they have a long, colorful history of trying to put small farmers out of business.

But look at the bright side: Job Creation! Thousands of new jobs–albeit bureaucratic jobs–will be created from nothing but hot air. This is a remarkable fact, but not new. This creation ex nihilo may be what gives Congress its godlike delusions….

I believe that the defects in CSPIA can be traced to Ralph Nader groups. They play on the romantic notion of comsumer warriors battling on behalf of the little guy. Elected officials and most of the public do not have the intellectual disipline to hold these groups to account. The breast implant scare was a disaster and yet people still heed Dr. Wolfe.

In my opinion the lack of mental ability weighs much more heavily on us than the bias from large contributions. Certainly the terrible problem with mothers opting against vaccines was not caused by Big Pharma.

And Greg, try to remember that socialism/facism isn’t limited to the Democratic side of the aisle.

My mother left Germany just before the wall was built over these things.