Posted by
Catmman on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:37:53 AM
So says Republican Congressman Joe Knollenberg. Taxpayer money, it seems, doesn't belong to the taxpayer:
This morons reasoning is why Republicans keep getting their butts kicked in elections. It holds true that when a voter is forced to select between a true liberal or "liberal light" (such as is the case with Mr. Knollenberg here), they will choose the true liberal every time.
Mr. Knollenberg's reasoning is also at the heart of what ails the Republican party. When a Republican says, actually says, that taxpayer money isn't "ours", he is saying that money belongs to whom? The government. Once a Republican (who should be conservative) accepts this premise, openly advocating through statement the liberalistic, the socialistic viewpoint that taxpayer money is the government's and not the citizens, we have the troubles we are faced with.
If a Republican believes (as Democrats do) that taxpayer money isn't "ours" but "theirs" why worry about cutting spending? Why worry about reducing the size of government? Why worry about cutting those same taxes which give the government it's "revenue"? When such a fundamental issue is acceded by a Republican, when they abdicate this most basic of conservative beliefs, just what else are they willing to abrogate? Guns? Property? Immigration? Abortion? Religion?
"Representatives" like Mr. Knollenberg need to leave the Republican party. More to the point, they should be driven from it. Mr. Knollenberg shows he has no understanding of this most basic of Republican principle(tax money belongs to the citizenry, NOT the Government) and is, wholeheartedly, willing to sacrifice the principles of the Party and Conservatism by taking the liberal, ie, socialist viewpoint.