Ghmothwdwhso;1375420 wrote:From the "Footwedge" generation that gave us:

The War on Poverty
The war on Drugs
The war in Vietnam
The "Me" generation
The "Hover" parents
The "Everyone is a winner" thought.

etc.
etc.
etc.

All true except calling it "my generation". We do love all those wars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tGr7CpEgj0

gut;1375566 wrote:Pelosi also said, or perhaps it was Howard Dean, that the reason for the alleged rampant entitlement fraud is they don't have enough staff to properly administer it.

So naturally their solution is MORE staff...as opposed to cut funding to cover people who really need/deserve it and could then be more efficient with a smaller staff.

The attraction for entitlements to liberals is the double-whammy effect to create TWO people dependent on the govt - the beneficiary and the person to administer it. Mind you no value is created and it just further stresses the private sector to support it.

Not sure what this has to do with the thread. But, as an aside, democrats by and large would much rather support New Deal style full employment that pays compensation for services rendered as opposed to social insurance transfer payments. That would alleviate your concerns but alas government would be bigger.

BoatShoes;1375609 wrote:Not sure what this has to do with the thread.

The point is national defense is one of the few things the govt does effectively (relatively speaking) and should be doing.

Re-distribution and the staff to administer, New Deal-style or otherwise, does not create economic value. Creating services and finding people to utilize them is a complete waste of tax payer dollars.

And that's the answer to the question of this thread: military people get more praise because people recognize the need and support it, which simply is not the case with many other public servants and the services they provide. Also, even the majority of non-combat deployed personnel don't get to go home to their family every night, which is a sacrifice most people punching a time clock don't make.

Ghmothwdwhso;1375420 wrote:From the "Footwedge" generation that gave us:

The War on Poverty
The war on Drugs
The war in Vietnam
The "Me" generation
The "Hover" parents
The "Everyone is a winner" thought.

etc.
etc.
etc.

and the War on Unborn Children

BoatShoes;1375609 wrote:Not sure what this has to do with the thread. But, as an aside, democrats by and large would much rather support New Deal style full employment that pays compensation for services rendered as opposed to social insurance transfer payments. That would alleviate your concerns but alas government would be bigger.

Incorrect; otherwise they would do it.