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flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 01:31 PM Dec 2013

So, ya' want smaller Gomint, do ya'?

So ya’ want smaller Gumint? Well let me tell you what my big Gumint has done for you.

My big Gumint created an insurance program that lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. It’s called Social Security.

My big Gumint made banks pay into an insurance policy, the FDIC, which protects your money if the bank fails, like a lot of them did in 2008.

My big Gumint created a program that educated veterans from WWII, Korea, Vietnam and all those other wars so the farm boys who went to war could become engineers, designers and the drivers of the greatest economy in the world. Because they paid more taxes at their new jobs the program MADE money for the country.

My big Gumint, back in the ‘50s created the best highway system in the world. Bar none, the best.

My big Gumint virtually eliminated measles, mumps, rubella and tuberculosis from this country AND eradicated one of the worst diseases from the face of the Earth. Today Small Pox exists only in a frozen test tube in Ft Detrick, Maryland. No other place on Earth.

My big Gumint sent a man to the moon and brought him home safely, not because it was easy but because it was hard. That effort spawned the computer industry and hundreds of other patents that were given free to anyone who wanted to use them.

My big Gumint created a health care system for seniors that makes it possible for them to live independently. Without Medicare and Social Security we seniors would be an incredible burden on our children and the economy. Ya’ want me ‘n the Misses to move in with ya’?

My big Gumint has the biggest, badest, most professional military in the world keepin’ your ass safe.

So, what’s your small Gumint gonna’ do for me?

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So, ya' want smaller Gomint, do ya'? (Original Post) flamin lib Dec 2013 OP
I agree with you flamin. JimboBillyBubbaBob Dec 2013 #1
Well said. I may copy this and carry it with me at all times.. Demoiselle Dec 2013 #2
+1 freshwest Dec 2013 #6
I wouldn't brag about the bloated wasteful military tina tron Dec 2013 #3
+1 progressoid Dec 2013 #10
Big Gumint leanforward Dec 2013 #4
Answer n2doc Dec 2013 #5
How are you going to pay for it? taught_me_patience Dec 2013 #7
We're already paying our fair share madokie Dec 2013 #9
Sounds like big Gumint might have a The2ndWheel Dec 2013 #8
Does that come in Spearmint? Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #11

JimboBillyBubbaBob

(1,389 posts)
1. I agree with you flamin.
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 01:34 PM
Dec 2013

I like me some Big Gubmint (as we say here in Virginia, different upper South accent) also.

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)
2. Well said. I may copy this and carry it with me at all times..
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 01:36 PM
Dec 2013

...Just to be prepared for the occasional bonehead confrontation.
Thank you.

 

tina tron

(160 posts)
3. I wouldn't brag about the bloated wasteful military
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 01:42 PM
Dec 2013

and the only people its keeping safe is the oligarchs.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
5. Answer
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 02:26 PM
Dec 2013

"My small gobment gonna make sure no money goes to those illegals, lazy minorities or slutty chicks. My small gobment gonna make all them billionaires really happy so they'll hire me and my cousin Carl to watch over their vacation houses, maybe even let us watch the big game on their flat screens while they are away. My small gobment is gonna make sure I am king, that's for sure!"

The2ndWheel

(7,947 posts)
8. Sounds like big Gumint might have a
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 02:47 PM
Dec 2013

pretty huge part to play in all of our environmental issues. Maybe even larger than corporations, since those corporations wouldn't exist without the big Gumint infrastructure. Especially that highway system.

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