Today, the new Republican leadership announced from their newly-regained bully pulpit that a new day is dawning. They will work hard to ensure we enter a new era of smaller government -- one that is less involved in our lives and less expensive.
This is a great thing- Who isn’t in favor of less intrusive government? Who wouldn’t prefer that the government spend less? Wouldn’t you?
Well, wouldn’t you?
Are you sure? Are you sure you’re not some Commie European? Answer these questions and find out!
1. Did you think what happened in New Orleans a few years ago when there was bad weather was peachy?
2. What about what happened a few years later in the Gulf of Mexico?
3. When the banking system completely collapsed under the weight of its own greed, was that cool with you?
4. Are you a fan of Enron? How about Goldman Sachs? Bernie Madoff?
5. Do you think the democratic system works better when corporations are allowed to spend unlimited money on political races? Is your favorite expression, “What I don’t know can’t hurt me?
6. Do you think when our wars are fought by contractors it’s better than when they’re fought by our armed forces?
7. Do you think unemployment benefits are too generous? Social security makes us less secure? That Grandma should just suck it up and prioritize whether she wants to eat dinner or to take her pills?
8. Has the infant mortality rate gotten too low for your taste?
9. When we find out beef is tainted do you just switch to eggs? When the eggs turn out to be diseased do you switch to dog food? When the dog food turns out to be bad are you okay with just eating your dog?
10. When Mom loses her insurance for stupidly actually getting sick, do you tell her she should have just worn a scarf?
If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, you’ve passed! You like smaller government! Give yourself a gold star and keep voting Republican!Of course, if you think smaller, less intrusive, less expensive government has anything to do with staying out of a couple’s wedding plans (no matter their gender); letting women control their own reproductive organs; letting people who wish to serve their country become soldiers even when they're not attracted to the opposite sex; letting people smoke what they want to in the privacy of their own homes; avoiding multi-trillion-dollar "pre-emptive" wars; or letting people live their lives free of the fear that the government can read their email, listen to their phone conversations, and lock them up any time it wants to – well, you’re clearly an idiot who has no idea what small government is all about.
Commie.
