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12 Republican Myths That Are Killing Us

Alan Grayson | Posted 05.02.2012

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No Republican presidential candidate has been willing to take on the hard myths. The myths that are killing us. Here are a dirty dozen.

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GOP Warms To Obama's Plan To Trim And Merge

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 01.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans are cautiously embracing President Barack Obama's proposal for shrinking the size of the federal government, a...

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The United States of Europe -- A Failure GOP Candidates Would Love to Emulate in the U.S.

Eugene Linden | Posted 02.01.2012

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Although the EU is only slightly smaller than the U.S. in GDP, it is a libertarian's dream in terms of the limitations on its governing policies.

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Is The Bible A 'Small Government' Book?

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie | Posted 11.30.2011

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The Bible is not a partisan document that calls on us to become Republicans or Democrats. What it offers is not a political platform but an ethical framework to guide us in our political thinking.

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The Opportunity Provided by the "Deal" Debacle

Jay Mandle | Posted 10.04.2011

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The right's success rests on one very solid foundation. The American people do not trust their government to serve their interests.

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Smaller Government = Fewer Jobs

Bradley T. Borden | Posted 09.12.2011

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The cause of the recent economic decline is simple: government downsizing eliminates jobs and tax breaks for businesses and wealthy individuals do not replace lost government jobs.

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The Founding Fathers Were Not Libertarians

Daniel Cluchey | Posted 05.25.2011

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While I strongly disagree with the modern libertarian movement, I understand why my government-averse friends believe the things they believe, as opposed to, say, my friends who are Yankee fans.

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Beyond Left And Right: Glenn Greenwald On The Tea Party And Civil Liberties

Salon | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's long been clear that the best (and perhaps only) political hope for civil liberties in the U.S. is an alliance that transcends the standard Democ...

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Get The Federal Government Out Of Education? That Wasn't The Founding Fathers' Vision

Jack Jennings | Posted 05.25.2011

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Increasingly conservatives are raising the question: What -- if any -- should be the federal role in education?

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The Uneasy Ties Of Americans & Their Government

AP | CALVIN WOODWARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Back when the big health care law was little more than a dream, a prominent figure spoke out against the idea of forcing people to ...

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The F Word: Constitutional Lessons For the New Congress

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Republican lawmakers who read the Constitution out loud as their very first act in the new Congress better bask in their Tea Party glow -- because they're not going to feel the love from Constitutional scholars.

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Shadow Elite: The Small Government Lie - How Both Parties Stood By as Our Government Burned

Janine R. Wedel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our government, on the federal level, has already been upended by small government ideology, beholden to private interests as never before in our memory. But we can't just blame the Tea Party.

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Friday Talking Points [122] -- Bikini Bottom Update

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since it's the Friday after month's-end, the new monthly unemployment numbers were released today. Which adds another bar to the "bikini bottom" char...

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Newt, the Tea Party Is Already the Militant Arm of the GOP

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Newt Gingrich prophesies that the Tea Party will become the militant arm of the GOP. I've got news for Newt: it already is.

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The Serious Problem With the Tea Party "Philosophy"

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

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We know where the hub of protests against a climate will be coming from: the Tea Party. So it's worth looking at who these folks are, and the NY Times yesterday did us all a big favor by reporting on poll results of these citizens.

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Friday Talking Points [126] -- We'd Like Our Gulf Back

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The mainstream media, led by the intrepid White House press corps, closely followed by the inside-the-Beltway punditocracy, has declared what must hap...

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Rand Paul Does Not Oppose Big Government

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Like many who espouse his philosophy, Paul believes fervently that those at the bottom should fend for themselves in a free society while those at the top are entitled to free-ride.

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Memo to Rand Paul: Free Enterprise Isn't Free

Elizabeth Bisbee Silber | Posted 05.25.2011

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The problem with Rand Paul and the Tea Party movement is that they want all the benefits of large government but none of the costs or inconveniences associated with it.

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Health Care and Judgment Day

Lisa Sharon Harper | Posted 05.25.2011

What will my Evangelical brothers and sisters say to Jesus on that ultimate day when He says, "I was sick and you refused me access to health care because you loved your philosophy more than me"?

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Social Conservatives Put Religious Twist On 'Tea Party' Message

Los Angeles Times | Kathleen Hennessey | Posted 05.25.2011

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For most of a year, the small-government advocates of the "tea party" movement have stolen the spotlight from the Christian conservatives who have lon...

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Is "Think" Just an Old Bumper Sticker?

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Which small government does the Tea Party have in mind to hire and train the thousands of additional border guards and deploy all the new technology it will take to "seal" the border?

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What "Small Government" Looks Like in Real Life ...

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

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It would help if we had a true understanding of what government actually does before we start screaming about shrinking it.

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Message From NYT/CBS Poll: Public Wants Government That Delivers

Bill Scher | Posted 05.25.2011

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62% of Americans polled are "not willing" to "decrease spending in areas such as health care and education" to reduce the deficit; 45%, are willing to cut military spending to reduce the deficit.

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Shadow Elite: Why Sarah Palin's Really Selling Big Government

Janine R. Wedel | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Sarah Palin were truly to "go rogue," to defy establishment "wisdom" of both parties, she'd take on big bad (shadow) government and stop parroting the mantra of "small government."

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Introducing Your Token Republicans

Jessica Peck | Posted 05.25.2011

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There will inevitably be moments when this site's readers will want to kick us straight to mandatory diversity training -- maybe you'll even post a little nasty gram of a comment. We welcome the dialogue.

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