Re: [freenet-dev] US government tries to bring back the Clipper Chip - on steroids

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On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 1:57 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for that, Joel.  The "Taxed Enough Already" (TEA) party movement has
> been the unfortunate victim of a very successful smear campaign - partly
> because it's managed to attract a handful of the wrong sorts of people, but
> mostly because it's become a very real threat to the Washington
> establishment.  We "scum" are Freenet's best hope - as you can see, the
> current, supposedly "tech-savvy" U.S. political administration hasn't lived
> up to your expectations.
>

I certainly don't think the tea party are scum, I just think that a lot of
libertarians, who think that the tea party is about libertarianism, are
going to get a rude awakening once they get into power, just as they did
when the Republicans took over the house and congress in the mid-90s.

Also, a lot of their positions are contradictory.  They claim they oppose
the deficit, yet they want a tax cut for people who don't need it, paid for
by increasing the deficit.  They oppose spending, yet supported the Bush tax
cuts and the Iraq war, which together dwarf the combined effect of the
recovery measures, tarp, and the economic downturn, in terms of their impact
on the deficit.

Ian.

-- 
Ian Clarke
CEO, SenseArray
Email: ian-ep39ePjc15/[email protected]
Ph: +1 512 422 3588

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On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 1:57 PM,  <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:j=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8=
ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

Thanks for that, Joel. =A0The &quot;Taxed Enough Already&quot; (TEA) party =
movement has been the unfortunate victim of a very successful smear campaig=
n - partly because it&#39;s managed to attract a handful of the wrong sorts=
 of people, but mostly because it&#39;s become a very real threat to the Wa=
shington establishment. =A0We &quot;scum&quot; are Freenet&#39;s best hope =
- as you can see, the current, supposedly &quot;tech-savvy&quot; U.S. polit=
ical administration hasn&#39;t lived up to your expectations.<br>

</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I certainly don&#39;t think the tea party =
are scum, I just think that a lot of libertarians, who think that the tea p=
arty is about libertarianism, are going to get a rude awakening once they g=
et into power, just as they did when the Republicans took over the house an=
d congress in the mid-90s.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Also, a lot of their positions are contradictory. =A0Th=
ey claim they oppose the deficit, yet they want a tax cut for people who do=
n&#39;t need it, paid for by increasing the deficit. =A0They oppose spendin=
g, yet supported the Bush tax cuts and the Iraq war, which together dwarf t=
he combined effect of the recovery measures, tarp, and the economic downtur=
n, in terms of their impact on the deficit.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Ian.</div></div><br>-- <br>Ian Clarke<br>CEO, SenseArra=
y<br>Email: <a href=3D"mailto:ian-ep39ePjc15/[email protected]">ian-ep39ePjc15/[email protected]</a><br=
>Ph: +1 512 422 3588<br>

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