If Republicans hate gov't so much, why do they desperately want to run ours?

[Jamaal510]

Ever since Ronald Reagan's pronouncement that "Government is the Problem", Republicans have been running against the government, and at the same time, they desperately want to run, or own the government.

I'd like to explore this dichotomy, and try to analyze why it exists, and try to determine if the Republican behavior matches their rhetoric. I suspect it won't, but will provide my argument and you can decide for yourself.

Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/21/1122705/-If-Republicans-hate-government-so-much-why-do-they-so-desperately-want-to-run-and-own-ours

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. They just want to use it to get rich, and to enrich their friends...

I suspect their stand on hating the government is more smoke screen than not. To them, it's a means to an end, and that end is to enrich them.

I could be wrong, though, but this is my impression.

[Marie Marie]

3. Spot on Peggy. To them, it is just a stepping stone to where the

real money can be had.

[DJ13]

2. If someone hates something they usually want to control it

as a means of denying others from using it.

That applies as well to abortion, smoking, fast food, and a thousand other things petty people try to deny to other people.

[PDJane]

5. So they can steal what's left of the money,

And leave the country in debt, with the safety net dismembered, and move to someplace like the magical yacht country that will get whatever food and services they need from the few peasants who live through the end times.

The look at money as a God that can save them from everything. The seas are rising? Build a really big yacht, and float around to where they can get food from anywhere with the money they have. It's insanity.

[thelordofhell]

6. "Run"????

Try "Ruin"

[Jamaal510]

7. Kinda what I was thinking, but someone else wrote the article.

[blkmusclmachine]

8. They hate gov't for us. They love gov't for themselves.

Money, money, money, it's a rich man's world.

[Proud liberal 80]

9. The best example of this is Paul Ryan

He has been receiving a six figure government check since he has been 28 years old working for the Federal Government.