Do Republicans support the "common good"?

[kentuck]

And how do they interpret the Preamble to our Constitution when it talks about "promoting the general welfare"? Does that include everyone or just the top 1% or just the business sector?

Would there be a Center for Disease Control (CDC) if the conservatives had their way? How much danger would the country be in, from the Ebola virus, if we did not have the CDC?

Whose side are they really on?

[misterhighwasted]

1. No.

Nope

[rurallib]

22. what this poster said - nope - no way.

[liberal N proud]

2. If they think it will get your vote, they will tell you they do

But as usual, if it come across their lips, it is a lie.

[RKP5637]

3. No! What consistently amazes me are the number of people that still vote republican. They are

not all in the top percentages of wealth. Little the republicans do benefit them. There is a lot of information available. More and more I'm concluding they are just plain stupid and beyond redemption.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. They've been convinced that it's better to live with low wages and no health care than to allow

the gubmint to interfere with their lives.

[hifiguy]

4. Nope, not even a tiny bit.

Not since the mid-1970s and the rise of Raygun, who was only the front man to facilitate the selling of the country to the 1%.

They are in it to become the feudal lords over the rest of society.

[kwolf68]

5. Promoting the general welfare

Is their argument for massive military spending.

And no there would be no CDC, FDA, EPA, etc...if they had their (at least the current crop) had their way.

Policy that promotes the 'common good', ie, to protect real people in places they live (safe working conditions, food safety, truth in advertising laws, clean air/water) is considered to be "onerous regulations" and "costs jobs". It's akin to paying someone to dig their own grave and build their own coffins.

Republican thinking is ignorant and malignant, and it's dragging the entire planet into the shitter.

[Hutzpa]

13. !

Republican thinking is ignorant and malignant, and it's dragging the entire planet into the shitter.

Bravo!

[kentuck]

15. No doubt about it...

They have put this country in the shitter.

[RKP5637]

20. More and more I watch this country sinking further and further from what it was when

I was a kid. The US today is paralyzed. A huge lumbering giant that gets world attention because we have the capacity to out bomb others.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. They think that "general welfare" should be taken care of by charity, not government.

I don't know what they think should happen when the private sector can't alleviate the problems of our citizens. I guess the poor can just die and save the rest of us a lot of trouble.

[underpants]

7. Yes, if there is commonly held stock

Or private equity. Either one.

Good point about the CDC. That was on several of their lists when (p)Rick Perry "oops"'ed it.

Republicans basically work to protect polluters and racists.

[bigbrother05]

9. No, only the higher good, which they conveniently define to suit their own agendas

Like their higher being/diety or their higher use/privatized profits

[librechik]

10. they don't even have the slightest clue what it means

maybe communism. They probably deny it's even in the document, like Michael Hayden denied "probable cause" was in the 4th amendment.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022991846

[giftedgirl77]

11. They support the common good of rich white men.

If you are a minority, women, immigrant from non-anglo countries, part of the LGBT community, not of Christian faith, you are not part of the common good.

[valerief]

12. Liberals/Democrats brought us:

The GI Bill

Endangered Species Act

Environmental Laws

The Space Program

The Peace Corps

Americorps

The Civil Rights Movement

Earned Income Tax Credit

Family & Medical Leave Act

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Americans With Disabilities Act

Freedom of Information Act

Women's right to control their reproductive future

Allowing citizens to view their own credit records

The Internet

Balancing the federal budget

The Brady Bill (5-day wait on handgun purchases for background checks)

Lobbying Disclosure Act

"Motor-Voter" Act

The Voting Rights Act

Unemployment Insurance

Medicare/Medicaid

Food Stamps/WIC

Social Security

Peace between Israel and Egypt

Peace between Israel and Jordan

The Department of Education

The Department of Energy

The Department of Transportation

The Department of Housing and Urban Development

Labor Laws

The Marshall Plan

Winning World War II

Food Safety Laws

Workplace Safety Laws

The Tennessee Valley Project

The Civilian Conservation Corps

The Securites and Exchange Commission

Women's Right to Vote

Universal Public Education

National Weather Service

Product Labeling Laws

Truth in Advertising Laws

Morrill Land Grant Act

Rural Electrification

Public Universities

Bank Deposit Insurance (FDIC)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Public Broadcasting

Supporting the establishment of Israel

The United Nations

NATO

ACA
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Conservatives/Republicans brought us:

War

[kentuck]

16. It would be interesting to see a poll on this list.

To see many of these the Republicans disagree with? Other than the ACA?

[valerief]

19. Repub voters or pols? Repub pols found Social Security and

Medicare and probably everything else on that list.

I got it from a 2005 DK post (I added ACA), but, of course, each item can be researched independently.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/14/156663/-What-Have-Liberals-and-Democrats-Ever-Done-For-Us

[etherealtruth]

14. It is not a question of "do they support..."

....rather, how they define the common good.

[hifiguy]

21. Their definition of "common" extends solely

to the ownership/rentier class they serve and not one bit further.

[etherealtruth]

23. I agree with your statement

They have turned into one sick voting block.

[on point]

17. Nope. They don't know what it is. Too self centered

[JoePhilly]

18. No, they see themselves as in competition with everyone not like them.

[uponit7771]

24. Hell naw... Shut down the government, cost US 24 billion all for some idiots persepective

[bluesbassman]

25. Sure, as long as the common good directly benefits them and their cronies, and no one else.

They are on their side, country be damned.

[Turbineguy]

26. "common good"?

Ain't that like that communism thang?

[kestrel91316]

27. No. The "common good" is a commie plot to enslave them.

[SamKnause]

28. No, and their actions and policies prove it !!!!!!!!!!

They don't support facts, data, science, history etc.

If you deny facts, you do not support the "common good".

That is why they INTENTIONALLY DENY facts !!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are characters playing a part.

They are not ignorant.

They are intentionally LYING !!!!!!!!!

They will say or do anything for money and power.

[baldguy]

29. If they don't believe in the "common good", how can they support it?

[madokie]

30. Not our side thats for sure

the whole lot of them ought to be rode out of town on a rail, every single one of 'm too. Sorry bunch if ever the USA had a sorry bunch of politicians. They're just running rough shod over us and it appears they're getting by with it too which is scary cause it emboldens them to do more of the shit.

[MisterP]

31. they start by saying "the road to hell is paved with good intentions": their solution is of course

to start off with bad ones

[Blue Owl]

32. Only Muslin Socalists do...

n/t

[Johonny]

33. The private sector will take care of Ebola

The 1% fall to infectious disease too. Look at the famous wealthy people that died in the 80s from Aids. It is the sane reason we promote things like national health care and a national education system. We all benefit from having a healthy populace with the ability to react to infectious disease and just like we all benefit from a well educated populace. Republican policies put everyone in danger even the 1%. That is the humor of it all.

[Orsino]

34. No. They strive against the common good for the enrichment of the few. n/t