reply to post by theQuest
I personally believe we have evolved into a socialst-capitalist society vs a democracy. When you look at the amount of taxes paid per citizen we
should be able to afford alot more social programs, medical, petroleum and others but my fear is the political mistakes and corruption. The central
govt. was never meant to exert so much control over the local institutions, and this could be our downfall. I would like to get to the subject
refrenced by the title of the thread.
Something rarely discussed in dem vs rep debates is how the parties came to be. Andrew Jackson or "old hickory" and his campaign was the firstto
bring enormus differences between american citizens to light, It was dubbed as the "aristocrats vs the Democrats". The dividing issue was the
national bank's design. He realized it created what he called the "headless serpent of opression" or Corporations. He shut down the 2nd National
Bank declaring it gave the rich members who controled it and the elitists complete control over the American people. The Republican party has always
wanted one thing from their campaigns, they want everyone in existance to be in debt to them, or the country. They have systematicly achieved this
over the course of a hundred and fifty years.

