I don't have to wait for hours in the DMV line either now that Oregon has stopped giving drivers licenses to illegal aliens. Three years ago it took me almost an hour to register a vehicle. I was one of a very small number of English speakers in line. This year I had to renew my drivers license and get tags for a motorcycle. Total time from in the door to back outside for the two trips combined? Try 25 minutes. Both times on a Saturday. Go figure!
As for Wal-Mart. I go when there is something I need that I know they have. Questions are answered in a timely fashion and I've never had anyone who was rude to me. Hell, maybe I just went on the right days!
Point is, government normally doesn't do things very well whereas the private sector normally does but there are examples on both sides.
And yes, I'd love to see the government get out of every aspect of my life they don't need to be in.
Say no to the Nanny State!
I have another theory on this...
A conservative such as myself is always looking out for the best possible value. I'm willing to pay more for something if it will provide more features I can use than a lesser product at a cheaper price. If I can get that same higher priced object at a cheaper price someplace else by shopping around, I'll do that too. And if I can get a GREAT product for next to nothing, I'll jump on that deal so fast it'll make your head spin. Hence, I run Linux.
A Liberal, on the other hand, is an elitist and therefore has to run an elitist OS. Hence, they run Macs.
See? Easy.
"They don't? I guess you built the road you drive on yourself,"
I pay a Gas Tax to build the roads (at least in Oregon) that I use to get to work and back.
"personally arrested any criminals who might have accosted you during the journey"
Income taxes to the state for State police and property taxes for county and city police. Guess that means I pay their salary in a round-about way.
" and convinced everyone to respect private property so your company could exist in the first place."
Well we did pass a bill a year ago that rolled back private property land use rules to those that were in place when the property was purchased by the owner at the time the law was passed. Since then it's been a uphill battle to get the various jurisdictions to actually allow folks to use their land to build a house on or sub-divide a piece of property to build a house for each of their kids. Damn local governments are hellbent on denying the land rights of everyone because they are the "only ones smart enough to know what to do" about land use planning.
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I don't have to wait for hours in the DMV line either now that Oregon has stopped giving drivers licenses to illegal aliens. Three years ago it took me almost an hour to register a vehicle. I was one of a very small number of English speakers in line. This year I had to renew my drivers license and get tags for a motorcycle. Total time from in the door to back outside for the two trips combined? Try 25 minutes. Both times on a Saturday. Go figure! As for Wal-Mart. I go when there is something I need that I know they have. Questions are answered in a timely fashion and I've never had anyone who was rude to me. Hell, maybe I just went on the right days! Point is, government normally doesn't do things very well whereas the private sector normally does but there are examples on both sides. And yes, I'd love to see the government get out of every aspect of my life they don't need to be in. Say no to the Nanny State!
I have another theory on this... A conservative such as myself is always looking out for the best possible value. I'm willing to pay more for something if it will provide more features I can use than a lesser product at a cheaper price. If I can get that same higher priced object at a cheaper price someplace else by shopping around, I'll do that too. And if I can get a GREAT product for next to nothing, I'll jump on that deal so fast it'll make your head spin. Hence, I run Linux. A Liberal, on the other hand, is an elitist and therefore has to run an elitist OS. Hence, they run Macs. See? Easy.
| The state doesn't help me earn my paycheck
"They don't? I guess you built the road you drive on yourself,"
I pay a Gas Tax to build the roads (at least in Oregon) that I use to get to work and back.
"personally arrested any criminals who might have accosted you during the journey"
Income taxes to the state for State police and property taxes for county and city police. Guess that means I pay their salary in a round-about way.
" and convinced everyone to respect private property so your company could exist in the first place."
Well we did pass a bill a year ago that rolled back private property land use rules to those that were in place when the property was purchased by the owner at the time the law was passed. Since then it's been a uphill battle to get the various jurisdictions to actually allow folks to use their land to build a house on or sub-divide a piece of property to build a house for each of their kids. Damn local governments are hellbent on denying the land rights of everyone because they are the "only ones smart enough to know what to do" about land use planning.