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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
There partially protected under Governor Christie (and in doing so Christie may have sacrificed his chance at being the Republican nominee in 2016.)
Any New Jersey Representative that voted against the relief is a goner though.
Objectivism is basically what happens when you turn Laissez-Faire Capitalism into a religion.
Although in fairness to Ryan he did vote for the Sandy Relief Bill.
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Representative Stephen Lynch will launch bid for Kerry's Senate seat
I find dishing on Objectivists in a politics thread (as opposed to a philosophy thread) to be somewhat unfair and inaccurate even if the statements about them are true. Whenever a politician is waving the Ayn Rand flag, you can take it to the bank that the Ayn Rand Institute is almost certainly (albeit grudgingly) on the other side, or at worst neutral.
Objectivists hate social conservatives (especially combined with corporate welfare and foreign aid to Israel) even more than they hate economic liberals. (Foreign policy, it's a wash, since the Objectivist position would look insane even to the farthest right wing.)
If objectivists hate social conservatives more than economic liberals, then shouldn't there be voting statistics that support that trend?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's a high correlation between being an objectivist and being a self-declared libertarian, and the latter camp sides with the Republicans overwhelmingly.
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It's because, in the US, you can really only be a Democrat or a Republican, and the Democrat platform as a whole is generally more disagreeable to Libertarians than the Republican platform as a whole is.
As one commenter on the article put it: "You can't spell "CRAZY" without R-AZ."
Schild und Schwert der ParteiI wasn't joking earlier when I said that a significant part of the Republican voter base is theocrats.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"What would it take to break down the mega-parties into their component parties, again?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Unfortunately, there's a measure of self-interest preventing either party from openly supporting a system that would, of necessity, reduce their power.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Generally it takes revolutionary pressure or outside influence to force such a transition. Just because the U.S. Democratic Party isn't as autocratic as the Republican Party doesn't mean it's populated entirely by altruists looking out for the public welfare.
edited 26th Jan '13 12:07:35 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

I can see why, it's a good idea. I hope it doesn't go into affect.