Why do republicans value the economy more than the environment?
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The environment doesnt have a direct effect on our wallets.  Most Americans are more concerned with economic relief and beaing able to provide for there families than a spotted owl.  It also important to note that the Republican party is concerned with the environment.  We are pushing for more energy efficent fuel and cars that dont run on fossel fuels at all.  However we dont sacrafice families to that cause.
924007
I am niether republican nor democrat. I am for best choice. But I am not surprised that the gas prices are on the rise again now that the elections are over. Republicans will be out of a job soon and need the profits to sustain their lifestyle.
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Republicans are for tax cuts for the wealthy, for the death penalty, less regulation for big business, keeping the minimum wage low, for the government to not help poor people if at all possible, pro military, anti universal health care, etc....\n\nDemocrats are for the working people, for the wealth to pay their fair share of taxes, business regulations to protect the working people, raising the minimum wage to a fair level, health care reform, to stop being the policemen of the world, etc...\n\nThe wealthy now have the lowest tax rates since the early 1930's the the Republican government wants to cut their taxes even more.  Meanwhile, we have the biggest national debt in the history of our country! Does that make any sense? (rhetorical question)
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If you were stuck in the middle as you indicate, then roughly 1/2 the time you would agree with the Republicans and 1/2 the time you would agree with the Democrats.\n\nI like you am somewhere in the middle, however I lean a little bit more to the right as there are more issues that I am conservative on.  That's not to say that I think that the Democrats are all idiots and that everything that they say is bunk.  For environmental issues, they say a lot of good things -- but not all.  \n\nMy problem with the Democratic party is that their basic philosophy is that the American people are stupid and need to be taken care of.  The Republicans on the otherhand feel that Americans are smart enough to know what they want and mostly don't want to be dictated to.
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It's stocks and big business, weapons manufacturers, Oil Companies, forced inflation. You see it's a lot easier to make more money by raising the prices up then hiring more people to increase your production. You have done nothing but raise the price and collect the money. That is what the Republicans are about. War is is they don't serve in the military, and fight the wars, they just profit from the outcomes of the wars like George Bush, and Cheney have. People mean nothing to them and their people will never be in harms way. George Bush wont even go to Iraq, He sent Tony Blair last week, He is a sissy.
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Because Democrats believe in giving more power to the common people, and Republicans believe in giving more power to the Government and it's individual Authorities, regardless of it's policies that are not proliferating to the people that it serves.
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Actually, we're about to see a monumental change here in the United States. Republicans put anti-environmentalists in top environmental and energy positions. The League of Conservation Voters (that's CONSERVATION, mind you. Not CONSERVATIVE) gave these Republicans a ZERO rating on environmental issues. Many of their Democratic replacements in the upcoming term (such as Boxer), have a rating of 100. It's going to be night and day when it comes to the environment. Whether Bush will actually sign the new laws remains to be seen....
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republicans are only worried about making money. to make money, they like to use up all the earth's resources and etc. they will do anything to get money
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Democrats.  As the one writer notes, they do want to give money to the poor.  However, they are also far more likely to fund the things that give middle-class folks a chance to move up the ladder:  education, roads, security nets for the unemployed, environmental protections, etc.  The Republicans have spent their last few years in power tearing down the economic infrastructure of the nation in order to fund tax-cuts for the ultra-rich; eventually that will cost us a lot more money than actually paying taxes to maintain what it's government's job to maintain.
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Good question but I think you already know the answer to this... big business owns the Republican party (80s when this occurred and now) therefore their desire to exploit cheap labor outweighed doing the 'civil' thing.
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... Republicans don't care about the future or fiscal conservation anymore... they only care about pushing their agenda that Fox News, Rush and blogs regurgitate... \n\nThey don't care as long as they are making money... everyone including their kids can go to h*ll... I mean look at their responses on here..\n\nNotice that no one looks at how much it rises... it went up MAYBE 1.5 trillion under 8 Clinton years... it's threatening to double under Bush... thanks for trying...
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You are right.  Because we have comparatively lower costs for oil, and because all these taxes are something which seem hidden and don't hit us all at once in our paychecks, and because we have a good quality of life overall compared to most other countries, we are not a nation that values or sees the need to conserve, reduce, reuse, and recycle.  \n\nAnd you are right again: one side has better x; the other side has better y.  Overall I think Americans need to be more globally aware, realize that oil is a finite natural resource and that when it runs out, it runs out.  I believe if people really cared about the environment and about the quality of life for generations to come, they'd change their behavior.  But humans are pleasure-seeking animals, and a change of behavior is hard to do if we don't see a need or any scarcity.  \n\nThanks for the question.  There are many sides, many facets to this.\n\nCheers, K
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Do you think they care? Republicans are greedy, self-righteous, arrogant bastards who only care about their rich, corporate buddies, their superior morality, and money!  They believe the rich are important and the rest of us should just obey their every demand, because they know what is best. Hope for a Democratic victory this election in both houses of Congress, so we restore common-sense and concern for the average Joe.
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Republicans take both
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Why should a person who owns MORE than $60,000 per year support the views of the Republican Party? \n\nThe Republican Party works for the big industrials, ensuring that US Government policy is manipulated to meet the requirements of the corporations. There is no way that can be said to be Government for the people - no matter how much people earn!
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Not the Republicans, they don't believe in Global Warming and pollution. They have actually allowed the emissions to double in the last 6 years because the deregulated the pollution control guidelines. Bush hates America.
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For a REAL answer...Republicans generally tend to want the power to go to the states and don't believe in big government (hence the tax cuts).  Democrats generally DO want lots of federal power and believe that government-sponsored programs will cure everything.  Obviously my answer is biased too, but at least I put some thought into it.  Also, Republicans tend to be much more conservative in their moral views than Democrats.\n\nOne more thing- Both parties are made up of the rich and the poor.  Hollywood tends to be Democratic (uber rich), and people who USE government programs (uber poor) are also usually Democrats.  Republicans are made up of uber rich CEO types as well as working class people who just want to be able to use their money the way they see fit rather than have the government support the afore mentioned group of Democrats.\n\nI can't stay away from this thread!  3rd time today...I'm a teacher in a public school- not at all rich...and I'm Republican.  So it's not all about rich people vs poor people (as I mentioned above).