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The big problem, aside from gun control, that I see with the democrats is their attachment to big-government economics, bloated and inefficient government programs, but most especially that: when a government program fails, the democrats think that the failure of that program is not, as one might think, reason to get rid of said program, but to increase funding, and possibly create more programs.
So, as you look at that article, you see that today, we have a perpetuation of the same policy that has created ills of the past - responding to problems created by big-government and loss of liberty with.... more big-government and loss of liberty.
For example, we responded to the Great Depression by electing FDR (D) who instituted many of the programs which are now creating fiscal problems for us today... such as Social Security.
It should be noted that at the same time we were having the Great Depression due to our experiment with the Federal Reserve, Canada was doing just fine with their private banking system.
Lets look at another historical sample, this one more recent. The 9/11 terrorist attacks. The 9/11 terrorist attacks were done, likely, by terrorists angered at the United States for it's past interventionist policies, and, in general, sticking it's nose into other countries business in which it does not belong.
So, how did we respond? We instituted more government programs. You name it... the Patriot Act, all kinds of security bills, stepped up the security all over the country, conducted (and still do) domestic spying on the part of the NSA, the list just goes on, and on, and on. On top of that, we didn't cease, but STEPPED UP our interventionist policies. We invaded Afghanistan. We invaded Iraq. And, unless things turn around real quick, it looks like we might be invading Iran. (The warlike left is hitting their war-drums again... see link below this).
http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_03_27/cover.html
So what is the trend of history? Looking at the big picture, I'll say it again. When government fucks up, we end up creating new webs of government programs, and funneling more money down the bureaucratic drain to patch up the fuck ups of previous government programs.
Unless this horrible trend is reversed, we are going to end up in a Statist society very quickly.