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Not In My Back Yard: A Biden Gaffe ... Or Revealing Honesty?

Speaking in Virginia Beach last week, Sen. Joe Biden charged that Republicans

believe prosperity depends on the Federal Government providing national defense and raising money for that purpose only....What happens in your back yard is your problem and your problem alone.

The claim that Republicans believe that the federal government should raise money only for national defense is obviously false, but it is true that Republicans generally do believe that ?[w]hat happens in your back yard is your problem and your problem alone.?

By contrast, Joe Biden obviously believes that the federal government, at least when it?s under the control of the Democrats, can manage your back yard better than you can.

Full post as published by Discriminations on September 10, 2008 (boomark / email).