>"every Rush Limbaugh in the world advocating for elimination of government"
As far as I know a strawman, unless you can come up with some telling quotes.
"Conservatives want to eliminate as much government from people's daily lives as possible."[1]. I suspect you'll claim the "as much.. as possible" means the OP is wrong, and I'll claim that the OP said "every Rush Limbaugh" - clearly making a rhetorical point rather than claiming Limbaugh wants to eliminate all government.
But then we'd both be missing the OP's point.
He has proposed (albeit in a rant) a solution that both progressives and conservatives should agree on: Incompetence should not be excused in government.
I'd suggest a fruitful discussion would be to concentrate on that rather than come to the predictable conclusion that people have different views on the role (and hence size) of government.
Erm, no, he's not proposed a solution, nor do I think he thinks he has.
He's proposed a necessary tactic, mass(ive) firings, which I agree 100% with, but he hasn't proposed how to change the system so that all those ... deserving people could get fired.
I've put something on the table, the spoils system, however problematic, that will enable his desired tactic. I'm all ears for others.
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>"every Rush Limbaugh in the world advocating for elimination of government"
As far as I know a strawman, unless you can come up with some telling quotes.
"Conservatives want to eliminate as much government from people's daily lives as possible."[1]. I suspect you'll claim the "as much.. as possible" means the OP is wrong, and I'll claim that the OP said "every Rush Limbaugh" - clearly making a rhetorical point rather than claiming Limbaugh wants to eliminate all government.
But then we'd both be missing the OP's point.
He has proposed (albeit in a rant) a solution that both progressives and conservatives should agree on: Incompetence should not be excused in government.
I'd suggest a fruitful discussion would be to concentrate on that rather than come to the predictable conclusion that people have different views on the role (and hence size) of government.
[1] http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/01/14/obama_and_moder...
Erm, no, he's not proposed a solution, nor do I think he thinks he has.
He's proposed a necessary tactic, mass(ive) firings, which I agree 100% with, but he hasn't proposed how to change the system so that all those ... deserving people could get fired.
I've put something on the table, the spoils system, however problematic, that will enable his desired tactic. I'm all ears for others.
How is the spoils system better?