Tasteless -,-
Since political statements seem are running wild on this YTMND...I have something to offend everyone!
9/11 truthers, you're f*cking idiots.
The Iraq war is a f*cking pointless mess.
And we really have no way out of it.
Just because communism is authoritarian and Russia is headed toward becoming an authoritarian state does not mean Russia is becoming communist again. Lrn2syllogism.
I'm going to premptively tell you to stop whining, in fact. You should know enough of the basic principles of economics to realize that if the idiots at the helm run up a huge debt, we have to pay for it sooner or later.
Same old stuff again, eh Tex? Whenever someone contradicts you, you simply call them a socialist. United government may be better for your pocketbook, but divided government helps to keep our legislative process from becoming a complete porkfest. Especially under an administration that seems as keen on profiteering as this one.
Subjective claims. And give the Horatio Alger crap ("Anyone can be as rich as they want!!1") a rest. Statistics show that in the past few decades, and especially recently, financial mobility has dwindled even more in the U.S. Meaning, it's harder to get rich. Hard work equals wealth? Tell that to the lifers at a meat-packing plant. Or one of the few automobile plants left stateside. A good deal of becoming wealthy is initiative, lack of things to lose, and LUCK.
I find it ironic that the fringe of Socialism is Communism, and the fringe of Libertarianism is Plutocracy, or even Anarchy, yet Libertarians pretend to be infinitely superior to socialists. You would rather live under one of the latter two than Communism? I would opt out of all three myself. But you already know what you want to think, and will ignore whatever truth you find in my arguments. So. HEY EVERYONE, LET'S GO VOTE FROM OUR WALLETS!
No. That's what conservatives promise, not what they deliver, for the most part. What's more, they cut taxes repeatedly and spend without thought to who is going to pay the tab. Why? Because they know when they drive us deep enough into debt, they can just step aside and let the Dems/Libs raise taxes and take the fall for them. Their political philosophy is the epitome of irresponsibility.
"And generally speaking again – it's all generalized – the left-of-center people are more concerned with humans and human beings and human concerns; to the care of humans, not the care and worry about property rights. That's generally been true. And Bush is pushing this country farther down the hill, faster than anyone has before." Why yes, he did have a point...
You seem to be someone who believes in Smith's "Invisible Hand" economics. Unfortunately, Smith has been proven wrong. An unregulated market economy is not going to regulate itself in an orderly, just fashion. Two words if you take issue with this assertion: GILDED AGE.
I see what you did there.
No, really, you entirely sidestepped my argument and went on your own tirade.
At least I pulled my talking points from one of your assertions in your YTMND.
There is also an interesting parallel to be drawn between the communism you see lurking around every corner and the form of government it seems you support. Under a Plutocracy (which is what you seem to advocate) the poor can work as hard as they please and never become more successful than their parents- or very rarely so. A select few, the Power Elite, wield the vast majority of funds, property and power to influence the masses. That doesn't sound at ALL like communism, does it?
And what is Texaggie's answer? Slash taxes to the rich and the megacorporations sending our labor overseas. Then use remaining tax money to give kickbacks to said companies, because of course, whatever is good for the corporations, is good for Americans. Even though fewer and fewer actually employ Americans. And even though none of them need the pork we stuff their bottomless gullets with.
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