good summation of whats wrong here

[Johnny Tremain]

DWS is disgusting. If she were a Republican I would want her out of the party. She's like the male version of Alan Grayson who was voted out in 2010. DWS's district was redrawn and there are more Republicans this time. Harrington, her opponent, has repeatedly called for her to release her tax returns, which she has refused to do, while hammering Romney to release his. I don't understand how these hypocrites and liars get away with what they do.

Florida does produce a plethora of intellectually/morally bankrupt politicians.
Personally--I have never liked that place.
A continuous county carnival to me. Jam-packed with awful people of all sorts.

ALL democrats never produce what they expect others to. Playground tactics.
Let's see all of Obama's real estate dealings in Illinois.
Hypocrisy was invented by the democrats.

 

[PLC1]

I'm beginning to reassess my position that Romney is only a marginally better choice. Their political ideology may not be much different, but character does count.

I checked out the first claim, and found it true. The rest is probably true, too, at least it is plausible.



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[Cruella]

He needs to use that as a campaign sign. If he didn't use his inheritace as seed money and didn't collect pay for public service jobs, then that leaves me only one conclusion.......HE'S A SELF MADE MAN. Not like Obummer, who spent his life "taking" money from someone else.

 

[dogtowner]

pretty cosistant for a practising morman (absemt political work)
he doesnt eat live babies.

 

[GenSeneca]

A strong and powerful nation doesn't just happen.

Yes it does, but only when government is properly restrained by the Constitution and the people are left free to live their lives without regulation from the state. That's how America became the greatest nation in the history of the world in just 200 years, the radical concept of individual rights. The best way to accomplish all the goals you think we should be accomplishing is by getting government out of our way. It's the failed idea that electing technocrats can solve this-or-that problem that has created so many problems. Leave it to the private sector to solve problems, private industry will do it faster, more efficiently, and actually create wealth in the process.

 

[GenSeneca]

If he didn't use his inheritace as seed money and didn't collect pay for public service jobs, then that leaves me only one conclusion.......

....HE'S A CANCER CAUSING, DOG HATING, TAX CHEATING FELON AND BELONGS BEHIND BARS!

Sorry, I was channeling Pocket there for a minute.

 

[Gipper]

....HE'S A CANCER CAUSING, DOG HATING, TAX CHEATING FELON AND BELONGS BEHIND BARS!

Sorry, I was channeling Pocket there for a minute.

I wonder how many libs actually believe that shit.

 

[Johnny Tremain]

I wonder how many libs actually believe that shit.

"Watch "Triumph of the Will"
by Leni Riefenstahl

--it will answer your question perfectly.
Pretty much the same crowd.

Hint: Mile High Stadium, 2008

 

[Texas_tea]

I wonder how many libs actually believe that shit.

Only the liberal ones .......

 

[Cruella]

I wonder how many libs actually believe that shit.

Have you checked out the "Democratic Underground" yet? That's where the foaming at the mouth breathers are.
scroll down to see the comments
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021171464

 

[RoccoR]

GenSeneca, et al,

I agree to the extent, that todays government is not the right mechanism, but I disagree that that private sector is the correct instrument. The US capitalist private sector is all about the maximization of wealth, not the development and progress of a nation. Private industry doesn't care if you attain health and happiness, prosperity and liberty. They are only worried about their standing and wealth.

Yes it does, but only when government is properly restrained by the Constitution and the people are left free to live their lives without regulation from the state. That's how America became the greatest nation in the history of the world in just 200 years, the radical concept of individual rights. The best way to accomplish all the goals you think we should be accomplishing is by getting government out of our way. It's the failed idea that electing technocrats can solve this-or-that problem that has created so many problems. Leave it to the private sector to solve problems, private industry will do it faster, more efficiently, and actually create wealth in the process.

(COMMENT)

Yes, there is no question that the trust and confident of the American people is not in Congress. But, Congress doesn't really care. They know that Americans are held hostage by the two-party system. And as long as each party can keep the other from making significant strides, then each election comes down to the selection between the "lesser of two evils."

Congress Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low In Gallup Poll[/FONT]]
Just one in 10 Americans approves of the job Congress is doing, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday, tying the branch's lowest approval rating in 38 years. Congress originally hit the 10 percent mark in February, before bouncing back several points.

The approval rate for Congress hasn't passed 20 percent in more than a year, according to Gallup, and is far lower than the personal approval ratings for most members of Congress. Prior to 2007, it sank below 20 percent only twice.
SOURCE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...poll_n_1777207.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012

No real politician is worried about a backlash from the American Middle Class. And the captains of industry are not worried that Congress is going to correct tax inequities, or promote business values that further national development. No one is worried about capital gain tax restructuring that favors domestic built products. Congress is not going to enact legislation that puts America to work, because it is corrupt, and morally bankrupt.

Politicians are one, of a very few occupations, that does not have to show progress in what they do.

Most Respectfully,
R

 

[Gipper]

GenSeneca, et al,

I agree to the extent, that todays government is not the right mechanism, but I disagree that that private sector is the correct instrument. The US capitalist private sector is all about the maximization of wealth, not the development and progress of a nation. Private industry doesn't care if you attain health and happiness, prosperity and liberty. They are only worried about their standing and wealth.

I do not believe that is accurate. History disproves your opinion.

Nearly every convenience we use in our daily lives is because a private sector company or inventor...invented it. Capitalism is all about providing a product or service the people want. When you give people what the want, they are happy. Ask Apple. You can't maximize profit if you offer a product or service no one is willing to buy.

I do get great happiness from many of the things I own. I enjoy movies on my flat screen TV, driving my cool car, or searching the internet on my laptop. All things not possible without the private sector. So, happiness can be attained. And health you say...if we did not have the unbelievable advancements in healthcare, all brought to us by the private sector, many of us would not be alive today.

The problem arises when government fails at it's oversight role of the private sector or gets in bed with the private sector. This is the crony socialism we are enduring today. Secondly, when government imposes numerous confusing rules on business, business shuts down...as it is doing today.

 

[RoccoR]

Gipper, et al,

Just because you see a private contractor building a road, doesn't mean the government isn't building it. It is the tax dollar and government paying those contractors to build that infrastructure. No Private Industry has build freely built any major infrastructure in the US since the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was abolished.

I do not believe that is accurate. History disproves your opinion.

Nearly every convenience we use in our daily lives is because a private sector company or inventor...invented it. Capitalism is all about providing a product or service the people want. When you give people what the want, they are happy. Ask Apple. You can't maximize profit if you offer a product or service no one is willing to buy.

(COMMENT)

This is absolutely true. But private industry is not going to rebuild utilities, highways, waterways, coastline, the electrical grid; or build manufacturing plants --- rapid transit, universities and lower the cost of education, the next super collider, or projects the improve society; unless it adds to their wealth in some fashion.

It takes tax dollars to do that. And to get tax dollars, you need to have people back at work. You need underemployment to disappear. Government builds much of the things that make a country strong, and an economic power.

The reason private industry outsourced all the jobs they have so far is to take advantage of lower wages in depressed countries (maximizing their wealth). They will not come back to America until it is to their advantage.

The more jobs that are outsourced, the less revenue for build a new America. Private Industry is not in the business of helping America achieve new heights. They are in the business of making money at any cost. Even if they have to outsource every single manufacturing job in America.

In business, no American has the right to a job. An business are not patriotic.

I do get great happiness from many of the things I own. I enjoy movies on my flat screen TV, driving my cool car, or searching the internet on my laptop. All things not possible without the private sector. So, happiness can be attained. And health you say...if we did not have the unbelievable advancements in healthcare, all brought to us by the private sector, many of us would not be alive today.

(COMMENT)

Yes, all these things that you speak of were built using parts and labor outside the US.

Healthcare in the US is one of the bigest controversies on the scene today. It is so complex, that there are people asking the huge questions about cost, affordability, and availability.

The problem arises when government fails at it's oversight role of the private sector or gets in bed with the private sector. This is the crony socialism we are enduring today. Secondly, when government imposes numerous confusing rules on business, business shuts down...as it is doing today.

(COMMENT)

There is some truth in this. But having said that, it is based on the assumption that the two major parties created the problems we face. I don't think that is the case.


The ethical problems of business are exemplified by the "to big to fail" bailouts; the Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac scandals, Enron, and Exxon; or the backdating options scandel by over 100 US companies includingBroadcom Corp.,UnitedHealth Group andComverse Technology.

v/r
R

 

[Cruella]

Private industry doesn't care if you attain health and happiness, prosperity and liberty. They are only worried about their standing and wealth.

Why should it be the private sector's job to see about our happiness, properity and liberty? Isn't it our job to pursue those things for ourselves? If your not a good boss or won't pay decent wages to retain your employees you probably won't stay in business very long.

 

[Gipper]

Gipper, et al,

Just because you see a private contractor building a road, doesn't mean the government isn't building it. It is the tax dollar and government paying those contractors to build that infrastructure. No Private Industry has build freely built any major infrastructure in the US since the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was abolished.


(COMMENT)

This is absolutely true. But private industry is not going to rebuild utilities, highways, waterways, coastline, the electrical grid; or build manufacturing plants --- rapid transit, universities and lower the cost of education, the next super collider, or projects the improve society; unless it adds to their wealth in some fashion.

It takes tax dollars to do that. And to get tax dollars, you need to have people back at work. You need underemployment to disappear. Government builds much of the things that make a country strong, and an economic power.

The reason private industry outsourced all the jobs they have so far is to take advantage of lower wages in depressed countries (maximizing their wealth). They will not come back to America until it is to their advantage.

The more jobs that are outsourced, the less revenue for build a new America. Private Industry is not in the business of helping America achieve new heights. They are in the business of making money at any cost. Even if they have to outsource every single manufacturing job in America.

In business, no American has the right to a job. An business are not patriotic.


(COMMENT)

Yes, all these things that you speak of were built using parts and labor outside the US.

Healthcare in the US is one of the bigest controversies on the scene today. It is so complex, that there are people asking the huge questions about cost, affordability, and availability.


(COMMENT)

There is some truth in this. But having said that, it is based on the assumption that the two major parties created the problems we face. I don't think that is the case.


The ethical problems of business are exemplified by the "to big to fail" bailouts; the Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac scandals, Enron, and Exxon; or the backdating options scandel by over 100 US companies includingBroadcom Corp.,UnitedHealth Group andComverse Technology.

v/r
R

Sorry, but I can't agree with most of that. Government should not build ANYTHING. They can contract with the private sector to build things, but this has a long history of corruption including the building of the railroads in the 19th century. The government has the luxury of using other people's money, which they generally like to squander. We should do all we can to limit governments ability to do anything. Did you see Ray LaHood's comments...Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood told The Daily Caller that he is “very proud” of the Economic Recovery Act of 2009 that put 65,000 people to work with $48 billion in federal funds for the Department of Transportation, amounting to $738,461 per job. http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/20/l...ot-stimulus-spending-at-738000-per-job-video/ ---Most typical of government out of control.

In a capitalist society, if their is consumer demand for something, the private sector can meet that demand far better that government. History proves my statement correct.

We won WWII primarily because government contracted with private industry to build the biggest war machine the world has ever known (sadly, that machine likes to be overfeed and this tendency toward obesity, continues to this day). Had government not allowed the private sector to build war machines unencumbered, we might have lost the war or incurred even greater losses of men and equipment. Of course, the debt we incurred to win that unfortunate war was unprecedented (until progressives like W and Big Ears blew up government debt).

The outsourcing of jobs has a great deal to do with federal government policies, which inhibit competition. Secondly, government likes to play favorites with the private sector. Those who get the favors can destroy their competitors. Thus eliminating competition and in the worst case, resulting in Fascism.