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Spice Must Flow wrote:Probably should be a new thread depending how deep you want to go.

Crysknife wrote: We've ran a deficit since 1938 and it hasn't done any harm. The fact is, cutting spending now, laying off govt. workers, cutting key programs that help the sick and elderly, cutting taxes on the wealthy all add to one thing......THINGS GET WORSE! If you can explain to me how things get better then please do. Having less money circulating in the poor and middle classes does nothing but flood the money to the top again where it is hoarded. The definition of government is "redistribution" but there isn't enough. If the wealthy had created more jobs like republican economics said they should then we wouldn't be having this conversation. So the govt. needs to get that money out and get it to the people in various forms like SBA loans, education, healthcare, grants, infrastructure, etc....


The safety net programs work. They shouldn't be killed or crippled just because republicans fucked it up in the first place, which was their plan all along anyway. Before Social Security 50 % of the elderly in this country lived in poverty and died of disease and starvation and cold, now that number is down to 10% due to SS and other programs. It is viable till the year 2037 and can go on indefinitely with minor tweaks. If the Republicans get their way that money would go once again to the private marketplace to be gambled on and eventually lost when there is a market crash. But many wealthy people will get wealthier along the way. No thanks!

I mean, how do you see Republican economics helping anyone but the wealthy.....explain yourself.

Spice Must Flow wrote:...if you start the topic I'll be willing to discuss it there.

I think framing it Republican verses Democrat completely misses what's going on.

SandRider wrote:I swear to gawd, if you people keep on referring to the US Federal Government
as "us" & "we", Imma STROKE THE FUCK OUT ....

Freakzilla wrote:

SandRider wrote:I swear to gawd, if you people keep on referring to the US Federal Government
as "us" & "we", Imma STROKE THE FUCK OUT ....

Freakzilla wrote:

Looks like Michele Bachmann is dropping out.

Drunken Idaho wrote:Came across this nice little campaign ad from Ron Paul:



I guarantee you could not find an ad that is this honest about the war, from any Democrat. This is what it comes down to: occupation of other countries begets more terrorism to fight in the future, plain and simple. And a war on "terror" is utterly stupid. As Jon Stewart put it, "You'll never kill all the cockroaches in New York."

Then again, a self-perpetuating war against a human emotion sounds like a pretty sweet deal if you're a defense contractor. And if American citizens lose their rights & the economy tanks in the process, so what? Stop whining and get a job, you spoiled shits.

Yeah, anyway RON PAUL 2012!! (Well, except the insane half of his brain that wants to cut EVERYTHING...)

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry will abandon his presidential bid and endorse Newt Gingrich, two Republican officials said Thursday, a move coming just two days before the pivotal South Carolina primary as Republican front-runner Mitt Romney struggles to fend off a challenge from the former House speaker.

Perry scheduled a news conference Thursday morning in South Carolina to announce his decision.

The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid pre-empting the announcement.

Perry has faced calls in recent days to drop out of the race to compel conservative voters, whose support has been divided among several conservative candidates, to rally behind Gingrich in hopes of stopping Romney. Recent polls show Gingrich gaining steam heading into Saturday's contest. Romney has benefited thus far from having several challengers who are considered more conservative than him competing for the same segment of voters.

Perry entered the race last August to great fanfare and high numbers in polls. But his standing quickly fell after a series of gaffes and other verbal missteps. Those errors called into question whether the Texas politician who had never lost a race during his three-decade career in elected office was ready for the national stage.

His biggest flub came in a nationally televised debate in early November, when he could not remember the name of the third Cabinet department he pledged to eliminate.

Perry could only manage to say, "Oops." Making fun of himself afterward, he told reporters: "I stepped in it."

trang wrote:I don't believe our "Republic" method is for everyone, but I do think our Constitution is one of the greatest governing documents ever created.