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I've been developing a wtf-why-not attitude about Obamacare. If all you morons out there want so badly to pay for my healthcare, then why not? You had a chance with Romney. He's a take-charge guy and would've gotten the economy up and running and dragged the employment rate down. He would have tweaked Obamacare so that it actually worked. But you nitwits blindly followed Obama, and now you're about to get the bill for your unthinking allegiance.
This post from Kurt Shclichter perfectly encapsulates my feelings -
"You Millenials voted for Obama by a margin of 28 percent, which will make it a lot easier for me to accept the benefits you will be paying for. We warned you that liberalism was a scam designed to take the fruits of your labor and transfer it to us, the older, established generation. Oh, and also to the couch-dwelling, Democrat-voting losers who live off of food stamps and order junk from QVC with their Obamaphones.
No. There’s no sugar-coating it – your votes for Democrats have ensured that you are the first generation in American history that will fail to exceed what their parents attained. Embracing liberalism was a stupid thing to do, done for the stupidest of reasons, and I will now let you subsidize my affluent lifestyle without a shred of guilt."
I don't feel bad for my older kids. They smugly voted for Obama twice. Now they can't afford their own healthcare. I do feel bad for my 14 yr old...Obama has him in a lifelong bondage he'll never escape.
But me? You morons will be paying for my healthcare while you struggle to pay off your school loans as you work at crappy jobs.
Not so fast, Kurt. Have you figured out the endgame? I think the elderly will come to be seen as overly expensive and unfairly subsidized - and they will be the next to feel the pain.
I'm developing a similar attitude. When Obamacare was being debated and after it was passed I tried to calmly and rationally explain to people why it was a terrible law. I really tried. But few cared to listen.
Then there was a chance to fix it in 2012 and American declined.
So screw it. This is what the people wanted, now they can choke on it.
When a government is over-reliant on the highest income earners for tax revenue, as is the U.S. because of our progressive tax system, it creates a perverse incentive to keep the income gap as wide as possible so that tax revenue is maximized. The more our country has to spend on social welfare programs, the more the government needs to keep the income gap as wide as possible in order to collect the taxes necessary to fund the growing welfare programs.
By supporting a 'soak the rich' mentality, the left, middle class, or whoever, is gullibly and willingly participating in their own economic suppression.
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...Stupid is as stupid does.
So are you saying we should have a more progressive tax rate where the rich pay more so they "do not create jobs or contribute to the economy." I have seen you continually post the regressivity charts and I still can't make heads or tails of your argument. Also what baring it does on this topic. The topic is about what the millennials being foolish for voting for Obama. I think in someways we are, in others we aren't. It's hard to make the blanket statement though.
I've been developing a wtf-why-not attitude about Obamacare. If all you morons out there want so badly to pay for my healthcare, then why not? You had a chance with Romney. He's a take-charge guy and would've gotten the economy up and running and dragged the employment rate down. He would have tweaked Obamacare so that it actually worked. But you nitwits blindly followed Obama, and now you're about to get the bill for your unthinking allegiance.
This post from Kurt Shclichter perfectly encapsulates my feelings -
"You Millenials voted for Obama by a margin of 28 percent, which will make it a lot easier for me to accept the benefits you will be paying for. We warned you that liberalism was a scam designed to take the fruits of your labor and transfer it to us, the older, established generation. Oh, and also to the couch-dwelling, Democrat-voting losers who live off of food stamps and order junk from QVC with their Obamaphones.
No. There’s no sugar-coating it – your votes for Democrats have ensured that you are the first generation in American history that will fail to exceed what their parents attained. Embracing liberalism was a stupid thing to do, done for the stupidest of reasons, and I will now let you subsidize my affluent lifestyle without a shred of guilt."
I don't feel bad for my older kids. They smugly voted for Obama twice. Now they can't afford their own healthcare. I do feel bad for my 14 yr old...Obama has him in a lifelong bondage he'll never escape.
But me? You morons will be paying for my healthcare while you struggle to pay off your school loans as you work at crappy jobs.
Although with Romney we might not have Romneycare he would have manipulated the economy to favor his friends instead of the current situation that favors Obamas buddies.
Government cannot successfully run the economy, they are the reason for all our booms and busts. We the people should be the deciders, not a king and his court.
I have seen you continually post the regressivity charts and I still can't make heads or tails of your argument.
Why not? What do you find confusing about it?
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Also what baring it does on this topic. The topic is about what the millennials being foolish for voting for Obama.
Obama, like other Dems before him, has scammed liberals into parroting the 'tax the rich more' mantra when the result of doing so actually incentivizes the government to keep the income gap as wide as possible so as to maximize tax revenue.
You had a chance with Romney. He's a take-charge guy and would've gotten the economy up and running and dragged the employment rate down.
No... no he wouldn't.
There is no evidence to support Romney's assertion that corporate profits translate into a stronger labor market. None whatsoever. He didn't even try.
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No. There’s no sugar-coating it – your votes for Democrats have ensured that you are the first generation in American history that will fail to exceed what their parents attained.
Tuition began rising 20 years ago... real wages have been stagnant for a generation ... the Bush-era housing bubble pushed real estate prices out of the grasp of our typical wages. Healthcare costs have been booming for decades.
No, our fate was sealed long before Obama came to office. You, like most conservatives, have just now begun to recognize that these are problems at all!
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But me? You morons will be paying for my healthcare while you struggle to pay off your school loans as you work at crappy jobs.
....which is why we keep voting Democrat. Because expensive healthcare and expensive tuition became the norm under the Republicans' watch. And while it may be true that the Democrats' policies don't really help us, the Republicans' policies would be even worse.
Last edited by le roi; 11-12-2013 at 02:27 PM..
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