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Our government spends more on the military industrial complex than all other governments, combined. And that my folks comes out of your tax dollars. European countries like France and Norway have similar tax burdens as those of the USA but have much better public services, free health care, etc. Because they don't spend their tax dollars on killing people.
Then feel free to move back to Europe and all that "free" stuff. The glaring difference between Europe and the US is you have to work for what you want rather than have it given to you.
And there are a lot of people in this world that need killing.
Obama's Trickle Down economics known as QE has hurt the little guy. It has concentrated wealth more so in the top 1%. It has also lowered bond rates far below historic averages.
Before anyone says that Obama has nothing to do with this...QE didn't start until Bernanke met with President Elect Obama...and then Obama made every Fed pick big or small....national or regional level to a QE Trickle Down supporter.
QE exists because Obama let it exist. Obama renewed Bernanke, Romney said he would fire Bernanke. Obama then picked QE supporter Yellen.
Maybe you would like to explain the math then. How can the Federal Reserve time and time again create TRILLIONS out of thin air for the richest and most connected parasites in society but do nothing for the backbone and working class of society?
That's a myth. Wall Street was propped up because Main Street America workers and retirees have $24.7 trillion invested in their pension plans and retirement accounts. Should the government have just let that crash?
Furthermore, homeowners (home price values) were propped up by about $2 trillion in QE which was used by the Federal Reserve to buy GSE (Fannie and Freddie) MBS. Additional national debt had to be created so the Federal Reserve could buy those. Would have been better if investors bought those (they wouldn't given the high default rates of CRA and HUD mandate loans incorporated into the GSE MBS). Wouldn't have added $2 trillion to the national debt if the Federal Reserve didn't have to buy them.
If Keely Mullen is a prime example of what an educated young person is these days, we're in HUGE trouble. She had NO CLUE of which she spoke. Poor girl has rendered herself unemployable in any type of a business capacity whatsoever.
She's a Political Science and Sociology major at Northeastern University, Boston. Liberal arts major. Zero critical thinking skills. Anyone surprised?
What's not surprising is Fox finds the dimmest to represent the other side.
Then feel free to move back to Europe and all that "free" stuff. The glaring difference between Europe and the US is you have to work for what you want rather than have it given to you.
And there are a lot of people in this world that need killing.
It's amazing that you're fine with the government taking your money to build stuff (and kill others with it) that you will never see but when it comes to spending it on things you could use, your kids can use (education, health care) you get hostile. Why? Do you work in the military industrial complex or are you just plain brainwashed?
Btw, I live seasonally in the USA, Miami Beach only in the winter months.
I should also add that benefits in Norway aren't free. We pay for them with our taxes, just as you pay for your war jets, bombs, and guns with your tax dollars. It's just priorities I supposed, we prioritize helping our fellow citizens instead of killing Arab bedouins on the other side of the planet.
The employment rate for college grads 25 and older is over 97%. Thats significantly higher than those without a college degree. College graduates make, on average, almost a million dollars more over their life time.
You're using a select two year period for a select generation that appears to be an aberation with all other evidence to the contrary.
You're either being intellectually dishonest or you need a little college yourself.
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Clearly you haven't seen the endless supply of idiots attending these events on every news channel.
