Understanding the 2010 Mid Term vote

[Mellowmike]

Originally Posted by kevcrawford

This is the typical left response. Saying republicans just want to kick the old people to the curb to stop spending.

Of the TRILLIONS we're in debt, fractions of that are medicare, ss and defense. Medicare is broken and needs to be fixed. Social Security needs to go away. Pay the retired folks like it's supposed to and give the rest of us back what we paid in. Don't have the money? Let us take it out of the taxes we give you until we're reimbursed. Then it's gone. Problem solved. Nobody harmed.

We're in a debt crisis, and it's not just those programs. It's all the miscellaneous garbage that we don't see. It's a million here and a million there.

When folks get into financial difficulty, is it because they're paying their mortgage, or is it all the miscellaneous trips to McDonalds, Target and the mall? It's usually their massive inability to budget and habit of just throwing garbage on their credit card.

Get rid of all the useless, small expenditures and we're back out of the hole. Fix medicare and we're even better off.

What is so hard to understand about this? Higher taxes are required because they're spending our money on crap. If they stop spending money on crap, they can bring our taxes down and still afford to do their JOB.

Their job is infrastructure and defense. Period. It's not making sure everyone feels good or has a job. That's the individual's job.

And yours is the typical response of the cons. Give specifics as to which "small" programs you will eliminate.
Sounds as if you want to end SS, and give the money back to those still paying in. What then. Turn it over to wall street and wait for another collapse? I don't think the country has enough soup.

How about the military. Rather than cutting, the republicans want to increase dollars going to the military industrial complex. Where is that money going to come from?

I tell you, if this group would have been in charge in earlier times we wouldn't have the interstate highway system, bridges, and paved roads.

GOP=Bridge to the 18th century.

[DVD360]

Originally Posted by wjtwet

Thanks you clearly do not understand . take of the blinders then discuss it

Not necessary to be so patronizing. Btw, I think you clearly do not understand. Study up and then come back.

[lifelongMOgal]

Originally Posted by Hollytree

This is how I understand the midterm elections- it's Einstein's definition of insanity:

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein

That pretty well defines the Democrats repeated attempts at Socialism too.

[florida.bob]

You have to admit, the TP platform of going back to 1850, did get around 30% of their candidates elected.

[Mellowmike]

Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal

That pretty well defines the Democrats repeated attempts at Socialism too.

We've had Socialism for quite some time now. It's called the Armed Services.
Seems to work pretty good.

[sanrene]

Originally Posted by Hollytree

This is how I understand the midterm elections- it's Einstein's definition of insanity:

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein

Well, considering the last 3 1/2 years with the dems, increasing the debt and deficit beyond all sanity, UE rate up to 9%+ on their watch, it's about time the correction occurred.

The 2010 election was a correction from 2006 & 2008 - now we are back to where we are supposed to be. This is a center right nation, that gave leftist ideology a shot (unknowingly of course, since obama ran as a centrist) and decided the consequences of leftist rule was too much to stomach.