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Old 06-01-2011, 04:04 PM
 
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Then go buy them a house if YOU have higher goals. Just be prepared to pay their mortgage if they are living paycheck to paycheck.

We have a spending problem, not a tax problem.

Less revenue means less spending. Biden has a trillion dollars worth of cuts..where are they ?
Again you don't know what your are talking about. Raising taxes on the wealthy is a viable, credible way to solve the budget deficit. (along with cuts to the military)

All the countries that have a HIGHER standard of living than the USA have bigger governments size for size......some more than double in size in terms government spending to GDP.

The money is there. The problem is white, uneducated, low IQ males will not stick up for their family's well being. They've been brainwashed by right wing propaganda.

You'll find them here bragging in this thread about how good social mobility is in the USA when in fact the USA ranks near the bottom in social mobility.

It's just too complex for them to think for themselves, and research other points of view.

 
Old 06-01-2011, 04:06 PM
 
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Again you don't know what your are talking about. Raising taxes on the wealthy is a viable, credible way to solve the budget deficit.

All the countries that have a HIGHER standard of living than the USA have bigger governments size for size......some more than double in size in terms government spending to GDP.
Exactly. We don't understand this, however, because the media is constantly saying government spending = socialism.
 
Old 06-01-2011, 04:06 PM
 
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Exactly. We don't understand this, however, because the media is constantly saying government spending = socialism.
Not when it comes to foreign wars and aid to certain countries.
 
Old 06-01-2011, 04:09 PM
 
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The money is there. The problem is white, uneducated, low IQ males will not stick up for their family's well being. They've been brainwashed by right wing propaganda.
That's the saddest part about all this. You've got working class people voting for a party that benefits mostly the rich responsible for the plight of the working class because of the massive spread of ignorance and fear in this country. The politicians that exploit the misguided fears of the working class are the ones that disgust me the most.
 
Old 06-01-2011, 04:10 PM
 
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And they send jobs to China and India because of the greedy unions.
Sarcasm
 
Old 06-01-2011, 04:12 PM
 
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Only if you get yourself out of depending on a corporation to "make you rich" because that won't ever happen.

Being a debt slave to the corporation is not the way to wealth.
Depending on corporations to make you rich is NOT what the poster said.

You missed the point, obviously.
 
Old 06-01-2011, 04:14 PM
 
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Not any more or less than corporate greed. In fact, most countries America has been losing its business to, have strong union presence.
Who cares if they have unions or not their labor is still significantly cheaper.
 
Old 06-01-2011, 04:15 PM
 
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I care because we have a huge budget shortfall and we need to cut military spending and raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for it.

It's important for people to know just how well the rich in the USA are doing.

You and your family may think it's just fine to live pay check to pay check in a trailer park, with no health insurance and or social security, but I have higher goals for my fellow Americans. .
A series of poor personal decisions place people in this position.

It has nothing to do with corporate America.

I don't know of one person that became poor because Bill Gates became a Billionaire.

I have, however, read of the 1,000's of millionaires created by him.
 
Old 06-01-2011, 04:15 PM
 
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Who cares if they have unions or not their labor is still significantly cheaper.
Which is exactly why the corporations are outsourcing our jobs there.
 
Old 06-01-2011, 04:18 PM
 
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Again you don't know what your are talking about. Raising taxes on the wealthy is a viable, credible way to solve the budget deficit. (along with cuts to the military)

All the countries that have a HIGHER standard of living than the USA have bigger governments size for size......some more than double in size in terms government spending to GDP.

The money is there. The problem is white, uneducated, low IQ males will not stick up for their family's well being. They've been brainwashed by right wing propaganda.

You'll find them here bragging in this thread about how good social mobility is in the USA when in fact the USA ranks near the bottom in social mobility.

It's just too complex for them to think for themselves, and research other points of view.

i absolutely cannot believe that there are still people saying that the "money is there". it is unbelievable.

WE ARE A DEBT SATURATED SOCIETY WITH DWINDLING EMPLOYMENT.

what is equally unbelievable is that the concept that taking care of your family now consists of begging/demanding/depending on the government.

i am starting to fear for my country.
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