The Cato Institute Opposes Everything That Makes America Liveable (government, laws, billion)

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by Listener2307

(1) The fact that Right Wing Watch is relied upon as a source of information.

But here's one:
The billionaires that control the Cato Institute seem hell bent on reversing the New Deal and many of the social advances that make America affordable and manageable.

That statement fails.
First, billionaires do not control Cato. The term 'billionaires' was used in order to inflame the reader.
Second: Which "social advances" does the Cato Institute "seem" to be "Hell Bent" on "reversing"? See? No discussion of exactly what Cato is suggesting. Just the directive that they are an enemy and should be despised.

Pathetic.

My mistake, I misinterpreted your original post.

[J746NEW]

Originally Posted by Listener2307

All sounds like a good idea to me:

The Railroad Retirement System is private, and is very successful. Congress simply cannot get their hands on that money. Social Security should follow their lead.

PBS is a mouthpiece for The Left. Why should the American public pay for that?

The US Post Office is authorized by The Constitution. That's pretty much the end of that argument.

"Public Transportation"? What he heck is that on a nationwide scale?

Corporate and Banking Lobbyists flooded DC about 30 years ago and ever since, it has been one disaster after another with NAFTA, TPP, Bail Outs and so on.

If Big Business is in bed with Government, then there is no private sector about it.
I hate the ideal of the Financial Sector having even more of our money to play casino with given the destruction they caused in 2008 with toxic fraudulent instruments

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by Listener2307

The statement deals with child labor laws in other countries and the problem associated with imposing our standards on those countries. I can find no statement in the Cato site that deals with child labor laws here in the US.

I don't know what their position is but child labor laws can be very problematic. When I was kid there was tomato farm kids as young as 12 would work on, I'm sure some of them might of been there to help their family but the majority of them were working for themselves. There is some valuable lessons to be learned such as the value of a dollar, sense of accomplishment, work ethic etc. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

[ChiGeekGuest]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

Right, says a supporter of the U.S. federal govt that bombs hospitals, places of worship, schools, shops, homes, parks...

I agree this is a valid & legitimate concern. Although how does Cato et al's position on privatizing the military address that concern?

[irspow]

Originally Posted by J746NEW

It does not even matter about this law.
Anything the Cato Institute promotes I automatically reject because of who they work for and is not for the majority of Americans. They work for the Globalist Elite

They need to be shutdown.

Now you are talking. The "government" only works for the globalist elite, the Central Banking Families and Friends...so let's shut it down

[ChiGeekGuest]

Originally Posted by J746NEW

The Cato Institute needs to be shutdown
It is an Organization that promotes Human Rights Abuses

Agreed.

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by GregW

I am vehemently opposed to everything the Cato Institute proposes. In fact I would extend government ownership to ALL the natural monopolies and geologic resources. In addition I would institute an income tax with a deductible set at the 90th percentile based on all income from all sources and establish countervailing tariffs on all imported goods to negate any price advantage created by slave wages, lack environmental standards and government tariffs.


FWIW - I am a "Nam veteran disabled by Agent Orange and have paid taxed to local, state and Federal Taxes for a very long time. I was also my stepfather's slave, including being hot for inexplicable reasons that made sense only to a drunk, until I got big and strong enough to effectively revolt.


Unlike most of this board I consider the "Takers" to be those that gain from monopoly profits and live off investment they inherited from their parents. they cost far more then poor people eking out an existence on welfare.

So you bled fighting the communists and you support what the communists have always wanted to impose?

[TigerLily24]

Originally Posted by Tonyafd

Does anyone wonder where their right wing opinions come from?

Most likely their ideas were inherited from their father.

[2nd trick op]

The average "point-and -grunt" can't tell a million from a billion from a trillion; thinks anyone whose income is beyond five figures is incredibly wealthy, and that most of that wealth is cash in a vault somewhere

And therein lies most of the problem.

[Kode]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

So you bled fighting the communists and you support what the communists have always wanted to impose?

Obviously you don't know communism from dog with hip displasia.