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I didn't avoid it I ignored it because I triage the people I respond in depth to. I may only have ~200 posts but that doesn't mean I don't check out who I talk to. With 55,000 posts it wasn't hard to figure you out. You're a forum black hole time-suck.
I didn't avoid it I ignored it because I triage the people I respond in depth to. I may only have ~200 posts but that doesn't mean I don't check out who I talk to. With 55,000 posts it wasn't hard to figure you out. You're a forum black hole time-suck.
I find it often to be the case that those who condemn redistribution programs that help those with little, support the programs that help those who already have a lot.
A large portion of Americans seem to be against social programs even though it may be for the common good. When there is talk of the (on average) much better social programs in many European countries the general response is "well, they have to spend more on taxes". To which I ask.....so? If it meant far better health care, far better maternity leave, etc. isn't that worth it? Do not the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one?
Social programs are a waste of money due to being poorly managed. They don't help people in the long run. Social programs is equivalent to pressing on the gas pedal while the car is still in park.
You get the buzzer on this one.
Spock said it. Christ practiced it.
Some right wingers walk right into the trap, don't they?
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Originally Posted by Phyxius
Social programs are a waste of money due to being poorly managed. They don't help people in the long run. Social programs is equivalent to pressing on the gas pedal while the car is still in park.
That doesn't mean I advocate government run medicine by any means. Because the U.S. is too corrupt/inept to pull it off.
But nonetheless, we should get our facts straight.
I could be wrong, but it is my general perception that despite being a more socialist country than the U.S., the German government and its citizens are much less tolerant of waste and inefficiency in government than American liberals are. Unlike American conservatives, they want their social programs. But unlike American liberals, if something isn't working, they don't make excuses for it or just throw more money at it. Instead, they insist corrections be made.
Who knows what Enron accounting they're using, but the debt clock keeps ticking.
It is not foreclosed. They can live there as long as they want for free, no mortgage payment or rent. The only way the mortgage company, bank, investors, etc., get their money back is when the house is sold, via a lien, which might never happen.
More info... in Colorado, the lien on the home is also extinguished when the mortgage statute of limitations has been exceeded. Other states may have that provision, as well.
You do realize how completely stupid that argument is?
Solution? I'm simply stating a fact.
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