Chuck Asay sifts the events of the day through his biblical worldview and tries to persuade readers to see things his way...that rights are given by a higher authority than the governments of men, that mankind is not the ultimate arbiter of truth and that our Constitutional Republic is worth protecting. Chuck believes ideas, not politicians rule the world. He tries to protect ideas which he thinks are good and attacks ideas he thinks bring harm.
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Ms. Ima said, 3 months ago
People voted for free stuff. Romney was promoting personal responsibility.
wmconelly said, 3 months ago
Romney says it’s killin him not to be President. Old Doc Capitalism says take two small companies every four hours, swallow ‘em down and — in a couple of days — he’ll feel just as spry and youthful as did back in his heyday, when he was consuming tens of millions in small company pension funds every month and calling it ‘commission’ instead of cannibalism.
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The Doc ALSO says the Mitt-man should pay something north of the nice conservative tax rate he’s BEEN payin (0-14% most years), so the neighbors will think he’s as good a citizen as he thinks he is. Gotta at least LOOK like an ant.
mnsmkd said, 3 months ago
@Ms. Ima
agree, Ms.IMA
Zipi said, 3 months ago
@Ms. Ima
The problem (for those of us that actually get up each morning and go to work) is that that “stuff” isn’t free! It may not cost those that have their hand out but it doesn’t come from the tooth fairy either!
Ionizer said, 3 months ago
@wmconelly
“The Doc ALSO says the Mitt-man should pay something north of the nice conservative tax rate he’s BEEN payin "
I’m sure you pay more income tax than required by law, correct? If you don’t like the tax laws, talk to your legislators.
Ionizer said, 3 months ago
@Mr. King
“If the ants are supposed to be the Republicans in the toon, why is it they who are dying off while the minority voters are the ones multiplying like insects.”
See S-F story “The Marching Morons.” Not PC, but interesting.
TheTrustedMechanic said, 3 months ago
@Ionizer
_“The Doc ALSO says the Mitt-man should pay something north of the nice conservative tax rate he’s BEEN payin "
I’m sure you pay more income tax than required by law, correct? If you don’t like the tax laws, talk to your legislators."_
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That’s what the majority of voters did, they voted for Democrats, not the low-taxes-for-the-richest republicans. The voters tried to talk with the loudest voice they had, the election. But the republicans don’t care. Protect their friends and campaign buyers at all costs, event eh credit rating and economy of the United States isn’t too big a price to pay to the republicans to protect their rich friends. And no that is not class envy, that is a reality based conclusion.
ansonia
said, 3 months ago
@Mr. King
The ants are reconnoitering.
ansonia
said, 3 months ago
“Vote for the Candyman” hahahahahaha
TheTrustedMechanic said, 3 months ago
@Zipi
Hey zipi, I get up and go to work a minimum five days a week, sometimes 6. I usually work 11 hour days plus another 2-3 on Sunday for bookwork. I realize that “Free stuff” isn’t free. I also realize that it doesn’t exist, except in the realm of republican propaganda to justify why their loser lost. It’s easier that way than to actually acknowledge that your wants are wrong for this country and the people know it. I pay taxes. I pay a good percentage in taxes. Robme paid 14% in Federal taxes only because he did not take his maximum allowable deductions solely so he didn’t prove himself to be a liar. Robme had a declared income almost 300 times mine but he paid 2/3 the % I did. Is this fair? So when you start talking about free stuff, remember tax breaks are free stuff, just not to the poor so scorned and hated by the republicans.
ansonia
said, 3 months ago
@wmconelly
Well reading that post is 10 seconds of my life I’ll never get back.
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If you think capitalism is bad, wait until we’re socialistic.
Of course, then you’ll have lots of company in your misery.
Fourcrows said, 3 months ago
It is not “free stuff”, as the right tries to say. Everything we need for society to function as a whole is paid for, by us, to be there when we need it. Our taxes should go to more than just the military – they should be there to help us when we can no longer work, when our company folds, when we are sick and need help, anything to get citizens back on their feet to be a constructive member of the society.
Do I care that my hard earned money goes to pay for someone else’s unemployment? No. Why? Because I may need it at some point as well.
Will people abuse the system? Yes. They have and will, but as a whole people want to be constructive, and the incentive should be there for them to work hard and earn what they want. Capitalism is also abused – or do you think Berinie Madoff and Enron are heroes. I think an individual scamming $20k is far less of a crime than a company or trader scamming hundreds of billions. Both should be punished, but how many executives from Enron, WorldCom, or other corporate thieves have served time?
Whenever we try to let capitalism reign without enough regulations, people lose. Then all that can be said is “you invested in the wrong company”. Enron destroyed many retirements because not only were their employees left out to dry, but they conned several popular mutual funds into investing heavily with them. I was young enough that I didn’t lose a significant amount, but I know a few colleagues who had to come out of retirement because they went from having $2-3 million invested in their retirement funds, to zero. THAT is what we want to prevent with “entitlements”.
We need a fund that everyone pays into that cannot be taken away by a few greedy CEO’s.That way, if you know you will have enough to live on in case of emergencies or retirement, you can afford to make smarter investment decisions to ensure that you are well taken care of instead of being duped by investments that promise a higher return that should be considered too risky.
Radish
said, 3 months ago
Free stuff!
ansonia
said, 3 months ago
@TheTrustedMechanic
Awwww, poor poor you. Romney has 300 times the income as you. You are so stepped on.
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Well, keep waiting for all that money that the obombination is stealing from the rich. He kinda sort promised that your life would be made easier by it. Any day now…..
DrCanuck said, 3 months ago
“Free stuff.” Just another fantasy story that Conservatives tell each other to make themselves feel better.