Ted Rall for October 24, 2012
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True Debate Fun! 3 out of 4 Panels guaranteed verbatim. At the 2nd presidential debate, 20-year-old college student Jeremy Epstein asked Barack Obama and Mitt Romney: (Man: What can you say to reassure me, but more importantly my parents, that I will be able to sufficiently support myself after college.) (Man 2: We have to make it easier for kids to afford college.) (Man 1: WTF? I'm already in college.) (Man 2: I know what it takes to bring jobs back, and I'm going to do that.) (Man 1: Do what?!?) (Barack Obama: I want to build manufacturing jobs in this country again. That means we change our tax code so we're giving incentives here in the U.S. and creating jobs here. We've got to make sure we're building the energy source of the future, not just thinking about next year, but 10 years from now, 20 years from now.) (Man 3: You're gonna be harder to get rid of than crabs.)
aguirra3 over 11 years ago
Easy. They aren’t lies. Economics will prove that removing the burden government is imposing will free our economy to expand. Make you a deal, if Mitt’s plans don’t work in two years I’ll vote for your guy in 2016. You can already see Pelosi/Obama plan don’t work.
Ottodesu over 11 years ago
There is a SERIOUS amount of debt (and other consequences) the predecessor left behind. How are you Americans going to wipe that out?Love you guys, but GWB left a big hole (he really is pretty well single-handedly responsible), and one term of anybody is not enough to fix it.
archimedeslives over 11 years ago
Doing pretty good? First off it is pretty well. Secondly, what country are you living in, certainly not the USA as I am.
ARodney over 11 years ago
How to cut the deficit: Repeal environmental regulations. Economists point out that it won’t do anything but increase deaths and cost jobs, but the coal companies bought that, so you gotta do it. Cut taxes 20% for everyone, which increases the debt by $5 trillion over ten years. Cut PBS, that’ll be about half a billion a year. Increase defense spending $2 trillion, but it doesn’t matter on what, it’s the number that matters. Solution complete! I don’t know why ANYONE who cares about deficits would vote for Romney.
DavidGBA over 11 years ago
We all like low taxes, just never agree on what to cut. All the parasites on the government poll the hell out of congress to ensure their survival. It is almost like we need wars to create a big defense industry. Now, if all those defense jobs are lost, people will have to do something new with all that labor.
joe vignone over 11 years ago
In the first place: businesses get tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas! WTF! What congress made that rule? Why aren’t they being arrested? Treason!
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
Simple economic FACT: The largest growth in the U.S. PRIVATE economy, industry, and personal wealth, was during that period of the HIGHEST income tax rates, and LARGEST public investments in America, under Dwight Eisenhower. When the economy shifted from building infrastructure , highways, homes, cars, airplanes, to only building MILITARY spending, calling it “defense”, everything went downhill, just as Ike predicted. Yes, Ike was a REPUBLICAN, he was NOT however, a “neocon”, or corporate shill, which is what the party is today. (And a lot of Democrats are just as sucked into that mire.)
PlainBill over 11 years ago
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Romney’s not a liar, he’s just not limited by facts.
William Bednar Premium Member over 11 years ago
Want lower taxes and lower government spending? Vote Romney. Want more government perks and handouts? Vote Obama. That’s the choice in a nutshell.
mattro65 over 11 years ago
Cool icon, man. I still miss Jerry.