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onguard said, 4 months ago
The Destruction of America…….Thanks to Dem Libs.
jonesb said, 4 months ago
As much as I dislike Obama, the GOP controlled both the Senate, House of Representatives, and the Presidency and nothing got better, it got worse just like under Obama. I doubt we’ll get a chance to vote for Ron Paul again, but hopefully Gary Johnson will run again.
Ms. Ima said, 4 months ago
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Too true.
‘he said free stuff, time for the liberals to drink their koolaid’.
JoeCoolLives said, 4 months ago
@jonesb
" I doubt we’ll get a chance to vote for Ron Paul again, but hopefully Gary Johnson will run again…"
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I agree with everything you said…but you don’t seriously think that these fringe candidates you mentioned would have any chance of actually being elected president against the two major parties, do you?
I sincerely don’t mean that as a put-down, but recent history shows that third-party candidates have little or no effect on elections. Although it is widely held that Ross Perot MAY have inadvertently put Bill Clinton in the White House in the election of 1992.
Presently, our electoral system is locked in a two-party mode…and it would literally take a second American Revolution to break the stranglehold that our two-party set-up has on the entire process.
Americans have shown that, in large part, they vote for the candidate who they believe will give them the most, or take away from them the least…it’ s as rudimentary as that, I’m afraid.
jack75287 said, 4 months ago
It has been said that democracy only works till the populace figures out that they can vote in their own benefits. I hope that saying is wrong.
bobwinners
said, 4 months ago
It isn’t free if you have already paid for it, Mike…..
Harleyquinn
said, 4 months ago
@bobwinners
no, to quote/paraphrase Obama it has been put on the Credit card of China in the name of our children and grandchildren. it is unpatriotic.
But that is only when a R is in the presidency. Now it is Ok to run up charges say on magic green jobs and failed car Unions. The only thing Obama does not want to spend money on Defense. Kind of sounds like Clinton and we all know hat happened to this county 9-11-01 just a few short months after he left.
Harleyquinn
said, 4 months ago
“won’t cost a dime”*
*to the current tax payer, it will be your children’s dept.
Kylie2112 said, 4 months ago
So how do you propose we fix 70,000+ bridges and all the roads that are currently in shambles? Major national construction projects brought us the TVA and Hoover Dam, and can help a LOT with local and national economies.
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So, of course, the Republicans will be against it because it might end up making Obama look good.
Bruce4671 said, 4 months ago
@Kylie2112
Kylie, I propose that you get your local legislators, your local government to use local taxes to do local projects such as but not limited to bridge repair. Why you can levy millage for property tax or allocated funds from the state fuel taxes or up the DL fee 50 cents and create a “bridge repair” fund.
As for stimulus? Well what happened last time? Wasn’t it suppose to repair those 70K bridges?
From a 2011 report by J.F Cogan and J.B Taylor title “Where Did The Stimulus Go?” that tracked both the 2008 and the 2009 stimulus had this to say:
The “catch phrase”
“More than $1 trillion in federal-deficit spending did little of nothing to help the economy. Why? Because it was used to pay down debts and reduce borrowing.”
“Keynesian stimulus packages come in three basic types. (1)” …direct to consumers…" (2) “…government.. purchases goods and services…” (3) “…government sends grants to state and local governments…”
“In each case, according to Keynesian theories, the increase in purchases will stimulate additional economic activity over and above the initial increase in purchases. The 2008 stimulus was mainly of the first type, while the 2009 stimulus was a mix of all three types.
The commentary then shows graphs and give explainations of how the money was used. It ends with this summary.
“To sum up: the federal government borrowed funds that it mainly sent to households and to state and local governments. Only and immaterial amount was used for federal purchases of goods and services. The borrowed funds were mainly used by households and state and local governmentts to reducr their own borrowing.”
“So there was little if any net stimulus. The irony is that basic economic theory and practical experience predicted this would happen” (emphasis mine)
So tell me again how doing another stimulus will “create” jobs and “repair” infrastructure? SSDD
media.hoover.org/ documents/ Where-Did-Stimulus-Go-Commentary-1-2011.pdf
Mephistopholes
said, 4 months ago
This says it all. Politicians garner favor with Babyboomer voters by spending the money their Grandchildren and unborn Greatgrandchildren will earn because those children can’t vote.
Here’s a thought. Tell those babyboomers that they can’t have everything they want because they aren’t willing to pay for it. Man up and say this is the tax rate you all will have to pay if you want all those free goodies from the government and then you will hear screams of “We earned it” and “We deserve it”.
Too many non-citizens are voting and I’m not talking about immigrants. I’m talking about people who will gladly take all the goodies they can get from goverment but then turn out their pockets when it comes time to pay taxes or contribute meaningfully to the country.
We need to bring back the shame associated with being dependent on the government. All those people sitting on the couch collecting unemployment, SSDI, food stamps, they aren’t self sufficient anymore. If the government is taking care of them they shouldn’t be allowed to vote how much money the government gives them. Especially when it’s being taken out of the paychecks of kids who aren’t allowed to vote.
mickey1339
said, 4 months ago
@jonesb
“but hopefully Gary Johnson will run again.”
He was and is my candidate of choice. I wish Jon Huntsman could cross the political divide and dump the republicans. He’s too conservative to be a democrat but he’s a great fit for the Libertarian party.
mickey1339
said, 4 months ago
@JoeCoolLives
“but you don’t seriously think that these fringe candidates you mentioned would have any chance of actually being elected president against the two major parties, do you?”
Yes they can Joe, if enough Americans get off their butts and decided they are sick of the status quo and grow a third party to political prominence. It’s common in many democracies in the world and may not happen overnight but it can happen. We have swallowed the kool-aid to believe that the two party system is the only way.
Urban Space Cowboy said, 4 months ago
America is at its best when We, The People come together with a spirit of camraderie and generosity, which indeed costs nothing. A Good Cartoon.
zippy06 said, 4 months ago
@jonesb
Sorry Vern.
WE are still in the billgore depression.
The real losers are people who vote for unwinnable candidates.
3rd party is not going to win. Ross Perot was the richest person to ever run.
And he lost.
But, the US lost even more………