10 things about our new budget
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Pine pig where the fuck do you find the perfect pic for all occasions and situations.
LOL that one is greatLeave a comment:
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thank you mr sleeve for a great example
i was born into an upper middle class family
i refused money form the parental units for college as they had too many strings attached
worked full time, took out student loans, and graduated 12 yrs later
holmes, once again you................shit, nevermind
you want to see the american dream in action, go visit your local chinese owned dry cleaner, or restaurant, or vietnamese copies. they know the dream works.
its called hard work.Leave a comment:
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Keep dreaming clown.Absolute bullshit. Do you think W worked hard a single day in his life? No, he was handed everything on a silver platter, including the presidency.
The American Dream was very real 50-100 years ago, but it does not exist anymore. Poor people are poor because they are born into a poor family. They couldn't afford to go to school because their family didn't have any money. They couldn't afford healthcare because they are stuck at a shitty minimum wage job at McDonalds. Then they pump out children because they are brainwashed by bullshit conservative abstinence programs. Then these kids fall into the same vicious cycle that they are in.
All of this wouldn't be a problem if big business was willing to pay higher wages and provide health care to their employees. Instead, they bitch and moan and pay off their buddies in the government to ensure minimum wage stays low and social health care does not become a reality. But, oh everything will be ok as long as they can have more money to hire joe blow at minimum wage with no benefits.
My dad made $8/hr when I was a bout 5. My mom was a waitress and they worked for everything they had. Im now 23, dad makes six figures and gets raped @ tax time.
I want gov't out of my life. Im willing to compromise too. Tom can smoke all the pot he wants legally if Uncle Same quits taking money from my pocket.Leave a comment:
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Hey dip shit watch it, I was born into a poor family, I could not afford to go to college, and by working hard, and applying my self (since I was 13) I will make well over 100k this year nearly 150k and I am 28. The american dream is still alive, and anyone can make it out of the dregs of the lower class. The problem is the generations of entitlement they think the GOVT and the rest of us OWE them something. That we should take care of them because they dont have what we do, well I have no issues helping some one who is willing to help them selves and needs some help. But just holding your hand out and not being willing to work and provide for your self and expecting others do it all for you NO WAY.
But your poor are poor and have no way out argument holds no water, this is not mid evil europe, any one can make a better life here (results may vary) why the fuck do you think everyone in the world want to live here.
IS this the shit they really teach in College now days, maybe I am better off for not going.Leave a comment:
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Guest repliedAbsolute bullshit. Do you think W worked hard a single day in his life? No, he was handed everything on a silver platter, including the presidency.Hallen, yo da man
very well thought out and concise and true
the central premise in this whole argument can be summed up as follows, imho
the "rich" are rich not because they stole from the "poor" or held them down, they are 'rich" because they, for the most part, embraced the american dream and worked hard.
The American Dream was very real 50-100 years ago, but it does not exist anymore. Poor people are poor because they are born into a poor family. They couldn't afford to go to school because their family didn't have any money. They couldn't afford healthcare because they are stuck at a shitty minimum wage job at McDonalds. Then they pump out children because they are brainwashed by bullshit conservative abstinence programs. Then these kids fall into the same vicious cycle that they are in.
All of this wouldn't be a problem if big business was willing to pay higher wages and provide health care to their employees. Instead, they bitch and moan and pay off their buddies in the government to ensure minimum wage stays low and social health care does not become a reality. But, oh everything will be ok as long as they can have more money to hire joe blow at minimum wage with no benefits.Leave a comment:
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I think america needs 4 more years of bush.
About the price tag of the budget plan.... compare it to the war in iraq and then speak out ;-)Leave a comment:
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Hallen, yo da man
very well thought out and concise and true
the central premise in this whole argument can be summed up as follows, imho
the "rich" are rich not because they stole from the "poor" or held them down, they are 'rich" because they, for the most part, embraced the american dream and worked hard.Leave a comment:
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People are shocked that we're calling Obama and his cohoots Socialists. This isn't anything new to the democratic party. During the HUGE wave of immigrants, you had the democratic party standing in the ship yards handing out $10 and then asked them to join up for their party. Sound familiar?
This is to buy votes in 2012 because it sure as hell IS NOT AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL for the next 4 years.
I can hear it now in 4 years.. "We CUT YOUR TAXES MIDDLE CLASS AMERICA" LOLLeave a comment:
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still applies. And +1 to my postcount.No one here is against helping people. [in regards to Ted Turner's gift] Now if all that money had gone to taxes, would it have been donated as he wished? That's the whole point of capitalism. It's not a zero-sum game. Yes, some will not do as well as others, welcome to the natural condition of life. Meanwhile, as everyone striving to do better is what pushes the market and country up, and grows new consumer bases which in turn allows more people the opportunity to generate profit.
There is enough capacity within this system to help those who need a little help getting back on their feet. It cannot support entire populations or segments of the economy, nor can it function effectively if the basic premise of competition is tampered with. While it might make people feel good about themselves to say that wealth will be redistributed artificially, it hurts the underlying engine behind economic growth. It's like getting a sick person drunk. He will feel better for a while but eventually the root causes of the illness will crop up.Leave a comment:

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