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Reply to Detroit in ruins in Politics JoeUser Forums

Draginol never tires of orienting unions to entitlements and therefore all of whom are lazy, spoiled bastards. God forbid that anyone should want better healthcare and wages.

Reply to Bogus Healthcare in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]The problem with Medicare and Medicaid are similar to Social Security. They are dependent upon population growth.[/quote] Immigration will eventually cover it. But I agree the system is untenable and requires a better method of pay as you go.

Reply to Bogus Healthcare in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]“The problem with socialism is that you eventually, run out of other people’s money.” [/quote] Confused with high level leverage of capitalism. The Laws of the Unuverse according to the doc: The hell with everybody as long as I'm on t

Banks are Banks, Big or Small in Politics JoeUser Forums

Board of directors have no more right to give away stock than they have handing out bonuses. The cavalier manner in which people in charge of other people's money is outrageous. Nevertheless, regional or community banks don't operate like George Bailey either — they aspire to be like their big brothers. Banks are banks—rotten to the core. The entire system of finance is based on sham by constantly raising the cost of living so that savers have to turn to banks and other inv

Reply to Happy Holidays in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Thanks, Chuck and Doc: Happy New Year.

Reply to Bogus Healthcare in Politics JoeUser Forums

unworkable only because those of us with pretty good insurance and congress with Cadillac plans don't give a shit.

Reply to Bogus Healthcare in Politics JoeUser Forums

The best thing would have been to scrap it altogether until the economy a was on its feet; in the meantime it could have opened up Medicaid to more of the uninsured and lowered entry to Medicare.

Reply to Hodge Podge in Politics JoeUser Forums

No one should be in the poorhouse because of disease--it's called humanity. Of course, there are tangib

Reply to Senate Ego in Politics JoeUser Forums

True, but the House can't pretend it represents an entire state.

Reply to Hammer Them in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]But tax shelters got rich quick![/quote] The irony is that when the rate came down tax shelters grew tenfold and didn't matter what the purpose was. Still there's nothing wrong shelters for retirement and future education costs. <img id="ctl00__Content__RepeaterReplies

Reply to Retarded Banks in Politics JoeUser Forums

I'm not advocating stone age thinking--is there something wrong with utilitarian investment? Political correction is not

Reply to Another Angle to Spread the Wealth in Politics JoeUser Forums

"There is plenty of blame to go all around here." I agree, but greatest gap ever is not good for the necessa

Reply to Purge The Bums in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Oh how times have changed. [/quote] Not for me it hasn't; the rot prevails. Widespread purge is essential.

Reply to Purge The Bums in Politics JoeUser Forums

[ [quote]Exactly. Senators should know absolutely nothing about the economy or about where the money goes that they spend. They should not have any information whatsoever.[/quote] Misrepresenting here; generally, lobbyists of economic interests do not inform; they misinform, motivated by self-gain.

Reply to Purge The Bums in Politics JoeUser Forums

I know, catch 22--it's never going to happen.

Another Angle to Spread the Wealth in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Had the people at the top of corporate America, Wall Street banks and hedge funds not taken a disproportionate share -- most Americans would not have felt the necessity to borrow so much." Reich is only partly correct here. Excessive consumer debt has always been with us since the credit card became universal. What was new was remortgaging the home that had nothing to do with improvements and maintenance to enhance or retain price integrity of the residence. Credit and debt by defini

Bogus Healthcare in Politics JoeUser Forums

Choice is the tag most often misused in the current health reform debacle. Aside from first year come-on gimmicks, all insurance companies are pinned to the same actuaries and eventuate delusion into collusion. The absolute minimal essentials are no more precondition clauses, no ands, ifs and buts to legitimate care, yes to county mandated free walk in clinics for all uninsured, taking the place of Medicaid , every infant hence born is given a government healthcare certificate, and price cont

Retarded Banks in Politics JoeUser Forums

It's true that no longer should bankers lend with abandon and that too many small businesses have no need to expand and hire. So why doesn't the government reverse the tarp and have these fat cats lend to contractors of infrastructure to speed up the role of investments where it will do the most good? It always rankles me when I see the likes of Coca Cola and McDonalds heralded as great investments as though we really needed them--investors have no imagination, especially investment bankers,

Purge The Bums in Politics JoeUser Forums

The Senate must be purged by the electorate; it cannot exist as is if it is to be "the greatest deliberative body in the world." The likes of Dorgan, Lieberman, Snowe, Dodd, Nelson of Nebraska, and many others are petty and look to the money peddlers for their orders. Senate should no longer be permitted to have contact with the rotting corporate body of lobbyists.

Hammer Them in Politics JoeUser Forums

Stockholders are apathetic in permitting huge salaries, bonuses and perks to company executives. The only way to combat these nonsensical obscenities is for the government to tax the wealthy at the old FDR, Truman, Eisenhower 90+% rate coupled with tax credits for worthy domestic investments.

Happy Holidays in Blogging JoeUser Forums

M ean, scowling mugs replaced by spirited smiling faces E loquent simplicity of the season’s voice R eindeer icon for clean transportation R eality shows at

Hodge Podge in Politics JoeUser Forums

How can we be sure that bankruptcy from medical expenses is outlawed? Why isn't Cobra built into unemployment insurance? Why can't healthcare be a given, rather than a purchased commodity? Employer based insurance is obsolete, why not begin a phase out by incorporating company plans into Medicare and keeping the insurance company as a supplement? I have little faith the hodge-podge being developed or rather watered down by the Senate stands a chance to be effective; especially for those on th

Senate Ego in Politics JoeUser Forums

"The legislators may just discover that the bank money is toxic, and standing with the banks perilous to their political careers." This quote is wishful, naive perception. Since the birth of this nation it is the Senate that has been too big in egoism to fail! By its very nature--despite the myth of profiles in courage--it is 99% flunkeys to Wall Street even though dissenters always claim conscience driven motives to hide the backdoor of oligarchy.

Reply to 63 million Americans will soon pay no net income taxes in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Thats dirty capitalism talk![/quote] Clearly. Yet how is it no one thought that when they were paying for products from overseas at the expense of the American worker?

Reply to Quotes From Beck's Rally in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]They say there were 25,000 people there. All I can say is that he makes much more sense than what I hear coming from the White House these days. [/quote] Yeah, he follows the pattern of asskicking Christians. [quote] Hitler brainwashed them[/quote] What makes you think Beck is not doing the same?