[quote]What is financial disaster?[/quote] Prior to the subprime crisis about half of home foreclosures were due to medical catastrophe.If you have seen people go through this you might better understand that it goes much further than your somewhat feeble attempt to trivialize the issue.
[quote]Smoothseas provided a link to Frontline to prove his point on Global warming[/quote] Actually I provided that link to disprove your misinformation about the subject not to prove my point of view. My point of view actually lies somewhere in the middle of both extremes. [quote] Okay all you people that want to destroy nations to save the Earth read this! [/quote] Much of the strength of the U.S econ
[quote]Letting the Democrats take control of Congress in 2006 - That's when the economy soured[/quote] Unfortunately the root of the problem started well before then.
[quote]I don't have any objection to paying taxes to support community resources. I do object to paying taxes that go to some other individually in which no service is rendered in return that the original tax payer makes use of.[/quote] Unfortunately both major parties are guilty of redistributing tax dollars in such a way.
[quote]I don't see a scenario where men from wall street will seize me if I don't give them what I worked for.[/quote] Seems to me recently they decided to start using the same collection agency.
[quote]except if you are getting a free ride with affirmative action.[/quote] Hypocrisy at it its finest. Its difficult for me to discredit one candidate on grounds of affirmative action when the opponent got a free ride as well.
[quote]Actually it is. The only thing abnormal about it is the rhetoric[/quote] If u consider corruption normal.....Maybe it is since it will never go away. Unfortunatly many people dont know the difference between good and bad regulations as far as free markets are concerned. And to make matters worse some who do can be bought too easily.
[quote]The liberal version of compassion is voting for politicians who will steal the earnings of other people to give to them and their friends.[/quote] theres plenty of conservatives on wall st. that do the same
[quote]YOu dont need a country full of geniuses. Just enough to create the jobs. [/quote] No but if your going to send the manufacturing base overseas and create new jobs that require more technical skills then you need more educated people. [quote]The Economy is having problems, just as it does every so often. [/quote] Unfortunately the biggest problems right now is not part of the "normal business cycle".
[quote]but it is directly related to their system of universal health[/quote] Not really...cancer rates have more to do with environmental policy or education (such as abt smoking) Cancer survival rates maybe if the system is good enough to allow for better early detection. The way things have gone that is possibly true since the copay system we now have is preventing some from getting periodic physicals that are as comprehensive as they once were. Personally I think the windo
[quote]Facts about universal health care are readily available. Talk to anyone in any country that has universal health care about the bureaucracy that stands between them and life saving surgery. [/quote] There certainly are a lot of facts. The capitalistic countries that have universal health care have healthier, longer living populations and spend a smaller % of their gdp on health care. Unfortunately our govt is incapable of doing things in a way to make them beneficial to the pu
[quote]Innovation and adaption. Your friend was only partially right. 30 years ago, there was no personal computer market. America Invented it. Just like TVs, Microwaves, VCRs, DVDs, etc. We create, they just imitate. Then we move on.[/quote] Unfortunately we've sent a large portion of the manufacturing base overseas and let our education system go to hell. So we may still design new technology but we no longer manufacture much of it here. Our economy is in serious trouble. Spou
[quote]The misinformation comes from both sides of this debate[/quote] It certainly does. Regarding this issue it is mostly a matter of one side using information improperly to make claim that something is not true when in fact that information does not validate that claim......vs the other side which is trying to exagerate information to create a heightened sense of urgency.
[quote]Right, but it has been portrayed as man is the cause of the spikes not the Sun. The spikes were portrayed not as spikes but as man’s heavy industrial use[/quote] No it hasn't. It is the opposite. It it folks like you who don't understand or wish to ignore the scientific information and how it is interpolated and modeled that have used this type of thing to infer that it is indicative of a cooling trend. So keep trying to find something better because it really
"Not ALL do. I worked for a Union (partially) company. We never broke a union. But I can guarantee you that the stores in the same market that were not unionized got paid higher than the union ones did." That is correct Not all do. There were a few in my industry that did the same. Mainly to keep the unions out, so they would adjust things as the union contracts changed, but also most of them were subsidiaries of larger corps. so there was no benefit to having a unio
The "forced dues" that I paid while being a union member were pennies compared to the difference I made in wages and benefits. The first thing the companies did when they broke the union was decrease wages by 35%.
"And that is crux of the biscuit" Exactly so the point of view I have is not that I think one political party is correct and the other is wrong. The problem is that they both want to control the issue so that they can take taxpayer dollars and give them to those who support their elections. The reps want to give the money to oil gas and coal because they control those states and the dems want to give the money to high tech because they control those states. Then u have the people who
As usual it depends on which side of the fence u live on. I worked in an industry that actually benefits from being unionized, but it took a lot of turbulent years to get to that point. It went from unionized to non unionized to industry sham union then back to unionized. The best years for the workers were all when they were unionized. The worst were during the period when the companies set up a sham union to keep the labor force from unionizing. In the end the industry realized that they ha
[quote]The point of the links is because you asked for them and the data you cling to has been refuted by NASA as an mathematical error. OOPS. In short the link you provided is out of date and the revised one shows a much different world. I will have to go through all my global warming articles to find the link to the NASA page that was corrected since it was buried and took me almost an hour to find the first time.[/quote] The link I provided is current....Go to their website...It is
I would agree with Ridge as being a good pick. They chose the circus instead and I'm glad.....I hope they win..The economy is going to be in such shambles in 4 yrs they deserve to be in one of the branches so that the public can be outraged at both parties for the following election.
[quote]Could it be that the hundreds of millions they forcibly take from workers in the form of "dues" and are donated mostly to the Democratic Party [/quote] Untrue. Unions often set up political action funds which are voluntary donations in which they use to lobby government. Also some unions deal with the Republican Party. It depends on the industry. Some industries are better served by the Republican party. [quote]paying to the union but having no vote on what they
Sorry I want a link or source so that I can follow the trail myself.....I know how to look for the classic misinformation websites so make sure they're valid. In particular I want to be able to read a prognosis of the research.
[quote]but i have yet to see a chart showing that conservatives are smarter than liberals. so you tell me who's the sneakier group. or more desperate.[/quote] Neither. Both have individuals that try to be sneaky when they perpetrate lies, untruths, and misinformation.
[quote]Attempting to alter natural climate cycles is tantamount to global suicide[/quote] There is nothing that I know of the comes even close to what might be considered as attempting to change a natural climate cycle. Although Im sure theres some crap like that to be found on the internet somewhere.
[quote]If all you see is a two party system then you are blind to what is going on politically in this country.[/quote] Most people who call our sytem a 2 party system are in general simply referring to the fact the there are 2 extremely dominent parties amongst others. BTW You quoted something that I stated about anothers comment not yours. Maybe you ought to take note of those types of things before you get so defensive.
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