MaggieMae
Reality bits
- Apr 3, 2009
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Republicans have worked against their own self interest for years. The elite they are so against have been using them to stage a massive redistribution of wealth from the middle class to the top 3% since the time of Reagan.
A country can only stay strong if it has a strong middle class. Under the Bush administration, the Repubublicans went hog wild.
The no bid contracts after Katrina.
The no bid contracts after the invasion of Iraq.
The deregulation of Wall Street.
The massive tax cuts for the wealthy.
Health Care (without the care).
Supporting businesses in their move to shift American jobs to other coutries.
The insane energy policies developed between Bush and the oil companies.
And worse, sending the children of the poor and middle class off to fight a made up war so they could make even more money.
And the Republicans have not only supported this travesty, but when there was some small effort to move money back to the middle class, they cry about a "redistribution" of wealth, that already happened.
Worse, the ones that cry the loudest, have no wealth.
Republicans are like the guy who said, "I can't believe how much it hurt when you poked me in the eye. Do it again, in case I was wrong the first time".
Ahhh... lies, lies, and more untruths from a winger
1) There is no preference or stance to redistribute wealth up
2) No bid contracts are there under every last motherfucking administration for certain types of jobs without much competition and for emergency situations where the complex time consuming process is not viable.. yes, including Obama and Clinton
3) Wall Street was never deregulated
4) The wealthy still pay more of a percentage of their income than others... and there are millions who pay no income taxes at all at the lower end of the income ladder... not really a god thing in a society and government based on equality, eh?? Or is it that you, muh like some many others of your ilk, are only for selective equality?? Equality when it fits you and inequality when you want something at the expense of someone else
5) Your 'health care' is your personal responsibility, as stated to you so many times... unless you suddenly feel your personal body and well being is now public domain
6) Nobody has supported the movement or loss of jobs... but government does not exist to own, nor does it control every aspect when freedoms are an essential part of the societal makeup... and as taxation increases under far-leftist rule, even more companies will opt to have their freedom to go to a place where the taxation is not as great.. unless you little control freak lefties wish to curb freedoms some more in favor of forced redistribution and government ownership
7) Show example of your 'insane' energy policies
8) Your little conspiracy theory "made up" war bullshit has been laughed at before, and dismissed as the debunked bullshit it truly is
9) We have an all volunteer military
10) Equality is what is being called for... no redistribution in any direction... but nice try, winger asshole
Ignorant fuck
People swear when they know they are losing. In your case, when they have already lost.
Bush and the Republicans cut taxes for the richest Americans during a time of war. That is unprecedented in American history. Sending kids off to die while stripping the country of it's wealth, all at the same time.
It's only common sense that when the wealth of a country is in the hands of the top 3%, depression follows. Why? Because no one else has any money.
Other presidents may have used no bid contracts in the past, but Bush and the Republicans took it to unprecedented levels. Cheney's Halliburton stock options shot up over 5 THOUSAND percent. Blackwater, a company no one ever heard of became a billion dollar corporation.
Iraq was a "made up" war and even many Republicans admit it. Even Pat Buchanan said this was going to be a disaster BEFORE we even invaded.
Sure, the military is all volunteer, unless they are held against their will for multiple tours past their time out.
At the time, 90% of those in the Military believed that Saddam was behind 9/11. Are you calling them fools? Where did they get that idea. Not from Democrats.
In the 50's and 60's, the tax rate for the top 3% was from 75 to 90%. None of them went poor and there was a time of growth. Of course, CEO's didn't make more than 200 times more than the common worker. And look at the good job they are doing. The economy in ruins.
Wall Street was deregulated. Freddie/Fannie used to handle more than 70% of mortgages. Because of an accounting scandal, they pulled back on mortgages and because Wall Street had been deregulated, they began giving mortgages, eventually more than 70%. Then they bundled them and sold them over seas as "securities".
Insane energy policies? When oil companies make what they make and gas shot up to 5 bucks a gallon?
Talking to you is a joke because you don't know anything. Nothing at all.
You live in a vacuum, no, wait, a terrifying vacuum. Republicans like to be scared.
Once again, derailing the thread, but I happen to agree with all of your points. Note to EXisted-- does that make me a "radical" leftist? Don't think so...