This says it all. You have NO idea what you are talking about. You are the epitome of a spoiled American if you think the US is only "slightly better than a third world country." You need to not only travel more, but live in some other countries. Your perspective of the US would change quite a bit.
Uh, guy, certain parts of this country ARE a third world county... LIke most of the Red States.
My perspective of the US is that the country has declined because people like you demolished the middle class to make the rich richer.
I don't doubt that you have some "stupid" running in your family. You seem to think that because you vote for the Democrats that you missed that unfortunate genetic trait.
Naw, man, Iike I said, I voted GOP for years... The difference is I was smart enough to realize that after the FOURTH GOP recession in my adult years, the GOP has no idea what it is doing. I probably should have figured this out after the SECOND one, but I was one of you Wingnuts who got all upset that Bill got a blow job instead of appreciating he made things a lot better for the working class.
Now let's slice and dice the rest of your silly argument.
There are stupid and ignorant people on both sides of the aisle. I would say without question the Democrats hold a lead with the ignorant folks.
Really? Frankly, having been on both sides of the aisle, I would say I've encountered a lot more dumb people among the Republicans... My mistake was thinking that I was more clever than I am.
There are plenty of smart professors who are too smart for their own good when it comes to politics. They aren't wise or humble enough to entertain the thought that what they have been taught since grade school may be wrong.
Or not. Frankly, I look at it from a historical point of view. Things get better for the working class when Democrats are in charge, they get worse when Republicans are in charge. Since the end of WWII, we've had 10 recessions, and 9 of them happened on Republican watches. It's not a bug, it's a design feature.
These self-proclaimed geniuses toe the party line and are just as quick to throw out the intellectually shallow "racist" defense as their less intellectually inclined Democratic counterparts. In other words, even the "smart" ones have been dumbed down when it comes to politics.
Again, if you want to pretend that racism not only exists in this country, it's written into our DNA. This is just a fact.
I am in a right-to-work state. I do well and maintain gainful employment because I am good at what I do. Because I don't have the entitlement mentality of many union workers, I know I must continue to do well and excel.
Again, you won't tell us which state it is, because you know I'd dig up facts and figure showing it's really is a third world country.
Unions promote complacency because they over-pay and can't fire folks simply because a better person comes along. Unions stifle real competition. I know why Democrats like them...they are lazy and entitled. This is rather obvious with the policies their party supports.
Again, I'm not sure why you think engaging in the corporate rat race is the highlight of human existence. Personally, we were much better off when people got lifetime jobs through the union.
They want to get a job and keep it for life no matter their performance.
Poor employee performance usually reflects bad management. Frankly, I've been out there working 1992, I never encountered a company that did poorly because the employees were bad, and I've met a few who needed to be fired. Most of the places I've worked, it's the management that usually ends up being the problem. And those guys never get fired.
Unions don't make companies stronger, they make them weaker.
It's not their job to make the company stronger. It's their job to look out for workers.
The best employees can't always be hired because there aren't any openings.
The best employees aren't hired now. Hey, guy, tell you what, our system of hiring is truly broken. The best person is usually "the guy who hired the best resume writer" or "the guy who can scam his way through an interview".
The pension plans suck the companies dry or they drive up the cost of the company's products. Union workers want a safety blanket but don't want to weave it themselves...that is what every Democrat I know wants.
So if you have the majority working to make the rich richer while they get less and less benefits, you've kind of made an argument for socialism...
Personal responsibility was evidently not taught in their households. They want it from their employer and their government, just like petulant, immature children.
Naw, man, we expect those people to do their jobs, just like we have to do ours. The problem is, the only way to get rid of a bad manager is to slowly do a bad job. (Actually, the first company I worked for had exactly this kind of environment, management that was so awful, we couldn't build an effective team to get the job done an eventually, the company went under and deserved to.)
