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Poll: Voters Viewing Occupy Wall St. Unfavorably

FFDP666 said:
on an issue to issue basis, people usually hold more moderate/liberal views. this is true.
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Gallup did a poll on political leanings and 20% of the polled called themselves liberal/progressive and 40% Conservativies.
 
Conservative said:
Gallup did a poll on political leanings and 20% of the polled called themselves liberal/progressive and 40% Conservativies.
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*sigh* yes Conservative, that is why i said "an issue to issue" basis, such as Climate Change, Taxes, Iraq, etc etc.
 
Conservative said:
Gallup did a poll on political leanings and 20% of the polled called themselves liberal/progressive and 40% Conservativies.
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So it stands to reason that a lot of conservatives are Obama supporters. :thumbs:
 
Conservative said:
Tell me what the Scott Brown election did to the power in Congress? You want to hang your hat on another diversion from the Obama record and blame it on the filibuster. Do you ever take responsibility for anything? This leftwing community organizer President sure has you fooled
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It's not a diversion at all. It's correcting this idea that Obama has full control over America and American economic policies.

He doesn't have me fooled. I though going after healthcare instead of the economy was a mess. I also think the debt ceiling debacle by Republicans and how they've acted is a mess.
 
iliveonramen said:
It's not a diversion at all. It's correcting this idea that Obama has full control over America and American economic policies.

He doesn't have me fooled. I though going after healthcare instead of the economy was a mess. I also think the debt ceiling debacle by Republicans and how they've acted is a mess.
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What do you call it when a political party controls the WH and the Congress with a filibuster proof majority? As for the debt ceiling mess, how does increasing the credit card limit change your spending habits? The Paul Ryan Budget was rejected and there are no spending cuts
 
85 percent of Americans agree we should raise taxes on the rich...THE END!
 
also 66 percent of millionaires agree we should raise taxes on the upper incomes as well...BAM!
 
Conservative said:
I know of no Conservative that supports Obama economic policies and that is context
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I'll write slower for you. Most see themselves as conservatives. A majority voted for Obama. This required people who see themsleves as conservatives. He was making a funny you missed.
 
FFDP666 said:
also 66 percent of millionaires agree we should raise taxes on the upper incomes as well...BAM!
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They're all liberal. Rich folk are mostly liberal. We all know that. ;)
 
FFDP666 said:
85 percent of Americans agree we should raise taxes on the rich...THE END!
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47% of income earning households don't pay any FIT so wonder why they would vote on raising taxes on someone else? What exactly does raising taxes on those evil rich people accomplish?
 
What do you call it when a political party controls the WH and the Congress with a filibuster proof majority?
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Yeah for one year...maybe Dems should of rammed through as much legislation as possible...they didn't though.

As for the debt ceiling mess, how does increasing the credit card limit change your spending habits?
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It's the actual debt ceiling as much as the fact something that generally is passed easily turns into a cluster fu**. It also did NOTHING! but give us this stupid trigger thingy that both parties are trying to get rid of. So grats, you Republicans made America look like idiots and accomplished nothing.
The Paul Ryan Budget was rejected and there are no spending cuts
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Yeah...which is no suprise to anybody. Republicans knew the Ryan budget wasn't going to pass the senate. Instead of actually doing there job and trying to compromise and create a plan they know Dems and Rep can pass they pass a plan they know won't get through the Senate and call it a day.

Dumb.
 
iliveonramen said:
Yeah for one year...maybe Dems should of rammed through as much legislation as possible...they didn't though.


It's the actual debt ceiling as much as the fact something that generally is passed easily turns into a cluster fu**. It also did NOTHING! but give us this stupid trigger thingy that both parties are trying to get rid of. So grats, you Republicans made America look like idiots and accomplished nothing.


Yeah...which is no suprise to anybody. Republicans knew the Ryan budget wasn't going to pass the senate. Instead of actually doing there job and trying to compromise and create a plan they know Dems and Rep can pass they pass a plan they know won't get through the Senate and call it a day.

Dumb.
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Whether you like it or not, it will be the Obama results on the ballot in 2012 and those results were generated with a Democrat controlled Congress from 2009-2010 with overwhelming numbers. There is nothing that Obama implemented during that period of time that benefited the private sector and thus the results speak for themselves. Only the true political junkies here including me aren't going to make a hill of beans difference in the 2012 election but the silent majority will. We saw an example of what will happen with the 2010 elections and then gain the 2011 elections where Va and Mississippi turned their legislature over to Republicans.

Obama cannot run on his record and thus is working on the devisive campaign rhetoric to rile up his base which today is a declining number
 
Conservative said:
Whether you like it or not, it will be the Obama results on the ballot in 2012 and those results were generated with a Democrat controlled Congress from 2009-2010 with overwhelming numbers. There is nothing that Obama implemented during that period of time that benefited the private sector and thus the results speak for themselves. Only the true political junkies here including me aren't going to make a hill of beans difference in the 2012 election but the silent majority will. We saw an example of what will happen with the 2010 elections and then gain the 2011 elections where Va and Mississippi turned their legislature over to Republicans.

Obama cannot run on his record and thus is working on the devisive campaign rhetoric to rile up his base which today is a declining number
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Well...regarding that I will the majority of your post I agree. Ultimately the political junkies are few and far between. His campaign team has apparently said they are going negative (which is an indication he doesn't feel his record is strong).

As for if the American people trust Newt or Mitt more....we'll have to see.
 
Grant said:
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."

George Bernard Shaw
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It's quite simple, if you don't like it, you are more than welcome to pack your bags and move to a country where you feel will treat you better.

And yet, you, Conservative, Turtle, and countless others that complain about this have not left the U.S.

Wonder why? Oh yeah, because in the long run it really isn't that bad.
 
Conservative said:
Again just to show the control that the Democrats had



Then there was the November 2010 elections
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seems to me you asked for a pro-conservative policy, and this is one. or is helping small business not something conservatives care for? republicans just vote against obama NO MATTER WHAT.
 
Conservative said:
47% of income earning households don't pay any FIT so wonder why they would vote on raising taxes on someone else? What exactly does raising taxes on those evil rich people accomplish?
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Lets have a "DID YOU KNOW" moment, shall we? DID YOU KNOW: that income taxes for people who are not rich do not account for the majority of their tax burden, sure the lower income brackets don't pay income tax but thats because they don't have THAT much income to begin with buddy ol pal, which is why the rich freak out when you go after their income tax rates, because thats where most of their tax burden is. So now that we have easily established that a huge majority of Americans want to raise taxes on the rich, why is it a good idea? well its not, by itself, if anyone wanted to get serious about things, we will need to raise taxes on everybody at least a little bit, you can't pay off the debt by just taxing the rich, that being said, its also stupid as hell, to just ignore them as a source of tax revenue, and its not just income tax. We need to massively increase the taxes on the rich investment banker types. Capital gains, dividend tax etc are ungodly low, which is why those rich folks actually pay less in taxes than you or i when it comes to a percentage.

also cutting spending overseas is a must as well, and maybe even some domestic spending if needed
 
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