The problem is that we can't get both parties to come to some reasonable agreement. You blame Democrats, but there are Republicans that feel the same way.
Then those Republicans, like John McCain, should be ignored and steps taken immediately to have some sort of rational plan to get oil to the lower 48 States. This has been going on too long and the US will continue to decline as a result. I may harass and tease you about our differences but in fact I want to see the American people, our very good neighbors, prosperous and strong.
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There is a big difference between strangling chief suppliers and making sure they do things in a safe manner to protect the people and the environment. It only seems political because the country has become divided - it isn't about what is right for the country any more, it's about what does my party stand behind!
No one from any party want to damage the environment. That has been blown way out of proportion and as a result the US has become energy dependent. The environment will change but that doesn't mean t will be destroyed. We've made some huge changes here in Canada and the environmentalists were ina dither for a while but everything is going well now and people, and animals, are getting on fine. The 'environment' is a lot tougher and stronger then we think. It is not 'fragile' at all and will still be humming along once we're all gone.
Oh no, it is not new. It was introduced by Reagan when he was president, the idea that if you don't tax the rich and corporations, some of their earnings will trickle down to the poor people. The opposite has happened, the poor people's money is trickling up. George HW Bush called it voodoo economics, and after G W Bush left us in such a mess, I guess his father knew what he was talking about.
Yes, i know the history about trickle down economics but it is all bunk. Just go out there and make a living wherever you can and things will happen. Reagan said not to trust the government and he was right, particularly since he was also part of the government.
That is why we are fighting to maintain those rights. It isn't fair that we pay taxes and the only ones that get major returns are the wealthy, who are being given loopholes and shelters so they can keep more of their money. I would like to keep more of my money, too, but it seems my taxes keep going up while the rich are able to work around their rates and some end up paying even less than the middle-class.
Spend less time worrying about the wealthy and get on with your own life. This class envy is destroying the country and we know anyway that even if the government was to take all the money from 'the rich', it wouldn't be enough to pay for all the programs anyway. As soon as the rich run out of money, and it is removed from the economy, politicians will then be looking for others to pay for ther continued spending. The only way to survive is for the government to stop spending so much money. There is no other solution and chasing after the rich won't help at all, even in the short term.
That some are trying to take the country back a few hundred years is nothing new. I guess they preferred when women were doing them behind closed doors with clothes hangers.
You know that's not true. You're complaining about the country coming apart and yet you make those wild accusations. Of course it will come apart if you speak so unkindly of those with an opposing view.
I guess their compassion for the fetus does not take into consideration that now we'll be losing both the women and the fetus. I don't believe they will ever do away with abortion, there will always be a need for it (risk of mother's life, rape and incest), and there will always be those who will be willing to bend the rules. The real help was in providing education, but that seems to be one of the things Republicans want to get rid of.
You're making a lot of wild guesses but would't see that anywhere on a Republican platform. I think you should question your sources.
That is the problem with the state, not the people. You are always going to have a small group that will try to milk the system, no matter what it is. It is up to the states to come up with rigid rules to obstruct abuse. The new welfare laws (Clinton's reform), only allow a person to stay 5 years - (I'm sure there are exceptions), but anyone that is able to work should be expected to get a job. If that doesn't happen it is because the State is not doing their job.
That's why there should be more State rights, not less.
Obama has named Immelt as head of the New Jobs Panel. I guess he believes the old adage, "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" - Immelt is a Republican and has contributed heavily to Republican candidates. Either that, or he is trying to appeal to Republicans by naming one of their own. Since it has been declared that GE didn't pay taxes most Republicans are now trying to disassociate with him, trying to make him a Democrat or somehow tie the "no taxes paid by GE" as a Democratic endeavor, when we all know they are all out for reducing corporate taxes.
General Electric has contributed a great deal to the Democrats.
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I don't know what is going to happen here. I've never seen so much animosity between the parties as has been seen since Obama got elected. It has split families and caused friends to split. I speak from experience!
Well of course there is going to be animosity if you continue with your attitudes towards the other political party, as well as making clearly untrue comments You are putting your partisan politics ahead of your country, and that's being demonstrated right now by what's happening to the United States.