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Putin has TOTAL CONTROL over the US govt.

I bet I can guess who the OP says is not one of the 95%. Why doesn't the OPer say who the other 5%?
 
Conspinkeyists are worth their weight in therapy.
 
Dittohead not! said:
How could I have left that out? They surely must have a piece of the pie as well.
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A huge industry that has befuddled our Congress into being a bunch of paranoid preppers, war mongers and storm troopers. :lol:
 
iguanaman said:
So finally you have realized that mega corporations are not so good for America. Let's hope it is not too late to break them up. It won't be the 1st time you know.
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And monopolistic, mega-government is even worse!

It is not too late to stop it's horrid growth.
 
The number one reason why Congress can't decrease the Defense budget--pork-barrel defense in their own congressional districts.
Number two is the bloated pension and benefit system which needs means-tested .
grip said:
Don't forget about Defense contracts. We spend almost a trillion dollars last year.
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NIMBY said:
The number one reason why Congress can't decrease the Defense budget--pork-barrel defense in their own congressional districts.
Number two is the bloated pension and benefit system which needs means-tested .
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I have a hard time believing Vets are over paid in their benefits for what they do.
 
That's because the facts are not at your hand.
Ask Rep. Paul ryanh why he tried to decrease COLA in the budget he produced in december.
Officers with cushy 30-year careers are bankrupting the government, along with tri-care-for-life's abuses, just as with any pyublic pension .
grip said:
I have a hard time believing Vets are over paid in their benefits for what they do.
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NIMBY said:
That's because the facts are not at your hand.
Ask Rep. Paul ryanh why he tried to decrease COLA in the budget he produced in december.
Officers with cushy 30-year careers are bankrupting the government, along with tri-care-for-life's abuses, just as with any pyublic pension .
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With all the massive amounts of money going to corporations and government agencies, I fail to see how individuals, who make mere beans in comparison, should be any kind of target. Is the gov and military way too big and bloated, no doubt, but they should at least pay the pensions they agreed to for now.
 
This phony Congress will never balance the budget.
they won't take up the Tax Reform bill of Chairman Camp.
They stab their own Chairman ryan on "minimal" reform to Defense and the VA.
They keep cutting taxes to the rich and won't do away with loopholes.
 
grip said:
With all the massive amounts of money going to corporations and government agencies, I fail to see how individuals, who make mere beans in comparison, should be any kind of target. Is the gov and military way too big and bloated, no doubt, but they should at least pay the pensions they agreed to for now.
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All pensions that are public should be paid.
That attitude is why ther federal, state, and municipal governments are billions and trillions exposed in the next few decades.
Zero politicians have the guts to deal with problem.
The vast majority of Americans receiving public pension are too selfish to even forego COLA, let alone a cutback.
Then I hear phony outrage over the deficit .
 
NIMBY said:
All pensions that are public should be paid.
That attitude is why ther federal, state, and municipal governments are billions and trillions exposed in the next few decades.
Zero politicians have the guts to deal with problem.
The vast majority of Americans receiving public pension are too selfish to even forego COLA, let alone a cutback.
Then I hear phony outrage over the deficit .
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I'm sorry, but people trying to survive on a living wage/pension are not comparable to the corporate monstrosities that have gotten multi-billion dollar bail outs and contracts. Strap them first, and if there's still not enough to reduce the spending/debt, then you can start to cut pensions.
 
Republicans have prevented those monstrosities from being touched.
Like I said, everbody wants a balanced budged, but Not In My Back Yard .
grip said:
I'm sorry, but people trying to survive on a living wage/pension are not comparable to the corporate monstrosities that have gotten multi-billion dollar bail outs and contracts. Strap them first, and if there's still not enough to reduce the spending/debt, then you can start to cut pensions.
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notquiteright said:
Some one was asleep in math class... :doh

If Exxon owns 95% of Congress and is slithering into Russia then soon Exxon will own 95% of Russia, not the other way around... Exxon won't be a puppet for Putin anymore than it is for Congress... :roll:

Thieves, greedy self serving bastards, and thugs are not FRIENDS, you confuse crocodile smiles and standing close to friendship and getting close enough to slip the knife into the other guy's back. :2wave:
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I find it amusing that because Exxon is moving toward Russia for expanding its market control, Putin is in charge of the company, yet even though the U.S. is supposedly so in bed with Exxon, the same control is not granted to the U.S. If she were to remain somewhat consistent, it would be that the U.S. controls Exxon and is now seceding some of its control to Putin, thus making poor Exxon a victim.
 
solletica said:
If you took AP govt., you should've learned what a plutocracy is, and how it functions in the modern world.
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Yes, in AP Government courses, educators strive to instruct their students that corporations seeking to control governments throughout the world would also completely remove their own freedom of movement in order to satisfy the limitless agenda of another nation state.
 
Fiddytree said:
I find it amusing that because Exxon is moving toward Russia for expanding its market control, Putin is in charge of the company, yet even though the U.S. is supposedly so in bed with Exxon, the same control is not granted to the U.S. If she were to remain somewhat consistent, it would be that the U.S. controls Exxon and is now seceding some of its control to Putin, thus making poor Exxon a victim.
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I don't see any evidence at all that ExxonMobil doesn't have total control over the US govt. Please cite an example where ExxonMobil had an objective that was not fulfilled by its servants, i. e. Congress.

And ExxonMobil is not a victim in Russia because Tillerson is pals w/Putin. The only difference is that Putin, unlike US Congressmembers can't be bought. In the US, whenever Tillerson strolls through Capitol Hill, nearly all members of Congress get down on their knees for their chance to fellate the oilman, whereas Putin is content to merely shake hands w/him (as shown in the pic).
 
Fiddytree said:
Yes, in AP Government courses, educators strive to instruct their students that corporations seeking to control governments throughout the world would also completely remove their own freedom of movement in order to satisfy the limitless agenda of another nation state.
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:rolleyes: I doubt it. AP Govt. is a public high school class, and hence, consists of nothing more than the usual stale brainwashing of students into believing that the govt. actually works according to the Constitution.

Here's how AP Govt. should be taught.

Lesson 1--Division of Powers

Power over the US govt. is granted to individuals in the world in proportion to how much they money they gave it

FINAL EXAM
 
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solletica said:
:rolleyes: I doubt it. AP Govt. is a public high school class, and hence, consists of nothing more than the usual stale brainwashing of students into believing that the govt. actually works according to the Constitution.

Here's how AP Govt. should be taught.

Lesson 1--Division of Powers

Power over the US govt. is granted to individuals in the world in proportion to how much they money they gave it

FINAL EXAM
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Can't the students be allowed to get old before they get cynical?
 
solletica said:
I don't see any evidence at all that ExxonMobil doesn't have total control over the US govt. Please cite an example where ExxonMobil had an objective that was not fulfilled by its servants, i. e. Congress.
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Proving a negative, in other words.
 
MadLib said:
Proving a negative, in other words.
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Actually, I don't see much negative about Putin being buddies w/one of the US's Supreme Rulers. Since Congress is full of wimpy, brain-dead peons hungry for Tillerson's penis, 'til a good thing that Tillerson has a strong man holding his arm.
 
Obama actually has a legitimate threat to stop Putin.

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