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Post by LokisMom on Mar 17, 2022 12:13:15 GMT
Because they are not conning people. They are standard issue politicians and politics is messy. You think the world should be run with the efficiency and precision of a Hollywood action movie and the honesty of a Boy Scout troop. Well, Bruce Willis does not portray real people. Captain America does not exist. The only way for you to be totally satisfied that your interests supersedes everyone else’s in this nation is to vote in a dictator and hope the fuck he is nice, kind one who agrees with you.
If collectivists can dream of a world where everyone works together, gets along and contributes.......then I can dream of a smaller, much more efficient govt.
Expecting to ever be totally satisfied is not very realistic. But I'm doing pretty well in that department despite the glaring problems in this country. Mostly because I've succeeded at isolating myself from most of them.
How small should a government of 350 million people and 3,531,905 square miles be? Can small government handle our GDP%? And what would a small government look like? No more social security or Medicare? Smaller army? Bigger police force? What are the plans for millions living in poverty with health insurance? What do we do about inter and intrastate commerce? Being dedicated to “small government” is also collectivism because it is based on an unproven ideology that small governments are automatically better and more freeing, but name one small government that isn’t also despotic and authoritarian? Most police states are small government.
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Post by abbey1227 on Mar 17, 2022 13:32:40 GMT
How small should a government of 350 million people and 3,531,905 square miles be? Can small government handle our GDP%? And what would a small government look like? No more social security or Medicare? Smaller army? Bigger police force? What are the plans for millions living in poverty with health insurance? What do we do about inter and intrastate commerce? Being dedicated to “small government” is also collectivism because it is based on an unproven ideology that small governments are automatically better and more freeing, but name one small government that isn’t also despotic and authoritarian? Most police states are small government.
I hardly think the size of the country matters when a greta deal of it is federal land that is unoccupied. They should be selling off most of that anyway to pay off the Debt.
Cut the military by at least 75% If there's enough to pay for UHC after selling off land and cutting the military......fine.
Tell those millions to get their heads out of their asses
Allow all 50 States to decide for themselves.........with an overall general rules at the federal level.
Let's keep it simple...... I don't think ANYONE should be hit up for more than 20% in taxes. Once you've taxed the wealthy 20%, the middle class 15% and everyone below that 10%........ let me know what $Dollar amount that is for Revenue. And THAT's how big your government can be. Plenty of things would get cut if they were held to that budgetary standard.
Well, you don't need a bloated govt when the threat of violence or death is clear and consistent.
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Post by merh on Mar 17, 2022 17:07:05 GMT
How small should a government of 350 million people and 3,531,905 square miles be? Can small government handle our GDP%? And what would a small government look like? No more social security or Medicare? Smaller army? Bigger police force? What are the plans for millions living in poverty with health insurance? What do we do about inter and intrastate commerce? Being dedicated to “small government” is also collectivism because it is based on an unproven ideology that small governments are automatically better and more freeing, but name one small government that isn’t also despotic and authoritarian? Most police states are small government. I hardly think the size of the country matters when a greta deal of it is federal land that is unoccupied. They should be selling off most of that anyway to pay off the Debt. Cut the military by at least 75% If there's enough to pay for UHC after selling off land and cutting the military......fine. Tell those millions to get their heads out of their asses Allow all 50 States to decide for themselves.........with an overall general rules at the federal level. Let's keep it simple...... I don't think ANYONE should be hit up for more than 20% in taxes. Once you've taxed the wealthy 20%, the middle class 15% and everyone below that 10%........ let me know what $Dollar amount that is for Revenue. And THAT's how big your government can be. Plenty of things would get cut if they were held to that budgetary standard. Well, you don't need a bloated govt when the threat of violence or death is clear and consistent. Skatepark, dude. There is always that person who has a different idea of what should be government services. So Donnie wasn't the first. Too bad people didn't learn from this. www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/30/colorado-springs-libertarian-experiment-america-215313/Now, do you want the libertarian bear article again?
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Post by merh on Mar 18, 2022 9:28:45 GMT
I'm sure this is funny to you, ABBEY. Apparently this gal & someone called Destiny are having at it online. Its just pathetic Everything on the left is a lie?
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Post by Prometheus on Mar 18, 2022 11:06:24 GMT
How small should a government of 350 million people and 3,531,905 square miles be? Can small government handle our GDP%? And what would a small government look like? No more social security or Medicare? Smaller army? Bigger police force? What are the plans for millions living in poverty with health insurance? What do we do about inter and intrastate commerce? Being dedicated to “small government” is also collectivism because it is based on an unproven ideology that small governments are automatically better and more freeing, but name one small government that isn’t also despotic and authoritarian? Most police states are small government.
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Allow all 50 States to decide for themselves.........with an overall general rules at the federal level.
... Which is what we have... and it hasn't worked very well, which has required more general rules to be implemented at the federal level.
Enforcing those rules does require an increase in government size and expenditure... at the federal and local level.
Unfortunately, We the People keep proving time and time again that we are pretty much incapable of using common sense and therefore need rules to guide us.
Sadly, since We the People generally lack common sense, we keep electing people to make the rules who also don't have any common sense.
Coat that lack of common sense with a heaping helping of hypocrisy and you have a failing state, and I do think that the US is a failing state at this point.
Not "failed."
Failing.
You must realize this. That's why you "isolate" yourself, right?
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Post by abbey1227 on Mar 18, 2022 11:58:03 GMT
I'm sure this is funny to you, ABBEY. Apparently this gal & someone called Destiny are having at it online. Its just pathetic Everything on the left is a lie?
it's mildly funny to me
You figure they were trying to convince anyone that was an actual photo of something real, do you?
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Post by abbey1227 on Mar 18, 2022 12:00:20 GMT
Which is what we have... and it hasn't worked very well, which has required more general rules to be implemented at the federal level.
Enforcing those rules does require an increase in government size and expenditure... at the federal and local level.
Unfortunately, We the People keep proving time and time again that we are pretty much incapable of using common sense and therefore need rules to guide us.
Sadly, since We the People generally lack common sense, we keep electing people to make the rules who also don't have any common sense.
Coat that lack of common sense with a heaping helping of hypocrisy and you have a failing state, and I do think that the US is a failing state at this point.
Not "failed."
Failing.
You must realize this. That's why you "isolate" yourself, right?
The die may already be cast, imo
We're in agreement yet again..........maybe not on the actual causes specifically..........but the same end result.
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Post by LokisMom on Mar 20, 2022 4:11:25 GMT
How small should a government of 350 million people and 3,531,905 square miles be? Can small government handle our GDP%? And what would a small government look like? No more social security or Medicare? Smaller army? Bigger police force? What are the plans for millions living in poverty with health insurance? What do we do about inter and intrastate commerce? Being dedicated to “small government” is also collectivism because it is based on an unproven ideology that small governments are automatically better and more freeing, but name one small government that isn’t also despotic and authoritarian? Most police states are small government.
I hardly think the size of the country matters when a greta deal of it is federal land that is unoccupied. They should be selling off most of that anyway to pay off the Debt.
Cut the military by at least 75% If there's enough to pay for UHC after selling off land and cutting the military......fine.
Tell those millions to get their heads out of their asses
Allow all 50 States to decide for themselves.........with an overall general rules at the federal level.
Let's keep it simple...... I don't think ANYONE should be hit up for more than 20% in taxes. Once you've taxed the wealthy 20%, the middle class 15% and everyone below that 10%........ let me know what $Dollar amount that is for Revenue. And THAT's how big your government can be. Plenty of things would get cut if they were held to that budgetary standard.
Well, you don't need a bloated govt when the threat of violence or death is clear and consistent. Now you really want to crash the economy. And this talk about taxes is kinda dumb considering our 20th century consumer economic systems are failing. And this failure is no one’s in particular fault. It is time for a paradigm shift.
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Post by abbey1227 on Mar 20, 2022 12:20:29 GMT
<abbr data-timestamp="1647749485000" title="Mar 19, 2022 23:11:25 GMT -5" class="o-timestamp time">Mar 19, 2022 23:11:25 GMT -5</abbr> LokisMom said:
Let's keep it simple...... I don't think ANYONE should be hit up for more than 20% in taxes. Once you've taxed the wealthy 20%, the middle class 15% and everyone below that 10%........ let me know what $Dollar amount that is for Revenue. And THAT's how big your government can be. Plenty of things would get cut if they were held to that budgetary standard.
Well, you don't need a bloated govt when the threat of violence or death is clear and consistent. Now you really want to crash the economy. And this talk about taxes is kinda dumb considering our 20th century consumer economic systems are failing. And this failure is no one’s in particular fault. It is time for a paradigm shift.
Maybe you haven't noticed.......but the economy is really crashing already. Even the recent pay hikes can not keep up with the inflation by yet another 'expert' administration.
What do you see as the major problem? That we really don't make anything anymore? That we've relied on other countries for much of our products? Even the really important stuff, like medical supplies?
The paradigm shift is to revert to a more fiscally conservative mind set on the part of the people......and the Govt that reflects them.
I just heard on the radio that inflation has added about $300/month to the average household cost. And this is after it's been mentioned many times that the typical American couldn't come up with $400 in an emergency.
But they sure have a lot of non-necessities in their lives.
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Post by LokisMom on Mar 21, 2022 7:50:32 GMT
<abbr data-timestamp="1647749485000" title="Mar 19, 2022 23:11:25 GMT -5" class="o-timestamp time">Mar 19, 2022 23:11:25 GMT -5</abbr> LokisMom said:
Let's keep it simple...... I don't think ANYONE should be hit up for more than 20% in taxes. Once you've taxed the wealthy 20%, the middle class 15% and everyone below that 10%........ let me know what $Dollar amount that is for Revenue. And THAT's how big your government can be. Plenty of things would get cut if they were held to that budgetary standard.
Well, you don't need a bloated govt when the threat of violence or death is clear and consistent. Now you really want to crash the economy. And this talk about taxes is kinda dumb considering our 20th century consumer economic systems are failing. And this failure is no one’s in particular fault. It is time for a paradigm shift.
Maybe you haven't noticed.......but the economy is really crashing already. Even the recent pay hikes can not keep up with the inflation by yet another 'expert' administration.
What do you see as the major problem? That we really don't make anything anymore? That we've relied on other countries for much of our products? Even the really important stuff, like medical supplies?
The paradigm shift is to revert to a more fiscally conservative mind set on the part of the people......and the Govt that reflects them.
I just heard on the radio that inflation has added about $300/month to the average household cost. And this is after it's been mentioned many times that the typical American couldn't come up with $400 in an emergency.
But they sure have a lot of non-necessities in their lives.
The only successful economies are the ones that benefit us personally. So long as I don’t have to worry about my bills, why should care if it sucks for you? That’s the attitude. And when hasn’t some part of our economic not been failing for the past 50 years? During the boom 80s, tens of thousands of jobs went overseas. This was great for new entrepreneurs to find new revenue streams…you probably didn’t care if it didn’t hit you…but sucked for folks who lost their livelihood. The gaps between rich, middle class, and poor keep widening. The trillions in capital is no longer in circulation. Our economic moral foundation is based upon abject greed. We can try to keep our antiquated consumerism and fossil fuel economies going, keep buying shit we don’t need that is slowly poisoning us, keeping us unhealthy needing more and more healthcare, but expect more wars, more climate change forest fires and extreme weather events, more pandemics, more and shorter boom and bust cycles. All of these chronic problems will breed more confusion, anger, hatred, civil unrest, and blame. And will cost a lot trillions with little recoop to make up for it. Biden didn’t make Putin invade Ukraine which drove up the prices at the pump. But do you think any oil company is losing money?Nope, profits are up. So the investors in FF should hope the wars keep on going. Death and destruction are money makers for the smart, beautiful people. And the typical family hasn’t been able to afford much for a long, long, long time. That’s why there is so much debt.
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Post by abbey1227 on Mar 21, 2022 8:09:06 GMT
But they sure have a lot of non-necessities in their lives.
The only successful economies are the ones that benefit us personally. So long as I don’t have to worry about my bills, why should care if it sucks for you? That’s the attitude. And when hasn’t some part of our economic not been failing for the past 50 years? During the boom 80s, tens of thousands of jobs went overseas. This was great for new entrepreneurs to find new revenue streams…you probably didn’t care if it didn’t hit you…but sucked for folks who lost their livelihood. The gaps between rich, middle class, and poor keep widening. The trillions in capital is no longer in circulation. Our economic moral foundation is based upon abject greed. We can try to keep our antiquated consumerism and fossil fuel economies going, keep buying shit we don’t need that is slowly poisoning us, keeping us unhealthy needing more and more healthcare, but expect more wars, more climate change forest fires and extreme weather events, more pandemics, more and shorter boom and bust cycles. All of these chronic problems will breed more confusion, anger, hatred, civil unrest, and blame. And will cost a lot trillions with little recoop to make up for it. Biden didn’t make Putin invade Ukraine which drove up the prices at the pump. But do you think any oil company is losing money?Nope, profits are up. So the investors in FF should hope the wars keep on going. Death and destruction are money makers for the smart, beautiful people. And the typical family hasn’t been able to afford much for a long, long, long time. That’s why there is so much debt.
Just like on the airplane..........make sure your oxygen is secure BEFORE worrying about anyone else.
Hey, not everyone is going to succeed. That's just life.
Care? Hmmmm....... I just observed and guessed the trend was going to come back to bite the US in the arse. Turns out I was correct.
You figure the US is a very moral country? Honestly?
People choose to buy shit they don't need or isn't very good for them. People choose to lead unhealthy lives. People choose to waste their money on unimportant things. That's kinda what sucks about freedom.
With ever more people, you're bound to have ever more problems.
Biden and people like him support policies and actions that threaten the country of Russia. If Russia did the same (which they did while Kennedy was in office) the reaction would be similar.
Why wouldn't profits be up? When you stifle the Supply side, without reducing the Demand side.........the outcome it entirely predictable.
That's true. War and death are making some people very rich. Guess that's why our Establishment loves them so.
Compare what the typical US family had in the early 1950s to today and tell me if you don't agree that Americans have more now. And they have more unnecessary stuff than ever before. The homes are larger. 2-3 cars per family. Entertainment galore. Cell phones. and on and on and on. Don't forget just about everything the Govt has involved itself in more and more has also gone up in price.......from healthcare to education to even the warfare you mentioned.
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Post by merh on Mar 21, 2022 21:23:18 GMT
This apparently is what Ashlie Babbitt was doing. Ranting to customers. Her employees would show up to do a job & be told to cancel after speaking with her on the phone.
Don't talk politics with customers. Damn.
I never really thought about it. I used to talk with the anime shop owner. It's what you do in comic shops. Every so often he would throw crap in about "you guys". I figured out finally he was listening to Rush Limbaugh
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Post by merh on Mar 21, 2022 21:23:37 GMT
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Post by merh on Mar 21, 2022 21:29:54 GMT
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Post by abbey1227 on Mar 22, 2022 5:13:56 GMT
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Post by abbey1227 on Mar 22, 2022 5:16:59 GMT
This apparently is what Ashlie Babbitt was doing. Ranting to customers. Her employees would show up to do a job & be told to cancel after speaking with her on the phone. Don't talk politics with customers. Damn. I never really thought about it. I used to talk with the anime shop owner. It's what you do in comic shops. Every so often he would throw crap in about "you guys". I figured out finally he was listening to Rush Limbaugh
in those olde days.........that you seem to like to denigrate........it was considered impolite to bring up eitehr religion or politics.
And the New World Order? Shouldn't someone be stopping the best laid plans of people like George Bush and others? Globalism in a mandatory participation way is bad. No matter how they wrap it up for you.
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Post by merh on Mar 22, 2022 11:31:00 GMT
This apparently is what Ashlie Babbitt was doing. Ranting to customers. Her employees would show up to do a job & be told to cancel after speaking with her on the phone. Don't talk politics with customers. Damn. I never really thought about it. I used to talk with the anime shop owner. It's what you do in comic shops. Every so often he would throw crap in about "you guys". I figured out finally he was listening to Rush Limbaugh
in those olde days.........that you seem to like to denigrate........it was considered impolite to bring up eitehr religion or politics.
And the New World Order? Shouldn't someone be stopping the best laid plans of people like George Bush and others? Globalism in a mandatory participation way is bad. No matter how they wrap it up for you.
What is the point of glorifying the past? We live now. All one can do is learn from the past so people could still not talk about politics or religion. W is not in power. Did he do it or was it Cheney? W didn't seem all that bright. Cheney was involved in Blackwater which made a good amount off the war. Who runs the company? Board of directors Red McCombs (chairman) John Ashcroft Dean Bosacki Jason DeYonker Bobby Ray Inman Jack Quinn Russ Robinson Any names look familiar? So all forgiven by President Trump.
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Post by abbey1227 on Mar 22, 2022 11:50:14 GMT
What is the point of glorifying the past? We live now. All one can do is learn from the past so people could still not talk about politics or religion. W is not in power. Did he do it or was it Cheney? W didn't seem all that bright. Cheney was involved in Blackwater which made a good amount off the war. Who runs the company? Board of directors Red McCombs (chairman) John Ashcroft Dean Bosacki Jason DeYonker Bobby Ray Inman Jack Quinn Russ Robinson Any names look familiar? So all forgiven by President Trump.
The past serves as lessons .......things to do, things to avoid.......things to be proud of/self-esteem. I notice many people who live for the now tend to never really plan for the future. Americans in general live for the now........and they can't be bothered to be responsible or look after their own family units very well.
Does it really matter if it's W, or Slick Willy? or Obama? or Trump? If the Establishments just gets to continue doing what it does, then the puppet in the suit is really no different administration after administration. (ESPECIALLY Now)
Are you more scared of Blackwater? or Blackrock?
Dangerous wartime vents requiring armed security. Oh, well. WTH were WE doing there for 20 years in the first place? WHY are people so willing to engage in such activities? Funding rebel uprisings and destabilizing other govts? That's what gets you things like a Russian invasion. And yet we're still hearing from all the 'experts' like Bolton and Hillary and Friedman? The very people that pushed the same things decades ago? Don't they learn from the past? Or is it that they just plain profit from all of this stuff?
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Post by merh on Mar 27, 2022 12:10:11 GMT
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Post by merh on Mar 27, 2022 16:26:32 GMT
Scientology has actors like Tom Cruise. QAnon has MOVIES! They KNOW movies are.real! I liked Philadelphia Experiment. Come on, it's 40 yrs old.
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