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Life isn't fair. We have government to offset that unfairness, not to make it worse. Yes, it's called Socialism. JR
Be strong, be of good courage. God bless America, long live the Republic.
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Judge Kavanaugh is eminently qualified to be on the Supreme Court. So was the guy obama put up. If the republicans don't have to guts to get Kavanaugh confirmed before the tides changes, they will regret it...Geo
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Life isn't fair. We have government to offset that unfairness, not to make it worse. Yes, it's called Socialism. JR Which has always made everything worse for everyone, until it morphs into communism and a whole new set of the privileged get on top of the pile...Geo
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If you want to see concentrated wealth and power look at Socialist and communist countries. When everything is controlled by the party you end up with extreme concentration of wealth and power with zero opportunity for upwards mobility. Ill pay my taxes for my little share of what I have.
It does annoy me when others who do nothing seem to be doing just as well. I put five kids through college and two through medical school and they could not even qualify for a free parking pass. It was like in school when I got 100s and the dunce got promoted every year. Same outcome, both high school graduates until he had no skills to make a real living. The kindness of social promotions allowed him to graduate high school with zero chance to make a decent living. Today he is living on workers comp or early SS disability. A life spent with no future, just a day to day getting by.
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KY Jon, Mandatory military service for all can't work. We could never absorb that number. Mandatory national service of some kind could be great. I wish we had the political will to do it. As for the military, the draft would make it lots fairer. If kids from middle and upper class families served, we'd be a lot less inclined to take on interventions we don't need or can't win.
Bill Ferguson
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Apparently this Kavanaugh guy only sexually assaults far left progressive women. Strange.
I am deeply troubled by all the misogyny and male chauvinism that has been intersectionalized and brought into the light by this Blasey-Ford woman remembering or misremembering whatever it was while she took ecstasy during a therapy session.
Never believe anything a psychology professor says.
These republican wimps. Everyone knows women lie and scheme a lot, especially about these things. Kavanauught should find his balls and just say so. CNN can go apoplectic for a couple days and then nobody will care. #metoobullshit
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Unless you're one of the rich dudes, their tax break will cost you. Celebrating their gratuitous gain is like cheering for a man who has a knife against your throat.... No Bill, not really, and you can check with SKB on this. Very few of us can rely on the graces of the ultra rich to shower us with money, but I doubt you or I could create the jobs that could put a meaningful amount of folks to work. I wouldnt quite say you folks are outright fibbing, but werent the tax cuts that are not going sunset, corporate? How else, Bill, would you bring that money back home to give joe average American the chance to work for that ultra rich ceo/owner? Would you prefer if some foreigner had that cash to horse trade with you for a rifle or commission SKB to do a slick restoration? But of course, that foreigner would be spending US corporate money in their country, eh?
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To John Roberts: Yes, there is socialism. It includes public schools, your fire department and police protection, the roads and bridges you drive on, etc etc. What is your quarrel with these things? For everyone to pay for those services every needs or deserves is not a bad thing. It's called civilization. If you aren't comfortable with it, emigrate to Yemen where it doesn't exist.
Bill Ferguson
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Nah Bill, what you described is civilization being supported by Capitalism. Where it goes wrong is where 50% don't help pay for those services and insist upon additional expenditures to be for their benefit alone...Geo
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Everyone knows women lie and scheme a lot, especially about these things. This is precious. Please by all means go out & get the grassroots movement going on this line. Liberal Dems wouldn't stand a chance against this message.
Last edited by nca225; 09/25/18 01:53 PM.
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