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Mark M
Have you ever heard, "I don't want to work too much overtime because it will jeopardize my Govt. Assistance."?
Many of us Americans are hearing this type of attitude.
We feel there is a growing number of people that see the Government as a giant cash giving entity and certain people want their piece.
This is about the ineptness of Socialism. As we see more Socialist Government programs, I am thinking we will see more of this motivation to not achieve.
So, what do we do? Politicians on both sides know it is career suicide to take away those programs causing the National Debt. They also know no one wants to hear about more taxes. The "Rich" are pushing the 50% tax rate and they are not going to invest their remaining 50% in new industry.
Big Oil (some people call Evil Big Oil) is actually paying the government more in taxes than it is pulling in as profit. In a way, Big Oil is already working for the government.
We pass a higher Minimum Wage and business owners lay people off. We pass higher business taxes and businesses move to other countries. We impose tariffs and our cost of living increases.
So, what do we do?
8 AnswersCivic Participation1 decade agoIs attacking McCain's age Age Discrimination?
I have seen Liberals attacking McCain for age. To make a decision or judgment about someone when age should not be a factor is Age Discrimination, right?
Liberals don't understand that is what is going on?
I have heard things like:
"He is out of touch due to his age."
"He is too old to __________"
"There is an age gap."
http://www.eeoc.gov/types/age.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_discrimination
I am hoping Liberals answer this question for me.
1 AnswerOther - Politics & Government1 decade agoLiberals...Do you think the following?
Do you think the government will be better at running healthcare than private industry?
Do you think the government will be better at spending the Wealthy's money rather than the Wealthy themselves?
Do you think the War on Terror has made us safer?
Do you think the War in Iraq has made us safer?
Do you think Bush was the first person in government to say there are WMD's in Iraq?
What is "change"?
21 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoWhen will Iraq be stabilized?
In 2003 I predicted to friends and family that it would take 10 years (2013) and huge US financial losses and large casualties of our soldiers and innocent Iraqi civilians to stabilize Iraq.
I was quite wrong.
Our capable military has not sustained huge losses and it looks like Iraq may be stabilized by next year (2009). We did see the huge Iraqi casualties though, unfortunately.
Anyone else have a year when the job will be done?
11 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoIs Senator John "Jay" Rockefeller a flip-flopper for political gain or just a plain liar?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080605/pl_nm/iraq_usa...
For those of you who have read and disagreed or just plain stated I have put in an untrue or misquote in the Answers I have put together, do you think the quote is not true???
"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years .... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002.
If you believe stating Iraq had WMDs before the Iraq War started 3/20/03 is a LIE then Jay Rockefeller LIED.
If you believe he was mislead by the President, please keep in mind he was on the Senate Intelligence committee on 10/10/02--AS HE IS NOW, NOW HE IS THE CHAIRMAN??? (stoopid dems).
2 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoDoes anyone have any proof (no biased studies please) that Illegal Aliens are not paying their medical bills?
Emergency rooms require Cash Down Payments upfront for medical care. I once brought an Illegal Immigrant to the hospital after a car hit him. The emergency room, even though I argued, refused him service until I gave them 100.00 as a down payment. And guess what, the illegal alien paid me back and paid the hospital bill that came to his house (so he said) because he was afraid of collection action that might lead to his deportation. Based on the credit reports I see, however, the most common unpaid collection seen from American Citizens happens to be unpaid medical bills! So, if the Hospitals, who are receiving tons of Federal money and are profit centers when they have cash patients like Illegal Aliens, still need to close because their doctors are billing them too much and they are guilty of mismanagement, who would they blame? The only group of people easiliy identifiable and without a voice! If someone can prove to me Illegal Aliens are bad for health care, I'd like to see.
9 AnswersImmigration1 decade agoDemocrats.If most of the Democratic Party Leadership said there were WMDS...?
Pelosi, Clinton, Dascle, Kerry, Lieberman, Feinstein, Albright.
If all those Democrats said there were Weapons of Mass Destruction in 1998, would they be "mistaken" or would they have lied?
http://www.cnn.com/US/9802/04/us.un.iraq/
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/01/27/sotu/tra...
http://www.reasons-for-war-with-iraq.info/albright...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/index/iraq/iraq172.ht...
14 AnswersElections1 decade agoWould a pull-out in Iraq before the mission is accomplished dishonor the memories of the Americans that died?
If the pull-out date is reached and our objectives are not met, does that mean America was defeated?
22 AnswersPolitics1 decade ago