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Almost all of the debt this country owes was created under free market politicians, Reagan, Bush, and Bush....
Originally posted by inforeal
reply to post by robyn
Your long post, with all due respect, doesn’t deal with the reality that the Tea Party fanatics (RIGHT NOW) are trying to methodically, through their votes in congress, allow FOR THE DEFAULT OF THE AMERICAN DEBT, by not raising the debt ceiling based on fanatic dogma that will cause pain and suffering NOW!
They are forcing, through the threat of not raising the debt ceiling, the president and the senate to cater to their fanatic beliefs, or they WILL CAUSE THE COUNTRY TO DEFAULT and this is what is called BLACKMAIL!
That is what Tarpley is saying. Its not complex it is very simple.
Originally posted by SeventhSeal
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by inforeal
*yawn*
Blaming the Tea Party for the financial mess we're in is about as effective as blaming the fork and spoon for a lousy meal.
You're right. We shouldn't blame the Republicans even though it was the Republican Party who drove this country's economy straight into the ground. But that's ok. No need to blame them for anything, right? After all, Republicans are about "responsibility" and American values...which means Same Sex Marriage is wrong and women's rights aren't important. Yep. The Republicans sure are responsible adults.
..... The Republican Party fu*ked America.
So they were bailed out to bail us out, yet they sat that money back into the Fed where it came from and now collect interest on these American Tax dollars.
The cut, cap and balance act included a 2.4 trillion dollar increase of the debt ceiling.
People don’t realize the utter recklessness and ignorance of this creature called the Tea Party
Tea Party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public
The steadfast determination of the Tea Party to cut government spending is a sham. Our system (through taxes) generates a ton of money every year. More than enough to fund social services and medicare. Unfortunately, a good portion of our tax dollars has been syphoned off over the last decade to prop up banking systems, both our own and foreign. Also, a bunch has been funneled into security and defense in the name of fighting terrorists. The Tea Party are mouth pieces for the ultra-rich and business interests (they want a constitutional amendment to keep corporate tax levels below what everyone else pays). The revenue increases are created by closing loop holds where business pay reduced tax rates, and by increasing the tax on those making more than 250K. They say raising taxes destroys lob growth but how? If a company is going to expand, they are going to expand. Are you saying that a company owner wont hire a new employee so they can spend that money on a new boat? A trip to Spain? I don't think someone growing a new company thinks like that. That's very selfish. These politicians are acting like children (Dem and Rep) and they all should be fired. Is there a way to send them all home? Legally?
While 18 of the 50 United States offer their citizens an opportunity to recall their elected officials, it is a fact that in our nation’s history, no federal legislator has yet been recalled.
It has not been for lack of interest. Rather, the process has languished in part due to debates on whether or not legal authority exists for recall of U.S. Senators and Congressmen; and, in the case of Idaho, interference by a state court prevented recall of a federal legislator....
After reviewing the body of law and opinion concerning recall, it is apparent that if recall of federal legislators is to succeed, it will likely only be after an intense battle in the federal court system as to the degree to which the courts will go to allow the literal meaning of the Tenth Amendment to be in force and effect.
As this author reads this language, it appears clear that " the States ‘ and " the people " living with in them, should be recognized to have the right of recall.
But in order to implement a strategy that will enable recall petitions to result in actual removal of errant Senators and Congressmen, considerable legal and political obstacles will present themselves and can only be overcome by understanding the lengths to which those opposed to recall can be expected to go...
Eighteen states have recall provisions. Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin all have recall of some kind available to their voters. Only seven of these states require any grounds.
www.uscitizensassociation.com...
FIJA seeks to require that juries be informed of their nullification rights. Informed jury amendments have been filed as an initiative in seven states and legislation has been introduced in the Alaska state legislature....
It's human to want to belong to a tribe and served us well in the past but today it's replaced with football teams and political parties but can you not see that you can vote for the left hand or the right but you still get the same puppet master.
God even Obama acts more like GW-Bottom Feeding Bush than the man himself.
Follow the money it all leads to one place.
Originally posted by Bob Sholtz
its interesting you say that, as studies have shown that tea party members are more educated and aware about politics than their peers.
Originally posted by Crapspackle
Originally posted by Bob Sholtz
its interesting you say that, as studies have shown that tea party members are more educated and aware about politics than their peers.
This might be just a tad off topic but I would really really really love to see thos studies.
Have any of them?