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Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by DerepentLEstranger
reply to post by MrUncreated
So are you both saying that we've gone past the point of no return?
We are now a socialist state?
No turning back?
?????
Where does the State draw its support and funding from to pay for our own enslavement, to
prepare for our inevitable rebellion? Funding and support comes from you. From me. From anyone
who voluntarily supports Leviathan. You are conditioned to think that death and taxes are certain,
but, while you can't escape death, taxes are indeed voluntary and the State is powerless to enforce
their illegal theft so long as enough people refuse to cooperate with it.
During the Great Depression there was such a tax revolt. Not everyone participated in it but it was
sufficient enough in numbers that the government was powerless to do anything about it. They
could only hire people to go door to door begging – begging – people to pay their taxes. What a
glorious example of the real power we, the People, have over even such a grotesque, power-bloated
government. They begged them to pay their taxes. They didn't SWAT team their houses, shoot
their dog, and throw them in jail. They begged them to allow the State to rob them. Let that sink in.
Originally posted by beezzer
From the mouth of president Obama.
Barack Obama said he makes mistakes on an hourly basis as President but stood firmly behind his administration's work in bolstering the U.S. economy and jobs market.
www.dailymail.co.uk...
Oh really, Mister President?
"I second-guess myself constantly ... I make a mistake, you know, every hour, every day," the Democrat seeking re-election in November said with a laugh in an ABC News interview.
"There are always things that you're learning in the job. And I have no doubt that I'm a better president now than the day I took office just because you get more experience," he said.
Originally posted by beezzer
I have hopes that we can still return this country back to what it was meant to be.
Call me a crazy dreamer. . . .
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by intrepid
He is very apt at comparing himself to Carter.
Bazinga!
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by Flatfish
Obama saves money towards failed green enery companies (Solendra et al) insted of teachers, cops, fire fighters, etc.
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by Flatfish
In part, you are correct. Thanks for the graphs. They show a decrease in public employee due to Obama's policies! Local and state level governments have lost so much "revenue" that they've had to let employees go.
Obama saves money towards failed green enery companies (Solendra et al) insted of teachers, cops, fire fighters, etc.
Originally posted by beezzer
From the mouth of president Obama.
Barack Obama said he makes mistakes on an hourly basis as President but stood firmly behind his administration's work in bolstering the U.S. economy and jobs market.
www.dailymail.co.uk...
Oh really, Mister President?
Is President Obama Creating A Nation Of Dependents?
Direct payments. The amount of money the federal government hands out in direct payments to individuals steadily increased over the past four decades, but shot up under Obama, climbing by almost $600 billion — a 32% increase — in his first three years. And Obama's last budget called for these payments to climb another $500 billion by 2016, at which point they would account for fully two-thirds of all federal spending.
Entitlement much?
People getting benefits. According to the Census Bureau 49% now live in homes where at least one person gets a federal benefit — Social Security, workers comp, unemployment, subsidized housing, and the like. That's up from 44% the year before Obama took office, and way up from 1983, when fewer than a third were government beneficiaries.
Nanny state much?
Food stamps. This year, more than 46 million (15% of all Americans) will get food stamps. That's 45% higher than when Obama took office, and twice as high as the average for the previous 40 years. This surge was driven in part by the recession, but also because Obama boosted the benefit amount as part of his stimulus plan.
Disability. The number of people on Social Security disability has steadily climbed since the 1970s, thanks mainly to easier eligibility rules. But their numbers jumped 10% in Obama's first two years in office, according to the Social Security Administration. That sharp rise was due largely to meager job prospects since the recession ended in 2009. When employment opportunities are scarce, experts note, many who could otherwise work sign up for disability benefits instead.
Originally posted by Flatfish
I thought you people wanted smaller government, am I wrong?
Originally posted by Muttley2012
Originally posted by Flatfish
I thought you people wanted smaller government, am I wrong?
At first, I thought the same thing; however, it became clear early on that by "we want smaller government", they really mean "we want a shorter president".
Originally posted by intrepid
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by intrepid
He is very apt at comparing himself to Carter.
Bazinga!
He didn't. I did. And that humanizing crap actually works.
Originally posted by mastahunta
When Obama gets reelected and when this economy does turn around, I am
gonna laugh at you and rub it in so much............
Obama didn't create the economic collapse which occurred under his predecessors term, and I haven't seen the Republicans do a damn thing to alleviate a situation they own the lion's share for creating.
Originally posted by beezzer
If you want to atribut a legacy the same as Carters' then you and Obama are wecome to it.