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Originally posted by snusfanatic
reply to post by buster2010
Hope you enjoy your cheap, abundant food, clothing, television, consumer electronics, air conditioner and entertainment mr/ms anti capitalism. You'd have to be blind to think our current problems are due to "unregulated" capatilism. There isnt a thing in this country that isnt regulated at some level. Capitalism is not about big capitist brother watching out for your best interest, its about unburdening you to look out for your own self interest. Look around, most of our big societal probls find their root in government. Most of the things that make your life easier and better than your great great grandparents is primarilly a result of capitalism.edit on 7-6-2012 by snusfanatic because: (no reason given)edit on 7-6-2012 by snusfanatic because: (no reason given)
According to Kurtz, Obama "signed a 'contract' promising to publicly support and associate himself with the New Party while in office." Not only was the President a member of the group, the document revealed that he asked the party for an endorsement. Minutes taken at a January 1996 meeting of the Chicago chapter of the New Party read, in part: Barack Obama, candidate for State Senate in the 13th Legislative District, gave a statement to the membership and answered questions. He signed the New Party “Candidate Contract” and requested an endorsement from the New Party. He also joined the New Party.
Originally posted by pirhanna
@OP
Well, somehow Obama didn't learn from it because he became the biggest Corporatist since George W Bush.
Quit calling him a socialist. He's a radical corporatist, as many of his predecessors were.
It appears to me that Obama doesn't know the meaning of socialism and neither do most of you.
Originally posted by buster2010
He IS NOT concerned with YOUR best interest.
Care to show me where the capitalist system is concerned with my best interest?
What did I get out of the bailout of wall street and the banks? Nothing
What did I get out of the two wars the last capitalist president started? Nothing
What did I get out of the tax cuts that were given to the wealthy by the last capitalist president but excluded the poor and middle class? Nothing
I really don't see how capitalism has done me or anyone I know any good at all. A person would have to be blind to not see how unregulated capitalism has been a total failure in this country. The Mao comment was funny though maybe now it's time that you learn there are different types of socialism. You know like the ones that work.
Originally posted by jzenman
Some of you are talking like socialism is a bad thing. I don't get it.
Originally posted by buster2010
Care to show me where the capitalist system is concerned with my best interest?
What did I get out of the bailout of wall street and the banks? Nothing
What did I get out of the two wars the last capitalist president started? Nothing
What did I get out of the tax cuts that were given to the wealthy by the last capitalist president but excluded the poor and middle class? Nothing
I really don't see how capitalism has done me or anyone I know any good at all. A person would have to be blind to not see how unregulated capitalism has been a total failure in this country. The Mao comment was funny though maybe now it's time that you learn there are different types of socialism. You know like the ones that work.
Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
By allowing you to have private property...
By allowing individual rights, and not "collective rights"...
By allowing you to succeed if you work hard enough for it...
That is only because of your ignorance of world history... Capitalism helped billions of people better their lives over thousands of years. Ancient tribes traded with others, and amongst themselves goods and services which made their lives better.... That is a free market/capitalism. It was the "nationalization" of goods and services in the hand of a few that has ALWAYS brought dictatorships, and suffering to the people... Socialism gives ALL power to the state, and in the name of "the collective" socialism takes away individual rights which means the rights of EVERYONE is taken away "in the name of the collective" or "in the name of the revolution" or "in the name of the Earth"...
Originally posted by xuenchen
Forget all the textbook definitions. They are hoodwinking you.
Obama is a Marxist / Corporatist.
And should be considered armed and extremely dangerous.
Who got all that money when the U.S. Treasury was Looted ?
A similar pattern is happening in Europe.
It's the Marxist / Corporatist complex at work.
It is international.
The U.S. needs to fend it off at all costs.
The localized business plan is better, and it helps keep the wolves away.
Originally posted by navy_vet_stg3
More importantly, what did YOU do to improve YOU situation? Or, are you the type of person that expects someone else to take care of YOUR every need? When are YOU going to take personal responsibility for what your bank account says, or what you're doing for a career and quit blaming everyone else for YOUR failures?
Originally posted by Dreine
What I mean by more taxes is me being idealistic and 'hoping' (beyond hope) that said taxes will be used in good honor and faith on things like education, infrastructure, and research/technology... not for paying for people that can work who choose NOT to work.
Originally posted by anon72
Let's admit it....
We would have been better off with McCain Palin. Then McCain stepping aside for Palin to move up to POTUS.
You can't tell me she would be worse than Obama.... No Way.
And, she most likely wouldn't be referencing to oral sex jokes about her spouse at fundraisers... (which was his 174th fundraiser). Bush had 58ish. Regan 12.
I smell........
edit on 6/7/2012 by anon72 because: (no reason given)