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- Corporate profits are at an all time high and the Bush tax cuts have been in effect for nearly 12 years. Isn't it time to start barking up the "right" tree.
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- "Stick and stones may break our bones but nasty words will never hurt US."
An American Worker
Neither Socialist nor Communist be. - Reply to this comment
- Who cares what this silly ..... has to say? She knows nothing.
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- by Rafterman11 September 2, 2012 11:08 PM EDT
I can only hope that some of you 'cons don't lose your job or your company. Because, despite what you think, it can happen to anyone and then I and others will be as harsh to you and your misfortune as you 'cons are now to the less fortunate.
What goes around, comes around. Remember that.
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I swear to you Raffy, as a lifelong Repub I voted for Obama on 08 because I didnt want to see a a 70 year old in the White House.
These last four years I learned this ...Bottom line...Democrats measure their success by how many people are on Gov't assistance, Repubs measure theirs by those who are not.
Do you really want anyone you know or love dependent on Gov't handouts. - Reply to this comment
- Soooo, at the DNC we will all learn of Obama's plans to fix the economy, create jobs, and save the country. My question is... why hasn't he already put these plans in place? If these are new ideas... get them started! Don't wait! He's the President! Hurry! Oh wait... I forgot...it's Obama.
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- I don't think they see it as a virtue. Virtue is some sort of Christian construct. For GOPers God is Money. They see lying as something that works. I'm glad the Democrats are beginning to try it out. Beating those scumbags at their own game would be fun.
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- Chrysler on 60 minutes ...
Steve Kroft: What do you think of American workers?
Marchionne: I think the world of American workers. What happened here at Chrysler would have been impossible without the commitment that they've shown. Absolutely impossible.
Steve Kroft: Were they on the management fast track?
Sergio Marchionne: No. Some of these people were buried inside an incredibly hierarchical organization that, you know, all pointed to the top. This place was run by a chairman's office.
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Sergio Marchionne: That's the Tower, right?
Steve Kroft: Uh-huh (affirm).
Sergio Marchionne: And the chairman's office is the top floor. It's empty now. We use it as a tourist trap. We bring people up there.
Steve Kroft: Why did you leave?
Sergio Marchionne: Because nothing happens there.
Steve Kroft: Republicans said that this was a campaign commercial for President Obama. A payback. Did you anticipate that criticism?
Sergio Marchionne: Just to rectify the record here, I paid back the loans and 19.7 percent interest. I don't think that I committed to do a commercial on top of that. I thought that the Republicans' reactions to this was unnecessary and out of place.
Steve Kroft: That's very restrained from you-- for you.
Sergio Marchionne: It is. I'm on camera. You put me here. You turn these things off, I'll give you my own assessment.
~~~ Wake up republicans, your crap smack is over ... - Reply to this comment
- I can only hope that some of you 'cons don't lose your job or your company. Because, despite what you think, it can happen to anyone and then I and others will be as harsh to you and your misfortune as you 'cons are now to the less fortunate.
What goes around, comes around. Remember that. - Reply to this comment
- when you reward FAILURE, you get more failure. Just look at Chicago and the results of the welfare state.
----by Dan9080
This is a textbook case of a right-wing talking point that has absolutely no basis in reality whatsoever. It is a completely false stereotype used to feed your hatred of liberals. Contrary to what you've been brainwashed to believe, the phrase "the haves and the have nots" is not synonymous with "conservatives and liberals." If you don't mind terribly, what say we look at some facts? Brace yourself, though, because these facts are not on Rush Limbaugh's List of Approved Facts.
Liberal families average 6 percent higher incomes than conservative families. (Thomas Sowell)
The two richest men in America, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, are liberals. Oprah Winfrey is worth $2.7 billion. Is there evidence liberals hate these people who are far wealthier than Mitt Romney? No. None whatsoever.
In my years, I've never seen any evidence that poor liberals are any more jealous of rich people than poor conservatives are. In fact, if I had to pick one side as being more prone to jealousy I'd say it's conservatives. Conservatives seem more concerned to me with how much other people have. They seem more inclined to judge someone by his financial success.
For example, isn't the main reason conservatives think Mitt Romney would make a good president is that he's rich? Jon Huntsman was a much better candidate, but Republicans largely ignored him for the much richer guy they don't even like that much. They insist he would be a good president because he made a lot of money at Bain and they belittle Obama's experience as a community organizer, despite the fact that America is a big community and making money is not part of the president's job description. Do they not try to get people to believe that "job creators" is a synonym for "the rich?"
They also demonize poor people as a class of lazy parasite moochers who hate "success," which conservatives apparently define as making a lot of money. This is likely an outgrowth of another conservative myth, one Republicans actively encourage: that wealth is a product of hard work. Since hard work is a virtue and laziness a vice, this myth creates a false perception that wealth is a virtue and being poor is a vice.
In point of fact there is little correlation between net worth and how hard people work. There are poor people who work very hard at low paying jobs and extremely wealthy people who didn't work nearly as hard and many who simply stop working once they achieve enough wealth. Note the contrast in what these two views:
"Wealth is something that happens to you as a result of circumstances over which you have absolutely no control." (William H. Gates, Sr.)
"I believe in a merit nation, an opportunity nation where people by virtue of their education, their hard work and risk taking and their dreams -- maybe a little luck -- could achieve great things" (Mitt Romney)
Maybe with a little luck? This is a guy who was lucky enough to be born white, male, attractive, with above average intelligence and no health problems or disabilities, into a good family that was influential and wealthy, and he's even 4" taller than the average male (studies show that taller men earn more than shorter men). In other words, he had every advantage one can have in American society but he believes, and would have you believe his success was solely the product of hard work and that anyone can do what he did.
News flash, Mitt: Most people will spend their entire lives working hard and never achieve great things. Only 1% of the population is in the top 1%, Mitt, and only 1 in 10,000 is in the top 0.01% like you are, and you haven't worked harder than 99.99% of your fellow Americans.
Republicans encourage people to believe there is a direct connection between working hard and being wealthy. This idea is key to getting hard working poor people to support Republican policies that favor the rich. "I may not have much now, but I work hard so one day I'll be rich and I want policies that favor the rich in place when that happens." - Reply to this comment
- by Rafterman11 September 2, 2012 10:54 PM EDT
Hint...Google U.S. Federal Deficit 2001 -9
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Time to go to bed Raffy .....
Recent US Federal Deficit Numbers
Obama Deficits Bush Deficits
FY 2013*: $901 billion FY 2009: $1,413 billion
FY 2012*: $1,327 billion FY 2008: $459 billion
FY 2011: $1,300 billion FY 2007: $161 billion
FY 2010: $1,293 billion - Reply to this comment
