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Declan McCullagh Says Despite Proposals For Another Round Of Economic Stimulus, Americans Will Pay One Way Or Another

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by jon_mccain October 22, 2008 4:19 PM EDT
McCain is our only hope.

Posted by mr22585 a

You ninnies whinnied the same thing about Bush, how is that working out for ya?
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by jon_mccain October 22, 2008 4:17 PM EDT
If the media was fair and balanced, you would hear about:

Posted by john43218

Sorry, Faux news has that phrase copy written....
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by lochlan-2009 October 22, 2008 4:06 PM EDT
"Declan McCullagh Says Despite Proposals For Another Round Of Economic Stimulus, Americans Will Pay One Way Or Another"

Well, only the Americans who stay are going to have to repay with taxes the trillions of $$$ this administration stole ove these last eight years. I''d rather not pay for a sunk ship, as Bush said, "This sucker''s going down"
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by john43218 October 22, 2008 4:05 PM EDT
If the media was fair and balanced, you would hear about:

- Obama''s actual connection to Ayers and his 3 different stories on that connection
- Obama''s connection to Tony Rezco
- Obama''s connection and relationship with Father Phleager and Rev Wrigtht (Black Liberation Theology)
- Obama''s early involvement with the New Party
- The fact that there are at least two lawsuits against Obama to provide his actual birth certificate (I personally
think he probably is natural born, but the news media has not reported the fact that there are lawsuits-not
even Fox...If there was a lawsuit filed against McCain for whatever cause it would be all over the media)
- His corrupt association and funding of ACORN
- Obama has benifitted by the meltdown of the financial networks--if the media would report the rout cause of
this which Obama and his party have their fingerprints all over this--then Obama should have slid in the polls
- His utter lack of any notable accomplishment as a state and US Senator
- His lying on his record of abortion and his many, many policy reversals from the primary to the general
election


I cannot believe that America is about to elect this person. I believe with every ounce of my being that if even half of the dirt on Obama were to be reported this would be a landslide!!!
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by jntlw-2009 October 22, 2008 4:03 PM EDT
If we were a Christian nation, and I say "IF", we would take care of one another as that is our duty and according to the Bible , true religion is to care for the widow, the orphan, and the poor. But big business has been trying to dump that back onto the individual - OK maybe business should not have to pay for healthcare - I can see their point. But since low wages barely allow individuals an existence, they are completely unable to afford insurance (which is a for profit industry). Thus if we cannot afford it individually and we don''t support non-government assistance and big business wants out of the insuracne providing business, then we as a nation must come up with a solution. The only solution to ensure everyone gets healthcare is some form of non-profit quasi-government entity to pay for healthcare. Government contributes and so do individuals. If it is nonprofit, we save on marketing expense, CEO and officer overhead, and we do not have to pay for sharholder profits and associated shareholder costs. That alone will bring down prices. It is where we need to start to seek a solution.
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by the-abiss October 22, 2008 3:56 PM EDT
I see our future in bread and cheeze lines. I hope our grandchildren like "soylent green" wafers.
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by edward1975-2009 October 22, 2008 3:50 PM EDT
Let me get this right, we bailout Wall St. to the tune of 700 Billion, give AIG 85 billion and they send their execs to a plush spa and European hunting trips, but any mention of helping the people, garnishes warnings from some of our politicians. What the heck is happening here, does this sound strange to anyone else?
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by jon_mccain October 22, 2008 3:25 PM EDT
Healthcare is not a right it is a service that you can purchase. There is no law and nothing in the constitution saying healthcare and coverage are a right.

Posted by getoffmine1


Well then by all means lets close the publicly funded CDC and wait for the Avian flue to knock off a few Republicans.
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by kc629 October 22, 2008 3:08 PM EDT
true poeple (myself included) would prolly use it to pay for heating oil

Posted by kc629 at 11:53 AM : Oct 22, 2008

I''''m sure alot of people could use the money, but I look at my two year old and think he should not have to pay back a debt on money spent by other people. Also if they give away this money you will find yourself in an even more dire situation come spring. THe govt'''' needs to back off and let the economy adjust itself. If people loose alot of money it is a shame but the fact is that would mean values (of houses stocks ect) were artifically inflated.


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Posted by getoffmine1 at 11:59 AM : Oct 22, 2008

i was agreeing with you
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by kc629 October 22, 2008 2:53 PM EDT
sending out stimulus checks is a stupid idea. If people want to spend money get an extra job. The govt'''' does not need to be sending citizens money, it is bad enough that they bailed out the banks. If they want to give people money back increase tax cuts for the middle class. This way you get back based on what you pay in. There is no such thing as a free ride and having money to spend on Christmas gifts is not a right.


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Posted by getoffmine1 at 11:12 AM : Oct 22, 200

true poeple (myself included) would prolly use it to pay for heating oil
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