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In case you missed it in history class,
we had to teach them about Democracy.
I don’t look to Europe for answers,
I look to Europe as a guide on what to avoid.
Oh please, Legion. That’s YOUR xenophobic issue, not mine.
MM…regulations (not the ones focused on Wall Street) are far more onerous now than they were 2,5 & 10 years ago. I’m talking about red tape that affects small businesses, the primary job creators.
Get your mind off the big banks, IB and brokers, that’s not what we’re talking about here.
MM- his name was MELVIN, not Marvin…..grumble grumble, ….jerk. Have you no humanity left? (Oh wait- I’m getting you confused with Legion. OMG. 😉
Dave- no one feels more entitled to favors and afree money than the CEOs of big corporations and banks. Corporate welfare is a far bigger drain on the US than welfare and food stamps. Both you and Legion seem to forget that the unfettered free market was unfettered corporate greed and that led to breaking the economy. You want people to take responsibility for what’s happening- how about putting the blame right where it belongs. On big corporations and their best buds in gov’t. Don’t put the blame on Democrats- the Republican track record sucks a big one too.
legion- it’s sad you have no use for moral responsibility. You complain all the time about the direction this country is going in- well, you’re helping it right along. Moral responsibility is a reason, and a good one. It’s also real accountability, not just to your moneybags, but to people.
OK CGar. It’s just that a good hard fucking can really help people sometimes.
paint chips! I have a deck of benjamin colors here and can’t imagine how people choose. I’m not good at it. I painted my last bathroom 3 times. I am NOT painting a ceiling 3 times.
jackal, no, and there’s an interesting reply to that post but I’ll have to email it to you.
So, Legion and Dave, let me get this straight.
If we leave the free market to fix itself, then all of our problems will be solved. When that doesn’t happen fast enough, then it’s the gov’ts fault for not doing anything. As in “don’t regulate us, we’re the engines of the economy…..you have to save us, we screwed up, but it’s your fault for not regulating us better”.
I love it that in your world, that people (read poor people, and people who rely on gov’t programs like Medicare, food stamps, and unemployment) should be more accountable for their actions, but big business, insurance companies, the financial sector, etc, should be exempted from that personal and fiscal accountability.
cobble, it’s like the story of that woman who was making more on welfare than what she is now making at her job. The entitlement programs are simply out of hand. It’s ridiculous.
The government has put up all sorts of new rules and regulations makeing it much harder for businesses to forecast the futer and that’s why no new jobs are being created.
ringo, but you can retire by age 45 and have 90% pension, life time healthcare and can play god with people’s mail