Originally posted by Urchin
Let me see if I get this..
- Medical Lawsuit reform
- support for Isreal
- Cut taxes for the rich
- Keep military spending at a high level
- Cut taxes for the rich
- Drop medicare type crap, let the poor die, it is a waste of my money... I could buy another house with that money.
- Drop any kind of welfare crap, see above.
Well... I'd have to say you'll be voting for Bush on Nov 2nd. He'll definately get behind the last 5, don't know about the first two. I assume after a few months and a few more invasions all the poor people who'd be sucking up your tax money will have been drafted to stand guard in other "dangerous" Islamic countries... I hear Malaysia is quite the terrorists paradise this time of year.
You see, this is exactly the sort of pre-programmed, wounded, snap reflex defense mentality that makes it difficult to carry on a conversation.
Here goes nothing:
I do not support the end to welfare or medicare, nor do I consider them crap by any stretch of the imagination. I believe that many people deserve both in order to get them by and to hopefully help them along to greener pastures. The single working parents. The sick. The elderly. The disabled. All deserve our help and support.
That being said, I do not think that such programs should exist to perpetuate a 'loafer class' in this nation--a class of that believes in universal entitlement simply by virtue of their ability to subsist on others' hard work. If my 'other' house money is going to a guy who can take care of himself, then yes... You're damn right I'd rather keep it. I think I should have at least a dozen exotic sports cars in a gold-plated garage before I should have to support an able-bodied degenerate. If you want to toss money at the lazy, go ahead. Keep your hands and your ideology off of mine.
I support Israel. Always. I do not care for Sharon, but I do care for the millions of other admirable men and women that have made Israel a great nation in record time. They are our brothers and sisters in ideology, and although they've made mistakes(much like the fathers of this nation made with slavery and the genocide of the native Americans) they've earned the right to prosper. Despite their technical and tactical supremecy, they are on the defensive in their region, and I will gladly support them even if our nation turns away.
I can't believe you even bought into the whole draft re-instatement propeganda Kerry's been tossing around in the last couple days. Do people forget that it was Kerry who spoke of creating a required government service program in the States? Answer me this: If Kerry told you that drinking your own pee was good for your liver, would you stock up on Dixie Cups and bendy straws?
Tax cuts for the rich? Well, How much should the 'rich' be paying? How much punishment is punishment enough for those with the aptitude and elbow grease who make it into this highly diverse, highly misinterpreted group? Personally, I think that a flat tax should exist for anyone beyond a certain income level--say, 100k/year. Otherwise, and I've said this before, you'll only be taxing those on the fringes of the upper bracket. The truly wealthy, the men and women raking in several million a year and more, will always have their tax attorneys to go to. So, basically, your robin hoodesque, bleeding heart tax policies will only serve to funnel money into the pockets of a couple thousand already wealthy lawyers... But who gives a damn, right? The rich only exist to provide people like you with a release valve for your own deep-seated guilt and sense of inferiority, so vote away.
BTW, Shinedown sucks.
