GOP... america's bump in the road
WE BUILT THIS MESS
chris christie... new jersey's fat ass republican governor
"my congressman is just another GOP bottom feeder... how about yours"
republicans are carbon based life forms
"let them eat cat food" --- paul ryan
Yes We Cayman
"it's a shame some poor animal had to die to feed chris christie's fat ass"
republican pension reform... $25 gift certificate and a pat on the back
REPUBLICON
"my republican congressman wants to pull the plug on grandma... how about yours ?"
REAGAN IS DEAD... GET OVER IT
Love Freedom... Hate Yours
paul ryan never met a deficit he didn't vote for
TRUMP... YOU SUCK
flip off boehner
GOP SOUTHERN STRATEGY... Obama is black
"wake me when the last angry old white man kicks the bucket"
just when you think the republicans have unstuck stupid, there they go again
chuck norris is a wimp
america needs sarah palin about as much as a fish needs a bicycle
vote for newt turn into a toad
my boehner needs some viagra
lying is not a virtue
GOP... boldly going nowhere
ryancare... a coupon book and a pat on the back
KOCH HEADS SUCK
toilet train republicans
AYN RYAN
Hate Government... But Love the Benefits
bush = alpha chimp
GOP... God's Own Party (not)
big boehner is watching you
"there's no such thing as society" --- thatcher
"there's no such thing as thatcher" --- society
republican't
whatever $@?!
GOP... still the stupid party
john mccain... homer simpson's evil twin
vote republican... lose your medicare
save a seal... club a republican
NEOCONS KILLED YOUR KID
what do the GOP & al Qaida have in common ? ... they both want to shut down the US government
jail roger ailes
donald trump faked his birth
< TRUTH : GOP >
republicans... bridge to the 10th century
Mitt Romney... Jim Carey's Evil Twin
screw newt
joe walsh is a fiscal conservative... he doesn't pay his child support
QUESTION FOX ?
privatized elections... it's a republican thing
koch... blow it out your nose
GOP... retro
you can't borrow to prosperity... only donald trump can
republicans drive ryder trucks
paul ryan's inner child is a nasty little fucker
sarah... enough
punk the GOP
corporate money... the crack cocaine of republican politics
don't let the GOP destroy your state
BAIN = BANE
i like mormons... just not mitt romney
david duke... now there's an honest republican
clinical depression = being born into a boring, pointless, republican life
just for the record ronald reagan started all this shit
RAPTURE THE GOP
who needs a burqa when you have a republican husband
selfishness... republican pre-existing condition
"THE DONALD" SUCKS
give up republicans for lent
sarah lost... again
paul ryan is a rounding error
if republicans hate government so much... then quit
RECALL WALKER
ban tea-shirts
LYIN' RYAN
good german's make bad american's
I don't care about donald trumps's birth certificate... ivana see his tax returns
political intimidation... page one GOP playbook
82 yr old man talking to chair... 2012 GOP
jesse ventura can kick tim pawlenty's ass
GOP... not cool
ban republican marriage
Heil Mittler !!!
my hamster is smarter than your republican governor
GOP... who ?
jesus is coming... i'd hate to be a republican
REPUBLICANS ARE KOCH SUCKERS
bush... game over cowboy
vote republican... lose your social security
ID the GOP
fools & millionaires vote republican
GOPee
speaker boehner... STFU
bush tax policy... no millionaire left behind
GOP healthcare plan... get sick & die
bristol has a bad mommy
political bottom feeder
waterboard walker
castro lasted longer than bush
JOE WALSH... Deadbeat Daddy
vote republican... lose your country
dick cheney... clinically dead since 1978
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL ELECTIONS
what do you call a republican barbi doll ? ... cute but pointless
what do you call a republican ken doll ?... klaus barbi
scott walker... half term governor of wisconsin
voting republican is voter fraud
I got mine... go fend for yourself
GOD HATES REPUBLICANS
john kasich... kiss my AFSCME
post birth abortion... it's a republican thing
sarah failin
waterboard GOP hostage takers
Tim McVeigh was a republican
stampede republicans over a cliff
Recant you right wing bitch...
GOP... party like it's 1099
jail rick scott
karl rove is a pastey faced punk
GOP... retro
tim pawlenty is a weenie
wwjd: shut down the republican party
GOP... 21st century fascism
jesse ventura never shutdown a state
GOP gridlock... public enemy #1
WTF is a Dick Armey ?
no more " boss hog"
ron paul is an idiot
rand paul is an even bigger idiot
Mitt Romney... Jim Carey's Evil Twin
cull republi-cons
my GOP senator's follower's stomp on peoples heads... how about yours ?
total recall baby
GOP... a kinder, gentler fascism
pawlenty who ?
republican big tent... militia, minutemen, mcveigh
vote against sarah palin... again
GOP big tent... bigotry, prejudice, hate
mitch mcconell... chinless old fart
PIZZA MAN... YOU SUCK !
what's the difference between charlie sheen and the GOP ? ... charlie sheen's the sane one
haley barbour... kiss my grits
GOP freshman orientation... hoods & armbands optional
Rick Perry faked his birth
marge simpson can kick sarah palin's ass
make republican voting illegal
george bush... wild albino chimp
what the hell is a marcus bachman ?
perp walk murdoch
Corporations are people... but you my friend are not
GOP... still stuck on stupid
you have now entered "the romney zone"
david duke... the (new) middle of the road republican
mama grizzly... not cool
WHO KILLED THE GOP ?
bad doctors vote republican
libertarianism... freedom to starve
mitt never met a lie that he didn't want to tell
what do you get when you put clarence
thomas & herman cain together ? ... two halves of an oreo cookie
newt is a punk
republicans do it from behind
boot rand paul
rick perry is jim jones evil twin
What do you get when you give a republican a gun ?... OSLO
earmark republicans for defeat
"IN THE BEGINNING BUSH CREATED THE BUDGET DEFICIT"
jim demint... kiss my grits
HITLER'S DEAD... GET OVER IT
GOP... you lie
pat down rick perry
"how's that bush depression working out for you all"
John Hinckley was a republican
bio-engineered republicans taste better
michelle vs sarah... meooooooow !
republicans = nazi's in civilian clothes
2012... year four of the bush/cheney depression
what the hell is a herman cain ?
RESIST RIGHTWING ASSASSINS
walk like a nazi
T-publican = divided government
rick perry... just another stupid texas governor
bully by birth... republican by choice
GOP Southern Strategy... OBAMA IS BLACK
rand paul... ron paul #1 stupid son
we don't need no stinkin' social programs
poll tax wealthy republicans
refudiate this $@?!
auction off the red states
(ma)caca happens
john boehner thinks every meal is a three martini lunch
downgrade the t-party
the boys from brazil... alive & well in texas
mitt killed grandma
rick perry... aka "governor stupid"
corporations aren't people... they're ATM's for the rich
"if jesus were alive today rick perry would be giving him a lethal injection"
fear stupid republican candidates
mitt who ?
federalize ron paul
it's "high noon" for the tea party
welcome to the great republican train wreck
rick perry's inner child is a nasty little fucker
trust fund kids for romney
rick perry... "lone nut" texas governor
mitt romney is a "corporate person"
TRUST FUND KID'S DO IT FROM BEHIND !
pull the switch on rick perry
mitt weenie
ROMNEY ZOMBIE
michelle bachman... there she goes again
sarah... can you say inconsequential ?
corporations are not people... they're tax havens for rich people
get ready for the "great american reckoning"
if jesus was a republican he'd make you pay for your own "sins"
"Ghost of Tom Joad"
Man walks along the railroad track
He's Goin' some place, there's no turnin' back
The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge
Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
The shelter line stretchin' around the corner
Welcome to the New World Order
Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwest
No job, no home, no peace, no rest, NO REST!
And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the Ghost of Tom Joad
He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag
The preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
He's waitin' for the time when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
With a one way ticket to the promised land
With a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Lookin' for a pillow of solid rock
Bathin' in the cities' aqueducts
And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the Ghost of old Tom Joad
Now Tom Said; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry new born baby cries
Whereever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me ma'
I'll be there
Wherever somebodies stuglin' for a place to stand
For a decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes ma,
You'll see me! [repeat 8 times]
And the highway is alive tonight
nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the Ghost of Tom Joad.
He's Goin' some place, there's no turnin' back
The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge
Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
The shelter line stretchin' around the corner
Welcome to the New World Order
Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwest
No job, no home, no peace, no rest, NO REST!
And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the Ghost of Tom Joad
He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag
The preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
He's waitin' for the time when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
With a one way ticket to the promised land
With a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Lookin' for a pillow of solid rock
Bathin' in the cities' aqueducts
And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the Ghost of old Tom Joad
Now Tom Said; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry new born baby cries
Whereever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me ma'
I'll be there
Wherever somebodies stuglin' for a place to stand
For a decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes ma,
You'll see me! [repeat 8 times]
And the highway is alive tonight
nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the Ghost of Tom Joad.
10+ Reasons Texas Sucks
• horrible weather --- unbearable heat & humidity 9 out of 12 months a yr, tornadoes, hurricanes, and the most violent thunderstorms anywhere
• george w bush --- 'nuff said
• worst schools in the country --- bad parents who raise stupid kids who go to shit schools that produce horrible SAT scores
• rick perry --- secessionist, neo-confederate, horses ass
• violence --- more guns per capita than anywhere else in the US, more people in prisons, more capital punishment... more murder than in either new york or massachusetts
• welfare state --- for all the talk of rugged individualism texas gets more in tax dollars than it shells out
• weird religion --- you thought california was #1, well think again... alleluia, amen
• obesity --- all that catfish, chicken fried steak, & luby's will catch up to ya... texas is a 300 lb kid that can't walk up a flight of stairs --- ranked in top 10
• poverty --- ranked in the top 10 states for people living in poverty
• anti-union --- rabid right to work state, claims it's an economic miracle, yet all it can show is a median income below the national average in spite of vast amounts of oil & gas
• crappy jobs --- the texas economic miracle is all smoke and mirrors... the best jobs are government subsidized like the oil & gas industry, next comes government subsidized infrastructure work, and then the foreign corporations subsidized by their own governments and then resubsidized by the state of texas... everything else is just above minimum wage
• fees, fees, fees --- republicans can't say the T-word so they say "fees" instead... count 'em and you'd be better off living in illinois
• endless driving --- at least in california there's some place worth going
• charlatans --- "quack" is a texas cottage industry... if it's a scam then it's probably licensed here
• racist --- just sit down and talk with the local rednecks
• cheaply made housing --- if you're rich all is well... if you aren't don't expect much much more than some dry wall, plywood, & plaster - better off just getting a trailer
• water --- great if you like the taste of chlorine & sulphur
• bad losers --- it's always someone else, usually yankees or the federal government
• quality of life --- rated one of the worst in the nation, that's why I left
• angry old white men --- texas has more of these than you can shake a stick at
• rocks, snakes, & scorpions --- almost as many as angry old white men
50 Reasons Libertarians Are Crazy
"the following are the positions of some prominent and not so prominent libertarians going back to the 1970's and before ... oh yes virginia, they are batshit crazy"
• legalize blackmail... nice picture of you and jack's wife
• legalize heroin, meth, & glue sniffing... let anyone sell this crap as long as there is a buyer
• sell off the national parks... fuck the commons let's set up the mc donalds's
• abolish laws against dog & cock fighting... just animate property killing each other
• privatize the air you breath, the ground you walk on, the air you breath... you can put that on VISA
• abolish all licensing: ie if you want to be a doctor or lawyer run over to kinko's and have some business cards made up --- laissez faire suckers
• allow for privatized segregation & discrimination (no jews, n*ggers, catholics, sp*cs, women, people over 50, gays, children allowed)
• legalize insider trading... great way to establish confidence in the market
• abolish animal cruelty laws... animal fighting is an economic preference stop the social engineering
* corporations are people... no, corporations are vultures
• patent the dna of all life forms including humans... we own you baby
• legalize child labor... three kids can do the work of one daddy
* voter suppression... elections are the health of the state
• declare smoking a celebration of capitalism... just ask ayn rand
• abolish the americans with disabilities act... crippled bastards always getting in the way
• legalize child selling... isn't a rich baby always better off than a poor one ?
• privatize and sell off the arctic & antarctic... brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, set up the stabuck's
• abolish unions... collective bargaining, huh
• replace state & federal prison guards with walmart like security... can you spell T-R-A-Y-V-O-N
• legalize voluntary slavery... it's already called 9 to 5
• abolish animal cruelty laws... rich women in stilleto's stepping on little mice for the hell of it, now that's cool
• believe FDR & EISENHOWER were communists... yep
• declare selfishness the ultimate virtue... and start a lucrative movement doing so
• re-introduce debtors prisons... waterboard the poor
• allow individuals to own nuclear weapons or whatever armaments they want... kaboooooooooom
• abolish the anti-trust laws... why that would be punishing successful monopolies
• sell off the rivers, lakes, & oceans of the world
• make the poor, sick, & disabled depend on charity instead of the resources of the state... DIE BABY DIE
• clone slaves out of your own dna... it beats working
• replace the federal reserve with a pc and a chair... brilliant
• let the insurance companies take over the judicial system... my mistake they already have
• privatize outer space... robert heinlein wannabes
• denounce the idea of a "social contract"... hurray for me and FUCK YOU !!!
• establish exchanges for the buying & selling of human body parts (by paying living people & the families of the dead)
• incentives for voluntary euthanasia of the old & poor --- (let granny sign her life away so the insurance company won't have to pay as much for medical or long term care)
• abolish mandatory emergency room care... socialist ronald reagan signed this into law 1986
• legalize extortion... well if you're going to legalize blackmail you might as well do this too
* don't forget bribery... extortion, blackmail, bribery --- libertarian trifecta
• abolish/limit medical malpractice suits... caveat emptor
• consider the non-payment of bills as cause for arrest and the use of lethal force... god damn parasites trying to rip off the job creators
• abolish public schools... yeah they produce stupid people like bill gates & warren buffett
• establish private armies in place of the US armed forces... more war, more profit
• re-introduce 18th century style workhouses... we should have killed off all the poor two centuries ago
* make bitcoin the new us currency... backed by the full faith and credit of drug dealers, the russian mafia, and somali pirates
• abolish usury laws... sky's the limit
* pay poor people to be sterilized... it's voluntary isn't it ?
• claim that societies and even families don't exist --- only individuals... a hard sell at christmas time
• end compulsary education... mindless robots servicing the libertarian society
• pre-emptive killing of as much as 40% of islamic peoples... and make the rest objectivists
• allow the disemination of snuff movies & kiddie porn... you don't have to watch it you dirty statist
• let companies sue & imprison whistle blowers... hell didn't the contract say "shut up"
• legalize prostitution & decriminalize pimping... human trafficking is none of anyone's business anyway
• abolish social security & medicare... let grandma die
• take the remaining native american lands and sell them off for pennies on the dollar... it's not our fault they didn't understand the intricacies of markets
* send mercenaries to seize nationalized businesses... profit before non-interventionism
* advocate government and private torture in the right situation... that'll teach 'em what the non agression principle really means
* scream bloody murder when governments collect data yet defend corporations that collect, hold, and sell more data than any government has ever collected... WELCOME TO LIBERTARIAN HELL
Rick Perry
"rick perry is a lying, un-american, son of a bitch" --- good 'ol boy
texan by birth... neo-confederate by choice
stop texas colonialism
texas... hands off america
bring back mexico
just another texas governor
rick perry faked his virgin birth
jesus is coming... rick perry get your ass out of town
defeat texas
JEFF DAVIS IS NOT MY PRESIDENT
rick perry just outsourced my job to burger king
we need another FDR... not another jeff davis
elmer gantry lives in austin
poaching ain't job creation
RICK PERRY SUCKS
another victim of the "texas miracle"
real americans don't fly confederate flags
rick perry... GOP great white HOPE
RETAKE TEXAS
don't mess with the united states of america
rick perry... george bush III
channel Ann Richards
america needs another texas governor... about as much as it needs another JEFFERSON DAVIS
good 'ol boys against perry
my job just outsourced to Texas... how about yours ?
jeff davis was a union buster too !
RICK PERRY IS SO GAY
"poor rick perry, he can't help it... he was born with a koch spoon up his ass" --- channelannrichards
texas is where evolution stopped
it's called a mirage... not a miracle
"NO CONFEDERATE FLAG... OVER THE WHITE HOUSE"
america... love it or leave and go back to texas
Texas... the dysfunctional state
bring back santa ana
LINCOLN WAS RIGHT... IT'S THE SOUTH
just what america needs... another bleeping texas governor $@?!
neo-confederates 4perry
Texan by birth... bully by choice
SMASH THE DIXIEPUBLICANS
scarey rick perry
slavery... it's a texas thing
Ann Richards would kick rick perry's ass
don't mess with texas... it's already a MESS
TEXAS... RICK PERRY'S CORPORATE PLANTATION
will rick perry steal your job next ?
G-D HATES RICK PERRY
if you can't speak english... the go back to texas where you belong
texan by birth... neo-confederate by choice
stop texas colonialism
texas... hands off america
bring back mexico
just another texas governor
rick perry faked his virgin birth
jesus is coming... rick perry get your ass out of town
defeat texas
JEFF DAVIS IS NOT MY PRESIDENT
rick perry just outsourced my job to burger king
we need another FDR... not another jeff davis
elmer gantry lives in austin
poaching ain't job creation
RICK PERRY SUCKS
another victim of the "texas miracle"
real americans don't fly confederate flags
rick perry... GOP great white HOPE
RETAKE TEXAS
don't mess with the united states of america
rick perry... george bush III
channel Ann Richards
america needs another texas governor... about as much as it needs another JEFFERSON DAVIS
good 'ol boys against perry
my job just outsourced to Texas... how about yours ?
jeff davis was a union buster too !
RICK PERRY IS SO GAY
"poor rick perry, he can't help it... he was born with a koch spoon up his ass" --- channelannrichards
texas is where evolution stopped
it's called a mirage... not a miracle
"NO CONFEDERATE FLAG... OVER THE WHITE HOUSE"
america... love it or leave and go back to texas
Texas... the dysfunctional state
bring back santa ana
LINCOLN WAS RIGHT... IT'S THE SOUTH
just what america needs... another bleeping texas governor $@?!
neo-confederates 4perry
Texan by birth... bully by choice
SMASH THE DIXIEPUBLICANS
scarey rick perry
slavery... it's a texas thing
Ann Richards would kick rick perry's ass
don't mess with texas... it's already a MESS
TEXAS... RICK PERRY'S CORPORATE PLANTATION
will rick perry steal your job next ?
G-D HATES RICK PERRY
if you can't speak english... the go back to texas where you belong
Obama Accomplishments
" Here is a list of President Obama's accomplishments in the past 2 1/2 yrs - all in the face of unrelenting Republican opposition "
• advanced women's rights in the workplace
• resuscitated America's economy with 2.5 million jobs and a push toward a full ( but yet unrealized ) recovery
• recapitalized US banks
• saved the american auto industry and over 1m jobs
• pay back of TARP to US government
• rebuilt America's image abroad
• expanded food safety laws
• appointed two pro-choice women supreme court justices
• began withdrawals from iraq & afghanistan with timetables for complete departure
• record number of al qaeda leadership killed
• led the largest multi-national effort to reign in "loose nukes" and other weapons of mass destruction
• first time drone strikes against terrorist networks in Palistan and the horn of Africa
• lowering of middle class taxes
• awarded nobel peace prize 2009
• healthcare reform --- near universal healthcare via combination of public & private insurance ( eliminated the travesty of pre-conditions & recisions )
• expanded the CHIPS program
• increased funding for alternative energy --- solar, wind, geo-thermal
• abolished DADT
• largest funding of high speed rail corridors in US history
• killed OSAMA BIN LADEN
• reigned in the credit card industry and many of it's abuses
• brokered historic arms agreement with Russia
• passed Dodd/Frank financial reform
• increased availability of student loans & the lowering of loan interest rates
• made BP accountable for gulf oil spill --- $20b fund
• battled unprecedented republican obstruction
• record increase in funding for trade schools & junior colleges... job retraining
• renounced torture as part off American foreign policy
• increased the authority of the EPA
• created a special division of the justice department for the prosecution of wall street criminals
• declared a moratorium on offshore drilling
• supported the "Arab spring" and the fall of Qaddafi
• signed record spending cuts w/o touching medicare, medicaid, & social security
• made a major committment to restructure loans and deal with home foreclosures inspite of banking and Republican obstruction
• revived international trust in american foreign policy
• coupled a policy of compassion for existing undocumented workers and their families with strengthened US borders against illegal immigration
• increased crackdown on illegal employers
• dropped justice department support of DOMA
• expanded veteran's benefits
• restored confidence in FEMA's effectiveness
• extended benefits for 911 responders
• created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• extension of unemployment benefits to ninety nine weeks for the hardest economically hit americans
• passed the Hate Crimes bill
Texas "Mirage"
"There is no "Texas Miracle" either today or yesterday. What we have is a state with a great divide between the rich & poor. Rick Perry has made a career of exploiting these divisions and touting himself as some kind of job creator. The fact is that Perry has presided over one of the most dysfunctional states in the country. As they say in Texas he's all hat and no cattle. Look at the stats and make up your own mind......."
• lowest per capita savings & wealth (bottom 10 states) --- source: statemaster, ag edwards
• hate crimes (10 worst states) --- source: statemaster, FBI
• life expectancy 76.7 (bottom half of states) --- source: bloomberg businessweek
• worst drop out rate in nation --- source: houston chronicle
• least healthy states 2010 (bottom 10 worst states) --- source: healthinsurance org
• highest percentage of uninsured in the nation 2010 --- source: healthinsurance org
• children in poverty 2010 (bottom 10 worst states) --- source: healthinsurance org
• prenatal care & infectious disease (ranked near the bottom) source: healthinsurance org
• one of the most dangerous states 2010 (ranked in worst 1/3 rd) --- source: infoplease
• math & science rankings 2010 (bottom half of the nation) --- source: huffington post
• second highest illiteracy rate in nation --- source: huffington post, literarytexas org
• highest insurance rates in the US 2009 (200% higher under rick perry) --- source: texas kaos
• median income 49k (bottom half of all states) --- source: wikipedia
• some of the highest property tax rates, home closing fees, & general revenue fees in the country --- source: dallas morning news
• adults in poverty (bottom 10 states) --- source: dallas morning news
• ranked fifth worst state to live in --- source: statemaster
• unemployment rate 8.2 % (ranked 24th in nation behind NY, Mass, MD, & MN to name a few) --- source: wikipedia
• highest percentage of minimum wage jobs in US (10+%)--- source: thinkprogress
• median hourly wage $11.20 (bottom half of states) --- source: thinkprogress
• national leader in teen pregnancy --- source: statemaster
• third highest obesity rate in nation --- source: statemaster
• adults with mental health problems (top half of states) --- source: statemaster
• one of the least consumer friendly state's in the nation - including limits on what bad doctors & negligent companies can be sued for --- source: huffington post
• government subsidized poaching of out of state jobs... destroying the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the country --- source: time, dallas morning news
• poor environmental quality ( ranked in bottom 1/3rd of states ) --- source: forbes
• lowest per capita savings & wealth (bottom 10 states) --- source: statemaster, ag edwards
• hate crimes (10 worst states) --- source: statemaster, FBI
• life expectancy 76.7 (bottom half of states) --- source: bloomberg businessweek
• worst drop out rate in nation --- source: houston chronicle
• least healthy states 2010 (bottom 10 worst states) --- source: healthinsurance org
• highest percentage of uninsured in the nation 2010 --- source: healthinsurance org
• children in poverty 2010 (bottom 10 worst states) --- source: healthinsurance org
• prenatal care & infectious disease (ranked near the bottom) source: healthinsurance org
• one of the most dangerous states 2010 (ranked in worst 1/3 rd) --- source: infoplease
• math & science rankings 2010 (bottom half of the nation) --- source: huffington post
• second highest illiteracy rate in nation --- source: huffington post, literarytexas org
• highest insurance rates in the US 2009 (200% higher under rick perry) --- source: texas kaos
• median income 49k (bottom half of all states) --- source: wikipedia
• some of the highest property tax rates, home closing fees, & general revenue fees in the country --- source: dallas morning news
• adults in poverty (bottom 10 states) --- source: dallas morning news
• ranked fifth worst state to live in --- source: statemaster
• unemployment rate 8.2 % (ranked 24th in nation behind NY, Mass, MD, & MN to name a few) --- source: wikipedia
• highest percentage of minimum wage jobs in US (10+%)--- source: thinkprogress
• median hourly wage $11.20 (bottom half of states) --- source: thinkprogress
• national leader in teen pregnancy --- source: statemaster
• third highest obesity rate in nation --- source: statemaster
• adults with mental health problems (top half of states) --- source: statemaster
• one of the least consumer friendly state's in the nation - including limits on what bad doctors & negligent companies can be sued for --- source: huffington post
• government subsidized poaching of out of state jobs... destroying the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the country --- source: time, dallas morning news
• poor environmental quality ( ranked in bottom 1/3rd of states ) --- source: forbes
Debunking Gun Nuts
Statement: Guns stop between (1-3m) crimes every year.
Answer: These statistics are usually banded about by the gun lobby
and their hired guns. Every objective study on the subject has come up
with much lower figures, including a figure of 55,000 that comes from
the FBI. The consensus figure seems to be between 300,000 - 400,000
with most encounters consisting of the victim NOT brandishing a gun,
but informing the criminal that they have one. But even if we accept
the gun lobby's figures the number of crimes involving guns exceeds
them all.
Answer: The best example to prove this wrong is Japan where for all
practical purposes guns are outlawed. Criminals including the powerful
Yakuza don't use or even carry them. The total gun deaths in Japan are
about 2-3 people a year. The gun lobby is afraid that Americans will
some day call their bluff and find out that less guns equals less crime.
Statement: The second amendment establishes a persons right to keep
and bear arms.
Answer: NO IT DOESN'T. And a gaggle of right wing judges saying so
doesn't make it so. The second amendment only and I repeat ONLY
establishes a "well regulated" militia. Individual gun ownership in
America as well as Europe has always been seen as less a right than a
privilege - maybe tradition would be the best word to use. Even then
discretion was given to localities on regulating there use. The best
case for individual gun ownership being a right could be made under
the ninth amendment and it's clause of "un-enumerated rights". But
repeating again, the second amendment does not give "you" a right to
bear arms.
Statement: Guns are the best way to protect you and your family.
Answer: No, guns are probably the worst way of protecting you and
your family. The mere possession of a gun in your home significantly
increases the chance of being killed by it more than by an intruder or
attacker. Try a dog, ADT, motion detectors, alarms, video, 911,
whistles, pepper spray, locking your doors, and last but not least
COMMON SENSE. Your chances of being killed by a stranger at home or on
the street is incredibly low. Taking your life or your family's in a
fit of rage or a bout of depression are what you are most likely to
use your gun for. Stay safe and away from guns.
Statement: Crime rates have decreased in the US as the number of guns
have risen. Therefore more guns, less crime.
Answer: Actually the crime rate has been decreasing over the last 20
yrs because the US incarceration rate is 5x more than what it was
back then. The average age of Americans has also increased. In
addition public camera's and personal security systems have put the
bad guys on notice.Note: While the number of guns has increased the percentage of gun
owners has gone down. Look you only have two hands.
Statement: Regulating gun ownership is the first step to tyranny and
totalitarian rule.
Answer: Well if that were the case we would all have been in a gulag
long ago. The fact of the matter is that every society in history has
regulated firearms on it's territory - free and not. I mean would you
rather live in a free fire zone like iraq or great britain and it's
traditions of freedom but tight gun control ? Easy access to guns does
not equal freedom.
Statement: Guns don't kill people, people kill people
Answer: How about, "guns don't kill people, people with guns kill
people" or to put it more bluntly "no guns, no gun victims"
Statement: Suicide rates are higher in Europe than in the US even
though they have less guns and tighter regulation. Therefore the
presence of guns in American society has nothing to do with US suicide
rates.
Answer: First of all the suicide rates for the 25 members of the EU
combined is almost identical to that of the US. Second, the rate of
attempted suicide by firearm has a higher lethality rate at 90%+ with
2/3rds of American suicides by way of gun. Therefore it is quite clear
US suicide rates would be much lower than the EU if not for the
presence of guns. Even American religiousity can't counter the guns
first time lethal effect.
101+ Things Conservative Nut Jobs Hate
blacks - jews (G-d don't hear you) - gays - women - islam - progressives - social justice - medicare - abortion rights - unions - obama - social security - immigrants - representative democracy - pbs - mexicans - universal health care - taxes on the rich - mosques - 1964 civil rights act - catholics (not christian) - public schools - middle class - GOP moderates - fair elections - teaching evolution - sin - the french - peace - taxes on big business - keith olbermann - public restrooms - minority rights - the poor - interstate highways - dirty words (n-word ok) - community organizers - npr - confederate flag protestors - ike - dems - voting rights act - foreign aid - desegregation - non fundamentalist christians (not christian) - lincoln's "war of aggression" - atheists - native americans - the coming anti-christ - women voting - books - arabs - title nine - public hospitals - license plates - federal troops - ellis island - desegregated schools - homeless - nyt - masturbation - big bang - the census - fdr - dirty dancing - lisa simpson - unitarians - latin america - head scarves - nuclear free zones - living together - long hair - bio-diversity - electric cars - free range beef - peace sign - union label - undocumented people - mining safety - gun locks - government workers - solar energy - putin - mandela - illuminati - hispanic vote - space aliens - higher liberal IQ 's - open housing - nobel prizes - brown vs board of education - the pill - mtv - multi-lingualism - being fat & stupid - national parks - stop lights - liberation theology - early voting - gay kids - interracial marriage - appomattox - fairness doctrine - nuremberg trials - outing the neocons - anchovie pizza - freemasons - quakers - nude beaches - college education - san francisco - bill & hillary - stem cell research - living wage - the mentally ill - tva - supreme court - mormons (not christian) - gi bill - school lunch programs - cage free eggs - loving ones enemies - seat belts - outing larry craig - paying any kind of taxes - pat tillman - e=mc2 - jon stewart - french fries - nazi hunters - emergency room care - chem trails - flouride - lbj - bono - new deal - nuclear disarmament - socialists - persons with disabilities act - wicca - "summer of love" - animal rights - fedgov - eu - tres americas - tiger woods - economic stimulus - "west wing" reruns - the disabled - foreigners - bill of rights (2nd amend ok to kill opponents & minorities) - taliban comparison - gay marriage - la raza - biracial people - democracy - single women - jewish conspiracies - "general welfare" clause of the constitution - organic food - literacy week - 40 hr week - gun free zones - che - sitting bull - opposition to the death penalty - big cities - women in the priesthood - breadlines - fairness doctrine - lgbt - birkenstocks - sex ed - geneva convention - drivers licenses - public transportation - GOP Depression - modern science - strikes - wind farms - smelly cheese - national service - 2008 elections - how the french won the american revolution - soup kitchens - minimum wage - social responsibility - urban planning - quiche - the hague - corona beer - funny sounding last names - food stamps - united nations - high priestesses - affirmative action - 2012 elections - era - red letter christians - wall street regulation - open housing - brown skin people - paid vacation & medical leave - anti-torture legislation - fair elections - endangered species act - oprahs book club - mandatory auto insurance - ethanol - rational debate - dixie chicks - noblese oblige - maryknoll nuns & priests - bush war crimes - european lifestyles - venezuela - economic democracy - sermon on the mount - beggars - asylum seekers - sweden - labor laws - us war against japan & germany - mlk - black vote - fdic - intellectuals - scopes monkey trial - asians - code pink - bikinis - planned parenthood - women in the workplace - pete seeger - prisoner rights - slavery reparations - holocaust memorial - soccer - jimmy carter - nutrition pyramid - canada - splc - 1860 elections - nancy pelosi - clean water act - greenpeace - sushi - no weapons of mass destruction - comparisons to domestic terrorists - exploding ryder trucks - separation of church & state - emancipation proclamation - black helicopters - may day - human equality - russia - pagans - no child left behind - trailer park fees - cashless society - tour de france - nutella - unemployment insurance - keynes - vatican II - secular humanists - free health clinics - vermont - end of apartheid - victory over fascism - irish - gun nut label - peaceful end to the cold war - assault weapons ban - jack, ted, bobby - epa - federally financed elections - estate tax on the rich - human rights - condoms - vegetarians - gypsies - rosa parks - foreign films - msnbc - "an inconvient truth" - travel outside the confederacy - godless communism - bans on bomb making fertilizer - THEMSELVES
Symbiotics of Fascism, Naziism, and American Conservatism
intersecting definition: [ fascism, naziism, american conservatism ] --- characterized by hate, paranoia, disdain for women & minorities, alliance with the wealthy, national & ethnic chauvinism, censorship, elevation of the irrational, political violence & intimidation, negation or elimination of labor unions, racism, religious intolerance, war on or occupation of foreign territory, media control, co-opting of the middle class through fear & repetitive lies, rejection of enlightenment values, feudalistic worldview, shifting of blame to the "other"
20 Reasons Americans Envy The French
• slimmer waistlines
• better food
• longer lives
• better educated
• 6 weeks paid vacation
• better dressed
• superior healthcare
• shorter work week (37 hrs)
• strong unions
• more money in the bank
• better pensions
• nude beaches
• more economic equality
• stronger privacy laws
• better public transportation
• newer cars
• smaller deficit
• more public space
• multi-lingual
• more social tolerance
• better food
• longer lives
• better educated
• 6 weeks paid vacation
• better dressed
• superior healthcare
• shorter work week (37 hrs)
• strong unions
• more money in the bank
• better pensions
• nude beaches
• more economic equality
• stronger privacy laws
• better public transportation
• newer cars
• smaller deficit
• more public space
• multi-lingual
• more social tolerance
American Revolution 2.0... Are you Ready ?
Direct Action for the 21st Century... Ready, Set, Go
... direct democracy, outsource congress into the people's hands
... national election standards w/ 30 day period for voting
... eliminate 90% of defense spending
... no wars without the approval of congress
... make the "right to vote" a constitutional amendment
... abolish prisons as we know them
... paper trail for every ballot
... TAX THE RICH --- re-establish the 70% tax brackets of the eisenhower
period for the top 1%
... more government backing for wind, solar, & geo-thermal energy
... end the new "jim crow" voting laws
... limit foreign aid to peaceful purposes
... reclaim the "commons" for the public use of all citizens
... unionization of all large corporations
... vote @ 16
... support the "MILLIONAIRE'S TAX" on all income & wealth of the top 1%
... no to privatization or cuts in medicare, medicaid, & social security
... audit the FED and make it the "peoples bank"
... economic democracy / shared prosperity
... restructure the weapons industry and make it the back bone of a new
technological renaissance
... eliminate ALL TAXES on the middle class & poor
... strict limits on election spending
... democratize the armed forces
... support a living wage in place of a minimum wage
... keep abortion legal, safe, & rare
... support the "WALL STREET" tax on all institutional trading
... penalize companies for passing on tax increases to consumers
... give amnesty to holders of outrageous mortgages & loans
... establish maximum credit card, mortgage, & auto loan rates
... restructure student loans
... follow a foreign policy of strict neutrality
... support the right to travel unempeded anywhere in the US or abroad
... enforce treaty rights with the indigenous people's of this country
... strengthen and reaffirm the Kyoto Treaty
... universal health care for all americans
... seize, freeze, and repatriate to the US government ALL the assets of
corporations that violate anti-trust law
... reintroduce glass steagall and bring back the uptick
... power all government owned vehicles with either natural gas or electricity
... abolish corporate "personhood"
... create a new civilian conservation corps to green America
... outlaw the outsourcing of American jobs
... abolish hedge funds and the selling of derivatives
... put full financial disclosure of all politicians and family members online
... keep all public services - PUBLIC
... end the war on drugs, decriminalize marijuana & other soft drugs
... close GITMO, renounce the use of torture under any circumstance
... eliminate 90% of carbon usage by 2050
... finally pass the ERA
... encourage civilian community policing
... strip wealth of its political privilege
... create a department of peace
... support fair trade, not corporate globalization
... nurture an environment where gun possession goes the way of smoking
... abolition of capital punishment
... NGO status for "people driven" movements at the UN
... full financial disclosure of all Fortune 500 CEO's, boards of directors, and
officials
... support international action to close down all tax havens
... affirmative action based on economic status (not just race or gender)
... expand the right to UNIONIZE
... make municipalities and police more accountable to their citizens
... homestead unused lands owned by the wealthiest corporations and individuals
... foster a alliance between the middle class, blue collar workers, and poor
... fight sexism, racism, & religious intolerance
... no gerrymandering of voting districts
... take the IRS out of ordinary people's lives and put them in boardrooms of
the corporations and the living rooms of the rich
... enact a policy that welcomes ALL immigrants whether legal or undocumented
... support carbon taxes on major polluters
... better access to capital for small & medium businesses
... enact the strictest privacy laws possible on data held by government & private
agencies
courtesy: progressiveslogans.blogspot.
American Wealth
10 T - cash & cd's in banks
20 T - residental property
5 T - commercial property
30 T - stocks
30 T - government bonds
5 T - corporate bonds
20 T - annuities, insurance,
commodities, other physical
assets
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120 trillion for public corporations revise to 200-300 trillion when all businesses and individuals included --- fed rev reports
.
• median years per job 4.1 yrs
• number of jobs per lifetime 7-10
• median years per job age age 55-64
9.9 yrs
top 1% = 45% usa wealth
top 2% = 60% usa wealth
top 5% = 80% usa wealth
top 10% = 90% usa wealth
bill gates $50b has more wealth than the bottom forty percent of americans combined
average effective tax rate ( all taxes combined ) individuals & families
• 1m+ - 17.7%
• 250k to 1m - 18.1%
• 55k (US median family income) to 250k - 22.7%
• 55k to 18k (US median family poverty level for 2.9 persons) - 19.3%
• < 18k - 15.1% , 3/4 of which offset by EITC
effective income tax rate all US corporations (excluding sCORP) - 7%
effective income tax rate for sCORP which make up 70% of US business - < 5%
• 80% of sCORP's make 50k or less (including 60% that break even or lose money)
• marginal consumption rates of middle income to poor range from 90 - 100%
income/wealth effective tax rate
• 1m+ - 1.1% to .1%
US income tax/ all business 2009... 140 b
taxes benefit all of society
US bank bonuses 2009... 150 b
US total charity giving 2009... 340 b -2% of GDP
• all jobs ultimately come from government since all money and it's legal use comes from the US treasury
• banks get their charters from government and with that the ability to create money
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factoid: median property tax us $1,917 - wsj
factoid: median property tax illinois $3,300 higher than california $2,750
- highest nj $7,000 - wsj
factoid: average family has property tax surplus --- here's the math 1kid x 12k per yr school costs x 13yr of school = 156k x 2kids = 312k --- average family parents will be 27-40yrs of age during this 13yr period and will pay around 38k in property taxes from time the children are born to high school graduation --- all things remaining being equal they will pay a total of 152k by the time their 80yrs of age
factoid: small/med business 39% in the black, 30% even, 30% in the red
90% new business fail within 3yrs
90% established business fail within 10yrs
factoid: businesses run far higher debt ratios than the US government... capital spending & growth are the driving factors
factoid: private US debt is 43T
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policy wonk
• run fed, state, local gov cars and trucks with natural gas (retro-fit)
• all new non electric or hybbrid cars should be (retro-fit) for gas/ethanol/methanol
• 4 super-nuke plants by 2020 --- all in the deep south since the are more receptive towards nukes
• wind & solar 20% of US energy capacity by 2020
• establish base price for barrel of oil
@ $75 (2008 price) to keep alternatives competitive
• end private for profit healthcare insurance, replace with universal medicare where persons up to 18 yrs pay no premiums, families and individuals 18 to 65 pay a pro-rated yearly rate for their age group --- tax incentives and rebates according to income --- private insurers would be allowed in secondary markets
• supplement social security with government administered term life insurance, 500k per household from ages 21 to 50 @ .50% of earned income paid by employer
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markets include all human action (private & government)
Total Assets US (2010 est) --- 200-300 trillion
Total GDP --- 15t + 2-3t (underground economy)
Total Taxes (fed, state, local, sales, prop, etc) 3.8 trillion
gross-up = back loaded payment of taxes on income and perks
billionaires & millionaires have 5x to 10x more in wealth than declared
total world wealth = one quadrillion
america is divided by the three capitalisms... crony, realist, ideological
60% of bankruptcy's medically related - ama 2009 850,000
90% percent had 5000k or more in medical expenses --- average out of pocket costs at time of bankruptcy 17K
Average bankruptcy 41k - median bankruptcy 16k
critics say medical problems small component of bankruptcy
truth: all debt must come under bankruptcy laws filing not just medical bills so even if someone was able to make the monthly payment for a credit card or other loans they would all have to fall under the bankruptcy umbrella --- plus illness and the inability to work is another overlooked factor
canadian medical bankruptcies are exceedingly rare... and they only exist because some people go outside the national network and purchase private supplemental insurance... otherwise when someone tells you that no canadian goes bankrupt because of medical bills they are very close to being right --- conservatives will often confuse the argument by adding those declaring bankruptcy because of illness & inability to work to the mix
EU can more rightly make the claim of near 0%
Social Security -----------
by gbuddha2012
social security... bedrock multi-risk insurance policy (guaranteed by the full faith & credit of the US government)
avg out of pocket cost 4k a yr
-- benefits including --
• seniors guaranteed retirement income coverage w/COLA avg family 22k per yr
• benefits for current workers & their families including early medicare
• home & work disability coverage & early death coverage
• dozens of select survivors benefits
including burial supplement
• medicare
• nursing home care coverage for low incomes/low assets/indigent
• minors w/disabilties coverage
• adult chidren w/disabilties coverage
• 20 trillion in life insurance protection ( more than all american insurance companies combined )
factoid: george bush war/tax deficit over 8yrs ($10T) was roughly the total amount taken in by social security since 1937 !
factoid: 45m people over 65 receive SS... 10m receive disability payments
factoid: 90% of the elderly were under the poverty line before social security... contrast that to only 10% today
factoid: ronald reagan raised taxes 7x during his administration... and the debt by 400%
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10+ Ways the Rich Don't Pay Taxes
by gbuddha2012
• trusts --- thousands to choose from depending on the creativity of your lawyer these vehicles pass on inter-generational wealth with little or no taxes
• muni's --- zero federal & state taxes
• buy & hold stock strategies --- zero taxes until sold... may not generate any taxes on death depending on the size of the estate
• income from dividends & capital gains --- taxed at 15% maximum ( this makes up 95% of all income for those making $1 million or more )
• tax deductions --- tax codes have more than 100,000 to chose from
• annuities --- indefinite deferred taxation
• gifts --- receivers of gifts or (cash) pay no tax whatsoever, though the giver must file a form with the IRS
• life insurance --- policies that act as investment vehicles... taxation at death 0%
• set up a corporation, foundation, or hedge fund --- a good way to move money around and shelter assets
• gross-ups --- business term for high income salaries that already have the taxes built into them
• deferred pension --- CEO's and others in the business world having most if not all of their salaries converted tax free into company stock or an annuitized type product where taxes are paid on only when they are taken out years later --- many have a bypass mechanism that lets them pass it on to heirs with little or no taxes
• game the system --- buy the very politicians & governments that make tax policies
• cheat --- 2008 IRS study shows 43% of people making over $200k deliberately underestimate their incomes by 5-25%... people who already make very little in taxes wanting to pay nothing... prosecution rate low
• off shore tax havens --- another version of cheating
• cash, gold, silver, diamonds, guns, antiques, paintings etc --- physical items that fly under the IRS radar
How Much Do the Rich Pay In Taxes ?
by gbuddha2012
• all federal, state, & local taxes came to about $3.8 trillion (2009) --- top 2% paid less than 20%
• top 2% of americans pay less than 19% of these taxes even though they have over 2/3rds of all wealth... top 10% pay 59% of all taxes even though they have 90% of all wealth
• all corporations & businesses paid less than 16% of total including worker social security contributions --- effective federal tax rate 7%
• the remaining 2/3rds are paid by the rest of us
Income/Wealth Effective Tax Rate
gbuddha2012
• total taxes from income & wealth as percentage of all income & wealth combined
• individuals making $1 million+ pay on average between .1 to 1.1% in taxes on the income/wealth index
How Rich Are the Rich ?
by gbuddha2012
• top 1% --- 45% of all wealth
• top 2% --- 60% of all wealth
• top 5% --- 80% of all wealth
• top 10% -- 90% of all wealth
• top 25 hedge fund managers made over 1 billion each in 2009
• bottom 43 million people living under the poverty line
Total Wealth US Individuals, Corporations, & Government
• 200-300 Trillion
Marginal Consumption Rate
• MCR for top 2% americans is under 15%
• MCR for bottom 50% americans is
99-100%
• most americans need to use the majority or totality of their incomes
"10 Ways to Restore America's Economy"
by gbuddha2012
• make first $40k (ind), $60k (couple)
free of federal income tax
• raise highest tax bracket for those making $1M+ to 45%
• make estate tax effective @ 45% after $5M (ind), $10M (couple)
• establish a .25% transaction surcharge on the sale of all stocks bought by hedge funds, banks, and other financial institutions --- ie $1M sale or purchase would generate $2.5k surcharge
• lower capital gains for stocks or mutual funds held over 10 yrs to 10% or less
• establish yearly wealth tax on net worths over $5M @ .5% excluding home
• cap property taxes for primary homes valued @ 500k or less to 1%
assessed value
• establish an additional 1% Social Security & Medicare tax on incomes between $250k & $1M, 2% for $1M+
• raise Roth IRA & 401k max contributions to $10k a yr
• re-establish confidence in the financial sectors by re-introducing Glass-Seagal & the uptick rule
• put IRS agents in the boardrooms of America's 1000 largest corporations
• mandatory jail time for deliberate underreporting of income over $1M+
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"10 Reasons Hedge Funds Should Be Banned"
by gbuddha2012
• opaqueness --- kabuki accounting as it's known ( now you see it, now you don't )
• derivative driven --- remember the housing bubble and the mortgages no one could figure out
• lack of inner or outside regulation ---self explanatory
• high leverage --- all or nothing mentality leaves society having to triage the casualties, when it's other peoples money you can just walk away
• top page disclosure --- think about it, all you file with the SEC is a yearly one page profit or lose statement, obscene
• unwarranted fees --- 5/20 and 2/20 fee schedules, the first number represents the yearly percentage fee on your account, the second the percentage they take on any profits
• illiquidity --- lack of secondary markets due to secrecy
• unfair advantage over mutual funds --- hedge funds are often used by investors to hide money, mutual funds make this much harder
• surrender of control --- the manager is king, you may have to wait months if not years to retrieve your money
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answering loaded questions...
"social security is a ponzi scheme..."
answer: if that's the case so are insurance policies, the stock market, or any other kind of investment --- all these depend on additional people and additional money to bid up prices, social security is in fact more solid than all these three since it invests in treasury bills that are backed by the full faith & credit of the US government ( right now social security is sitting on 2.5 trillion in reserves & 20 trillion in life insurance )
"unions are thugs"
answer: no, unions are organizations of working people who bargain as a group for better pay and working conditions --- they are you're friends, neighbors, & family working in a variety of professions --- be grateful for their existence since they have set many of the standards that benefit all workers --- if you feel exploited by your workplace don't take it out on the unions, it's your boss that's the problem --- the next time you here someone say this tell them to go shove it
"america is broke"
answer: nonsense, america's total assets for individuals, corporations, & government was somewhere between 200-300 trillion at the end of 2008 --- america is by far the richest country in the world and nowhere near broke --- anyone telling you otherwise just doesn't know the facts
"the american government is broke"
answer: more nonsense, just because the US government has more total debt than the GDP has nothing to do with being broke or not --- the debt ratio is around 126% of GDP, not only has the US had higher debt ratios in the past - but some of the biggest most profitable corporations have debt ratios 2x, 5x, 10x that of the US --- a better alternative would be taxing the wealthiest americans who have had spectacular gains in income and wealth over the past decade --- america needs stimulus to grow and if the private sector can't stimulate demand then the public sector must be given the chance --- and then there is always the printing press
"governments don't create jobs"
answer: don't tell that to the 25M members of the miltary, teachers, fda inspectors, firemen, police, emt's, doctor's, nurses, postal workers, librarians, army corps of engineers, forest rangers, research scientists, nursing home workers, custodians of our national parks, NASA, road crews, sanitation workers, etc --- not only are these jobs, but they are jobs that provide vital services & infrastructure to this nation... they create far more wealth for a society than some hedge fund or the manufacturers of liquor or tobacco products --- next time before you speak, think
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"Partial List of Companies Employing Union Labor"
FOOD INDUSTRY
• Heinz
• Campbell's
• Vlasic
• Oscar Mayer
• Hebrew National
• Van Kamps
• Boar's Head
• Eckrich
• Hormel
• HyVee Brands
• Birds Eye
• Green Giant
• Libbey's
• Kroger Brands
• Del Monte
• Prego
• Coke
• Hillshire Farms
• Hershey's
• Oreo's
• Kit Kat
source: UFCW
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3 KEYS to ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• low interest rates
• access to capital
• infrastructure
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- Pensions -
• when ronald reagan took office 50% of americans had a guaranteed private
pension plan... today 2011 it is only 7%
• less than 50% of american's have an Ira or 401k... more than 50% have
savings of 25k or less
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