Conservatively speaking, the body count from socialism easily tops 100 million.
Posted by Bobhummel 9 years, 1 month ago to Philosophy
Sanders: The political system is rigged to favor well-heeled special interests. There is too much power in the hands of a few. Regular citizens seldom get a say in the distribution of spoils, and insiders clean up at the expense of the rest of us.
Mark Levin: I agree. Yes. Yes. And, yes. You have correctly analyzed the way our political system operates, and I wholeheartedly endorse your diagnosis of the problem. I, too, have been fighting against powerful insiders in Washington – their snouts in the public trough, their clutching hands on your wallet – the ones that have sought to disenfranchise citizens looking for more accountability and a fair shake from government.
So let’s give the Washington Machine more money, more control over our lives. Let’s concentrate power in the hands of an elite few and trust them to act in our best interests, to choose a better distribution of winners and losers.
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Mark Levin: I agree. Yes. Yes. And, yes. You have correctly analyzed the way our political system operates, and I wholeheartedly endorse your diagnosis of the problem. I, too, have been fighting against powerful insiders in Washington – their snouts in the public trough, their clutching hands on your wallet – the ones that have sought to disenfranchise citizens looking for more accountability and a fair shake from government.
So let’s give the Washington Machine more money, more control over our lives. Let’s concentrate power in the hands of an elite few and trust them to act in our best interests, to choose a better distribution of winners and losers.
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Yes, bankruptcies are built into the law, but these expose Trump's claims of being a great businessman. If he was so great, he wouldn't have lost over a billion $ in those bankruptcies and gotten ousted from the boards of many of them. Further, if you look at his list of successes in business, they are actually quite few. He's much better as an entertainer than a businessman.
I actually support the completion of the wall. That law was actually passed several presidents ago and never actually finished. I agree with "The Donald" on the need to control illegal immigration. And I agree with you that the main problem is the drug cartels and violence in Mexico.
With regard to foreign affairs, I have to question your assertion that Trump would be a boon to the US. He's an unknown. I could probably say with some confidence that he couldn't be as feckless as Obama or John Kerry, but I seriously doubt he would be Reagan or even GW Bush. Listen to his policies around the Middle East for instance: the guy is just clueless. Might he actually put a good Sec State in? Sure. But it's a complete unknown.
"The taxes he wants to raise are in a way to compensate..."
The needed course is a reduction in SPENDING. Raising taxes provides only marginal revenue and in our current state, would likely send our economy into full-blown recession. It's a huge mistake that to me demonstrates his lack of fundamental understanding of economics. Of course, that's pretty par for the course with elected officials in general.
'He will tell it like it is and hire good people to advise and work with him."
He probably better start with a new campaign adviser then. He got roasted in the last two debates because he's getting pushed on real policy decisions. And hiring good people and advisers only works if you actually listen to them. Narcissists tend to want to go things their way.
Would "The Donald" be better than Hillary? Yes. Better than Sanders? I don't know. Sanders is a feckless old man with little force of character - which both Trump and Clinton have in spades. Sanders doesn't have the cache to browbeat the Republicans like Obama, so I doubt that he would be very effective as President. But the real question is would Trump be better than Cruz or Rubio. A definite no regarding the former and only a maybe regarding the latter.
As to the "mob" issue, I don't see it that way. Yes, it is a "movement," but the mob mentality, at this point, is missing.
Want to see a mob? Wait til it's Trump vs Hildebeast and SHE wins via voter fraud. THEN, the mob will arise.
What I question, however, is when people want an outsider at all costs - without considering the policies espoused by the candidate. Mob rule is the downfall of democracy.
Trump will be a much better foreign affairs administrator than others we have had, and much better than the other GOP or Demo candidates. He wont get us into useless wars that gain us nothing.
The taxes he wants to raise are in a way to compensate for the freebie cash the federal reserve has printed and given to the wall street people.
He will tell it like it is and hire good people to advise and work with him.
He is not John Galt by any means, but we arent going to get a nice consistent objectivist in this culture at this time who would have a snowball's chance in hell of getting elected. He is better than the evil Hildebeast or the evil (but honest) Sanders
Look at his policies. He's a fan of government-run healthcare, just not "Obamacare". He's a fan of government using eminent domain to take land for big casinos like his. He wants to raise taxes, because he knows he can afford the lawyers and accountants so he doesn't pay them. And he's gone through four major bankruptcies - not really the sign of a great businessman.
Yes, he talks big on building the wall and the Second Amendment, but beyond that, he's empty rhetoric. He's more than happy to sling the mud but when it gets thrown at him, he complains.
You're welcome to vote for the populist in Donald Trump. Just don't say you weren't warned when we get another Narcissist-in-Chief.
Just look at so many young smiling faces beside held up signs like "FIGHTING FOR US" as if someone really cares.
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