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We are doomed!

Posted by Storo 7 years, 9 months ago to Government
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WE ARE DOOMED!
So a Republican controlled House, Senate and White House cannot find enough votes to repeal Obamacare. Even to pass Obamacare-lite, which I suppose repeals something, but leaves the mandates, taxes, and other aspects in place.
This shows that the many "repeal" votes taken during the Obama Administration were, as we all suspected, show votes by the GOP with no substance.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she would not vote for the latest repeal bill because of cuts included in the bill to Medicaid. Therein lies our doom.
If there is ever going to be any fiscal sanity brought to bear in Washington, and if the spending deficits and the National Debt is to ever be tackled, it MUST be by way of reforming entitlements. This would require changing of eligibility requirements, and an overall reduction in the size, scope and cost of these programs. But there is clearly no stomach for this among the Ruling Class in Washington because it would endanger the re-election hopes of anyone who votes to make these cuts. Why? Because 40% of the American people rely on government handouts to make ends meet. 45% are on food stamps. Illegal aliens - 20 Million of them - are allowed access to government benefits, making a bad situation even worse.
Given the lack of any appetite for cutting government spending on social programs, the only alternative path, short of armed revolution, is continuing down the road we are on, with increasing deficits, added trillions to the national debt, and eventual financial collapse. I.E. Doom.

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  • Posted by starznbarz 7 years, 9 months ago
    We get what we allow. We are the employers, yet we do not have the will to supervise, or enforce our clear will, as expressed by our vote, we dont have the will to organize and GO to our employees offices, fundraisers, etc. to demand in person they do precisely what they were sent to do - not what THEY think should be done. You would think that we were being asked to cross the Delaware river on Christmas in a rowboat...
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  • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think the downvote might have been because you made a conclusion ("objectivists" "AUTOMATICALLY give you a down vote,") without objective evidence, Suzanne.
    imo, CG repeatedly states his opinion on GW without evidence to support it, and CG does not reply when asked for the objective evidence. Such an alternate view does not advance rational discussion, imo.
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  • Posted by BeenThere 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "The problem is as she pointed out ALTRUISM."

    Yes, and it must be named for what it is........the sacrifice of self to [all] others. I have named it for years, receiving mostly a blank stare reminiscent of a cow.............the responsibility for which lies with education (at all levels) for the last 40+ years.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Awww... someone downvoted me for speaking freely,,, you must REALLY hate this CG guy, eh? Sorry... My comment stands.

    Maybe you should look in a mirror... and decide if you really belong in a place where free speech is allowed...
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Spasibo, Tovarich! Comrade Pelosi will be by later with Black Maria to take you to cattle car transport train to Gulag, in name of glorious Stalin, who from grave fights to remove non-anti-counter-unrevolutionary elements from correct and right thinking fighters for Stalinist Socialism...
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  • Posted by BeenThere 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "Our next crisis will be a financial crisis of the dollar."

    Yes!!!! More need to be aware of this........learn to understand it.............not easy, but very crucial.
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  • Posted by gpecaut 7 years, 9 months ago
    The Looters must appeal to the Moochers to get re-elected.
    The answer lies in an Article V Convention of the States. Rand admired our Constitution, even though she could see where it was going. The Constitution gives us the fix for these problems. Support an Article V Convention of the States. And vote more Conservative representatives in place of these RINOs come primary time.
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  • Posted by pamzt 7 years, 9 months ago
    It is very easy to be a "good" republican when you have nothing to lose by voting for repeal. It's much tougher to stand on ones principles when the rubber meets the road (Murkowski). Funny how the defectors were both the principled and well as the waffles.
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  • Posted by GaryL 7 years, 9 months ago
    Most here are perfectly fine with help for the young, help for the elderly and help for those who are truly sick and incapacitated. All the rest who are stuck on a government teat are nothing short of parasites and should be left to fend for themselves. I and many here pay for healthcare for me and mine but it is ten times more costly because we are paying for the freeloaders. Government can't fix stupid but it sure does promote it with our tax dollars.
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  • Posted by wmiranda 7 years, 9 months ago
    Murkowski and a bunch of others present themselves as a good argument for term limits in all national level office. We have to get rid of the political aristocracy and start electing "We The People" types interested only in doing a couple of terms to make a difference instead of working perpetually on reelections.
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  • Posted by NealS 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It like climbing a mountain, because it's there. I'm looking at a customized 1928 "T" Pickup. My coffee group asks me why. I reply, "Because I can". Should the government have a say, I think not. Perhaps we need to put more of "By the people", back into the government, more items and issues on the ballot, before it's entirely out of hand. One on one, I find it hard to imagine there isn't a lot more of the silent majority out there. We've just got to get them out of their closets. Isn't this what both sides really want, get out of the closet? Or do we just blindly follow the leaders, those that are just protecting their jobs?
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  • Posted by evlwhtguy 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    There is the rub....that is what the people that would suggest I am a bastard for wanting to let the incompetent fend for themselves, don't seem to understand.....When you help too many people you create more dependency and one day, when the poo hits the fan....there will be more misery than they think they are avoiding, by stealing my money.
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  • Posted by term2 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    As far as I am concerned, the fact someone voted for Hillary is a damn good indication of where they are at philosophically, and good enough reason to have nothing to do with them. And people are willing to answer that they DID vote for Hillary, so it makes it easy to discriminate against them without seeming like some sort of evil person !
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  • Posted by NealS 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I've always thought the government should be run by those that have so much proven they can run something successfully (Romney/Trump), those that do not need any more money (Romney/Trump). All government could/should work for free, every one of them, being proven experts, that are only in it to make this a better country, down to the last job. If we didn't pay government people (in lieu of employees) the graft and greed might even disappear, and I'm quite sure a whole bunch of government expense and bureaucracy would vanish with it. I mean, how much does it cost to have the IRS, Dept of Energy, Dept of Education, etc.,, etc., etc., all those people just checking up on us and making us conform to their laws and rules? We could easily devote more dollars to police, military, and building that wall, things that might actually protect us. Those that want to provide food stamps etc., can do so individually out of their kind hearts, we don't need government to take a slice and do it for us. Actually one on one handing food to someone in need will do so much more to get them on their feet than just sending them a check (or food stamps), and letting some computer control it. Medical, I wonder how my dad handled it in the early 50's when I lit myself on fire, all those months of hospitalization, and those specialists that had to be flown in. I don't think we had Obamacare or even Trumpcare. I think we were completely on our own, and somehow we still survived. Would it had been better to treat me mandated through some government program, I don't think so.

    Full Repeal, that's it. Perhaps the Dems and media are actually doing us a favor, and we'll actually have no other alternative except a full repeal. Trump can do it without repercussions in his second term. Politics today are totally geared to re-election, not what is best for the country, the people of the country. Term Limits is another need, and real soon. And with term limits, most proven successful people could afford to give a few years, no charge, for the good of the country.
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  • Posted by term2 7 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Exactly right. Trump was always to be a speedbump as you say, at least thats why I voted for him. The swamp is deep and wide, and both parties are against draining it. I wanted lower tax rates, fewere regulations, no more refugee immigrants, and repeal of obamacare. Maybe I will get one of those things, maybe two.
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  • Posted by term2 7 years, 9 months ago
    Our next crisis will be a financial crisis of the dollar. The question is WHEN it will happen. Its going to be ugly no matter what the government does to cover it over. I wouldnt want to have children in this world, they will not have a good life. Survival will involved dodging and weaving around governmental programs
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