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Originally Posted by madm1k3
I really hope that Americans get a third party soon because this left vs right bull shit is so played, Obama's owned by Goldman Sachs, Romney's owned by Citibank. And if your gonna reply with Ron Paul you had better have the balls to stand behind him in a un winnable election!
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People are becoming more and more fed up with the status quo, and I think a lot of people feel let down by Obama. That's why you're seeing this occupy shit. He campaigned like he was FDR reincarnated but he's shown so far that he's just another two-faced politician, and lets face it, there aren't any real alternatives unless Hillary Clinton runs against him in 12' which she won't do because it would probably divide the base and lose the presidency for the Democrats. Ted Kennedy ran against Jimmy Carter in 1980 and arguably cost him a reelection.
The problem is that ALL of them are career politicians, Ron Paul included. They're so far removed from the reality of regular human beings that do actual work for a living it's ridiculous.
Nixon proposed an employer-mandate healthcare system, and Kennedy and the AFL CIO demanded single payer. We got NOTHING.
Carter offered his plan for comprhensive healthcare and Ted Kennedy refused out of spite. We got nothing.
So for the last 30-40 years there has been no plan. Just imagine if an employer-mandate was put in place back then? Think of how it could have expanded over time? Medicare started off with 1 million. Now it has 50 million enrolled.
But there wasn't a plan in place, because politicians refused compromise. And we ended up with nothing. It's all a game to them.