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Originally Posted by Relentless
By the way Minte,
I am of the opinion that in the course of a long weekend you and I could easily hammer out a platform that appeased right and left wing interests while setting a clear and positive course for the entire country. The solutions to many of the problems we agree exist are identical, regardless of which POV you take as to how they came about. I'm confident both parties know this as well. The reason they don't do it is that they are paid to fail rather than to succeed by a never ending number of lobbyists.
Sad, but true.
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People not controlled by a parties interest could do it, problem is our elected officials want to get reelected. That's one of the reasons there are no more moderates on either side.
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Originally Posted by Relentless
It's great for opposition viewpoints once you sift out the idiots. I talk about politics with friends, family and a very occasional customer or two because I am very interested in how the system works and how it can be improved. Unfortunately most of the people I associate with have similar points of view to my own. Discussing things with people who start out mostly in agreement is a terrible way to learn anything. Discussing things here with Robbie, Minte, and many others does an excellent job of making me rethink my own positions, in the end my position is either stronger and better refined or abandoned in favor of a better one.
I'll never understand why people think disagreeing about philosophical matters like politics, morality and religion is a bad thing. It's the best way to learn and having different views about the right way to fix Medicare doesn't make anyone an evil person, so long as the disagreement is constructive. Sad that small minded people prevent others from being willing to voice their views. It's the main reason we don't have a national dialogue leading to real solutions.
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Debating politics keeps me from melting doing work, I look stuff up and learn. Like I wouldn't have thought Martin Luther King Jr was a republican?
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Originally Posted by PornoMonster
Exactly, not like Obama isn't taking advantage of EVERY tax loophole he can.
Obama says he should pay more, but he wont until the tax code will Make him.
Again it is NOT a TAX Problem, it is a Spending problem.
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the budget deficit for 2012 is 1.2 trillion?
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Originally Posted by PornoMonster
Why did Obama Seal his Birth and other records???
Oh and take so long to release them. BLAH
2 Way Street!
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All Presidents have been doing that, Obama's first executive order changed that
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Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
think about that