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Join Date: Jul 2007
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I can't understand why anyone on here would want to vote for Obama or Hilary. They hate small business! They will increase taxes for us and all others who work their asses off and then give the money to people that are too lazy to work at all and expect handouts. And I dont think that is the way to fix the economy. IT would put some of us out of business.
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You have to stick it to the supplier of oil, not the manufacturers. SO go yell at the Saudis and everyone else that we buy oil from to lower the cost of crude.
Remind me again, who was it that wanted to raise min wage? Republicans or Democrats? |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Mike, you have a short memory. The last year and a half of the Bill's term in office, the economy was bad. Remember the dot com bust. We didn't come out of it till after 9-11. If Hillary knows what to do to bring the economy back, why didn't she do it when Bill was in office. If you want to bring the economy back, we need to stop sending our money out of the country for oil and to China.
We need to drill for oil in Anwar SP, off the coast of Florida and California. Lets see, who was stopping us from doing that? Oh yeah, it is the Democrats. Let's see when did the economy start to go down? That was a little over a year ago. Something else happened about the same time but what was it? Oh yeah, the Democrats took over the congress. Who has a lower approval rating than Bush does? Again the answer is the Democrat controlled congress. So the answer is the Democrats can fix the economy. My logic comes up with a different answer. |
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I didnt say raising min wage WAS the answer. Just that it hurt many businesses. If you hurt the people who hire the min wage people, they cant afford to do much as far as growth without charging the public more.
The people complain how much it costs to tan but you have to pay that bed cleaner $8/hr now. SO you pass the costs on to them, just to break even. Now they need to work more in order to tan. Thus costing companies MORE in wages, etc. See the cycle? SUre wasnt the Republicans that wanted the increase... |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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I did not say you could. You can't place the blame the high oil prices on the goverment either except that they refuse to let them drill in areas that have the oil we need. The oil we are having to buy from other countries could be staying in our economy but it can't because we won't drill. That is the biggest drain on our economy today and it will not stop until someone has enough balls to tell the Democrats, shut up we are drilling.
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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I used to be opposed to drilling off our coast. Our tourist dollars are very important to us and obviously an oil spill would have an effect on our west coast beaches. I now am for it along with drilling more in AK.
There is WAY too much money leaving our country and deepening the pockets of our enemies. It must stop. I haven't heard much out of McCain as far as the environment goes. Perhaps we will this fall. We need about 20 years, from what I've heard, to come up with alternative fuel and energy sources. There is plenty of oil in the Gulf and Alaska to supply us for well over 20 years. If and when there is a vote, I will vote yes to drilling. |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,162
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LMAO - everything that has been positive for our country (is there anything) has been the result of the Republican executive branch. Everything negative is the democratic legislative branch. We've heard it all before. Give me a break!
Me Me Me Me My My My My = The Republican platform |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,162
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Tax breaks + uncontrolled spending + 2 Trillion for a war that has accomplished nothing = Unparalleled debt = Loss of consumer confidence = Crippled economy Add in the end of the housing boom and you have big trouble. If you think either party can correct the budget crisis facing us in the next four years without rolling back tax cuts you are very foolish. What did the first Bush say? "Read my lips ... no new taxes!" If you don't think the next President (Dem or Rep) will not have to dig into your pocket to fix the out of control deficit you really don't understand basic economics. The increasing entitlements are not going away unless we start euthanizing (sp?) anyone over 65. |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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"FREE" "FREE" "FREE" "FREE" change change change change = Democrat platform. LMAO!!!!!!!! |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Few probably read or heard Barack's entire speech. Even fewer read or heard it with an open mind. In time, it's my belief that it will in fact become historical. It brings to mind MLK not because it has the same message but because it's a new message. It doesn't just ask you to listen to the plight of the underprivledged and make change. It asks the underprivledged to listen to the plight of those who hold them in contempt. Here is several paragraphs. Please take a moment to read it with an open mind before you criticize:
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Barack says no. He says her argument has merit BUT can you also look at it from the other perspective? Can we as a nation stop pointing the finger? Can we stop playing the blame game? Can we unify JustTans and her counterpart and make a more perfect union? I'm 37 years old and I registered to vote for the first time in December 2007. I did it for one reason. I believe if we are willing to follow we have a candidate who will lead us to a better place. Will it cost me an extra $2000 this year in taxes? Maybe. Will that money help someone else who needs it more than me? Maybe. Maybe not. Will that $2000 make or break my personal financial portfolio? No. Will it force me to close my business? No. Will a weak economy cost me 5x that? Yes. 10x that? Maybe. I'm not soliciting anyones vote. There aren't enough people in this forum to make a difference. But if I can open someone's mind to NEW thinking I'll feel like I contributed. Best of luck to all, FIT |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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As to health care. The person I've pledged my vote to is not advocating free health care. He's advocating making health care affordable for all and mandatory for children. The jury is out on whether or not he can accomplish that but at no point has he used the word free. As to my personal opinion. If he lowers my health care burden I'll be happy to use the extra money (in concert with every other American) to lower the national debt. Like many in here I'm sure I pay the maximum for Social Security. I'd like to see that "investment" returned to me someday. It will never happen at the rate we're going now. |
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