WastedMeerkat
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- Aug 15, 2009
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Of course the rich will get richer. If they have money, they're going to invest it in things, and in turn, get more back. But then they'll use it to employ and invest some more. It's smart business and it keeps the economy running.On that last point I have to contest with you Wasted, on two terms.
[trickle-down is dumb]
[there's no more hard-earned money]
["team mentality"] (agree)
Also, it doesn't matter if someone earns their money through hard work or not. Someone could just have a brilliant idea that everyone wants to buy. Take Notch and Minecraft for example. It's still fair. Are you saying he shouldn't have all that money, and that it would be fair for the Swedish government to tax Notch out of all that money just because he didn't spend years of toil to earn it?
"It's like the majority of people voting don't actually know what the fuck is actually happening." - Quote of the Year
As far as mid term elections go it seems a little silly, over here we're implemented the opposite scheme. The coallition government is protected from re-elections for 4 years so that the country can see some stability, for better or for worse (i believe the last coallition government lasted 6 months).
I think the idea behind midterm elections is that if you like what the president + supporting congress is doing, you can vote in a congress that keeps supporting him. But if you don't like what they're doing, you can vote in a congress that opposes him and slow down his progress.
welcome to american politics.
[democrats+problem=throw money, republicans+money=problem]
[democrats+government healthcare+tax hike=love all citizens]
[Bush made gov't bigger, lowered taxes and spent money that we didn't have on a war]
[tax cuts are dumb, Republicans are dumb, tea party is dumb, make funny joke about trickle down and Reagan]
[lame demotivational 4chan poop]
On your first point, I half-agree. Democrats do throw money at problems. That is called Keynesian Economics. However, not all Republicans create problems with money. You're basing your opinion of Republicans off of Bush, and I don't think anybody but those with team mentality for the Republicans liked him. He was very progressive towards the end of his second term. He started bailouts with Fannie May and Freddie Mac.
I agree that there are democrats that believe what they're doing is helping us. I believe that Obama has good intentions, even if I don't like what he's doing. But then on the point of letting the Bush tax cuts expire... you know why they're doing that, right? Instead of just voting to raise taxes, they're just going to let them expire so they can say "Well, I didn't want to raise taxes. Wasn't me." Now, even if you believe that increasing taxes is the right way to go, does it have to be now?
Again, not gonna argue about Bush. But you gotta admit, we did help the crap out of those Iraqis.
If less money is given to the government, businesses have more money to invest and employ with. The Tea Party believes this, but honestly, how does this not make sense to you? But with the tax cuts expiring, businesses aren't confident making any moves right now. They don't know if they're going to be able to survive in a struggling economy, but added taxes on top of that? Really?
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