What happens when you ask politicians how they’ll pay for Obamacare
A simple question for Democrat Obamacare supporters: How are you going to pay?
Three snort-inducing responses caught on tape (via hourglass1941, h/t the Jawa Report):
1) Walk away.
2) Babble.
3) Wellness programs.
Watch it. No question the politicians consider the citizen questioner a rude, unruly mobster/Talibani/right-wing terrorist. How dare she challenge authority!
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These pukes are clueless, they have no answers. Ohio deserves better!
Great examples of why the democrats are losing the debate on healthcare reform.
The American people are smarter than them and won’t accept their “manufactured” non-answers.
This crew in Congress now are definitely Master Debaters.
Nicely played. Keep pounding away. It’s like watching lights get turned on cockroaches. Just scurry for a dark place and hide Dems.
Who does that mere citizen think the Mayor is-HER Public Servant? How many cash stuffed envelopes has SHE dropped on his desk? Talk about gall. Luckily for that mere citizen the Mayor doesn’t control the IRS-Reilly-really-one of those.
Of course there are zoning, sanitation, building inspectors that do come calling-that is why they invented cash stuffed envelopes. The consulting side of Health Care will drive up the price of cash stuffed envelopes-stock up now.
A Mayor Coleman
–de ja vue.
wellness programs?!?!? so we need a federal program and it’s attending beauracracy to tell us all what my doctor tells me every year: excercise more, avoid fatty foods, eat less, etc….
how do they plan to ensure compliance???
I spent four years in Ohio, which I grant is not as much as some folks have, but I honestly believe Ohio is getting what it deserves. As are the rest of us. The American people conjured this monster (Obama) into our midst. They must now try to understand why before it is too late.
So now they know how to prevent cancer and genetic diseases? Why didn’t they tell anyone? /sarc
I’ve been around awhile and watched many politicians come and go. For the first time in my life, I have come to believe this president and his party are as dangerous as cancer to a human body.
Ditto
They need to earn it then.
Can’t help but believe the pols have been this way far longer than when ‘the sun came up on them’. Big mess.
But I’m thankful for YouTube, internet and blogs, cell phones with cameras/video …
Now, who is that tech czar?
They did:
1)Pull the plug
2)Don’t use the plug in the first place
3)Socially unaware babies can die
4)Lots of lots of opiate drugs and opium derivatives
5) Some really bad sci fi movies as medical theory
The Doctor can see you Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 10:am. Dr. Kevorkian’s team can see you tomorrow anytime. Be sure to bring your insurance card and two plastic bags. Cremation or mulching with a $50 Discount for the first 300 Korvokianite patients
Feel better?
The Great Wall of
ChinaWashington D.C.I have heard political news for over 65 years and it never seemed so partisan and divisive as now days. Reflecting on the possibilities of why it is so a lightning bolt hit me. It was because we now have both sides of the story. Back when all we had was Walter, Chet and David all was rosy. But now check out Howard Kurtz’s story on why Van Jones is gone especially the mention of Glenn Beck, then read MM’s column on Glenns efforts. I believe Michelle because I watched Glenn’s show then and the silence of MSM. It is unbelievable that our press (MSM) both print and electronic are covering Obama’s ass in everything. Thank God for Michelle, Glenn, Rush and all you other folks taking the hits from “elites”, RINOS, Liberals for the heroic work you do. As someone who has seen and heard the difference we should be thankful to AlGore for inventing this gift for us. IN fact I just wonder if AlGore had it to do all over again if he would invent the internet.
What happens when you ask politicians how they’ll pay for Obamacare? Politician’s answer:
“Well, that’s a very good question, and I’m glad that you asked it. First, let me explain the complexities of paying for healthcare for all of our citizens, a very good thing for us to do and one that will repay us many times over. Now, a very good question deserves a very good answer, and I am going to strive to provide a very good answer to all of the very good questions that are asked of me. Not only today, but tomorrow, the next day and every day that I am asked these very good questions. And not only because they are very good questions, but also because very good people like you are asking these very good questions, today, tomorrow and every day of the year, this year, next year, and every year. Yes, very good questions need to be asked, and very good answers need to be provided, by me and every other politician that hears the clarion call, the call to duty to answer his or her citizens on a regular basis. And I urge you to vote for me in the upcoming elections, because a vote for me is a vote for healthcare for every person in the United States, a vote for stability, for wellness, and for liberty and justice for all. Thanks for your support and I’m happy to have answered this very good question for you. Now, if you all will please stay for a minute while my campaign representatives meet with each and every one of you for your generous support. Cash, personal checks, and credit card donations will all be accepted. Thank you so much”.
I see you hate your resume all lined up their prendad-you can do well doing bad in that town-or most any other!
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Question authority except ours honkey.
prendad, You already are in office, aren’t you …
RE: 467 Have might have more appropriate there
Hate isn’t totally out of question but Have would be correct.
Sounds just like my 2 critters, Lincoln and Pryor.
On the subject of authority:
I was threatened by a very large man who told me, “Don’t you be talkin t me less you be ridin wid it.”
I asked my daughter later what that meant. She said he meant that I can’t talk to him unless I have a gun.
We hope, but remember these f-cknuts got voted into office to start with. If their voter base hasn’t wised up YET, we’re still screwed.
We really do need a wellness program…a mental wellness program.
What continues to bother me the most about the political environment today is the public’s apathy over the idiots that they elect to represent them. Are we as a society so afraid of introspection that we cannot even admit that the people we voted for are crooks and scam artists? Surely, in our quietest moments, we could look at our senator/representative/governor/mayor and say “couldn’t we have done better?”
How many people from Massachesetts wake up each day and say, “That Barney Frank is the best we could do!”? Of all the people in Long Beach, California, Laura Richardson is the brightest of the bright? Maxine Waters? Arlen Spectre?
Both sides of the aisle are filled with people I would rather see in prison than holding the reins of power. Once in place, they forget who they represent and use those reins to choke us and our freedoms, ensuring their place at the top.
Walt Kelly was a prophet after all (we have met the enemy and he is us!) Time to sharpen the pitchforks and warm up the tar.
They have to ‘wise up,’ and then STAY wised up.
The HOPE is so many of Obama’s supporters were just young and ignorant and didn’t know what they had or what Obama really represented or how the media and politicians and especially Obama lie their asses off constantly, and that their youth means they still may have the capacity to CHANGE into responsible voters who won’t touch a shifty collectivist weasel like Obama ever again.
Barring that, America is toast.
without blogs and certain media outlets we would be reliant upon the msm which is blatantly in the tank for this president and the democrat party. this is the first real uprising of the silent majority i have seen in my 58 years, and it does my heart good. we have cursed the tv and written to our conresscritters (they are supposed to be our representatives but aren’t) and paid our taxes. NOW WE MARCH FOR JUSTICE AND OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURES. D.C. BETTER GET THE MESSAGE.
Well, one way that has crept into the Chappaquiddick Memorial Healthcare Bill (let’s hope McCain’s name doesn’t get appended to this one too) is tort reform as a sweetner.
William Kristol today mentioned it as the primary means of slashing healthcare costs in addition to the $150-200 billion of outright theft. I would also add controlling the border and cutting off all federal funding sanctuary cities.
President Obama recently spoke about the need for American families to start putting money away in savings…BEWARE!!! On one hand, he rattles on about spending to help the ecomony, and now, on the other, he wants America to save? DANGER…a Democrat is talking about SAVING money…this is pure fiction, but ignore it at your peril!
All kinds of “Red Flags” went up on this one when I heard about it. Look into the details of just how he want to go about this; “We know that automatic enrollment has made a big difference in participation rates by making it simpler for workers to save.” So says Obama.
a) New federal steps that do not require congressional action? (A-hem…NO oversight?) He goes on to describe a plan called SIMPLE-IRAs, that can automatically increase the amount (unless workers object…object?)
b) Allowing people to check a box so that federal tax returns can be sent in the form of U.S. Savings Bonds. (Wow, what a great investment!) Why? “We know that more than 100 million households receive refund checks each year, and many are promptly cashed and spent.” Duh, really? Doesn’t that help the economy?
c) Allowing workers, when leaving a job, to direct unused vacation pay to a retirement savings account rather than taking it in cash. (We can already do that if we wish, no?)
This is what is really unsettling:
Back eariler this year, when Obama took office, that brilliant money manager, George Miller (D) of California, “suggested” that the government “take over” private pension accounts and IRAs, so that they could run them. He was hushed, and the matter was pushed aside…or was it?
There has never been anything that has accumulated value, that the government Democrats have not tried to, or achieved getting their little grubbies on. Nothing, that is, except private pension and savings accounts. The aforementioned action, would accumulate vast monetary resources, and would be “ripe for the picking” for any socialist congress. What crisis would precipitate the taking of these funds?
In California, the PERS accounts have been previously raided. Just this year, there was a proposal to raid the Fish and Game account…the fund that receives the monies that sportsmen pay for their state licenses for hunting and fishing. These monies were taken because of a “CRISIS”, and although they promised to re-pay the “borrowed” funds, to my knowledge, they never have been.
This is just another power and money grab, and needs to be defeated. IT’s OUR MONEY, not theirs!
Graniteman, would you provide a link? I’ve searched but haven’t found it. Thanks!
Another great example of the evil black subculture poisoning the United States.
Nevermind. I see it now.
You got to love the ARROGANCE of these “PUBLIC SERVANTS”… Can’t wait to see the DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS look they will have come a certain WEDNESDAY in NOVEMBER 2010…
The correct answer to funding would be this: “We don’t know how we’re going to fund it. That’s not important. What is important is our control over the health insurance industry and your health care. We have to get this in motion immediately, because our timetable shows that we’re creating an oil crisis shortly in order to take over that industry too.” Now, a liberal saying that would get my respect. At least, it’s an honest answer.
liberals never have answers, but are under the delusion that bs and non answers will placate everyone. well for sheep and liberals the non answers are feel good moments. as for the mayor, what a gutless cretin, doesn’t have the courage to admit he’s clueless, so decides to prove he is a moron. the congress woman another reason to keep the truly stupid out of office, bet she doesn’t know what the hell she was saying. the lt gov, wellness is the answer, and these are the so called thinkers of the party. looking at the ohio jokes in office it would seem the state has been short changed in the political arena. ohio you have intellectually inept politicians representing you. they lied by telling you they had an a brain, well not really a lie they do have brains just no activity.
This is the first MM post on health care that is close to being factually accurate and close to being related to an important issue. This reminds me of the Winston Churchill line, when he heard the US had finally entered WWII: “You can depend on the Americans to do the right thing, once they’ve exhausted the alternatives.”
That said, the CBO has scored the Democratic House bill as deficit neutral.
Where there’s a whip, there’s a way…?
*sorry – I couldn’t resist.
I hate to respond to lgm but listen up…
ahem…
there is no one finished bill for the CBO to rate. What the hell are you talking about?
lgm said:
Gee, are you sure you want to go that far out on your kook limb like that?
Baby steps, lgm, baby steps.
does she have a card?? does that mean she must be a union member to get a word with them? Talk about political non-answers and double-talk…from the applause that was taking place during the rant by the mayor I’m guessing there are a few supporters…they’ll like it until their care is rationed and their costs go up….
where is the money going to come from…higher taxes and cuts to medicare which doesn’t affect these people yet…
throw out the illegals out and you’ve saved billions in social service costs and medical costs for everybody…
As someone who makes their living off the oil industry, I would be forced to find another line of work if that happens. Hopefully, by then, we won’t have a “Unification Board” that will see an employment shortage crisis and pass a bill to restrict pay and freeze employment numbers to keep me from doing just that.
Which, I suppose, will work in the minds of leftists in the same fashion as Karl Rove’s Weather Machine(TM), George Bush’s Time Machine(TM) and Dick Cheney’s Earthquake Machine(TM).
I call Bullsh*t on the Prince of Bullsh*t: What Churchill said on America’s entry into World War II was:
“I had studied the American Civil War, fought to the last desperate inch ….I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and the thankful.”
- and -
“No American will think it wrong of me if I proclaim that to have the United States at our side was to me the greatest joy. I could not fortell the course of events. I do not pretend to have measured accurately the martial might of Japan, but now at this very moment I knew the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So we had won after all! … Hitler’s fate was sealed. Mussolini’s fate was sealed. As for the Japanese, they would be ground to powder.”
This last one isn’t a Churchill quote, but there’s somebody here who should pay attention to it’s lesson:
The only honest answer would be: “How am I going to pay for it? Don’t be silly. You and the other little people will pay for and like it!”
Just a little Sunday humor.
“Light travels faster than sound. That is why democrats appear to be bright until you hear them speak.”
Hello? Who keeps voting for these bozos year after year? If these same fencestraddlers and the non-voters get as outraged as those of us who voted against them, gee, WA will have a whole new face! Those thugs will be joining the unemployed line come January. Sadly, though, they get to take away a fabulous benefit package to serve them well for the rest of their lives while we hard-working taxpayers continue to carry the burden.
From CNN, 3 days ago:
And that’s of course assuming the costs remain no more than projected, which of course never happens.
So anyway, it’s a good thing you acknowledged Michelle’s factual reporting. Might be something for you to want to emulate.
The hot town halls of August should have taught you how really dumb these congressional clunkers are.
You ain’t seen nothing yet, libtard. We’ve exhausted our option of standing on the sidelines and letting scums who think like you ruin our Republic. …and we’re still waiting for the first post by you that comes close to qualify as something to be taken seriously.
The Lt. Governor was the only honest one. He said they would be at the top of the cliff instead of having an ambulance at the bottom. That means people will be forced to live lifestyles the government considers “healthy” in order to reduce costs on the back end of our lives. So, once again, the DemoCommies want us to give up our freedoms for their convenience.
Also, LGM, in your Churchill quote.. You, as liberals are want to do, took an important bit of history and twisted it to fit your warped sense of reality.
Churchill was complaining that the US wasn’t going to war with Germany fast enough. Churchill was a conservative who literally disowned his own nephew for being a communist. Churchill would not have suffered a fool like yourself for more than three seconds. He would probably bat you over the head with his empty gin bottle just for attempting to use him for your liberal gain.
Churchill smoked cigars and drank heavily. You and your Communist buddies would discriminate against him for not choosing the “healthy” alternatives that DemoCommies find acceptable – Drug abuse and homosexuality.
The arrogant fools in the District of Criminals have forgotten they exist to serve us not the other way around. They think themselves royalty able to hold their seats for life or passing them to their spoiled off spring thanks to the massive voter fraud and apathy thankfully many are finally awakening from. It is time to drain the swamp our nation’s Capitol was built on once and for all.
I will wait until the 2010 elections to attempt to use the system one last time (provided we will still have an election then). I can only fire one Congressman (Simpson) and one Senator (Crapo), but their collusion with the current Administration has earned them both a quick trip to the back of the unemployment line.
post of the week!!!
conservative, do you by any chance have the provenance for that quote? I’ve seen it in a number of places, but without the proper context. I finally resorted to posting an email to The Churchill Centre and Museum in London – I knew that if lgm quoted it, it had to be in a context other than stated.
You might enjoy this bit about the “myth” that Churchill abused alcohol.
Laughable, but who cares? The QUALITY OF CARE mandated by the House Bill is the equivalent of a cup of hemlock.
I do not want the IRS sharing my finanacial data with the rest of the Federal Government. I do not want anyone but my doctor determining the care I can get, if I am willing to pay for it out of my own pocket.
If the House Bill is “deficit neutral” why isn’t Medicare? Why isn’t Social Security? Private health plans and pension plans are.
The enforcement mechanism over this smelling pile of dung is the size of the Rocky Mountains. How mush ARE the administrative costs? What percent of the money paid in compared to the private world? Hmmmmmmmm?
What they are selling is so bogus, if a private company tried to sell something on the same basis they would be jailed for fraud.
Go sell your wares elseware lgm.
Shouldn’t your quiz also include: the 2001 Bush tax cut, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the prescription drug plan, the never-ending War on Drugs, etcetera?
Or is this an old quiz? I mean, I can only assume that a 3 trillion dollar war based on faulty evidence and subsequently executed in the worst way possible was something Michelle foresaw as an act of “generational theft.” Or am I mistaken? Because I depend on Michelle to warn me/us/you about such things.
Yada, yada, doink, doink!
Hey, Ohio Lt. Gov., what we’re trying to tell ya here is that the Conservatives have been trying to build that fence since the first hint of ‘bama-care, to stop you people from pushing the country over the edge.
But when you have something the size of ‘bama-care squeegeeing all you willfully blind Lemmings over the edge of the cliff to the sounds of your squeaky little voices yelling “…me first, me first”, it makes it difficult to work.
Well then, maybe I could talk to him.
We are being ruled by people who do not care about anything but their party. To them, it isn’t the United States of America that they’re concerned about, but rather the Democratic National Committee, and their party membership. If you aren’t a voting Democrat member, then you are NOTHING! If you are a mindless drone who follows everything that these scumbags say, then you are EVERYTHING.
That’s what it all boils down to.
I shouldn’t mention this since it will give the lunatics on the left ideas but,
a new Grocery Czar to monitor what food you are buying, and to tax it accordingly.
Jeez these people don’t have a freaking clue about what they are pushing on America.
…and don’t care.
FIFY
Never mind that after all the law suits from liberals claiming that the fence is a danger to native habitat and the ecosystem and ruins the view, the fence will end of costing much more than the ambulance. That’s why politicians are so dangerous. They never think things all the way through, and they never consider the law of unintended consequences.
Let us ask our politicians, how are the Tsars paid?
A buddy of mine was at a townhall meeting one night last week. His Congressman starting ducking the issue of how to pay and would he give up his Congressional plan for the one we would have. My buddy stated that the Congressmen should “answer the damn question”, and was firmly and immediately removed by a city police officer who told him he would be arrested if he said one word or made any moves. Sieg Heil Herr Kommandante!
My buddy is a 64 year old ‘Nam vet who has paid his dues many times over. Revolution is coming. It needs to start at the ballot box this November and be a juggernaut next November.
I think the more apropos line for these Democrats would be Alfred E. Newman’s motto “What? Me worry?”
Anything is “revenue neutral” when you have no intention of fully funding it. And in the face of the Brobdingnagian deficit increases of Obama’s making, what does “revenue neutral” really mean, anyway?
Excuse me: I meant “deficit neutral”.
Kind of funny and ironic that Democrat from Ohio is abbreviated using D-OH. Sort of like D’Oh! ::palm face slap::
Apparently Winston Churchill had dealt with lgm’s type.
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject. ” -Winston Churchill
and he left behind some words of encouragement for the rest of us.
“Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. ” -Winston Churchill
And there’s the definition of irony – the Dems used to be the Do-Your-Own-Thing, Man crowd who distrusted The Establishment.
This is outrageous.
You’re so right–revolution is coming.
Revolution is already here. Unfortunately, it’s the liberals revolting against our system of Constitutional government. It may start at the ballot box, but I suggest we all keep an eye on that box. Don’t think they won’t “tamper” with it, if they feel they are losing. They are already known for it.
It’s quite likely that if somebody (other than CBO) went back and looked at all of the numbers for health care, cap and trade, the stimuli, and the rest of the Democrat’s proposed trillions of dollars of new spending, they would find that every bill was depending on exactly the same tax revenues to remain “revenue neutral”. It doesn’t matter how many times you count a dollar, you can only spend it once.
“Get in their faces”
Bardork Halfbrain Odopey 08′
Uh, the same young and ignorant who think Che is just the coolest?
The same who think Communism is so great because they think they are being so cool and radical and pushing the edge?
These same morons will never realize who they voted for until their student loans and grants start getting cut back.
Awwwh, I’m sure MM was hoping to slide this one by you since you have so thoroughly and factually debunked every one of her other columns.
How will they pay for Obamacare?
Simple – monkey with a tin cup.
Interpretation: Can’t hide Obama’s mess anymore.
conservative in europe said:
Ouch! Truth hurts though.
That won’t hold water either. Look at the black community and what the Democrats have done to them for 60+ years. They have only gall for their own voters. Spoiled bastards, every one!
Mary Joe said it: “Increases in revenue”
That is focused group tested language for tax hikes.
Do what feels good and the rest will take care of itself, man!
A fence…very interesting.Could that be more like a fence to keep American taxpayers from leaving the country in droves?
What planet is LGM from??? Speaking of debunking, the CBO absolutely did not say that HR 3200 is deficit neutral. Here’s exactly what it says: “According to CBO’s and JCT’s assessment, enacting H.R. 3200 would result in a net increase in the federal budget deficit of $239 billion over the 2010-2019 period.”
And just for grins and giggles, here’s a link to the head of the CBO‘s blog, which contains this statement: Large budget deficits would reduce national saving, leading to more borrowing from abroad and less domestic investment, which in turn would depress economic growth in the United States. Over time, accumulating debt would cause substantial harm to the economy.
Not the same one we’re on, that’s for sure. This is standard operating procedure for our troll, he pops by and dumps a whole load of misinformation and then scoots off.
On September 6th, 2009 at 1:20 pm, lgm said:
But it is not liberty neutral. It is decidedly anti-liberty. As all things collectivist are.
You disparaged the Declaration of Independence because Thomas Jefferson wrote it, who held slaves in a different time and place in mankind’s history.
Yet today, you would enslave the entire population of the United States to your collective. All for various “good” causes, of course: health care, social security, education, etc.
Anything that reduces individual property rights and increases the power of the State over the individual, you are for.
You are a slave-monger. Worse, you are the lover of slave-mongers. You are a bootlicker.
On September 7th, 2009 at 1:52 am, pgtips said:
He is supposedly an unpaid propagandist for the collective and has a day job as a teacher – and blends the two roles with glee. It probably makes him “feel” good to stand up to the dastardly right-wingers.
Regarding just the video and not the comment thread, it’s pretty easy to see just how full of crap these people are. With a deficit bigger than all prior administrations combined, and a debt that’s completely out of control, there is NO WAY THEY DON’T KNOW they can’t pay for it.
I still wish we would spend more time hammering away at the Constitutional ramifications of this foolishness, because doing so would force Americans to look more closely at every other opportunity DC has taken to rape the people, and possibly work to bring about reversal.
THAT is when America will again be free!
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Until the issue of his dual citizenship has been settled, I will not use those two words together.
You shouldn’t either.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Of course he does.
He’s just like those in DC trying to run freedom out of this country on a rail. Not only does he not care about whether things are “factually accurate” (such as with regard to what exactly is in these bills), but he also doesn’t care about the ramifications of passing any of them (record debt and deficits beyond the already unsustainable ones we have now).
He further doesn’t give a rat’s a$$ about whether or not the US government has the authority under its Constitution to do these things in the first place.
All he cares about is making sure the government has as much of the power that he formerly held for himself as possible. Not that that’s such a big deal (after all, he’s surrendering willingly), but the fact that in order to do that, YOU and I have to surrender our power as well, which we are NOT willing to do IS a big deal.
We must never forget the words of Thomas Paine:
Are we to ignore the wisdom in the warnings of the Founding Fathers just so lgm can save a few bucks at the doctor’s office?
I’d link my party platform again, but ol’ “Blogspam Thomas” might get upset.
Ahh screw him. Here it is anyway. This is what America needs.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Over time????
Has anyone had a look at the economy of late??
Geez!
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Wayfaring stranger,
Good call – from what I can see, everyone attributes this quote to Churchill but no one can prove he actually said it. The idea of the quote apparently comes from his daughter who said she heard him say it so the whole thing could be BS.
One way or another, Churchill – in his autobiography – stated that he didn’t care for Roosevelt and the US Government at the time. He did, however, like the idea of our endless resources and ability to field large numbers of fighting men and machines. Much like Lincoln “Freeing” the slaves, Churchill’s wish for us to enter the war was almost entirely tactical. He knew we would take sides and he could barely hold his ground against Germany. If we had sided with the Nazis (in 1939/40, that was a real possibility) England would have fallen within weeks.
As for his drinking and smoking – in his autobiography he doesn’t deny it. Also, people didn’t see it as a negative back then. He never says he drank a quart of gin a night but that’s the rumor. He does say that he smoked cigars constantly. He was obviously a great man.
LGM misquoted the alleged quote and took it out of context in order to prove once again that liberals hate America at all costs.
My personal favorite Churchill quote (confirmed this time that he actually said it):
“The problem with Capitalism is an unequal distribution of happiness. The problem with Socialism as a perfectly equal distribution of misery.”
True then.. True today.
To his credit — and this is the only time I’ve “credited” the guy — my Rep (John Yarmuth, D-KY) was asked the question this week at a town hall, and answered “I don’t know”. In his Marvin the Martian voice.
Of course, to his everlasting discredit, he still intends to vote for the behemoth, even sans knowledge of how it will be paid for. Incredible. And incredibly stupid.
Oh my lord, does Kilroy believe a word that she’s saying? It sounds like she is just throwing out as many buzz words as possible to see if anything makes traction
Veretax said:
It’s all the left has. No thoughtful argument, no proof of success, only a history of failed policies and feel-good buzzwordology.
That’s not quite how the quote goes. The real quote is far more powerful.
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries”
In other words, the only thing bad about capitalism is that not everyone is equally blessed. On the other hand, the only good thing about socialism is that everyone suffers.
Dummies who have been taught for years, generations now, to sit on their butt and wait for a handout-about half our country. In this last election several millions of normally Republican voters stayed home-in good conscience they could NOT vote for John McCain. Sadly by staying home they could not vote for Congress, state or local elections. It happens.
An earlier post talked of Aid to Sanctuary Cites-Federal Aid to cities is a buy votes scheme and has been from the first. So it Federal Aid to Education and the rest. They take from one to buy another and reduce us to being whores or pimps.
Thanks for that additional info – and the additional quote.
When I get a reply from the Centre I’ll track you down
and tell you what they say about it.
Hmmm. . . would that be the re-education internment camps that all of us would be detained in, with our property confiscated. . . .??
Aha! That’s how it would be paid for. . .
In the last seconds of the vid, did it look to anyone else like the “security” thug answered the question, “Do I have first amendment rights?” with a “No more,” or “No, ma’am”? I’ll have to watch again…
Check out the last seconds…it looks like he says “no, ma’am.”
I was talking about the ones on the margin who are young and ignorant, not about the young and unredeemable leftist assh…s.