There is only one job in politics and that is to keep your job. To
keep your job you need 2 things, money and votes. Money comes from
special interest groups so politicians must cater to them or they will
not be able to afford a campaign. Cutting social services that are
bleading the various levels of government dry does not earn votes.
This is what's broken.
On 7/30/09, Lisa Kachold <
lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:
> Well, that is the American model?
>
> 1) Limited, inefficient and horrendously expensive health care (where
> are the majority of my high school peers? dead) which exists as part
> of the "insurance industry" (rather than the scientific and health
> industries [which are non-existent!]
> 2) Feeding frenzy of artifically exploding "value" and credit costs!
> 3) Little "economic traps" everywhere! (We so loved our Monopoly games
> as children?)
> 4) Drugs actually used for government profit, agrandized by modern
> media! See #1, where illness is not treated, so drugs become a common
> man's answers.
> 5) Alcohol that limits functioning and keeps people from developing
> extensive critical thought.
> 6) Lack of primary economic education (greater than the 6th grade level).
> 7) Open borders so we have more minions within the matrix!
>
> On 7/30/09, JD Austin <jd@twingeckos.com> wrote:
>> I was waiting to see how long until racism was called :)
>> It is a fact that illegal immigration is costing Az and Ca plenty and
>> pointing that out doesn't make him hate filled or racist. I don't blame
>> them for coming here... If I were them I'd do it too. We need to remove
>> the
>> 'free' incentives that we can no longer afford to provide. They're not
>> the
>> only demographic freeloading services; plenty of Americans game the system
>> (generations!) to get a free ride too.
>>
>> Such a conversation doesn't belong on this list about Linux and
>> technology.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 22:33 -0700, Lyle Tuttle wrote:
>>> > Perhaps you are looking at the wrong source.....we now have a $3
>>> > Billion deficit.....check out these numbers in bold blue.........
>>> ----
>>> every state has a major deficit as they clearly were unprepared for such
>>> a drastic change in the economy.
>>>
>>> I find it offensive in every way that first JMZ linked the racist
>>> article and now you found it worthy to paste. The article is not a news
>>> story but rather an opinion piece and not really suitable for this list.
>>>
>>> That anyone should scapegoat any group of people (not once but many
>>> times) for causing this economic downturn is stupid. This is a bitter,
>>> hate filled person and his comments have no place on this list.
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>>
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