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The Trump campaign and Black Lives Matter movement are perfect for each other. Both sides filled with easily led and angry nitwits convinced they are victims~ |
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Well, Jesus. That's completely naive. Not even delving into the insider information politicians use to make money, after they leave office, they're usually lobbyists for corporations with a seat on the board and a golden parachute. They made it to that level in half the time it would have taken if they took a job with a company instead of going into politics, if they would have gotten there at all. To think that congress is separated from corporate interests at this point is wildly ignorant.
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Actually, both are slutty and skanky prostitutes....but at least the politicians have good intentions; whereas, business and corporate folk are ONLY about Me-me-me. That's my only real disagreement....of course, bidness junkies and hos....won't understand the diffference. Heh.
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i'm not sure i could speak for bl, but i do believe principled moderation is a legitimate philosophy... a difficult and at times unpopular philosophy to be sure, but legitimate... of course you have the difficulty of determining what those principles are... and yes, you devil, you do enjoy your political trolling and always have... where's those guys that are supposed to come along and call me your ball-washer... given your stance on homosexuality/marriage equality, that would be ironic... god, i miss anton... could you do a little sometime, just for old time's sake? i could be your gay lover... ![]() |
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and i think that by and large most republicans are moderate as opposed to right wingtards... and that most democrats are centrists/moderates as opposed to the hard left/liberal wingtards... independents are probably very moderate in their views on the whole... |
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![]() Businesses cannot stay in business only being about themselves. They have to deliver products and services people are willing to exchange their money for—or they don't survive. The ones that do, despite that criteria, are in bed with the politicians.
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Ignorance of economics and markets. That's okay, it can be handled with education.
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And the truth for those not in denial.
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Too funny. So the crash had a lot more to do with us paying too much for social security and welfare, and had nothing to do with private sector financial institutions going unregulated as they gambled literally trillions of dollars in risky derivatives and as horrendous lending practices destroyed the mortgage market.
Anyone claiming government spending was the primary reason for the crash or even close... it's just laughable. If anything, government didn't do enough, and the motives for not doing anything suck. |
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The root of the problem was Federal Reserve monetary policy which leads to such speculation in markets because the extra money/credit they create has to be spent somewhere. This creates overheated areas called cones. Who created the Federal Reserve? It was created at the start of the BIG govt era. Hence, more govt is still the underlying root of the problem. Especially one that is in bed with banks and financial institutions because guess who bailed them out which created moral hazard? More govt. Wake up.
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I don't like regulation. Too much regulation in this case likely created behaviors that contributed to the crisis. But in none of what you said above did you ever lay accountability at the feet of the private sector employees and business who knew what they were doing, and purposely chose to unethically push bad mortgage loans and to take on an extraordinary amount of risk in derivatives in a greed grab. The idea that this is purely about bad government, and not also about bad people who purposely made bad decisions, is oversimplifying. |
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I've had the opportunity to be around Christie a handful of time. I think it's easy to understand why people like him, he has attitude and people respond to it.
He's an incredible politician. He can whip an audience up into a frenzy with his passion, or he can silence a room to a point you can see people hanging on every word he speaks. He is personally talented and gifted. It's his politics that will limit his growth however. He's doing a great job of getting himself re-elected in a very difficult state for a Republican, but in doing so he's basically killing any chance of national political run. I like him, but I'd probably never vote for him. As presidential politics is concerned, he's the 2nd coming of Rudy Giuliani, but I think he will flame out before he actually runs for president. |
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There was nothing remotely conspiratorial in my post. You are mis-using the word and falling back on a robotic talking point loved by statists.
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