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2012-04-21, 01:58 AM | [Ignore Me] #196 | ||
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I'd like to know what exactly you have against socialism. Did a socialist touch you in the naughty place as a child? Its just another way of doing things, one with both positives and negatives, same as with capitalism.
No system is perfect. Some things are better handled by consumer demand. The government has no need to be in the cell phone business(except insofar as it regulates the electromagnetic spectrum, a public, and very limited, resource). Some are better heavily regulated. Unlicensed nuclear power plants would be a Very Bad idea. Some are better handled by private industry. No, we don't need a state owned TV station like the BBC. Some are better handled by government. I don't think anyone wants to go back to the days of for profit fire services letting houses burn because the owners won't pay them. When did 'socialist' become a swear word to you? Last edited by CutterJohn; 2012-04-21 at 02:02 AM. |
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2012-04-24, 11:08 AM | [Ignore Me] #198 | ||
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Democrats aren't socialists if you actually know what both mean. The Daily Show had a funny segment on this very topic:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/th...ialist-network |
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2012-04-24, 02:00 PM | [Ignore Me] #199 | |||
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Just as liberals have stopped using the word liberal to describe themselves. Now we want to be called progressives. Just as a democrat will hardly ever tell you want they really think. A few will here on this forum and its kinda scary. Just go back to the 08 Obama campaign. Higher gas/energy prices, fundamentally change America from top down, etc... |
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2012-04-24, 02:23 PM | [Ignore Me] #200 | |||
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2012-04-24, 02:42 PM | [Ignore Me] #201 | |||
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Hit a little to close to home? Truth hurts. |
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2012-04-24, 03:17 PM | [Ignore Me] #202 | |||
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Plus Obama has nothing to do with energy prices. For example oil prices are set by speculators. If a bee farts in the Persian gulf or a man sneezes on a pipe price will go up. The president has no say in oil/gas prices. So please don't give me or other people on this forum that BS. Last edited by Warhound; 2012-04-24 at 03:19 PM. |
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2012-04-24, 03:24 PM | [Ignore Me] #203 | |||
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The democrats have done nothing socialist. They are practically clones of republicans just without the crazed religious people (well, not nearly as numerous) backing them. One favours tax cuts and aid for one end of the scale and the other favours the same for the other side of the scale. |
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2012-04-24, 03:39 PM | [Ignore Me] #204 | |||
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Are you really naive enough to believe that the US Government has NOTHING to do with energy prices? Moratorium on offshore drilling, keystone pipeline, no lease for drilling on government owned property, no new oil refineries, EPA cracking down on coal power planets, no new permits for nuclear power. Just in Illinois alone we are shutting down a half dozen power planets because it would be to expensive to meet EPA requirements. I could go on and on. So with that said do you not see why speculators are seeing energy prices higher? Simple economics higher demand less supply = higher prices. This is not rocket science. Edit: also forgot the value of the dollar is going lower with historic low interest. Why? http://www.usdebtclock.org/ Last edited by HalfManHalfGod; 2012-04-24 at 03:57 PM. |
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2012-04-24, 03:41 PM | [Ignore Me] #205 | |||
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2012-04-24, 03:51 PM | [Ignore Me] #206 | |||
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You cited gas prices going up because of Obama; I said he doesn't control and cant control over seas speculating and price setting. If anything my dear boy its not his fault its the companies that try get as much profit as possibles fault. |
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2012-04-24, 03:55 PM | [Ignore Me] #207 | |||
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So now you do agree with me that Government can impact the price of energy? Must hurt getting impaled by that fence you're trying to straddle. Last edited by HalfManHalfGod; 2012-04-24 at 04:04 PM. |
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2012-04-24, 04:05 PM | [Ignore Me] #209 | |||
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I'll pay back my student fees (not the loan) within 2-3 years with the average graduate income. After that I'm making a profit for the governments investment. |
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2012-04-24, 04:21 PM | [Ignore Me] #210 | |||
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