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   Gray Guest to MarkA   
   Re: #What's so progressive?   
   08 Mar 13 02:02:24   
   
   XPost: alt.society.liberalism, talk.politics.guns, alt.atheism   
   From: No_email_for_you@wahoo.com   
      
   MarkA  wrote in news:pan.2013.03.07.17.34.07.549974   
   @nowhere.invalid:   
      
   > On Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:17:34 +0000, Gray Guest wrote:   
   >   
   >> MarkA  wrote in   
   >> news:pan.2013.03.06.17.29.01.903969@somewhere.invalid:   
   >>   
   >>> On Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:05:44 +0000, Gray Guest wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Does the A stand for asshole?   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> No, it stands for "amused", as in "amused that so many non-   
   wealthy   
   >>>>>>>>> Americans think the current capitalist system is serving their   
   >>>>>>>> interests."   
   >>>>>>>>> Buy any lottery tickets lately?   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> No, but then my wife and I work in a technical field and make   
   quite   
   >> a   
   >>>>>> pile   
   >>>>>>>> of money the old fashioned way. We earn it.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Very nice.  However, the NEW "American Dream" is to make money by   
   >>>>>>> ripping off people who earn it.  Just ask any of the Wall Street   
   >>>>>>> CEOs who are making multi-million dollar salaries by raiding the   
   >>>>>>> pension funds of hard-working wage earners like you and me.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> So? Advocate ti havbe them killed. I won't stop you.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> But you won't. Becuase they are paying off your hero.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> But more to the point, it isn't me doing it yet everyth8ng you   
   >>>>>> propose results in punishment for me and otehr honest hard working   
   >>>>>> people.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> How is having a government that serves the needs of 99% instead of 1%   
   >>>>> "punishment"?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Another clueless moron.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Do you actually believe that bullshit about taxes cause unemployment?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yer a loon.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Taxes on business are at an all-time low, yet unemployment remains   
   >>>>> high.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yer a liar.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> The corporations are taking tax deductions for the costs of moving   
   >>>>> their operations to China.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yer a propagandist.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> It's not about "punishing" anyone.  It's about paying for the cost of   
   >>>>> running the country by taxing those most able to afford it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Do less, dickead.   
   >>>   
   >>> Having an off day, GG?  That's a pretty lame reply, even for you.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> So there is NO area in government where they are doing things that they   
   >> are not actually authorized by the Consitution, are wasteful, are   
   >> destructive to the general welfare and there are no instances of waste   
   >> fraud and abuse?   
   >>   
   >> In short it is not possible to cut spending even 1 penny, in fact it is   
   >> not possible that the government cannot stop increasing in size and   
   scope?   
   >> And that we must keep spending far more than we raise in revenues and   
   >> continue to mire the country in debt and rob our children and   
   >> grandchildren of any possibility of properity.   
   >   
   > When did I *ever* say *any* of those things?  Of course there is waste in   
   > the government, just like there is waste at my local grocery store.  And,   
   > I applaud efforts to evaluate programs for their need and efficiency, and   
   > making changes where appropriate.  (Like THAT ever happens!  Isn't   
   > there still some tax on the books that was passed to finance the   
   > Spanish-American war?) However, to think that we can eliminate the   
   deficit   
   > by cutting programs is ridiculous. The GOP's slavish adherence to the   
   idea   
   > that we must never raise taxes under any circumstances is absurd, and   
   only   
   > serves the interests of the ultra-wealthy, at the expense of everyone   
   > else.  It's pretty much the opposite of "punishing...honest and hard   
   > working people", as you claim.   
   >   
   > In other news, my 23 year old son was looking through our collection of   
   > recorded movies last night, and decided to re-watch "Aliens".  I wasn't   
   > really paying attention, but when I heard Sigourney Weaver say, "We'll   
   > nuke it from orbit.  It's the only way to be sure.", it made me think of   
   > you.  Gruesome, eh?   
   >   
      
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