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Christamighty, can't they get him on his actual b.s. behavior without resorting this kinda weak sauce character assassination?

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Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
What is going on?

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The repulican party seems to have become about as batshitcrazy as you can get. What is going on?

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The repulican party seems to have become about as batshitcrazy as you can get. What is going on?

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Like I have yet to receive the Obama Christmas card either...

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Kate is of course sans underwear.

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Future shock.

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You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

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Dude, I have never heard such such a meaningless string of tripe in my life. Is this what you substitute for understanding? An endless string of slogans with NO... check it out... NO correspondence to reality???? I have to ask... when, dear god, when are you going to get tired of total cluelessness?

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Originally posted by m52nickerson:
Rich <> Achievers

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
I guess you mean to say one does not equal the other ? While there are the trust fund babies, those who manage to find their way into money, with zero effort of their own doing, that still doesn't dismiss the fact that most folks who ARE achievers and have become wealthy did so on their own.

Unless you're talking about union or govt employees. Then yes, they have become wealthy largely on the backs of others.

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Originally posted by m52nickerson:

Oh, find me a rich union or government employee.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
A janitor working at a GM plant , living in a nice house w/ a big back yard, a pool and a pool house and a vintage Mustang in the garage may not count as "rich", but he sure as hell was doing better than most Americans.

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Okay, he is doing better than most, now find me a rich one.

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Okay, he is doing better than most, now find me a rich one.

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Too easy...

Democrat Hypocrisy: Pelosi Flaunts $10,000 per night Hawaii Hotel Room

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Elected officials ARE govt employees, genius.

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And the first example ? More of a foul tip, not a clear miss.

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When Fayette County opened a new $9.9 million school, it was supposed to house nearly 700 students. Years later, why is it nearly empty? And what lessons might other school districts learn from the costly mistake?
The faith in infinite growth that led to overbuilding and financial distress in Atlanta's real estate markets also blindsided one metro area school system.

In fall 2009, construction finished on a new $9.9 million elementary school in Fayette County, south of Atlanta. At more than 86,000 square feet, Rivers Elementary could hold nearly 700 students.
Today, it houses about 20.

After years of adding students --- and state numbers showing that would continue --- Fayette County school system officials say they didn't see the enrollment reversal coming.

The miscalculation cost the school system millions at a time when budgets were already straining under a recessionary decline in tax revenue. It also highlights the challenges that school districts and others across metro Atlanta face when planning for the future.
"When we were planning for this school, there were projections that the population would grow," said Bob Todd, chairman of the Fayette County school board. "Of course, the bottom dropped out of the economy."

http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDoc
ument&orgId=574&topicId=100020422&docId=l:1570523673&isRss=true&Em=4

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

First, elected officials ARE govt employees. You didn't specify union employees AND govt workers, you said " or ". Hell, those in Congress make up their own rules, there's no need to unionize, they ARE " the man " .

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
But I'll just repost what I had originally added as a PS in my prior reply, as it seems to address your other comment.


But what you ask for here is sorta missing the point. Real wealth lies w/ the people, not the govt. Or it should. Yes, there are areas where the govt can pool its resources together and the end benefit is passed on to all of us, but when it comes to " making people rich", that should be done in the free market, not govt. Where do you think govt gets its money in the first place ? It TAKES what others have earned.

The problem that so many are seemingly blind to is that our govt already takes more than it needs, yet it keeps asking for more. The claims that " it's for the children" or "it's for the greater good " have been so over used, so exaggerated, it'd be comical if it weren't such a disaster.

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