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#1391 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 512 weeks ago
Maybe you should worry about yourself first...I'm pretty sure none of us give a flying fuck what you think we are.
#1392 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 512 weeks ago
There's a reason most republican leaning people are older. When you're young, you are idealistic and want to make things great for everyone. When you get older, you realize that isn't possible. Well, most people do.
I don't know how many times I said the dems would never lose if they could just pay for stuff. It's still true. Nobody is against helping those that truly need it. The problem is they've created a generation of people depending on help and not at all interested in breaking the cycle.
Let's take a step back for a second to point out how we're all getting played by the system. How could the dems pay for stuff? Tax the rich. The rich are such a small % that they could certainly do it. Why don't they? Because they too are rich. So instead they go after the middle class to make even more people depend on the gov't to survive. Think about it a bit...It's obviously not quite that simple but that's exactly what's happening.
#1393 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 512 weeks ago
The most obvious thing is you can't explain it to them, nor can you shove it down their throat. The miseducation in this thread is borderline ridiculous and the response is you're racist when you don't agree. Pure ignorance.
#1394 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 512 weeks ago
What a bunch of fucking pussies too many people have become. It's a sad, sad state of affairs and we're all going down with the ship fighting among ourselves while the politicians and rich people on both sides laugh their way to the bank.
I hope to God either some of you don't really believe the shit you're spewing or you figure out it's shit you're spewing before it's too late for any of us.
#1395 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 512 weeks ago
Glad you asked.
Job Growth - Obama has been criticized for not reducing unemployment enough. However, he can't force businesses to hire. Corporations have had record earnings, and are sitting on mountains of cash. They are using those funds to pay out dividends and buy up their stocks. The problem is insufficient consumer demand. Businesses won't hire until they are more confident demand is sustainable. Obama submitted the Americans Jobs Act in September 2011. It was criticized for having the same elements as the Stimulus Act, even though those policies worked.
The majority of people on food stamps are people with jobs. No one wants to raise the minimum wage, and the biggest culprit, with the most employees using food stamps than any other business in the United States is Wall Mart.
So you're confirming exactly what I said. Thank you.
#1396 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 512 weeks ago
Let's pretend for a second that all of that is 100% accurate. How does it make sense that unemployment is down, job and job openings are up, and things like food stamps are up? The only way that makes sense is if people are underemployed and all the jobs being created are shitty jobs. I'd love to hear another explanation that makes sense.
#1397 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 512 weeks ago
Stats can be manipulated to say whatever you want them to say. The recovery had already started when he took over, but economic statistics always lag. The problem is that people don't understand anything other than what they are told, which is often wrong.
The unemployment numbers are way, way off. They changed the rules halfway through to make them look good. Things are getting better now finally, but they were awful most of his presidency. Awful.
#1398 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 512 weeks ago
The stupidity level of some people is amazing. The blame bush for everything crowd is now mad Obama is getting blamed for things? Priceless.
#1399 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 512 weeks ago
This is a no win discussion. Anything short of enabling makes you a racist.
#1400 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 512 weeks ago
Lack of empathy? Fuck you man. I've always said I have zero issues with welfare for those that need it. Zero. It's the lazy motherfuckers that choose to be on welfare I have an issue with. Empathy is what creates this problem. Stop feeling sorry for them or guilty and make them work their way out instead of just giving them stuff and saying that you've helped. You haven't, but you feel good about yourself and that's all you care about.
The you in the last half is general and not directed specifically at anyone. The you in the first part is specifically aimed at someone.
