<p>Chedva, I don’t expect the problems to be exposed by Romney, but by the other candidates.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, while you worry about me, Zoos, the corporate socialists, in case you haven’t noticed, have mortgaged your assets, and those of your children, to the tune of two trillion dollars, to pay for their little Middle East adventure. Enough money to keep Social Security solvent for 75 years, with enough money left over to provide FREE health care insurance (through private insurance - a stimulus to the economy) for every uninsured American, and enough money left over to provide interest-free loans for your d. to attend college (a stimulus to the future econony).</p>
<p>In case you haven’t noticed, they’ve given much of YOUR money to their cronies - at Halliburton, Boeing, the oil companies. Ah, yes, “free” enterprise at its best. They’ve taken YOUR assets (and more than 3% of them), and presented them on a plate to the corporate socialists – the real radicals - of their own choosing. Oh, and partially through the work of one of their favorite lackeys, Al Gore, polluted most of the earth in the process. Don’t worry, there will be another corporate socialist - with investments from Al Gore - to clean it up, and you will happily pay him to do it.</p>
<p>If you’re worried about people like me, you’re looking in the wrong direction.</p>
<p>The other candidates can’t expose the problems because the other candidates support the policies that have led to the problems.</p>
<p>It’s the policies of I am not going to pay for it, you pay for it.</p>
<p>Huckabee is the only republican candidate that addressed this in one of the debates. When Romney accused Huckabee of raising taxes, Huckabee said the people in his state wanted the services the taxes paid for, that sometimes government can help.</p>
<p>I don’t like Huckabee, but on this issue he was honest. Some stuff costs money.</p>
<p>“If you’re worried about people like me, you’re looking in the wrong direction.”</p>
<p>Actually, I wasn’t worried about you.</p>
<p>Well, then the corporate socialists haven’t yet done their job sufficiently - they’ve already grabbed your assets, but only nibbled away at your soul.</p>
<p>Yes, that evil Boeing that helps keep this state afloat and provides high level manufacturing and engineering jobs for 60,000. </p>
<p>Here’s the deal, somebody has to make the stuff and they need to get paid to do it. If you thing big government or anyone else would do it better and cheaper you are full of it. You can buy a piece of Boeing or Halliburton or Exxon anytime you want. They all are owned by the public. It’s one big bus and everyone is on it already whether they want to be or not–even you.</p>
<p>Mini, it’s either the corporate socialists take my assets or your way…socialists like you take my assets.</p>
<p>I’d like to keep my assets, thank you. :)</p>
<p>I thought you work for a living. ;)</p>
<p>“Here’s the deal, somebody has to make the stuff and they need to get paid to do it.”</p>
<p>NOBODY had to make armed Humvees to support an aggressive, hostile occupation. Nobody had to shift U.S. jobs abroad, resulting in massive pollution on a global scale, destruction of the ecosphere and destructon of U.S. industry at home. No one had to give away massive profits to giant pharmaceutical companies who conducted research for their products on our nickel. No one had to guarantee profits to massive health insurance conglomorates to deny care to Americans who HAVE insurance, no less to those who don’t.</p>
<p>But they’ve gotten into your pocket, and you seem giddy with glee at choosing to fork it over. (and you call ME a Marxist?)</p>
<p>What? Workers don’t have assets? :)</p>
<p>You defined the rich, not I. (post 27 - but you are forgiven for your short attention span. ;))</p>
<p>I am greatly in favor of a stimulus package. Free health care for all those who don’t have it. Every dime will be spent. Many people who are sick, or who have sick children, will be able to go back to work. Productivity will increase massively. The payout will go to doctors, most of whom are feeding themselves already, so it will all go into discretionary spending or into investment, stimulating job growth. Some of it will go to pharmaceutical companies who will - a-hem - invest in more research and development. Some will go to giant health insurance companies, raising the salaries of CEOs who will be able to order more yachts, thus increasing the boatyard workforce.</p>
<p>“I’d like to keep my assets, thank you.”</p>
<p>You’re welcome! :)</p>
<p>I’m not sure how post #27 contradicts anything I have said. Enlighten me.</p>
<p>“If you have to work for a living, you aren’t rich.” (from post #27)</p>
<p>Yeah? I’m lost.</p>
<p>“Mini, it’s either the corporate socialists take my assets or your way…socialists like you take my assets.”</p>
<p>No one takes your assets - you aren’t rich - EXCEPT the corporate socialists, who are taking them even as we speak.</p>
<p>I don’t want corporate socialists or socialists of any kind to take my assets.</p>
<p>“If you have to work for a living, you aren’t rich.” </p>
<p>You can own assets and not be rich.</p>
<p>You said that already, and I agreed. </p>
<p>If you don’t want corporate socialists to take your assets, as they are now, you’ve got a little work to do, and doesn’t have much to do with me. ;)</p>
<p>" raising the salaries of CEOs who will be able to order more yachts " </p>
<p>Everything you state boils down to your resentment of wealth and the wealthy.
I like money. I like to earn money. Better yet, I like to keep as much of my money without handing it over to more government programs, supported by higher taxes.
You just seem to want to punish people for their success.</p>
<p>What do you have against yachts and the people who build them? (Didn’t I make it clear that I am IN FAVOR of the impacts of the stimulus package I proposed?)</p>
<p>“Better yet, I like to keep as much of my money without handing it over to more government programs, supported by higher taxes.”</p>
<p>Then you have a little work to do, as the corporate socialists have just taken two trillion for their little Middle East fling.</p>
<p>“NOBODY had to make armed Humvees to support an aggressive, hostile occupation. Nobody had to shift U.S. jobs abroad, resulting in massive pollution on a global scale, destruction of the ecosphere and destructon of U.S. industry at home. No one had to give away massive profits to giant pharmaceutical companies who conducted research for their products on our nickel. No one had to guarantee profits to massive health insurance conglomorates to deny care to Americans who HAVE insurance, no less to those who don’t.”</p>
<p>I think the people making those Humvees somewhere in the midwest are liking their jobs just fine. I bet you like that stent just fine. Did you worry about who developed it when it was crunch time? How much did that cost vs the old type surgery you might have had 20 years ago and how much faster were you back on your feet? How much is that worth?
As I said, you want a piece of those profits you think are too much, most pharm companies are public. Buy a piece.</p>
<p>I have nothing against yachts, the people who build them OR the people who buy them.
What do you have against the people who have the funds to buy such extravagant luxury items to make them give more than their fair share ?</p>
<p>You are not covincing me of anything other than wanting big government to take care of everything in our lives. Either that or just take it all from the wealthiest in our country. It doesn’t fly with me , and I am far from wealthy .</p>