With No Jobs, Plenty of Time for Tea Party

[Lord Gay]

When President Clinton was pushing for healthcare reform we never had the amount of vitrolic hatred, misinformation, and extremist hysteria on the same level as we do today.

Silly, that's because Clinton wasn't a non-citizen from Kenya who wants to make everybody muslin [sic].

 

[Quackers]

He's been on welfare for 15 months? What a lazy bugger, where are his bootstraps?

it's been a recession...

 

[Arwon]

So? That's no excuse. If people like these tea partiers looked harder for work they'd find jobs instead of just mooching off the government. Don't they have bootstraps?

 

[Traitorfish]

Yeah but he's already payed for it. Againt his own will - so therefore he funded it. why can't he use it?

Because that's not how social services work; they provide what is effectively insurance, they are not a savings account. If he wants that fund disestablished, he has to deal with the consequence of it, rather than trying to squeeze "his" share out of it first. That is hypocritical.

 

[NBAfan]

So you are not playing the race/religion card?

No because I could care less what Obama's race is.

 

[Quackers]

wow thats harsh

there are no jobs being made, in fact jobs are being shedded by businesses. and u expect him to get a job...omg...

 

[Disgustipated]

Isn't decrying government and still cashing in your government check a bit hypocritical?

just getting back our own money that was stolen from us by the feds.

 

[Black Bart]

The only vitrolic hatred I see is the left's hatred of white and black conservative hetrosexual Christians.

Hah! You must not pay attention to all the racism and hatred that goes on at these rallies.

 

[bombshoo]

No because I could care less what Obama's race is.

I wasn't referencing Obama, I was referencing the fact you claimed the left hates white and black Christians. If the left plays the race card, the right plays the religion card (which is essentially the same for all intent and purposes) just as much if not more.

 

[Quackers]

Because that's not how social services work; they provide what is effectively insurance, they are not a savings account. If he wants that fund disestablished, he has to deal with the consequence of it, rather than trying to squeeze "his" share out of it first. That is hypocritical.

He was forced into getting this "insurance" now he wants it - i think it's fair enough. Idealogy should be shed when disucssing it.

 

[Arwon]

wow thats harsh

there are no jobs being made, in fact jobs are being shedded by businesses. and u expect him to get a job...omg...

If people worked harder and didn't have the welfarist teat of socialist government making them lazy, there wouldn't be a recession or unemployment because everyone would be using their bootstraps.

 

[bombshoo]

He was forced into getting this "insurance" now he wants it - i think it's fair enough. Idealogy should be shed when disucssing it.

What about everyone else behind him in line though? If the government did what most teaparty people want done, they would get to collect and then it'd be dissolved so they don't have to pay taxes to support anyone else ever again.

 

[Quackers]

If people worked harder and didn't have the welfarist teat of socialist government making them lazy, there wouldn't be a recession or unemployment because everyone would be using their bootstraps.

OMG satire well done

What about everyone else behind him in line though? If the government did what most teaparty people want done, they would get to collect and then it'd be dissolved so they don't have to pay taxes to support anyone else ever again.

I don't think the tea partiests are anachists.

 

[bombshoo]

I don't think the tea partiests are anachists.

They have stated themselves that they believe the government handouts to the people are what is destroying America.

 

[Karalysia]

This is an absurd position to take. If you are going to strip them of their right to collect it then they should no longer be obligated to support the program.

I'm tired of people whining about their rights. Oh no my rights to be a selfish dick are being infringed! Well to hell with those. Everyone always whines about these rights, how about responsobilities? We have a Bill of Rights maybe its time we drafted a Bill of Responsbilities to go along with it. How about your responsibility to your fellow citizens? How about your social responsibility? How about those? If people are just going to claim rights and use them to hide behind their responsibilities then maybe people have too many rights.

 

[Quackers]

They have stated themselves that they believe the government handouts to the people are what is destroying America.

Thats an argument against the welfare state - not the existence of a government.

 

[civ_king]

I'd prefer a Second Bill of Rights
A job with a living wage
Freedom from unfair competition and monopolies
Adequate
Medical care
Education
Four weeks vacation

 

[NBAfan]

I'm tired of people whining about their rights. Oh no my rights to be a selfish dick are being infringed! Well to hell with those. Everyone always whines about these rights, how about responsobilities? We have a Bill of Rights maybe its time we drafted a Bill of Responsbilities to go along with it. How about your responsibility to your fellow citizens? How about your social responsibility? How about those? If people are just going to claim rights and use them to hide behind their responsibilities then maybe people have too many rights.

I thought evolution is survival of the fittest? You have a Responsbility to give you money to other people? I didn't know making a living is selfish.

 

[civ_king]

I thought evolution is survival of the fittest? You have a Responsbility to give you money to other people? I didn't know making a living is selfish.

survival of the most adaptable to change, please people stop with the social Darwinism crock

 

[Karalysia]

I'd prefer a Second Bill of Rights
A job with a living wage
Freedom from unfair competition and monopolies
Adequate
Medical care
Education
Four weeks vacation

Yes that would be a good start, I believe FDR spoke of the Four Freedoms, and one of them included freedom from want, freedom from fear, and others that I don't remember.