Mns wrote:
You'd rather the government not do anything? I mean, with Republicans making it so you need 60 votes to pass anything via the filibuster, you're getting that already.
The republicans didn't have the votes to filibuster jack shit. You can blame moderate/semi-conservative democrats for not pushing their luck any further after the backlash over stimulus and healthcare "reform" started.
Mns wrote:
IIRC most of "Obamacare" doesn't even go into full swing until something like 2014. So far, the only things that have really gone into effect is that you can stay on your parent's health insurance until you're 26 and kids can't get dropped from healthcare (OH GOD WHAT SOCIALISTS). How has it already failed?
And because of that and the "pre-existing condition" clause, insurance companies have already started cutting back on coverage and raising prices. It's funny how all these provision that kick in over the next four years until it's all in place all take place after elections. You know that if you have a health savings account, you're going to have to get a fucking prescription for goddamn tylenol before you can use your health savings account to buy it?
If the "reform" is a success, and not a failure, why are the vast majority of Americans not happy with it, and why does the president have to keep trying to sell something that has already passed?
Mns wrote:
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The only thing these assclowns need to "get done" is cutting the fucking budget,
Which Republicans won't do. From being alive under Bush for 8 years, its been beyond obvious that the only things that get cut are what the Republicans don't like (read: social programs are cut in favor of military contracts)
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which is most cases isn't much more than necessary regulation
I really liked how you said this. What in your obviously Conservi-Blinder mind are "necessary regulations"?
I don't know what makes you think republicans will cut social programs when they do shit like add a prescription drug benefit to medicare, effectively adding more to that budget. You're right that they can't be counted on to cut the budget.
Necessary regulations are the basics: Fraud is bad, mkay? You don't say that your toothpaste cures cancer when it doesn't even get your teeth clean. You cut out the bullshit loopholes politicians pop in to cover yourself and your cronies; all the rules apply to everyone equally. There are a lot of things the federal government does that it's supposed to do: defense, diplomacy, roads, and mail. There are a lot of things the federal government needs to turn back over to the states, like education. Some things that the federal government doesn't have a Constitutional mandate to do are best handled at the federal level, like the FDA, FCC, and FAA, but we should amend the Constitution to give the federal government those powers.
Unnecessary regulations are ethanol mandates, ethanol, farm, and any other subsidies, the crony capitalism of the stimulus, and "defense of marriage" bullshit (not that it has passed...yet).
Fantastique wrote:
IIRC most of "Obamacare" doesn't even go into full swing until something like 2014. So far, the only things that have really gone into effect is that you can stay on your parent's health insurance until you're 26 and kids can't get dropped from healthcare (OH GOD WHAT SOCIALISTS). How has it already failed?
If you're 26, and you're a "kid," you need to grow the fuck up. In fact, if you're 26 and/or under, and you think you're a "kid," or you think it's just fine that you're still sucking mommy's tit at that point in your life, why don't
you not vote, because you're a fuck-off and you're bringing the rest of us down.
Fantastique wrote:
I lol'ed. Jubber, you are SUCH an idiot that I want to skin you alive, but at least you're smart enough not to bother voting when you know you're an idiot. Lord knows we don't need any more idiot's making decisions in this country.
I voted today. You're welcome for the incoming "fuck Obama" tidal wave I decided to be a droplet in today.
I'd be insulted, but since you're a "kid" your opinion carries all the weight and stank of a popcorn fart.
Your Pal,
Jubber
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