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Ok, I'll chime in for real this time. Im by no means a social conservative, but I am a fiscal conservative. Im all for small government, less taxes, blah blah. Im also a very
"cynical" person, and I think you should work to thrive, i.e. go to college and get a good job to pay for stuff like healthcare, insurance, et cetera.
Barack Obama, and more importantly the liberal majority, is Fucking up beyond all repair the shitty but workable system we had before. You can't possibly be naive enough to believe that ol G.W. is the cause of all our problems. It was the dems that started it, dating back to Carter. They have always wanted everyone to get into a home and be equal. Good idea, but Communism and the Rotary engine were good ideas too, and not everyone is equal. There are people who deserve to be removed from the gene pool, and people who deserve more because they try harder and do more. The dem's basically said to the banks, "if you don't loan to poor people for houses, then we'll fine the fuck out of you, and make it to where you will be able to loan to no one, capice?" Enter adjustable rate mortgages. People making 30 grand a year buying 200 grand houses because the interest rate at first was 3%. Add to that people's natural desire to be the best, living outside of their means, buying $40,000 vehicles, racking up their debt to LOOK successful, then suddenly stuff gets more expensive like gas, people start ignoring bills, they start to loose their homes and vehicles, the bank needs to find the money somewhere, interest rates go up, more people stop paying, banks start to loose money... You can see where I'm going.
We, as a nation, got complacent. We did this to ourselves. We need to get back on the road to fiscal responsability and accountability, and if we need to completely crash to rebuild, so be it. Its everyone's fault. Finding 1 person as a scapegoat, like the Liberals want to to with Bush, is idiotic. Same thing with the conservatives, blaming Obama (even though he isn't helping one little bit). Look in the mirror, and at your neighbor working at mcdonalds driving the Cadillac.
And the system is fucked. There isnt much to say about the system besides that. Welfare, medicare, et cetera... All inherently socialist programs. Socialism and consumeristic democracy don't work together.
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