Teabag Parties

No offense but I think you and anyone else have to very very naive to refer to the government as "us" and "we". Do you really think they give a damn? All they care about is your vote to put them in office. And to get vote from dumb people you need to get money from the rich and for that you have to give in favors. Find a better purpose in your life. At least follow the economy. That way you can make some money too. But its guaranteed you will become instantly a republican. The only problem is that half the republicans are nut-jobs, jesus freaks idiots who want to tell people what to do in their bedrooms.

On April 09 2009 15:49 farinataus wrote: No offense but I think you and anyone else have to very very naive to refer to the government as "us" and "we". Do you really think they give a damn? All they care about is your vote to put them in office. And to get vote from dumb people you need to get money from the rich and for that you have to give in favors. Find a better purpose in your life. At least follow the economy. That way you can make some money too. But its guaranteed you will become instantly a republican. The only problem is that half the republicans are nut-jobs, jesus freaks idiots who want to tell people what to do in their bedrooms.

there's truth in pretty much everything you said there but you have an extremely negative view of everything. I agree that the government is NOT perfect representation of "us" or "we" the people. But I think it's a lot better than you think it is. There definitely are plenty of sleazy scumbag politicians who only care about getting your vote and then once in office will fuck you over. But there's good ones too, who care about the people who elected them and do everything they can to keep their promises. And yes, to get votes you need to raise money, and that means you have to get in touch with rich people. But not all rich people are scumbags, and with the internet grassroots fundraising of $5 donations from millions of poor/middle class people make it so politicians can be more choosy about which rich person money they take. And yes, there are lots of crazy nutjob republicans who want to force you to live their religious beliefs and it sucks that the republican party was hijacked by these extremists, but there's also lots of level headed, kind, charitable and nice republicans.

You come off as a very "Glass half empty" type of person to me, hehe.

And honestly do you have any idea what santelli was talking about in a rant? What do you call the goverment action if it's not promoting bad behaviour? You small Dems voters are very stupid on economic issues and goverment intervention. Santeli and many of the people who say Obama is an idiot think and say that bush/paulson was worse than Obama. Have a little open mind and listen to what they are saying. Just because you happen to have a more rational stand on gay marriage doesn't mean you are thinking more clearly on every issue.

If this is hilarious then one of us has a poor sense of humor

On April 09 2009 16:31 farinataus wrote: And honestly do you have any idea what santelli was talking about in a rant? What do you call the goverment action if it's not promoting bad behaviour? You small Dems voters are very stupid on economic issues and goverment intervention. Santeli and many of the people who say Obama is an idiot think and say that bush/paulson was worse than Obama. Have a little open mind and listen to what they are saying. Just because you happen to have a more rational stand on gay marriage doesn't mean you are thinking more clearly on every issue.

Actually I do agree that the govt is rewarding some bad behavior. But I disagree that EVERY PERSON who is being foreclosed on was on bad behavior. There's a lot of middle class hard working Americans who made their payments every month and still got kicked out. Again, it's not so black and white. I hate the idea of good people getting screwed over because other people were doing bad shit. There's been an effort to save those good people but sadly the idiots are getting the benefits too. But I think it's a situation where it's better to save the good people and the idiots along with them than it is to say fuck the idiots and let the good people get screwed with them. Ideally we'd be able to find the idiots and let them suffer the results of their actions and help the people who got screwed despite trying to be good citizens.

You are wrong. If you deposit all your money into a bank and the bank goes bankrupt its all your fault. Just because you worked hard for your money before you deposit it doesn't mean you are doing your homework. You had to research the bank and know what biz they are in and get familiar with the risks involved. If you play poker and "your mind isn't set on the game" you cant ask for the hand to be reset just because you are a good guy.

If the government removes FDIC then we see all the bad banks and bankers will die. But now people don't give a damn cause the government is going to pay them anyway.

Same idea is behind mortgage. If the government weren't backing up loans people who make bad loans will die out fast. But now no one really gives a damn cause tax payers will pick up the bill in the event of failure.

Capitalism will ONLY work when you let the bad ones die. And the most important rule for capitalism like Santelli puts it: "In America a card laid is the card played"

In short if you are "good citizen" and you make 1000 correct move and just made one mistake and for WHATEVER reason you cant pay. You have to get punished. Cause there are tons and tons of other citizens who didn't make that one mistake either.