Originally Posted by Diamond Dave

because that's all governments do with tax money

Originally Posted by metacarpi

Or, you know, provide important services for those less well off

Originally Posted by AtaBorMan

You're the biggest dick we've had in the Pit for a while.

Originally Posted by SLEESTAK_BRO

Stop talking, you have are the biggest dick the pit has seen in a while.

Originally Posted by StillSublime

Oh right, I forgot that they use it to maintain the infrastructure of the country, like they should be doing.

Oh wait..

No, they also use our tax money to pay for Obama's vicious ads on television, to pay wasteful and useless wars that are only good for the war machine in this country, to pay for other countries' problems when we have quite enough issues on the home turf, etc., etc...

Originally Posted by magnus_maximus

Wh...what?


What?


What?

Originally Posted by primusfan

And he won in a landslide,

Originally Posted by Thecla

What is so good in having another recession? If you would go off the cliff and a recession follows somewhere along the line there have to be measures taken to get out of it again. Why not take measures before a recession happens?

Originally Posted by Congressional Budget Office

According to CBO’s projections, if all of that fiscal tightening occurs, real (inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) will drop by 0.5 percent in 2013 (as measured by the change from the fourth quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2013)—reflecting a decline in the first half of the year and renewed growth at a modest pace later in the year. That contraction of the economy will cause employment to decline and the unemployment rate to rise to 9.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013. After next year, by the agency’s estimates, economic growth will pick up, and the labor market will strengthen, returning output to its potential level (reflecting a high rate of use of labor and capital) and shrinking the unemployment rate to 5.5 percent by 2018.

Originally Posted by StillSublime

Oh right, I forgot that they use it to maintain the infrastructure of the country, like they should be doing.

Oh wait..

No, they also use our tax money to pay for Obama's vicious ads on television, to pay wasteful and useless wars that are only good for the war machine in this country, to pay for other countries' problems when we have quite enough issues on the home turf, etc., etc...

Originally Posted by Dreadnought

Yeah lets cannibalize the rich for THE GREATER GOOD.

Ain't nobody got time for that.

Originally Posted by Xiaoxi

Well then I am the gayest pedophile.

Originally Posted by magnus_maximus

What planet do you actually live on?

What...I mean... do you even read what you're saying?

1) Even Hoover admitted America's defense forces/FBI etc are basically rogue, anyway and are esoteric from Government in many ways, and Obama didn't even start the damn war.

2) Obama's ads were paid for by the Democrats. Like, you know, Romney's were paid for by the Republicans.

3) Your own country's problems stem back to Neoliberal policymaking and failed right-wingism, not centrist Democrat-ism.

Originally Posted by AtaBorMan

You're the biggest dick we've had in the Pit for a while.

Originally Posted by SLEESTAK_BRO

Stop talking, you have are the biggest dick the pit has seen in a while.

Originally Posted by StillSublime

Oh right, I forgot that they use it to maintain the infrastructure of the country, like they should be doing.

Oh wait..

No, they also use our tax money to pay for Obama's vicious ads on television, to pay wasteful and useless wars that are only good for the war machine in this country, to pay for other countries' problems when we have quite enough issues on the home turf, etc., etc...

Originally Posted by StillSublime

1) You could actually read what I said, for one. Also, that's why the government needs to get in control of it's own faculties.

2) Uh, no.

3) Socialism isn't right wing.

Originally Posted by Xiaoxi

Well then I am the gayest pedophile.

Originally Posted by StillSublime

1) You could actually read what I said, for one. Also, that's why the government needs to get in control of it's own faculties.

2) Uh, no.

3) Socialism isn't right wing.

Originally Posted by magnus_maximus

What planet do you actually live on?

What...I mean... do you even read what you're saying?

1) Even Hoover admitted America's defense forces/FBI etc are basically rogue, anyway and are esoteric from Government in many ways, and Obama didn't even start the damn war.

Originally Posted by primusfan

Well yeah, but you have to take into account that their whole reason for being obstructionist was to get rid of Obama. And he won in a landslide, liberals got more seats in the Senate and in House races, Democrats won the national popular vote (when added together) and if not for GOP redistricting in several states, might have taken the House quite possibly. Or at least closed in on them.

Basically, things aren't looking good for Republicans and they know at this point if something bad happens, they'll be blamed for it. So he came out saying they would not support any tax increases. But he said we need additional revenue. Code for "we need more tax money." So basically they're saying we can make the effective rate higher by closing loopholes and deductions.

Originally Posted by Jostry

Romney's gonna win.

Originally Posted by Thecla

Apart from people having to pay more taxes (which no one likes but don't americans pay low taxes anyway comparing to the rest of the world?) why is this such a bad thing?

Originally Posted by StillSublime

1) You could actually read what I said, for one. Also, that's why the government needs to get in control of it's own faculties.

2) Uh, no.

3) Socialism isn't right wing.

Originally Posted by StillSublime

1) You could actually read what I said, for one. Also, that's why the government needs to get in control of it's own faculties.

2) Uh, no.

3) Socialism isn't right wing.

Originally Posted by Jostry

Romney's gonna win.

Originally Posted by Dreadnought

the fuck?

Originally Posted by Xiaoxi

Well then I am the gayest pedophile.

Originally Posted by crazysam23_Atax

Compared to the rest of the world, we probably pay about the same.

Originally Posted by Xiaoxi

Well then I am the gayest pedophile.

Originally Posted by magnus_maximus

Originally Posted by AtaBorMan

You're the biggest dick we've had in the Pit for a while.

Originally Posted by SLEESTAK_BRO

Stop talking, you have are the biggest dick the pit has seen in a while.

Originally Posted by crazysam23_Atax

Compared to the rest of the world, we probably pay about the same.

Originally Posted by ErikLensherr

and with upwards of 60% of the public on our side,

Originally Posted by magnus_maximus

I can't back that one up, I can't remember where I heard it and I wasn't talking about the army- rather the CIA/FBI.