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Obammunist Conundrum: No More Free Stuff
Reaganite Republican ^
| May 7, 2012
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 05/07/2012 8:13:00 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
Or: 'It's over, idiots'
The folks who are getting the free stuff do not like the folks who are paying for the free stuff, because the folks who are paying for the free stuff can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and their own stuff...
So the folks who are paying for the free stuff want
the much-swollen flow of free stuff to stop.
But amazingly, the folks who are getting all this free stuff want even more free stuff on-top of the (undeserved) free stuff they are already getting!
You see, people who are GETTING all the free stuff have been convinced they need to hate the people who are paying for the free stuff (by the people who are forcing others to pay for their free stuff- and who irresponsibly promised them all the free stuff in the first place).
Alas, we have let the free-stuff-giving go on for so long that there are now more people getting free stuff than paying for all these people's free stuff...
As you've likely heard before, all great democracies have committed financial suicide somewhere between 200 and 250 years after being founded.
The reason ?
Basically, selfish, shortsighted, and unpatriotic voters figured out they could vote themselves access to the national treasury by electing the kind of unprincipled snakes willing to give them money from the treasury and/or Chinese loans in exchange for putting them in office.
The United States of America officially became a Republic in 1776... 236 years ago this July. And we already find ourselves with more people getting free stuff than the number of people paying for the free stuff.
There's perhaps just one more chance to change that in 2012.
Failure to reverse course from the reckless fiscal brinkmanship of the Obama era spells the end of the USA as we know it...
ELECTION 2012 IS COMING
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TOPICS: Government; History; Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: budget; crisis; deficit; occupy
To: Reaganite Republican
At one point, the extra money, cars, house, etc. that I have will be exhausted. At that point I only will be left with my 2A stuff. At that point, I can arrange to turn over that stuff - one item at a time.
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posted on
05/07/2012 8:19:13 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Reaganite Republican
I am of the opinion that America the Republic was destroyed by two amendments.
The 16th which destroyed direct apportionment taxation and the 17th which destroyed the power of the state legislators to have a voice in Congress.
To: taxcontrol
and that was/is the plan.
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posted on
05/07/2012 8:27:02 AM PDT
by
raygunfan
To: ken5050; AdvisorB
To: Reaganite Republican
Who is John Galt?
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posted on
05/07/2012 8:32:07 AM PDT
by
Apple Pan Dowdy
(... as American as Apple Pie mmm mmm mmm)
To: Apple Pan Dowdy
That’s a rhetorical question, right APD?
lol
To: Reaganite Republican
Obammunist
..I like that. I’m stealing it
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posted on
05/07/2012 8:37:59 AM PDT
by
South Dakota
(shut up and drill)
To: Reaganite Republican
Repeal Executive Order 13489
To: Reaganite Republican
To Reaganite Republican,
Of course it’s a rhetorical question...LOL
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posted on
05/07/2012 9:03:16 AM PDT
by
Apple Pan Dowdy
(... as American as Apple Pie mmm mmm mmm)
To: Reaganite Republican
and yet Obama’s campaign is clearly going to be centered on.....PROMISES OF MORE FREE STUFF!
Forgive Student Loans
Mortgage cramdowns
Free Health Care (*at least for liberal women)
etc.
To: Reaganite Republican
To: Reaganite Republican
The critical failure in the OWS thought process (likely an oxymoron, but let's go with it for the moment) is that the "1%" control the economy through some nefarious means so they should be forced to pay for everything the "99%"
needs wants. They think by doing this that they have managed to put the "1%" under their control.
Far from it, though. If they get their way, like any other parasite, they now become dependent on the host for their own well-being. You think the big boys are "too big to fail" now? How about when your apartment, food, and school won't be paid if we let XYZ Corp. go under?
When you have that much of a vested interest to keep the goodies coming, who wouldn't turn a blind eye to malfeasance?
Oh sure, not at first. Because the parasites will feed freely, draining the host of all vitality, and then move on to another host. But eventually they'll have to realize that the source of hosts is drying up, and the ones they can manage to latch onto aren't of the same quality as the ones previously.
Eventually, the survival instinct will kick in. But unlike producers, who will fight for survival by doing thing for themselves, the parasites will just give more and more power and control to whatever host they've managed to latch onto (and by this point, likely the federal government) in a last-ditch attempt to keep the freebies flowing.
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posted on
05/07/2012 9:36:01 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(Those in a rush to trample the Constitution seem to forget that it is the source of their authority.)
To: Reaganite Republican
Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government. ― Milton Friedman
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posted on
05/07/2012 9:54:46 AM PDT
by
LucianOfSamasota
(Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Baraq’s on a roll, spending $1.40 for every $1 in receipts.
Just like a family riding a false prosperity wave with credit cards and helocs, then crashing into Chapter 7 bk.
My only worry is that he won’t get full “credit” when it implodes.
To: nascarnation
That is a given. Leftists control writing history and the news media. It will be Republicans’ fault. The evil Tea Party, too!
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks Reaganite Republican.
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posted on
05/07/2012 8:17:36 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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