I just got a call from the RNC, asking for a donation. I told the kid on the phone to tell the RNC Chair that Bush’s bailout was the final straw. They were never getting another dime from me unless and until they began once again standing up for the free market.
The kid admitted he was hearing that a lot these days.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
Marriage Penalty comes to mind.
Of COURSE it pays to play by the rules! You just haven’t been aware of what the REAL rules were...
I LOATHE the term “social engineering”
Engineering is, by definition, based on things that work.
For example, in the past I'm sure that my own reputation was considered much less that Madoff's.
I bet it's not today. And a good reputation is a prerequisite for good opportunity.
The Madoff's of the world can have their ill-gotton gains - I'll stick with my reputation.
It is too early to set up a mass meeting in Washington and drag out naked all the politicians. People are not ready at present. However, we can start thinking about it. How precisely do we move hundreds of thousands into DC? How to feed them etc. How do we deal with the rapid strike brigade the corrupt pols are bringing home to protect themselves? Lots of questions need answers. In short, people need to start thinking the unthinkable.
What a badly written article. The author sets up Schiff then offers three dissenting views, two of which actually support his claims if you follow consistent logic. The other guy just offers ‘I think’ and ‘I believe’ with no backup.
all those responsible people who have been biting the bullet and paying their mortgages, high interest rates and all, and haven’t been late, the govt. is basically giving the finger too. or people like me, who knew i couldn’t afford a house and have been renting.
it’s the same with the illegal immigrants. steal id, or use fake papers, given a get-out-of-jail-free pass. your ave. meth-head or criminal that happens to be a citizen and steals id or uses fake papers, you get time in jail.
i’m disgusted by it all.
unlike a lot of talking heads, homeowners share the responsibility for this mess. greediness all the way around.
Oooooooooh, a signed form!
I'm sure people who deliberately signed legal mortgage loan docs they knew they couldn't meet are really going to be intimidated by a "I swear I'll play by the rules this time" signed form.
I know someone who has only made 8 house payments in the last year. They are seriously waiting for the government to help them with their mortgage.
Yes poor behavior is always rewarded by government.
If a man can attain the Presidency, never having proven he is a natural born US Citizen,,,,should anyone else in our country give a damn about any rules? No.
Ah, but since the government makes up the rules as it goes along, it always plays by the rules. And we lose.
Peter Schiff is gaining respect and credibility, since he has been the voice crying in the wilderness, mocked and scorned for the last few years, as he predicted the future with great accuracy. The Ron Paul affiliation is of concern, but I am reading and studying Schiffs analysis. This debate video from 2 years ago is amazing:
It doesn’t pay to play by the rules?
I could have told you that after years as a young adult trying to find a girl as a good guy.
The housing bubble made it impossible for me to buy when I relocated on my last job transfer, because prices were insane. I saw they were and refused to pay them. I saved instead. Now I am buying a nice house at a great price, only half its peak price a year and a half ago, and I am able to borrow for it a 5%.
Have some of my 401k investments dropped in price? Sure, which is fine by me because I don't need to sell them. I am saving more continually which means I am a net buyer, and lower prices benefit me, therefore. I won't be selling for decades, the only prices that matter a lot to me are the ones prevailing then, and I'd rather get to wherever that is on a lower curve than a higher one.
Some of the government's recent proposals make it marginally easier for me - house downpayment interest free loan for example. Most make no difference to me either way. I don't care if some of their actions hold prices a little higher, there are still more than enough reckless people forced to sell, for me to have my pick of properties at fair prices.
Stop whining. Sensible, self reliant people don't need your whining any more than they needed the bubble.
“Imagine what our society would become if we created moral rules not on the basis of their inherent rightness or wrongness but by how a lot of people actually behave,” he says. “By this line of reasoning, we would have to say that lying, cheating and stealing are ethically permissible or even laudable. This, of course, is ridiculous.”
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Ridiculous? Talk to Bill Clinton.
If I stop paying my rent for three months, can I get a rent reduction?
Nuttin’ fine about a bunch of selfish elitists liberal crooks runnin’ the globermint. Tryin ‘ to replace their knowledge, wisdom, intelligence, and good intentions with the Holiness of God unwillingly to listen, read, study, accept, and do their best ti live by The Word.
That's because politicians want to be able to escape the consequences of their own actions when necessary, and can't afford to set any precedents that might come back to bite them. ;)
Think of it as "the democrat way".
However, in the end, God judges us all. And what is it to gain the world but loose your soul?