In order to have a genuine capitalist system, we must allow private corporations to privatize gains as well as losses. To allow them to privatize gains while socializing losses is unconscionable. Let things fail when their business model is unsustainable and allow companies to fall on their faces, we would all be better off for it, the national debt clock would look a lot healthier as well.
Really, you have a big black dick? Can i see it please? It's probably the one you amputated from your mothers crotch, before she got lynched in Mississippi. I'm sure it made a nice momento. Go back to Driving-Miss-Daisy Pimp. 'Tis all your good for my puny friend.
Our economy is like a boat with a hole in it. You don't bail out the boat before you fix the hole because otherwise the boat will just refill with water again and you'll have wasted your time and resources. First we need to cut spending and raise taxes before we interfere with our economy. We can't spend any time arguing about who made the hole because then we'll drown. We must all patch the hole for the greater good of the country.
matson, lol dunno who he is... but i would love to see him publish an academic paper for peer review about his unemployment projections and get shredded.
6.3% my ass. I would like to see his credentials but i cant find them online, probably because he has none.
Yeah, the bailout helped somebody - it helped Democrats. What a crime to take my tax money and give it to groups and organizations that I believe are sending America down the drain.
If we're lucky, someone will get us (America) into a war that will get our minds on survival and decent idealism. It's not a pleasant thought, but a realistic one. However, first we'll have to watch the liberals and see their violent response to the idea of war. So it could mean civil unrest...We need a powerful leader,,,though it sounds ominous and frightening. Things are going to get down to SURVIVAL...and ugly. I will side with my own tribe!
You are reading literal when it is allegorical. The point is when Israel turned against the old ways when a theocracy God told Samuel (a prophet) what would happen if they had a king (secular). They wanted a king to be free of constraints of theocracy. Prob reading only one sentence. It was not very Christian of you to call names.
1 Sam 8:4-5:
Therefore all the elders of Israel came in a body to Samuel...and said to him, "... appoint a king over us, as other nations have, to judge us."
@tmmy773 con't ...it was saying that people would have higher taxes if they appointed a king. This is true even today when people turn from God's ways. The Bible often uses allegory to get the point across and was the style of writing at the time. Would the king would stop at exactly 10% taxes? No he wouldn't. What about 1 Sam 8:17 "And He will tithe your flocks and you yourselves will become his slaves. " God was saying the king would take a lot.
this should be your next show Steve.....go to a restaurant,with a credit card thats full to the limit,no cash(or could be some printed monopoly money),eat,have fun and then try and pay with the credit card or the fake printed money.If u cant get out ,try and find someone to bail you out,if that wont happened,try and get some slave work in that restaurant so you can pay the DEBT!!!....maybe that way people will undersatand whats going on(if i were u,i would do all this it with a hiden camera)
If the goal is to ruin the country as fast as possible so we can start fresh, the bailouts are probably necessary.
However, I submit that we at one time had the greatest nation the planet has ever seen thanks to an environment that allowed capitalism to flourish. So, if we can salvage that, we should.
Hey, I've done the math, correct me if I'm wrong.
But if you take 5 trillion dollars and give that money to 400 million americans. It comes out to each american getting $12,500. Would you think that would help the economy more than bailouts?
@Guyjharrison Neither would help the economy.. The only way to help the economy is to allow for producing... How do you get production? You get off the American entrepreneur's back. Washington likes to use the words incentives... That is a BS statement.. Washington shouldn't be in the way.. We should have a true free market economy... The government has no business getting involved with those who are putting money at risk.. Producing.. That is the key
@SuperGuitarman69 True free market economies always work don't they? Just like countries where nobody enforces traffic laws, the people themselves can be trusted 100% to stop at stop signs and of course the big trucks never, ever, ever, ever, take advantage of smaller cars through intimidation... right? Free Market is just a start. Next, Free Traffic, then we get rid of police entirely because they do nothing but get in the way of Free Behavior.
@Ant1Live True free market economies always work don't they? Hmm, you should have stopped there.. You would have been correct at that point and would have looked intelligent.. Then you talked about street signs and angry truck drivers and started ruining your chance to look intelligent for once in your life.. FYI, there is a video on youtube about a town in England that had a circle intersection with lights that took to long.. They put in yield signs and everyone was happy. No accidents. moron
@Ant1Live I actually thought government should be in charge of roads.. That was until I watched an argument on reasontv that was lucid and changed my mind... More and more I am believing that brilliant Libertarians such as Milton Friedman are correct about everything they say... You are going in the wrong direction.. You are going to the left.. That is where the morons live.. Stay there if you feel comfortable.. Just don't vote...
@Ant1Live No, see I can actually LISTEN to others opinions and can be swayed if I may be wrong on an issue.. You cannot... You are a mindless drone.. That is all the left is.. Because for the life of me I do not understand how someone can be left.. It is devoid of all common sense.. I mean look at the people in politics that are left.. They are either goofy or murderers.. Why would anyone be left? Something is wrong with them mentally.. Unless they are young.. Youth is exempt til the learn,,
@Ant1Live Free market advocates do NOT believe in zero role for govt. They want security from outside the country attack, and inside from criminals. They expect property rights to be enforced, contract laws, and free movement of capital. Police, fire, schools can all be private enterprise, contracted by local govts, vouchers, etc. It is just silly to think the argument is zero Govt, and big govt. It is NOT! Name someone important who is saying zero govt.
@Ant1Live You said, "You mean the SANE free market advocates. I wasn't referring to those people :)". OK, thats fair enough. But, you are implying that there ARE Conservatives who do not want any Govt at all. I bet there could be, but I would like you to name, and refer me to one, who wants no military, no laws, courts, property rights, etc. who is of national prominence. If you are unable to, then you are presenting us the idea the choice is Big Govt, or zero Govt. Thats absurd.
OK FOLKS !..AMERICAN JUST GOT ITS CREDIT CARD LIFTED BY STANDARD AND POORS..I HOPE YOU BLEEDING HEART MESSIAH WORSHIPING LIBERALS ARE HAPPY... YOU JUST COST US ALL HIGHER INTEREST RATES AND A INCREASE TO EVERYTHING YOU PURCHASE .IF THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN SEE ALI-BAMA IS A BAD RISK..WHY IN HELL CANT YOU STUPID LIB IDIOTS ! YOU THINK UNEMPLOYMENT IS BAD NOW...JUST WAIT A FEW MONTHS. WE HAVE TO GET THIS WELFARE PROMOTER OUT OF OFFICE...NOW !
If there is any benefit at all to the bailouts, it is temporary. If one buys the idea that it helped to create or maintain the existence of jobs (maybe it did or maybe it didn't), it helps BAD COMPANIES who made BAD DECISIONS not only to continue to exist, but to do so in full confidence that they can take any stupid risks they want at the expense of the taxpayer.
Oh, and then there is inflation. My god, there is inflation...
@TheSjackson2016 The debt nearly doubled during Bush's presidency. Under Obama, it has gotten worse much more quickly (so yes, Obama has been worse than Bush...), but no one was shouting when the debt was doubling. Why? Because Obama is a Democrap and Repugnantans see fit to use this as a political tactic to make the prez look bad (btw, Obama is doing a great job of that without help- mostly by betraying his voters and giving the Repugnantans everything they want).
"Anyone shown even the slightest interest in that shite you created here - at bullshidodotnet"
Well, obviously you did, but I didn't create anything. Still googling my name in the middle of the night? Aw, I'm flattered you're still burnt by that thrashing I gave you almost a year ago.
And Obummer sucks ass, thanks for asking. He thinks like an Aussie.
@pimpdalyrical That anyway to talk to a friend pimp :( I thought you liked and respected me now since the thrashing I gave you almost a year ago. You're not over that are you, hence the cold shoulder you've been giving me. Still, what can i expect from a neanderthal like you....oops, I mean 'primate' like you. How about I post you & your wife some bananas as a piece offering? If you like I can even post you instructions on how us humans eat them by pealing their skin first. What do you think?
@pimpdalyrical My My pimp, then u're not giving yourself much credit boy. If I'm not intelligent then it still puts me in a pedistal above u since if owned ur blak ass 4 about 9 months & discredited you on every arguement we've had ;) & what cracks me up most, is the fact that you always argue without any evidence to back your verbal shite up with where as i provide prove which blows your fragile esteme to pieces LOL Ah bless you my little primate 1 day u will learn ur place :)
I know my place. It's standing above you, taking a leak and laughing uncontrollably. While every White and Thai girl you can't get lines up to choke on my big black dick. That's my place. Yours is remedial science and english 101.
I respect intelligence and self determination. You have neither. All you have is obsession, defeat, and apparently a whole lot of free time at night. Life is beating you down even worse than I did, and I find it hilarious.
@kedoshroom. The way it works is that it allows greater incentive to work hard as well as spend. Thus consumerism flourishes which picks up the economy and provides jobs. I take it that you believe that the government should provide jobs. I think that is wrong because the government isn't our mommy. If a person has a job secured by the federal government, and not merit, they will have less incentive to make quality products.
@ObamaoZedong a payroll taxes effects people who make under $100,000 a year but make over $20,000 the payroll tax is around 15% ,income tax for that same income level is also 15% which adds up to thirty percent but due to tax breaks and tax deductions its is around 15%-19% or lower depend on where exactly one is on that particular tax bracket
@thestetiger it is a bad idea to use European countries as models for our own. Primarily because they are failing, as well as their size, power, and other natures make socialism seem like a better system.
Germany's failing? Last time I checked, their economic growth exceeds the US and their unemployment is much lower.
Judging by your name ObamaZedong, I can tell you have no idea what socialism is. Obama is NOT left wing. Obamacare was a Republican policy that gives even more money to insurance companies (NOT a government takeover). He extended tax cuts for the wealthy. He is in favor of cutting SS and medicare. He expanded our military presence in Afghanistan, etc.
@yeebuddeh1 Obama is stealing money and giving it to cronies. That's exactly what socialism is. The socialists are the only ones who don't get it, because in their delusion they do it "for the people". Germany isn't exactly failing, that correct. It's the German welfare state that is failing.
Crowder! the Stock market just went down again, AGAIN! Whats your opinion on the fact that Europe is burning around them and the economy is shaking. -_- You give the truth in your opinion, i'd like to hear it xD
I hate to say this, but there was a difference between the bank bailouts and car company bailouts etc. The banks were covered by FDIC. If they had failed we'd just have a bunch of government-owned accounts. The bailouts allowed the possibility of keeping those monies in the private system. "Too big to fail" was a lie, however. The jobs at stake with the banking crisis were all over. The jobs that could've been lost with GE would've been mostly all internal.
When you consider how many people are actually out of work, that have either dropped off the unemployment rolls and for those that are,LEGITIMATELY on disability then you must know that close to 50% of America is out of work.
Quit SPENDING and cut taxes to increase jobs and job security and shove NAFTA down the Lefts's throat.
well, honestly we all know that the bail out packages were terrible ideas. EVERYONE except for the people who voted for and signed it agrees. but its done now, too late nothing we can do about it. the money has been given out and we cant just ask for it back. so now we can either do what we are doing now and bitch about how wrong it was, or we can move on and try to find a solution to the problem that has been given to us. we didnt make the problem but by god its on us to find the solution.
Well, I can say that I wasn't that impressed with the GM bailout, since half the dealerships closed anyway, and the Saturn brand - which was the best thing they had going for them before they turned it into Geo II, and by the time they fixed that problem they were already in trouble overall - got dumped, leaving 20 years of loyal customers with no recourse.
Congratulations Steven!! Wish your brother the best of luck for me^^
-also, in regards to the bailout: instead of giving the wall street brokers, what, like $4 trillion? Couldn't they have dolled that money out to the taxpayers? I think that it works out something along the lines of forty grand for every taxpayer, while still having a remainder of a buttload-and-a-half.^^ I don't know about you, but I'd pay off my house. If everyone did the same, would that not have solved the housing crisis?
Two guys are on a ship the first looks at the second and exclaims: "there is a hole in the ship and the water is getting in!" the other replies: " just put another hole in the in the bottom to let all the water back out"
I am a centrist(Not moderate. I hate that word. We're not wishy washy - We're centrist) and I dislike the bailouts. While Alexander Hamilton did advocate debt to develop an international credit, this was because the US had a huge potential for an increase in GDP.
Look at the manufacturing sector for the US. Do we look like we're set for a boom in manufacturing? No? Then plunging the country in to debt is wrong. It was wrong when Reagan did it. It's wrong when Obama did it.
Capitalism only works when a country is mostly rural / poor. The economy will boom for a while bc poor farmers can have jobs and buy things move to the city. Factories make things for them to buy which makes more jobs etc.
The new wealth concentrate at top few and human greed will take its toll
they buy gov't etc, labor work harder and many layoffs bc as the standard of living increases costs also increase
so the poor get pooer and finally the corrupt system collapses of its own weight.
@tmmy773 You gotta be kidding? The poor get poorer? That's bullshit. The poor have the best chances of creating wealth in a capitalist system compared to any other system. The only reason "poor farmers" even have a career is because of capitalism.
What other system would you prefer? Socialism? If so, you can say goodbye to entrepreneurship; liberty and hello to big government hell.
Believe it or not, there are more systems than just far right corporatism and far left communism. There is an in between which is what we had before Reagan. The top 1% of Americans used to take in 8% of all the total income in the country. But due to the past 30 years of trickle down economics, they now take in nearly 25%.
Union busting (% of unionized is at 70 year low) and greed (CEOs make 450 times what their workers do, used to be 40 times in the 70's) are the problem
@yeebuddeh1 I would agree with that but that doesn't mean we need to move away from the capitalist system entirely. We need some serious reform. We could start by ending bailouts for corporations that are "too big to fail".
@tmmy773 You are right capitalism does work in transition from rural to urban growth...but it reaches a point where it doesn't work anymore without socialist reforms. Labor worked under horrible working conditions long hrs until unions, gov't made laws to make their lives better. They were clearly better off after reforms...not only in US but in any nation who has capitalism...progression to socialism in a natural consequence Socialism can work but again the human factor makes this difficult.
@tmmy773 I disagree. Real capitalism has rarely been tried. We've been using CRONY capitalism here in the US for at least 30 years. When true competition is set to flourish without government meddling more poor people are helped than any system ever devised by man. As soon as the Gubmint tries to help by applying socialist programs the slide toward mediocrity begins.
@techservant Real capitalism tried turn of century 1880s-1930s we had mass immigration so booming factories have workers. Immigrants lived in overcrowded slums with little or no rights. Some good like pizza by Italians and railroads built Chinese labor (without rights) etc. Jobs ran out when system collapsed. We had millions family farms at the time so many poor could survive. The cities were hit hard. Socialism is reforms, subsidies, temp jobs, roads, dams etc than giving money away.
@tmmy773@tmmy773 Thanks for that reply. We have a great responsibilty to take care of our fellow man and those in need but through Socialism that responsibilty has been taken away from us. The gubmint TAKES (aka steals) from those who earn it and gives to those who are "in need". Compuslory, confiscitory and immoral. Liberalism is FORCED morality. Capitalism relies on choice. It is a system that provides the most jobs for poor and rich alike and gives ANYONE the opportunity to succees.
@techservant We have moral and civic obl to help all citizens. Every society has a right to collect taxes to promote the general welfare. One or two philanthropisits build a library but the rest of the socail strucures are paid by taxes. Collecting taxes is not stealing. Where in the bible does it say that? Liberalism is forced morality like any law is the same. Do you not speed bc you want to or bc you will get a ticket if you do?
The prob with capitalism it only benefits a few rich people.
@tmmy773 The government always takes money from us, thats obvious. However they should not be stealing our money just to give it to somebody else. They should use it on raods and such which we can all use.
Capitalism does not just benefit a few rich people. It benefits everybody who has the work ethic and the skills to succeed.
@tmmy773 Read this, where God tells his people that if they take a King (govt) he will take 1/10, and they will be SLAVES. Top rate Ca is over 4/10%! You dope! "1 Samuel 8:15-17" (15He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. 16He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men[a] and your donkeys, and put them to his work. 17He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.)
It all goes back to the fact that Keynesian economics do not work. The government intervention in the private sector will always fall short. Its not the gov'ts job to save us. The invisible hand knows best, because it accounts for everyone acting in their own self interest. oh and quick history fact for all: The great depression was dragged out by the policy of FDR, the recession of the early 80's, and the same way our current recession is being dragged out... oh ya... and reaganomics work. FTW
Capitalism is evolution for the economy. Business models will grow old and fail or they will evolve and survive. "Too big to fail" is just another buzz word scare tactic.
@paradym123 So the million of people who would have lost their jobs would be happier?? Is that your reasoning? Did you work at Lehman? Do you have any idea how to deal with major companies going bankrupt and letting millions of employees go? I guess you have a solution to all this. If you do then "Too big to fail" is in fact a word scare tactic devised by ObaBush
@thestetiger First off you make the assumption that "Millions" of people would no longer have jobs. Then you make the assumption that failure entails these companies just "vanish." Neither assumption is true. These institutions would simply be forced to restructure, have assets folded into other companies and yes people would be let go. BUT if we have learned anything from the 1920s, government "stimulus" only prolongs the inevitable by creating a false "bump." Just like it has done today.
In 1991 Charles Givens said that when companies get too fat and bloated, their prices go up to pay for that bloat. When the economy dives they cut the fat, (lay offs), get lean and mean, produce a better product at a lower cost, bounce back and start hiring again. The companies that don't do this die and open up opportunities for new companies to start and thrive and hire. The bail out threw a monkey wrench in this natural cycle. We would be in a 2nd 90's boom now instead of this mess!
Congrats on your brother getting married, but I think you made a small error. You said you are the best man... err, I think you meant the maid of honor LOLOL
I also wish you would stick to just the debt ceiling negotiations instead of jumping to the bailouts. Anyway, the issue is with spending on unconstitutional programs. Eliminate that which the Constitution does not give the Federal Govt. the authority to exist and fund!
this is too short! you started on debt ceiling and switched over to the bailout, which is unrelated, but not exactly the issue. I'm not complaining, but I'd really like to hear your view on the current negotiations
@jdgator95 No like the banks did, the auto industries stimulate our country. Take one leg under a chair and see what happens. You know how most people get a car, they get a loan from the banks. Which they pay back, so the banks and the auto industry are not too far apart. The death of one means the death of another, and eventually it hurts us. We need the auto industry exports.
@thestetiger soaked on the price, which in turn makes them 5000k poorer... 5000k that could be spent on other things such as vacations, tools, additions etc... all that would help other parts of the work force.. 2) It hurts the company. They have a cost that cannot compete with other manufactures that pay less for low skill labor such as auto workers... Now, you want to tax and put tariffs on companies that are sending cars to us?? We are right back to the problem with number 1 aren't we? Part 3
A man walks into a local motel and asked to look at the rooms before he committed to getting one for the night. He plunked down a $100 on the counter. The owner gave him a key. While the man was looking at the room, the owner took the $100 and ran down the street and gave it to the grocer to pay his tab. The grocer ran to the mechanic to pay the $100 he owed him and the mechanic took it and paid the hooker he owed. She in turn went and paid the motel owner.
The man then returned, said he did not want the room, picked up his $100 and left. Everyone got paid although no real money ever changed hands. And that kiddies is how we all got snookered.
The way I see it, we have the government we deserve. When you have half the population not paying taxes, and think they're entitled to other people's money through govt. redistribution, the problem is not govt., but us. And we have to change that.
@TeaBagOfTruth1776 Because it worked so well when they went bankrupt????. I dont think we need the federal bailout but i can't conceive an alternative, unless you can you should stop complaining.
The best alternative is to let the company go bankrupt. If it's using an old model (like GM and Chrysler were using) and it's failing, it needs to fail. The government cannot step in every time somebody screws up and protect them. That's not what capitalism is about; if there is no risk in business, capitalism will not work. Hence, the name capitalism. With capital, you'll survive. Without it, you're done for.
And the bailouts did save the company. That's what a bailout does...
@TeaBagOfTruth1776 When the government allowed Lehman brothers to collapse, the market collapsed with it, leading to good companies and citizens getting hurt. I don't doubt that 80 years ago letting companies collapse was right, but the world changes, the market changes. The global market has all companies enticed, one falls they all are at risk. Capitalism, believe it or not, is not the most lucrative system in the world right now. Look how we doing compared to switzerland or england..
The government shouldn't have the power to "allow" or "disallow" a company to fail. That's what the MARKET does. All companies are at risk, always. That's what a market does. If there was no possibility of failure, everyone would be filthy rich.
@TeaBagOfTruth1776 And what is wrong with everyone being rich, i guess being poor is better. Obviously that is not the case. We do not disallow or allow the companies to fail, they asked for our help. If companies ask for your help and dont get it, they will find a place that will (China). We are appealing to companies, fiscal freedom, protection and now rescuers which is if they ask for it. But ur rite, they must fail sometimes but not to the detriment of everyday citizen, not on the little man
@TeaBagOfTruth1776 Wow, and your pulling this out of what exactly. As of today, a chairman of GM was on cnn today and said himself that the bailout helped them save the company and made it more profitable. I guess you know more than the chairman himself. Look u sound like you chose a side but it would be healthier for the country if you looked at the facts and chose logic rather than sides.
@thestetiger Logic dictates that a cooperation that funds Democratic campaigns, so the democrats/ liberals can write legislation that gives them power and or money, would support the bailout. Who am I to say he's lying about it helping the business? That very well may be true, but the money used to bail them out, was our money. We lost. Also, clearly it hasn't helped because the economy is in the toilet. Btw your "logic" is a fallacy called "Appeal to Authority". Look it up.
@Dimachaerii We did not lose the money, the companies have been paying back the bailout money. Where is the lost? The bailout gave relief money to the companies which they gave or started giving back when they got profitable again. The economy, before the debt talks, was GROWING. If that is down the toilet for you then I dont know what is good. The issue is there are no jobs, for various reasons. And "Appeal to Authority", really you're delegitimizing my comments rather than thinking about them.
@thestetiger Ugh. Before the first bailout package, our economic growth rate was at 3.5% (not the best but good). Then it dropped to 2%. This years first quarter we were at .4% and this quarter we hit 1.3%. See why I'm not happy?
@Dimachaerii I see why your not, I am also not happy. But the source of the problem is not the bailout package, without it we would have far less jobs ( resulting from the companies going bankrupt and letting go million of employees). We had a slow growth in the first quarter because of the earthquake in Japan, the second because of debt talk. It's just Armageddon as predicted in the bible, things will get worse in the final days. Cut spending sharply and raise taxes slightly to pay off the debt
@thestetiger You are right on one thing. The bailout was not the source of the economy crashing. That was the fault of unions, corrupt business leaders, and corrupt politicians. The bailout is what has prolonged the crash. If those businesses had been allowed to fail, they would have either collapsed completely, or would have to start building up again. People would loose their jobs, only for a competitor to rise up and have a need for employees, replacing the fallen businesses.
The percentage of unionized workers in the economy is at a 70 year low (less than 13%). The unions have successfully been busted in both the private and public sectors. Blaming them for the economic collapse is just a bullshit ploy by the corporate oligopolized media to get you to support them crushing what's left of America's union workforce.
Have fun working longer hours for less pay with less benefits and the vanishing pension that disappears the moment you go to collect it.
@thestetiger Additionally, allowing those businesses to fail would have taught them something about risky/stupid business dealings. (especially ones with the government.) The economy would have fallen given they fail, but capitalism is all about competition. When one fails, his competitors take his place. The governments response to the "crisis" has proven, "There is no disaster that immediate, decisive, wrong action can't make worse."--The WhatYouAughtToKnow Guy
@Dimachaeri Well I would rather preserved the jobs of millions of americans rather than teaching a lesson to big businesses. They would not learn, not when Capitalism endorses that greed is good.About unions, if you are a middle class citizen you have to love them, they are the source of the middle class wealth. CEO and chairmans are just greedy, they dont see tax cuts as job creating opportunities but as chances to make more money. Average CEO makes 315 times the salary of the average employee
@thestetiger Capitalism does not promote greed, it promotes hard work. Work hard, make good decisions and you'll go far. (I am middle class btw.) I don't like unions because the do not serve their intended purpose. They were designed to make sure we get treated fairly. Now the just screw over the business owners. I think a business owner deserves to have money, he made the business. If he's willing to pay me adequately for my work, I don't care what he makes.
@thestetiger I read your posts back and forth with Dimachaeri, and in particular read the posts about the unions and the middle class.. I have actually know a thing or 2 about economics.. Unions very early on played a role, but a role that should have been left there.. Collective bargaining is not the problem.. The problem is that unions are overreaching with above market labor equilibrium prices... What does that mean? Well, let's take the auto industry for instance.. There workers are Part 1
@thestetiger all the goodies you leftists want to have... The private industry that barely makes it? You want to take what money they do make and tax it over and over again til death... Then, bitch at the CEO's and the owners of the companies because they have yachts and planes??? Are YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?? WHAT BUSINESS IS YOURS HOW MUCH THEY MAKE? That is between the workers, shareholders, and employers of how much they make.. And if you are looking at a multi million dollar company? Part 5
@SuperGuitarman69 Yes I want to go to switzerland because i spent a summer there. A family friend leaves there. We do have failing SS, Medicaid, Medicare, and Unions. They are JUST FAILING. Lets face none of these government program will last (unless some serious reform). We should model it after the success of Eastern European healthcare policies which have surpluses. They pay higher taxes, every single one of them. No one is singled out like we do here in the U.S.
@SuperGuitarman69 I dont care how much CEO's makes as long as his fellow human beings on which he makes his fortune can afford sending his kid to college, while he has money to spend on frivolous things. I dont care that they are rich, i care that the employees like my father don't have to be burried in debt when buying a house. Rich people can be as rich as they want to be, but the casual employee must have a fare pay and something tells me that a CEO making 351 times the average... Part 3
@SuperGuitarman69 employees salary, is not being fare to his employees. Andrew Carnegie, whom was a tycoon back in his days only made 51 times the salary of his employee. The other problem is that middle class family have been making on average the same amount of money for the past 10 years. While business leaders have seen there salaries doubled in average. In other terms, the wealth gap expanded much like the ones in third world country like MEXICO... Part 4
@SuperGuitarman69 Hell, I m not even a leftist. I criticized Obama as well as Bush. I want the private industry to be lucrative because its better for everyone. Its just not right when are left behind, like minorities, especially African American who have been behind for two centuries and the only way in we thought of was affirmative action which is a failure because it doesnt fix the problem. The top 1% of america pays 34 % of our taxes while making 80 % of our revenue ... Part 5
@thestetiger I am busy at the moment... I will reply soon.. I hope once I do that you actually will take what I tell you to heart so you understand why you are inaccurate and incorrect... And why Switzerland is NOT a model that should be followed.. Especially in a superior country such as the United States
@SuperGuitarman69 I am not saying Switzerland is a model, I am saying we should be able to learn from countries like switzerland, germany and canada just like they are learning from us.
@thestetiger I can tell you are a pretty bright guy.. You seem to listen to all sides and that is a good thing to do.. I will tell you this though.. You were discussing the black community... I do not know if you have ever heard of Thomas Sowell he is one of the most brilliant men in this country who happens to be black.. He has an excellent train of thoughtful logic on the black community with facts, history and numbers.. I want to turn you on to the best channel on youtube. Type in LibertyPen
@SuperGuitarman69 the bottom 95 % of america has to seperate 10% of our nation's revenue. That is me and you fighting over a 10th of our country's wealth (unless ur a millionnaire). While 5% fights over 90 % of the wealth. Rich people can be rich but the wealth has to be distributed better. Rich people want to do it to, 60% of people making above 1 million a year voted for Obama, i think it sends a message that they want to give some back. Look at Warren Buffet and Bill Gates Part 6
@Dimachaeri Facts about Capitalism. Switzerland, which is a socialist-democratic country ( look it up in case you dont know) has more social mobility than the U.S. Which means that if you work hard you are more likely to move up in the so called bad socialist-democratic switzerland than here in the U.S. Capitalism was the best the world had for hundred of years, but if we do not evolve, we will be left behind. We are already behind the British (for God's Sake) in social mobility, we need reform
@thestetiger Socialist democracies are ancient not new. The Roman republic chose to be a republic because they knew democracies rarely last more than 200 years because the go socialist and fall. Why do you think we are a republic and not a democracy? The founding fathers had the same knowledge. A capitalistic, republic was evolutionary. it had never been done before, and other countries predicted we would never last. Instead we defeated the superpower of the 18th century to become the...
@thestetiger ...20th century. He ushered in the industrial revolution, we invented technology other countries only dreamed of. (until we shared or they caught up with common knowledge) We massively increased the quality of life for middle and lower class citizens, and we were the country everyone wanted to be a part of. Why are you wanting to revert form what works, to what historically has NEVER worked. That's not evolving that's back tracking.
@Dimachaerii It took 300 years for the roman to get their democracy working, which eventually failed. Of course there are failures to have success. Switzerland has a higher growth, social mobility, better healthcare and they surely don't want to imitate us. Socialism will always fail but social-democracy, which we set up in germany and many eastern european country is outpacing us. Innovation does not come from idealogy, hell the russian were innovative under communism (nuclear boats, sputnik).
@thestetiger Ya' know what the definition of insanity is? It's doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Rome was NOT a democracy, and neither are we. And yes their is a huge difference. In a democracy the people vote on everything. Meaning the minorities have no say, no matter how wrong the majority is. In a republic, we vote on representatives, and one side and at least part of the other side must agree or a vote will not pass. So, minorities get a say.
@thestetiger And the Russians (the Soviet Union or United Soviet Socialist Republics), were a failure. The only reason we ever feared them was because Carter was a weeny. Reaganomics put the soviet union in their place. During the 80's, with Reagan putting more pressure on them, and their economy being stagnated by their horrible combination of socialism and communism, they fell. The soviet union did not even last 100 years. All because they chose the old failed stuff instead of Capitalism.
@thestetiger the Smoot-Hawely tariff act was a monumental failure.. It was designed to protect American jobs, all it did was forced a tariff on us, preventing us from "outproducing" the rest of the world and ending the depression.. So where are we? You expressed the wonders of Switzerland? Really? Wanna go there with a country the size of LA? No, let's look at facts here... You live in a country that is ran the way you want it.. We have SS, Medicaid, Medicare, Unions, strict regulations Part 4
@thestetiger Then the CEO's are not going to catch much flake from those people... After all if business fails? Union workers lose their jobs, employers lose their wealth, and the country has higher unemployment.. So, what do we have now? American socialism for 330 million people.. We have the problems BECAUSE of socialism... Reagan spanned it back just barely enough to create wealth.. Imagine what we would have if we didn't have Democrats? A GREAT COUNTRY AGAIN.
@SuperGuitarman69 Lol, it's not a democrat problem, it's a politician problem. The highest period of economic growth occured under Clinton, a democrat. He also created 21 miliion jobs and passed legislation pertaining to the growth of the internet. FDR, a democrat pulled us out of the depression. My point being for every good republican there is a good democrat, for every bad republican there is a bad democrat. Washington is just corrupt. Reagan tripled our national debt, obama doubled it.
@thestetiger are paid up to 50 to 70 an hour.. Without a degree in a trade that is not specialized.. So the customer (if you pay attention) when they buy a new car, as soon as they leave the lot they have lost on avg. 5000k on their new cars value... Why? The above market value of the car is put into the price to cover the manufactures costs of labor to build the product.. It is bad on many levels.. 1) The customer no doubt has a job and a family.. They need a dependable car, so they get Part 1
Your brother is getting married. Maybe you should do a video on dating and how to find conservative women. All the women who live in my area are socialist communist.
Yea, if you're poor you should be burned alive if your home catches fire. You should also have no one to call for help if a murderer breaks in. If that wasn't enough, your neighbourhood should literally have mountains of rotting garbage piling up everywhere and all through the streets. But don't worry, the streets are so torn up and eroded you wouldn't be able to use them anyway.
After all, it's 100% your fault that you just happened to pop out of a pussy in South Central LA
@yeebuddeh1 - Nice demogoguery. Nice strawman. Nice appeals to emotion and to ridicule. Nice fallacious reasoning.
Yes, these things can be privatized, and provided cheaper. Homeowners/renter's insurance could cover proactive private security, and fire protection. Garbage removal is often outsourced by cities anyways, let's just remove the government middle man skimming profit off the top. The same goes for roadbuilding.
You mean like healthcare right? Except it costs much more in the ONLY industrialized nation on earth without a public healthcare system
Please, millions of poor people can't even afford health insurance and your saying they'd easily be able to afford police, fire, schools, road maintenance and garbage collection all on their own?
Government skimming profit off the top? Isn't that the main purpose of a business? I'm not saying that's bad, its just funny how you tied that to govt
As of Sept. 2010 the total bail out of financial institutions costs the American people,( net outlay), 3.4 trillion. Of that, 171 billion unpaid for mortgages under Fanny & Freddy and 256 billion under TARP. The rest went where? I agree TARP may have been a good idea but then as of Sept. 2010 75% of that revolving fund has been paid back. My concern is with the balance along with the 2.2 trillion that Timothy "Turbo Tax Cheat" Geitner under the Treasury had printed in 2010.
Ending ALL entitlement programs? Are you crazy? Do you have any idea what's going to happen to parents who can't find a job? Do you know how they're going to be able to feed their starving families? They're going to be breaking into your house or selling drugs, they'd have no other choice.
Oh, and if you want to get rid of all socialist programs, you should also privatize the police, firefighters, roads, schools, military, garbage collection. I bet you'd LOVE that country
Yes, because bitching on youtube gives me the same influence over our politicians as contributing millions to their campaigns and buying them fancy dinners, 5 star hotels and golf trips.
Obama just wants to tax the rich 39%. The tax rate under eisenhower was 91%, under Nixon it was 70%. Wow what a fucking marxist Richard Nixon was!
He proposed spending cuts in SS, medicare and all kinds of entitlements and the Republicans said no because the rich shouldn't sacrifice too...
Another great one Steven! I love the fact that our leaders (and I use that term loosely) actually have to work for their paycheck for a change. They will pass a deal soon because their vacations start next week.
OH GOD THE SPIDER BIT ME (begins crying )
sonofdrjekyll 2 weeks ago
In order to have a genuine capitalist system, we must allow private corporations to privatize gains as well as losses. To allow them to privatize gains while socializing losses is unconscionable. Let things fail when their business model is unsustainable and allow companies to fall on their faces, we would all be better off for it, the national debt clock would look a lot healthier as well.
mikeknightofdawn 1 month ago
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Keep it up Steve
HaggenPagan26 1 month ago
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HaggenPagan26 1 month ago
Really, you have a big black dick? Can i see it please? It's probably the one you amputated from your mothers crotch, before she got lynched in Mississippi. I'm sure it made a nice momento. Go back to Driving-Miss-Daisy Pimp. 'Tis all your good for my puny friend.
c975671 2 months ago
obama is a dork
uprooting 5 months ago
Our economy is like a boat with a hole in it. You don't bail out the boat before you fix the hole because otherwise the boat will just refill with water again and you'll have wasted your time and resources. First we need to cut spending and raise taxes before we interfere with our economy. We can't spend any time arguing about who made the hole because then we'll drown. We must all patch the hole for the greater good of the country.
N1CKF3D 5 months ago
can somebody give me the wallstreet bailout in a nutshell???
LM1viola 5 months ago
matson, lol dunno who he is... but i would love to see him publish an academic paper for peer review about his unemployment projections and get shredded.
6.3% my ass. I would like to see his credentials but i cant find them online, probably because he has none.
LiekABaus 5 months ago
Was that shirt made in china? there is an american job loss
killerbeau95 6 months ago
Your moms are 50x more poisonous than a diamond back! OOOOOOOH!
ZombieX13 6 months ago
Yeah, the bailout helped somebody - it helped Democrats. What a crime to take my tax money and give it to groups and organizations that I believe are sending America down the drain.
I had hoped for so much more from Boehner.
Mingowildcat 6 months ago 12
@Mingowildcat i didn't he beohner and mccain are progressive (same as liberal)
georgesorosisgay1 6 months ago
@Mingowildcat HWAT THE FUUUCKKKCKKK?? HOW DID IT HELP DEMOCRATS? backwards much?
MrRazzeldazzel88 2 weeks ago
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coolsoeb 1 week ago
Another good one Steven! Thanks again.
danzak44 6 months ago 8
If we're lucky, someone will get us (America) into a war that will get our minds on survival and decent idealism. It's not a pleasant thought, but a realistic one. However, first we'll have to watch the liberals and see their violent response to the idea of war. So it could mean civil unrest...We need a powerful leader,,,though it sounds ominous and frightening. Things are going to get down to SURVIVAL...and ugly. I will side with my own tribe!
Rextrent 6 months ago
You are reading literal when it is allegorical. The point is when Israel turned against the old ways when a theocracy God told Samuel (a prophet) what would happen if they had a king (secular). They wanted a king to be free of constraints of theocracy. Prob reading only one sentence. It was not very Christian of you to call names.
1 Sam 8:4-5:
Therefore all the elders of Israel came in a body to Samuel...and said to him, "... appoint a king over us, as other nations have, to judge us."
tmmy773 6 months ago
@tmmy773 con't ...it was saying that people would have higher taxes if they appointed a king. This is true even today when people turn from God's ways. The Bible often uses allegory to get the point across and was the style of writing at the time. Would the king would stop at exactly 10% taxes? No he wouldn't. What about 1 Sam 8:17 "And He will tithe your flocks and you yourselves will become his slaves. " God was saying the king would take a lot.
tmmy773 6 months ago 2
this should be your next show Steve.....go to a restaurant,with a credit card thats full to the limit,no cash(or could be some printed monopoly money),eat,have fun and then try and pay with the credit card or the fake printed money.If u cant get out ,try and find someone to bail you out,if that wont happened,try and get some slave work in that restaurant so you can pay the DEBT!!!....maybe that way people will undersatand whats going on(if i were u,i would do all this it with a hiden camera)
codrutz74 6 months ago 2
If the goal is to ruin the country as fast as possible so we can start fresh, the bailouts are probably necessary.
However, I submit that we at one time had the greatest nation the planet has ever seen thanks to an environment that allowed capitalism to flourish. So, if we can salvage that, we should.
RealityCheck05 6 months ago
On a softer note.... Hope you enjoy your brother's wedding Steven!
Tripstitch 6 months ago 2
I have that same shirt! It is so comfortable!
bryanthomas108 6 months ago
you are not funny and your silly dane cook faces dont help faggot
bojanks15 6 months ago
Steven is very intelligent. God bless you Steven! Good luck with the wedding
Fishingman1231 6 months ago
Rattlesnakes have hemotoxin. Just sayin'...
OneEyedJack1970 6 months ago
Hey, I've done the math, correct me if I'm wrong.
But if you take 5 trillion dollars and give that money to 400 million americans. It comes out to each american getting $12,500. Would you think that would help the economy more than bailouts?
Thanks
Guyjharrison 6 months ago
@Guyjharrison But there's not 400 million people.
NWFWMbudwieser 6 months ago
@Guyjharrison Neither would help the economy.. The only way to help the economy is to allow for producing... How do you get production? You get off the American entrepreneur's back. Washington likes to use the words incentives... That is a BS statement.. Washington shouldn't be in the way.. We should have a true free market economy... The government has no business getting involved with those who are putting money at risk.. Producing.. That is the key
SuperGuitarman69 6 months ago 2
@SuperGuitarman69 True free market economies always work don't they? Just like countries where nobody enforces traffic laws, the people themselves can be trusted 100% to stop at stop signs and of course the big trucks never, ever, ever, ever, take advantage of smaller cars through intimidation... right? Free Market is just a start. Next, Free Traffic, then we get rid of police entirely because they do nothing but get in the way of Free Behavior.
Ant1Live 6 months ago
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@Ant1Live True free market economies always work don't they? Hmm, you should have stopped there.. You would have been correct at that point and would have looked intelligent.. Then you talked about street signs and angry truck drivers and started ruining your chance to look intelligent for once in your life.. FYI, there is a video on youtube about a town in England that had a circle intersection with lights that took to long.. They put in yield signs and everyone was happy. No accidents. moron
SuperGuitarman69 6 months ago
@SuperGuitarman69 I'm guessing you've never been to the Dominican Republic...
Ant1Live 6 months ago
@Ant1Live I actually thought government should be in charge of roads.. That was until I watched an argument on reasontv that was lucid and changed my mind... More and more I am believing that brilliant Libertarians such as Milton Friedman are correct about everything they say... You are going in the wrong direction.. You are going to the left.. That is where the morons live.. Stay there if you feel comfortable.. Just don't vote...
SuperGuitarman69 6 months ago
@SuperGuitarman69 Well at least YOU think you're a genius. You definitely belong with the self-congratulatarians on reasontv.
Ant1Live 6 months ago
@Ant1Live No, see I can actually LISTEN to others opinions and can be swayed if I may be wrong on an issue.. You cannot... You are a mindless drone.. That is all the left is.. Because for the life of me I do not understand how someone can be left.. It is devoid of all common sense.. I mean look at the people in politics that are left.. They are either goofy or murderers.. Why would anyone be left? Something is wrong with them mentally.. Unless they are young.. Youth is exempt til the learn,,
SuperGuitarman69 6 months ago
@Ant1Live Free market advocates do NOT believe in zero role for govt. They want security from outside the country attack, and inside from criminals. They expect property rights to be enforced, contract laws, and free movement of capital. Police, fire, schools can all be private enterprise, contracted by local govts, vouchers, etc. It is just silly to think the argument is zero Govt, and big govt. It is NOT! Name someone important who is saying zero govt.
luvcheney1 6 months ago
@luvcheney1 You mean the SANE free market advocates. I wasn't referring to those people :)
Ant1Live 6 months ago
@Ant1Live You said, "You mean the SANE free market advocates. I wasn't referring to those people :)". OK, thats fair enough. But, you are implying that there ARE Conservatives who do not want any Govt at all. I bet there could be, but I would like you to name, and refer me to one, who wants no military, no laws, courts, property rights, etc. who is of national prominence. If you are unable to, then you are presenting us the idea the choice is Big Govt, or zero Govt. Thats absurd.
luvcheney1 6 months ago
dear america, stop capitalism
you run a large amount of the worlds market
so tighten up your goddamn rules and stop pissing off the world
Superchickenman159 6 months ago
@Superchickenman159 Alright, what would your genius ass replace Capitalism with? Can you handle the ENTIRE US Economy without it failing?
Once you have it all figured out, tell me, I'd LOVE to know.
MetalSights 6 months ago
@MetalSights i suggest adding restrictions / laws to corporations so ppl dont fuck up
Superchickenman159 6 months ago
OK FOLKS !..AMERICAN JUST GOT ITS CREDIT CARD LIFTED BY STANDARD AND POORS..I HOPE YOU BLEEDING HEART MESSIAH WORSHIPING LIBERALS ARE HAPPY... YOU JUST COST US ALL HIGHER INTEREST RATES AND A INCREASE TO EVERYTHING YOU PURCHASE .IF THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN SEE ALI-BAMA IS A BAD RISK..WHY IN HELL CANT YOU STUPID LIB IDIOTS ! YOU THINK UNEMPLOYMENT IS BAD NOW...JUST WAIT A FEW MONTHS. WE HAVE TO GET THIS WELFARE PROMOTER OUT OF OFFICE...NOW !
No1Rides4Free 6 months ago
3 words: Audit The Fed.
fragmentedbob 6 months ago 2
If there is any benefit at all to the bailouts, it is temporary. If one buys the idea that it helped to create or maintain the existence of jobs (maybe it did or maybe it didn't), it helps BAD COMPANIES who made BAD DECISIONS not only to continue to exist, but to do so in full confidence that they can take any stupid risks they want at the expense of the taxpayer.
Oh, and then there is inflation. My god, there is inflation...
Ant1Live 6 months ago
Bush raised the debt ceiling 7 times and nobody cared. Now a democrat wants to do it an OOOOMMMMGGGGG it's the biggest news EEEVVVVEEERR!!!!
Ant1Live 6 months ago
@Ant1Live thats because under bush it wasn't $15 trillion
TheSjackson2016 6 months ago
@TheSjackson2016 The debt nearly doubled during Bush's presidency. Under Obama, it has gotten worse much more quickly (so yes, Obama has been worse than Bush...), but no one was shouting when the debt was doubling. Why? Because Obama is a Democrap and Repugnantans see fit to use this as a political tactic to make the prez look bad (btw, Obama is doing a great job of that without help- mostly by betraying his voters and giving the Repugnantans everything they want).
Ant1Live 6 months ago
@Ant1Live Wrong. Its because we are on a collision course with the country falling if we dont get a debt under control.
I would LOVE to have Bush's spending back compared to Obama's
superlucci 6 months ago
@Ant1Live
I don't know where the hell you were, but there sure as hell was shouting when Bush was overspending.
pimpdalyrical 6 months ago
@pimpdalyrical What's up Pimp? Anyone shown even the slightest interest in that shite you created here - at bullshidodotnet
MY MY wasn't THAT time well spent :) How's your president O bummer fuck or what stupid new name you have for him.
c975671 2 months ago
@c975671
"Anyone shown even the slightest interest in that shite you created here - at bullshidodotnet"
Well, obviously you did, but I didn't create anything. Still googling my name in the middle of the night? Aw, I'm flattered you're still burnt by that thrashing I gave you almost a year ago.
And Obummer sucks ass, thanks for asking. He thinks like an Aussie.
pimpdalyrical 2 months ago
@pimpdalyrical That anyway to talk to a friend pimp :( I thought you liked and respected me now since the thrashing I gave you almost a year ago. You're not over that are you, hence the cold shoulder you've been giving me. Still, what can i expect from a neanderthal like you....oops, I mean 'primate' like you. How about I post you & your wife some bananas as a piece offering? If you like I can even post you instructions on how us humans eat them by pealing their skin first. What do you think?
c975671 2 months ago
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pimpdalyrical 2 months ago
@pimpdalyrical My My pimp, then u're not giving yourself much credit boy. If I'm not intelligent then it still puts me in a pedistal above u since if owned ur blak ass 4 about 9 months & discredited you on every arguement we've had ;) & what cracks me up most, is the fact that you always argue without any evidence to back your verbal shite up with where as i provide prove which blows your fragile esteme to pieces LOL Ah bless you my little primate 1 day u will learn ur place :)
c975671 2 months ago
@c975671
I know my place. It's standing above you, taking a leak and laughing uncontrollably. While every White and Thai girl you can't get lines up to choke on my big black dick. That's my place. Yours is remedial science and english 101.
pimpdalyrical 2 months ago
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@c975671
I respect intelligence and self determination. You have neither. All you have is obsession, defeat, and apparently a whole lot of free time at night. Life is beating you down even worse than I did, and I find it hilarious.
pimpdalyrical 2 months ago
@kedoshroom. The way it works is that it allows greater incentive to work hard as well as spend. Thus consumerism flourishes which picks up the economy and provides jobs. I take it that you believe that the government should provide jobs. I think that is wrong because the government isn't our mommy. If a person has a job secured by the federal government, and not merit, they will have less incentive to make quality products.
ObamaoZedong 6 months ago
@ObamaoZedong a payroll taxes effects people who make under $100,000 a year but make over $20,000 the payroll tax is around 15% ,income tax for that same income level is also 15% which adds up to thirty percent but due to tax breaks and tax deductions its is around 15%-19% or lower depend on where exactly one is on that particular tax bracket
Kedoshroom 6 months ago
@thestetiger it is a bad idea to use European countries as models for our own. Primarily because they are failing, as well as their size, power, and other natures make socialism seem like a better system.
ObamaoZedong 6 months ago
@ObamaoZedong
Germany's failing? Last time I checked, their economic growth exceeds the US and their unemployment is much lower.
Judging by your name ObamaZedong, I can tell you have no idea what socialism is. Obama is NOT left wing. Obamacare was a Republican policy that gives even more money to insurance companies (NOT a government takeover). He extended tax cuts for the wealthy. He is in favor of cutting SS and medicare. He expanded our military presence in Afghanistan, etc.
yeebuddeh1 6 months ago
@yeebuddeh1 Obama is stealing money and giving it to cronies. That's exactly what socialism is. The socialists are the only ones who don't get it, because in their delusion they do it "for the people". Germany isn't exactly failing, that correct. It's the German welfare state that is failing.
john42t 6 months ago
Crowder! the Stock market just went down again, AGAIN! Whats your opinion on the fact that Europe is burning around them and the economy is shaking. -_- You give the truth in your opinion, i'd like to hear it xD
Unwelcome1776 6 months ago
The new " Super Congress" along with the puppet Prez have just accelerated our plunge over the edge. Get ready to learn to speak Chinese.
redeemedwench 6 months ago
Crowder, you are a hero.
theonering93 6 months ago
I hate to say this, but there was a difference between the bank bailouts and car company bailouts etc. The banks were covered by FDIC. If they had failed we'd just have a bunch of government-owned accounts. The bailouts allowed the possibility of keeping those monies in the private system. "Too big to fail" was a lie, however. The jobs at stake with the banking crisis were all over. The jobs that could've been lost with GE would've been mostly all internal.
fizzingwhizbeee 6 months ago
When you consider how many people are actually out of work, that have either dropped off the unemployment rolls and for those that are,LEGITIMATELY on disability then you must know that close to 50% of America is out of work.
Quit SPENDING and cut taxes to increase jobs and job security and shove NAFTA down the Lefts's throat.
AviationguyAlex 6 months ago
@AviationguyAlex
NAFTA was leftist? I didn't realize maximizing profits for mutlinational corporations at the expense of American jobs was a leftist policy...
yeebuddeh1 6 months ago
@AviationguyAlex how would cutting taxes help increase jobs?
Kedoshroom 6 months ago
@Kedoshroom ARE YOU SERIOUS?
redeemedwench 6 months ago
@redeemedwench yes i am
Kedoshroom 6 months ago
What do you think of Mitt Romney running for US President?
12shopaholic12 6 months ago
Is your brother as good looking as you? ;D but seriuosly congrats to him
12shopaholic12 6 months ago
Farewell and adieu to you fine US dollars,
Farewell and adieu all you dollars of America,
For we've received orders to send them to China,
And perhaps we shall never more see them again.
MoltenMozzarella 6 months ago
well, honestly we all know that the bail out packages were terrible ideas. EVERYONE except for the people who voted for and signed it agrees. but its done now, too late nothing we can do about it. the money has been given out and we cant just ask for it back. so now we can either do what we are doing now and bitch about how wrong it was, or we can move on and try to find a solution to the problem that has been given to us. we didnt make the problem but by god its on us to find the solution.
tallzdatank 6 months ago
Well, I can say that I wasn't that impressed with the GM bailout, since half the dealerships closed anyway, and the Saturn brand - which was the best thing they had going for them before they turned it into Geo II, and by the time they fixed that problem they were already in trouble overall - got dumped, leaving 20 years of loyal customers with no recourse.
My next car is a Ford model.
TheSchaef47 6 months ago
Congratulations Steven!! Wish your brother the best of luck for me^^
-also, in regards to the bailout: instead of giving the wall street brokers, what, like $4 trillion? Couldn't they have dolled that money out to the taxpayers? I think that it works out something along the lines of forty grand for every taxpayer, while still having a remainder of a buttload-and-a-half.^^ I don't know about you, but I'd pay off my house. If everyone did the same, would that not have solved the housing crisis?
diaperkitten4ever 6 months ago
Congratulations Steven!! Wish your brother the best of luck for me^^
diaperkitten4ever 6 months ago
the best way to describe the bail out.....
Two guys are on a ship the first looks at the second and exclaims: "there is a hole in the ship and the water is getting in!" the other replies: " just put another hole in the in the bottom to let all the water back out"
hmm.... sound about right
Evenrood 7 months ago
@Stevencrowder Will you marry me?? :)
whijhar 7 months ago
Nice work, buddy!
SpartanLibertyTV 7 months ago
Cool , Video !:D
AlinaLoveYou2011 7 months ago
I am a centrist(Not moderate. I hate that word. We're not wishy washy - We're centrist) and I dislike the bailouts. While Alexander Hamilton did advocate debt to develop an international credit, this was because the US had a huge potential for an increase in GDP.
Look at the manufacturing sector for the US. Do we look like we're set for a boom in manufacturing? No? Then plunging the country in to debt is wrong. It was wrong when Reagan did it. It's wrong when Obama did it.
ringer1ca 7 months ago
Capitalism only works when a country is mostly rural / poor. The economy will boom for a while bc poor farmers can have jobs and buy things move to the city. Factories make things for them to buy which makes more jobs etc.
The new wealth concentrate at top few and human greed will take its toll
they buy gov't etc, labor work harder and many layoffs bc as the standard of living increases costs also increase
so the poor get pooer and finally the corrupt system collapses of its own weight.
tmmy773 7 months ago
@tmmy773 You gotta be kidding? The poor get poorer? That's bullshit. The poor have the best chances of creating wealth in a capitalist system compared to any other system. The only reason "poor farmers" even have a career is because of capitalism.
What other system would you prefer? Socialism? If so, you can say goodbye to entrepreneurship; liberty and hello to big government hell.
orangeblood307 7 months ago
@orangeblood307
Believe it or not, there are more systems than just far right corporatism and far left communism. There is an in between which is what we had before Reagan. The top 1% of Americans used to take in 8% of all the total income in the country. But due to the past 30 years of trickle down economics, they now take in nearly 25%.
Union busting (% of unionized is at 70 year low) and greed (CEOs make 450 times what their workers do, used to be 40 times in the 70's) are the problem
yeebuddeh1 7 months ago
@yeebuddeh1 You mean during the Carter admin. when we had tax rates up to 90% !
both double digit unemployment and interest rates,
inflation rising at the speed of light,
record number of multi-generational family businesses disappearing,
gas lines 6-10 blocks long on average!
military budgets cut to the bone
REALLY, that is what you long for??? don"t bother trying to bullshit me I'm old enough to remember it!!
ilovenh1 7 months ago
@yeebuddeh1 I would agree with that but that doesn't mean we need to move away from the capitalist system entirely. We need some serious reform. We could start by ending bailouts for corporations that are "too big to fail".
orangeblood307 7 months ago
@tmmy773 You are right capitalism does work in transition from rural to urban growth...but it reaches a point where it doesn't work anymore without socialist reforms. Labor worked under horrible working conditions long hrs until unions, gov't made laws to make their lives better. They were clearly better off after reforms...not only in US but in any nation who has capitalism...progression to socialism in a natural consequence Socialism can work but again the human factor makes this difficult.
tmmy773 6 months ago
@tmmy773 I disagree. Real capitalism has rarely been tried. We've been using CRONY capitalism here in the US for at least 30 years. When true competition is set to flourish without government meddling more poor people are helped than any system ever devised by man. As soon as the Gubmint tries to help by applying socialist programs the slide toward mediocrity begins.
techservant 6 months ago
@techservant Real capitalism tried turn of century 1880s-1930s we had mass immigration so booming factories have workers. Immigrants lived in overcrowded slums with little or no rights. Some good like pizza by Italians and railroads built Chinese labor (without rights) etc. Jobs ran out when system collapsed. We had millions family farms at the time so many poor could survive. The cities were hit hard. Socialism is reforms, subsidies, temp jobs, roads, dams etc than giving money away.
tmmy773 6 months ago
@tmmy773 @tmmy773 Thanks for that reply. We have a great responsibilty to take care of our fellow man and those in need but through Socialism that responsibilty has been taken away from us. The gubmint TAKES (aka steals) from those who earn it and gives to those who are "in need". Compuslory, confiscitory and immoral. Liberalism is FORCED morality. Capitalism relies on choice. It is a system that provides the most jobs for poor and rich alike and gives ANYONE the opportunity to succees.
techservant 6 months ago
@techservant We have moral and civic obl to help all citizens. Every society has a right to collect taxes to promote the general welfare. One or two philanthropisits build a library but the rest of the socail strucures are paid by taxes. Collecting taxes is not stealing. Where in the bible does it say that? Liberalism is forced morality like any law is the same. Do you not speed bc you want to or bc you will get a ticket if you do?
The prob with capitalism it only benefits a few rich people.
tmmy773 6 months ago
@tmmy773 The government always takes money from us, thats obvious. However they should not be stealing our money just to give it to somebody else. They should use it on raods and such which we can all use.
Capitalism does not just benefit a few rich people. It benefits everybody who has the work ethic and the skills to succeed.
superlucci 6 months ago 2
@tmmy773 Read this, where God tells his people that if they take a King (govt) he will take 1/10, and they will be SLAVES. Top rate Ca is over 4/10%! You dope! "1 Samuel 8:15-17" (15He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. 16He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men[a] and your donkeys, and put them to his work. 17He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.)
luvcheney1 6 months ago
It all goes back to the fact that Keynesian economics do not work. The government intervention in the private sector will always fall short. Its not the gov'ts job to save us. The invisible hand knows best, because it accounts for everyone acting in their own self interest. oh and quick history fact for all: The great depression was dragged out by the policy of FDR, the recession of the early 80's, and the same way our current recession is being dragged out... oh ya... and reaganomics work. FTW
zcbizzle 7 months ago
Capitalism is evolution for the economy. Business models will grow old and fail or they will evolve and survive. "Too big to fail" is just another buzz word scare tactic.
paradym123 7 months ago
@paradym123 So the million of people who would have lost their jobs would be happier?? Is that your reasoning? Did you work at Lehman? Do you have any idea how to deal with major companies going bankrupt and letting millions of employees go? I guess you have a solution to all this. If you do then "Too big to fail" is in fact a word scare tactic devised by ObaBush
thestetiger 7 months ago
@thestetiger First off you make the assumption that "Millions" of people would no longer have jobs. Then you make the assumption that failure entails these companies just "vanish." Neither assumption is true. These institutions would simply be forced to restructure, have assets folded into other companies and yes people would be let go. BUT if we have learned anything from the 1920s, government "stimulus" only prolongs the inevitable by creating a false "bump." Just like it has done today.
paradym123 7 months ago
@thestetiger Oh and no, I don't give a shit what "makes people happier."
paradym123 7 months ago
In 1991 Charles Givens said that when companies get too fat and bloated, their prices go up to pay for that bloat. When the economy dives they cut the fat, (lay offs), get lean and mean, produce a better product at a lower cost, bounce back and start hiring again. The companies that don't do this die and open up opportunities for new companies to start and thrive and hire. The bail out threw a monkey wrench in this natural cycle. We would be in a 2nd 90's boom now instead of this mess!
BrandyDLady 7 months ago
Congrats on your brother getting married, but I think you made a small error. You said you are the best man... err, I think you meant the maid of honor LOLOL
TheTruthHurtsAlot3 7 months ago
I also wish you would stick to just the debt ceiling negotiations instead of jumping to the bailouts. Anyway, the issue is with spending on unconstitutional programs. Eliminate that which the Constitution does not give the Federal Govt. the authority to exist and fund!
alm260 7 months ago
this is too short! you started on debt ceiling and switched over to the bailout, which is unrelated, but not exactly the issue. I'm not complaining, but I'd really like to hear your view on the current negotiations
westbrookwins 7 months ago
federal bailout cash???? 400 billion in tax cuts, no????
thestetiger 7 months ago
One of your best videos!
beerbrewer737 7 months ago
Pan Am, the largest airline in america and the world went bankrupt in the 90s...too big to fail?
jdgator95 7 months ago
@jdgator95 Last time I checked Pan Am did not lend money to people around which they structured their entire lives.
thestetiger 7 months ago
@thestetiger you mean like the auto industries did?
jdgator95 7 months ago
@jdgator95 No like the banks did, the auto industries stimulate our country. Take one leg under a chair and see what happens. You know how most people get a car, they get a loan from the banks. Which they pay back, so the banks and the auto industry are not too far apart. The death of one means the death of another, and eventually it hurts us. We need the auto industry exports.
thestetiger 6 months ago
@thestetiger soaked on the price, which in turn makes them 5000k poorer... 5000k that could be spent on other things such as vacations, tools, additions etc... all that would help other parts of the work force.. 2) It hurts the company. They have a cost that cannot compete with other manufactures that pay less for low skill labor such as auto workers... Now, you want to tax and put tariffs on companies that are sending cars to us?? We are right back to the problem with number 1 aren't we? Part 3
SuperGuitarman69 6 months ago
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EmilioTelevision 7 months ago
The bailout worked like this.
A man walks into a local motel and asked to look at the rooms before he committed to getting one for the night. He plunked down a $100 on the counter. The owner gave him a key. While the man was looking at the room, the owner took the $100 and ran down the street and gave it to the grocer to pay his tab. The grocer ran to the mechanic to pay the $100 he owed him and the mechanic took it and paid the hooker he owed. She in turn went and paid the motel owner.
19bradley66 7 months ago
The man then returned, said he did not want the room, picked up his $100 and left. Everyone got paid although no real money ever changed hands. And that kiddies is how we all got snookered.
19bradley66 7 months ago
The way I see it, we have the government we deserve. When you have half the population not paying taxes, and think they're entitled to other people's money through govt. redistribution, the problem is not govt., but us. And we have to change that.
MaxxTheMerciless 7 months ago
So far, the bailouts haven't really helped...
GM and Chrysler are still building the same cars, with maybe one or two models changed.
The bailouts need to stop, and let Capitalism take over our country again. Really, it'd work.
TeaBagOfTruth1776 7 months ago
@TeaBagOfTruth1776 Because it worked so well when they went bankrupt????. I dont think we need the federal bailout but i can't conceive an alternative, unless you can you should stop complaining.
thestetiger 7 months ago
@thestetiger
The best alternative is to let the company go bankrupt. If it's using an old model (like GM and Chrysler were using) and it's failing, it needs to fail. The government cannot step in every time somebody screws up and protect them. That's not what capitalism is about; if there is no risk in business, capitalism will not work. Hence, the name capitalism. With capital, you'll survive. Without it, you're done for.
And the bailouts did save the company. That's what a bailout does...
TeaBagOfTruth1776 7 months ago
@TeaBagOfTruth1776 When the government allowed Lehman brothers to collapse, the market collapsed with it, leading to good companies and citizens getting hurt. I don't doubt that 80 years ago letting companies collapse was right, but the world changes, the market changes. The global market has all companies enticed, one falls they all are at risk. Capitalism, believe it or not, is not the most lucrative system in the world right now. Look how we doing compared to switzerland or england..
thestetiger 7 months ago
@thestetiger
The government shouldn't have the power to "allow" or "disallow" a company to fail. That's what the MARKET does. All companies are at risk, always. That's what a market does. If there was no possibility of failure, everyone would be filthy rich.
TeaBagOfTruth1776 6 months ago
@TeaBagOfTruth1776 And what is wrong with everyone being rich, i guess being poor is better. Obviously that is not the case. We do not disallow or allow the companies to fail, they asked for our help. If companies ask for your help and dont get it, they will find a place that will (China). We are appealing to companies, fiscal freedom, protection and now rescuers which is if they ask for it. But ur rite, they must fail sometimes but not to the detriment of everyday citizen, not on the little man
thestetiger 6 months ago
@TeaBagOfTruth1776 Wow, and your pulling this out of what exactly. As of today, a chairman of GM was on cnn today and said himself that the bailout helped them save the company and made it more profitable. I guess you know more than the chairman himself. Look u sound like you chose a side but it would be healthier for the country if you looked at the facts and chose logic rather than sides.
thestetiger 7 months ago
@thestetiger Logic dictates that a cooperation that funds Democratic campaigns, so the democrats/ liberals can write legislation that gives them power and or money, would support the bailout. Who am I to say he's lying about it helping the business? That very well may be true, but the money used to bail them out, was our money. We lost. Also, clearly it hasn't helped because the economy is in the toilet. Btw your "logic" is a fallacy called "Appeal to Authority". Look it up.
Dimachaerii 7 months ago
@Dimachaerii We did not lose the money, the companies have been paying back the bailout money. Where is the lost? The bailout gave relief money to the companies which they gave or started giving back when they got profitable again. The economy, before the debt talks, was GROWING. If that is down the toilet for you then I dont know what is good. The issue is there are no jobs, for various reasons. And "Appeal to Authority", really you're delegitimizing my comments rather than thinking about them.
thestetiger 7 months ago
@thestetiger Ugh. Before the first bailout package, our economic growth rate was at 3.5% (not the best but good). Then it dropped to 2%. This years first quarter we were at .4% and this quarter we hit 1.3%. See why I'm not happy?
Dimachaerii 6 months ago
@Dimachaerii I see why your not, I am also not happy. But the source of the problem is not the bailout package, without it we would have far less jobs ( resulting from the companies going bankrupt and letting go million of employees). We had a slow growth in the first quarter because of the earthquake in Japan, the second because of debt talk. It's just Armageddon as predicted in the bible, things will get worse in the final days. Cut spending sharply and raise taxes slightly to pay off the debt
thestetiger 6 months ago
@thestetiger You are right on one thing. The bailout was not the source of the economy crashing. That was the fault of unions, corrupt business leaders, and corrupt politicians. The bailout is what has prolonged the crash. If those businesses had been allowed to fail, they would have either collapsed completely, or would have to start building up again. People would loose their jobs, only for a competitor to rise up and have a need for employees, replacing the fallen businesses.
Dimachaerii 6 months ago
@Dimachaerii
The percentage of unionized workers in the economy is at a 70 year low (less than 13%). The unions have successfully been busted in both the private and public sectors. Blaming them for the economic collapse is just a bullshit ploy by the corporate oligopolized media to get you to support them crushing what's left of America's union workforce.
Have fun working longer hours for less pay with less benefits and the vanishing pension that disappears the moment you go to collect it.
yeebuddeh1 6 months ago
@thestetiger Additionally, allowing those businesses to fail would have taught them something about risky/stupid business dealings. (especially ones with the government.) The economy would have fallen given they fail, but capitalism is all about competition. When one fails, his competitors take his place. The governments response to the "crisis" has proven, "There is no disaster that immediate, decisive, wrong action can't make worse."--The WhatYouAughtToKnow Guy
Dimachaerii 6 months ago
@Dimachaeri Well I would rather preserved the jobs of millions of americans rather than teaching a lesson to big businesses. They would not learn, not when Capitalism endorses that greed is good.About unions, if you are a middle class citizen you have to love them, they are the source of the middle class wealth. CEO and chairmans are just greedy, they dont see tax cuts as job creating opportunities but as chances to make more money. Average CEO makes 315 times the salary of the average employee
thestetiger 6 months ago
@thestetiger Capitalism does not promote greed, it promotes hard work. Work hard, make good decisions and you'll go far. (I am middle class btw.) I don't like unions because the do not serve their intended purpose. They were designed to make sure we get treated fairly. Now the just screw over the business owners. I think a business owner deserves to have money, he made the business. If he's willing to pay me adequately for my work, I don't care what he makes.
Dimachaerii 6 months ago
@thestetiger I read your posts back and forth with Dimachaeri, and in particular read the posts about the unions and the middle class.. I have actually know a thing or 2 about economics.. Unions very early on played a role, but a role that should have been left there.. Collective bargaining is not the problem.. The problem is that unions are overreaching with above market labor equilibrium prices... What does that mean? Well, let's take the auto industry for instance.. There workers are Part 1
SuperGuitarman69 6 months ago
@thestetiger all the goodies you leftists want to have... The private industry that barely makes it? You want to take what money they do make and tax it over and over again til death... Then, bitch at the CEO's and the owners of the companies because they have yachts and planes??? Are YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?? WHAT BUSINESS IS YOURS HOW MUCH THEY MAKE? That is between the workers, shareholders, and employers of how much they make.. And if you are looking at a multi million dollar company? Part 5
SuperGuitarman69 6 months ago
@SuperGuitarman69 Yes I want to go to switzerland because i spent a summer there. A family friend leaves there. We do have failing SS, Medicaid, Medicare, and Unions. They are JUST FAILING. Lets face none of these government program will last (unless some serious reform). We should model it after the success of Eastern European healthcare policies which have surpluses. They pay higher taxes, every single one of them. No one is singled out like we do here in the U.S.
thestetiger 6 months ago
@SuperGuitarman69 I dont care how much CEO's makes as long as his fellow human beings on which he makes his fortune can afford sending his kid to college, while he has money to spend on frivolous things. I dont care that they are rich, i care that the employees like my father don't have to be burried in debt when buying a house. Rich people can be as rich as they want to be, but the casual employee must have a fare pay and something tells me that a CEO making 351 times the average... Part 3
thestetiger 6 months ago
@SuperGuitarman69 employees salary, is not being fare to his employees. Andrew Carnegie, whom was a tycoon back in his days only made 51 times the salary of his employee. The other problem is that middle class family have been making on average the same amount of money for the past 10 years. While business leaders have seen there salaries doubled in average. In other terms, the wealth gap expanded much like the ones in third world country like MEXICO... Part 4
thestetiger 6 months ago
@SuperGuitarman69 Hell, I m not even a leftist. I criticized Obama as well as Bush. I want the private industry to be lucrative because its better for everyone. Its just not right when are left behind, like minorities, especially African American who have been behind for two centuries and the only way in we thought of was affirmative action which is a failure because it doesnt fix the problem. The top 1% of america pays 34 % of our taxes while making 80 % of our revenue ... Part 5
thestetiger 6 months ago
@thestetiger I am busy at the moment... I will reply soon.. I hope once I do that you actually will take what I tell you to heart so you understand why you are inaccurate and incorrect... And why Switzerland is NOT a model that should be followed.. Especially in a superior country such as the United States
SuperGuitarman69 6 months ago
@SuperGuitarman69 I am not saying Switzerland is a model, I am saying we should be able to learn from countries like switzerland, germany and canada just like they are learning from us.
thestetiger 6 months ago
@SuperGuitarman69 i also meant to say sweden, i have to switzerland so i kinda confused the names
thestetiger 6 months ago
@thestetiger I can tell you are a pretty bright guy.. You seem to listen to all sides and that is a good thing to do.. I will tell you this though.. You were discussing the black community... I do not know if you have ever heard of Thomas Sowell he is one of the most brilliant men in this country who happens to be black.. He has an excellent train of thoughtful logic on the black community with facts, history and numbers.. I want to turn you on to the best channel on youtube. Type in LibertyPen
SuperGuitarman69 6 months ago
@SuperGuitarman69 the bottom 95 % of america has to seperate 10% of our nation's revenue. That is me and you fighting over a 10th of our country's wealth (unless ur a millionnaire). While 5% fights over 90 % of the wealth. Rich people can be rich but the wealth has to be distributed better. Rich people want to do it to, 60% of people making above 1 million a year voted for Obama, i think it sends a message that they want to give some back. Look at Warren Buffet and Bill Gates Part 6
thestetiger 6 months ago
@Dimachaeri Facts about Capitalism. Switzerland, which is a socialist-democratic country ( look it up in case you dont know) has more social mobility than the U.S. Which means that if you work hard you are more likely to move up in the so called bad socialist-democratic switzerland than here in the U.S. Capitalism was the best the world had for hundred of years, but if we do not evolve, we will be left behind. We are already behind the British (for God's Sake) in social mobility, we need reform
thestetiger 6 months ago
@thestetiger Socialist democracies are ancient not new. The Roman republic chose to be a republic because they knew democracies rarely last more than 200 years because the go socialist and fall. Why do you think we are a republic and not a democracy? The founding fathers had the same knowledge. A capitalistic, republic was evolutionary. it had never been done before, and other countries predicted we would never last. Instead we defeated the superpower of the 18th century to become the...
Dimachaerii 6 months ago
@thestetiger ...20th century. He ushered in the industrial revolution, we invented technology other countries only dreamed of. (until we shared or they caught up with common knowledge) We massively increased the quality of life for middle and lower class citizens, and we were the country everyone wanted to be a part of. Why are you wanting to revert form what works, to what historically has NEVER worked. That's not evolving that's back tracking.
Dimachaerii 6 months ago
@Dimachaerii It took 300 years for the roman to get their democracy working, which eventually failed. Of course there are failures to have success. Switzerland has a higher growth, social mobility, better healthcare and they surely don't want to imitate us. Socialism will always fail but social-democracy, which we set up in germany and many eastern european country is outpacing us. Innovation does not come from idealogy, hell the russian were innovative under communism (nuclear boats, sputnik).
thestetiger 6 months ago
@thestetiger Ya' know what the definition of insanity is? It's doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Rome was NOT a democracy, and neither are we. And yes their is a huge difference. In a democracy the people vote on everything. Meaning the minorities have no say, no matter how wrong the majority is. In a republic, we vote on representatives, and one side and at least part of the other side must agree or a vote will not pass. So, minorities get a say.
Dimachaerii 6 months ago
@thestetiger And the Russians (the Soviet Union or United Soviet Socialist Republics), were a failure. The only reason we ever feared them was because Carter was a weeny. Reaganomics put the soviet union in their place. During the 80's, with Reagan putting more pressure on them, and their economy being stagnated by their horrible combination of socialism and communism, they fell. The soviet union did not even last 100 years. All because they chose the old failed stuff instead of Capitalism.
Dimachaerii 6 months ago
@thestetiger the Smoot-Hawely tariff act was a monumental failure.. It was designed to protect American jobs, all it did was forced a tariff on us, preventing us from "outproducing" the rest of the world and ending the depression.. So where are we? You expressed the wonders of Switzerland? Really? Wanna go there with a country the size of LA? No, let's look at facts here... You live in a country that is ran the way you want it.. We have SS, Medicaid, Medicare, Unions, strict regulations Part 4
SuperGuitarman69 6 months ago
@thestetiger Then the CEO's are not going to catch much flake from those people... After all if business fails? Union workers lose their jobs, employers lose their wealth, and the country has higher unemployment.. So, what do we have now? American socialism for 330 million people.. We have the problems BECAUSE of socialism... Reagan spanned it back just barely enough to create wealth.. Imagine what we would have if we didn't have Democrats? A GREAT COUNTRY AGAIN.
SuperGuitarman69 6 months ago
@SuperGuitarman69 Lol, it's not a democrat problem, it's a politician problem. The highest period of economic growth occured under Clinton, a democrat. He also created 21 miliion jobs and passed legislation pertaining to the growth of the internet. FDR, a democrat pulled us out of the depression. My point being for every good republican there is a good democrat, for every bad republican there is a bad democrat. Washington is just corrupt. Reagan tripled our national debt, obama doubled it.
thestetiger 6 months ago
@thestetiger are paid up to 50 to 70 an hour.. Without a degree in a trade that is not specialized.. So the customer (if you pay attention) when they buy a new car, as soon as they leave the lot they have lost on avg. 5000k on their new cars value... Why? The above market value of the car is put into the price to cover the manufactures costs of labor to build the product.. It is bad on many levels.. 1) The customer no doubt has a job and a family.. They need a dependable car, so they get Part 1
SuperGuitarman69 6 months ago
Your brother is getting married. Maybe you should do a video on dating and how to find conservative women. All the women who live in my area are socialist communist.
shaqdaddy11 7 months ago
@MUFC196819992008
Yea, if you're poor you should be burned alive if your home catches fire. You should also have no one to call for help if a murderer breaks in. If that wasn't enough, your neighbourhood should literally have mountains of rotting garbage piling up everywhere and all through the streets. But don't worry, the streets are so torn up and eroded you wouldn't be able to use them anyway.
After all, it's 100% your fault that you just happened to pop out of a pussy in South Central LA
yeebuddeh1 7 months ago
@yeebuddeh1 - Nice demogoguery. Nice strawman. Nice appeals to emotion and to ridicule. Nice fallacious reasoning.
Yes, these things can be privatized, and provided cheaper. Homeowners/renter's insurance could cover proactive private security, and fire protection. Garbage removal is often outsourced by cities anyways, let's just remove the government middle man skimming profit off the top. The same goes for roadbuilding.
Stop the Demogoguery!
Slipknotyk06 7 months ago
@Slipknotyk06
You mean like healthcare right? Except it costs much more in the ONLY industrialized nation on earth without a public healthcare system
Please, millions of poor people can't even afford health insurance and your saying they'd easily be able to afford police, fire, schools, road maintenance and garbage collection all on their own?
Government skimming profit off the top? Isn't that the main purpose of a business? I'm not saying that's bad, its just funny how you tied that to govt
yeebuddeh1 7 months ago
@MUFC196819992008 I agree with exception to the fact you left out the police and just about every other state function. We could privatize all of it.
luke55664 7 months ago 2
As of Sept. 2010 the total bail out of financial institutions costs the American people,( net outlay), 3.4 trillion. Of that, 171 billion unpaid for mortgages under Fanny & Freddy and 256 billion under TARP. The rest went where? I agree TARP may have been a good idea but then as of Sept. 2010 75% of that revolving fund has been paid back. My concern is with the balance along with the 2.2 trillion that Timothy "Turbo Tax Cheat" Geitner under the Treasury had printed in 2010.
luke55664 7 months ago
@MUFC196819992008
Ending ALL entitlement programs? Are you crazy? Do you have any idea what's going to happen to parents who can't find a job? Do you know how they're going to be able to feed their starving families? They're going to be breaking into your house or selling drugs, they'd have no other choice.
Oh, and if you want to get rid of all socialist programs, you should also privatize the police, firefighters, roads, schools, military, garbage collection. I bet you'd LOVE that country
yeebuddeh1 7 months ago
@MUFC196819992008
Yes, because bitching on youtube gives me the same influence over our politicians as contributing millions to their campaigns and buying them fancy dinners, 5 star hotels and golf trips.
Obama just wants to tax the rich 39%. The tax rate under eisenhower was 91%, under Nixon it was 70%. Wow what a fucking marxist Richard Nixon was!
He proposed spending cuts in SS, medicare and all kinds of entitlements and the Republicans said no because the rich shouldn't sacrifice too...
yeebuddeh1 7 months ago
Another great one Steven! I love the fact that our leaders (and I use that term loosely) actually have to work for their paycheck for a change. They will pass a deal soon because their vacations start next week.
pegpickering 7 months ago
bailouts benifited the campaign donors...duh
DangerFamily 7 months ago