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teslahowitzer
My young daughter points out the lies, what is wrong? is it something in the water?
I'm not the one saying it. The Constitution is saying it. And it's States Rights.
So, what you're saying is, Republicans represent more people who didn't vote than Democrats represent people that did vote...
Then start a crusade to change the Constitution.
The only thing 'wrong' is that it's not truly representative of the population. The only thing illegal about gerrymandering is that you can't cut out areas based on race. You have to have standing to be able to fight the congressional redrawing. Very few people have standing. Even fewer have the resources to bring the cases before their respective supreme courts. Sure it's all legal, but it's not right and it doesn't represent the majority of voters.
Thanks for the answer. All we have to do is stop borrowing, and limit or eliminate some imports. Increased production at home would produce an increase in revenues (which btw may be enough at current levels). That would also get unemployment to under 4% and really reduce assistance spending. Details are complicated, but this is not difficult.
As for the international banking...I have no problem with raising the debt ceiling or keeping the government open. I do have a problem with the tactics used by the Tea Party to try and prevent those things. Most US debt is held by Americans, not mysterious international banks and foreign countries. Absolutely nothing is going to lower the debt unless special concessions are made to specifically pay the debt before paying for anything else.
We could raise taxes and cut spending if you're all so concerned about the debt, we could start running surpluses and using the extra money to pay down the debt rather than lowering taxes across the board. Or we can play these stupid games of trying to destroy the government everytime we talk about lawfully spending the our money.
JrDavis
teslahowitzer
My young daughter points out the lies, what is wrong? is it something in the water?
Yeah its called fluoride.
How do you think Hitler controlled the masses and made them believe his radical views?
Fluoride isn't even found naturally in nature. It's too reactive, it has to be refined from fluorite.
I know people aren't just now getting cavities because they aren't getting enough fluoride.
Willtell
reply to post by xuenchen
I agree the International bankers are a den a vipers.
But the TP on principle were against the vipers getting paid from the treasury for their greed…fair enough
But the TP doesn’t care that the IB are ravaging the economy just that they got paid by the treasury. They don’t go far enough.
Whereas the Occupy Wall Street group have a consistent philosophy across the board, it's more consistent and for ALL of the people.
links234
Here we are, at the base of our ideologies; simply because it's legal, doesn't mean it's right.
links234
reply to post by xuenchen
Here we are, at the base of our ideologies; simply because it's legal, doesn't mean it's right.
links234
reply to post by xuenchen
I think you're completely misunderstanding how gerrymandering works and how it's detrimental to a representative republic. I also think that you're purposefully being obtuse about the subject because it suits your needs.
Here we are, at the base of our ideologies; simply because it's legal, doesn't mean it's right.
links234
reply to post by xuenchen
That's true and I apologize for taking you off-topic. There was mention of the 'majority' being represented through the elections of 2012. My congressman certainly doesn't represent the 49% of people who didn't vote for him. Wouldn't you know it though, a huge chunk of liberal voters were moved into a different district in 2010.
If the Tea Party is truly trying to save us from the international bankers then come out and say it. All I hear is that Obamacare is the problem and the government needed to shutdown so that the Tea Party could stop Obamacare. I didn't hear one word about international banking cartels during the debate on the shutdown.
Release Date: September 24, 2013
For immediate release
The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday issued two interim final rules that clarify how companies should incorporate the Basel III regulatory capital reforms into their capital and business projections during the next cycle of capital plan submissions and stress tests.
Rules to implement the Basel III capital reforms in the United States were finalized in July, and will be phased-in beginning in 2014 or 2015, depending on the size of the banking organization. The planning horizon for the next capital planning and stress testing cycle runs from the fourth quarter of 2013 through the fourth quarter of 2015.
Thus, the next capital planning and stress testing cycle, which begins October 1, overlaps with the implementation of the Basel III capital reforms.
Basel III Implementation by U.S. Federal Reserve
May 21, 2012
The 15 freshmen Republican representatives in the House Tea Party Caucus each ran in 2010 on a populist anti-Wall Street message, highlighting their opposition to bank bailouts like the 2008 Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and criticizing Washington for enabling the banking sector as it became “Too Big to Fail.” After winning, all fifteen received significant PAC contributions from the banking industry — and have become a reliable vote and mouthpiece for the financial industry, a ThinkProgress analysis of campaign contributions, voting records and public statements reveals.
HOW BANKS BOUGHT THE TEA PARTY: Cash Transforms Populist Insurgents To Reliable Vote For Financial Industry
If the Tea Party is truly trying to save us from the international bankers then come out and say it. All I hear is that Obamacare is the problem and the government needed to shutdown so that the Tea Party could stop Obamacare. I didn't hear one word about international banking cartels during the debate on the shutdown.
2. Eliminate the National Debt - By implementing fiscally conservative policies at all levels of government, progress can be made toward eliminating the U.S. National Debt. Massive increases in the National Debt have created and continue to create a huge burden for the next generation of Americans, thus imperiling the country’s short-term and long-term economic health and prosperity.
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” --Abraham Lincoln
“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” --Thomas Paine, 1776
“As on the one hand, the necessity for borrowing in particular emergencies cannot be doubted, so on the other, it is equally evident that to be able to borrow upon good terms, it is essential that the credit of a nation should be well established.” --Alexander Hamilton, 1790
3. Eliminate Deficit Spending - All deficit spending must be eliminated immediately. We insist that government representatives at all levels maintain a fiscally responsible budget and balance the books as would be expected of any American business.
“Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.” --George Washington
“A penny saved is a penny earned.” --Benjamin Franklin
“Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.” --Benjamin Franklin
Ten Core Beliefs of the Modern-Day Tea Party Movement
It wasn't the TEA Party that "decided to close shop"
CB328
It wasn't the TEA Party that "decided to close shop"
They were bragging about how they were going to shut down the government before, now they had nothing to do with it?