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originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: WUNK22
Koch brothers Koch brothers Koch brothers ugggggggggg! Ever here of George Soros? Is your side of America doing good? Here in NY the malls look abandoned, 70% empty at this point. Gas last night was $3.20 a gallon. I personally owned 5stores and employed 20/25 people at any given time. Now I'm working out of a van with one other guy, all within 6years. I would vote for a gallon of paint to be president then anymore democrat union thugs!
Venting complete! Thank you
Not that Soros is any saint when talking about campaign contributions, but you should really look at how much money is spent donating to elections by the Koch brothers versus Soros. They aren't even on the same level.
Nothing Really Compares To The Koch Brothers' Political Empire
originally posted by: grandmakdw
originally posted by: NavyDoc
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
originally posted by: vonclod
Austerity did not destroy Greece..they already destroyed themselves didn't they?
The banks destroyed them and are continuing to do so, with a lot of help from other E.U countries and the IMF.
Yeah, those dirty banks forced those politicians to borrow more than they took in to buy stuff to get votes from people who didn't want to pay for anything.
Don't borrow more than you can afford to pay back--how hard is that?
You are correct.
Austerity will come to the US whether we like it or not.
Just as it is coming to Greece whether they like it or not.
The US government currently owes $58,000 for every man, woman, and child in America in debt
www.bloomberg.com...
People need to ask themselves, is your family able to pay their fair share?
If the US government took 100% of all the 1%er's money, the government would still be in debt
1%ers have nearly 2 trillion dollars total
The US debt is 18+ trillion dollars
www.zerohedge.com...
www.matchdoctor.com...
Can anyone honestly figure a way not to go into austerity at this point?
And how on earth can Unions get anyone out of this mess, that's a joke.
originally posted by: KawRider9
a reply to: Willtell
Allowing non union businesses to compete for work= destroyed the unions?
Why should my non union business not be able to bid on jobs?
originally posted by: WUNK22
Koch brothers Koch brothers Koch brothers ugggggggggg! Ever here of George Soros? Is your side of America doing good? Here in NY the malls look abandoned, 70% empty at this point. Gas last night was $3.20 a gallon. I personally owned 5stores and employed 20/25 people at any given time. Now I'm working out of a van with one other guy, all within 6years. I would vote for a gallon of paint to be president then anymore democrat union thugs!
Venting complete! Thank you
originally posted by: GraffikPleasure
Greece did this to themselves. Their tax system and government is all corrupt when it comes to money. Every department seems to be a personnel slush fund.
Also, Walker must be doing something right... How many elections did he win in 3 years? Like 3?
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
originally posted by: vonclod
Austerity did not destroy Greece..they already destroyed themselves didn't they?
The banks destroyed them and are continuing to do so, with a lot of help from other E.U countries and the IMF.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: pyramid head
Perhaps you missed the part where I specifically said that Soros is no saint? Your point is moot compared to what I was saying. When talking about campaign contributions NOT activities abroad, the Koch's have Soros beat by a mile. Try following along better next time, k?
originally posted by: pyramid head
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: pyramid head
Perhaps you missed the part where I specifically said that Soros is no saint? Your point is moot compared to what I was saying. When talking about campaign contributions NOT activities abroad, the Koch's have Soros beat by a mile. Try following along better next time, k?
Only in the progressive authoritarian mind does campaign contributions trump murder.
I was attempting to break through what can only be described as a mentally ill obsession with the Koch bros by leftist authoritarians.
But it's useless, murder as long as there is a D in front of your name is OK, contributing money to RINOs evil. Keep supporting king obozo and ISIS though
originally posted by: theMediator
Demanding austerity from a country is just about as efficient as demanding a company to stop investing. Austerity is a downward spiral where the population as a whole just makes less and less money. With the poor having less money, companies need to cut, which equals a population with less money. People with no money have no choice but to turn to government help, which raises the debt even more...all of which equals less money.
They KNOW that austerity will make the general population poor and kill the middle class, it's all according to plan. These debts have been forced on the population by the people who wouldn't even have a job if they didn't manipulate society to have this many debts. We don't owe them, they owe us! They are the ones that rigged the system and made us in debt. Usury wasn't demonized by religions for no reason, it's a path to destruction.
At the point we are now, there is no such thing as a country saving money to pay the debts, just the interest rates are hard to overcome...how in the world will we be able to pay the debt if we have less and less money in the population? It doesn't make sense. We've all played Monopoly and when somebody's loosing, what's the worst thing that player could do? Save money, don't invest in houses and pray that magically, they won't lose. It's a recipe for disaster.
All I'm saying, the people in charge KNOW IT. It's all part of the plan.
Their evil plan for world domination! ...No this isn't a cheesy saturday morning cartoon, this is real life.
originally posted by: Ancient Champion
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
originally posted by: vonclod
Austerity did not destroy Greece..they already destroyed themselves didn't they?
The banks destroyed them and are continuing to do so, with a lot of help from other E.U countries and the IMF.
Did the bankers force Greece to spend out of control? People like to spend money but they don't like the responsibilities that come with it.
originally posted by: ScepticScot
a reply to: Dfairlite
Actually he is entirely correct that austerity won't work. National finances are not (despite what some politicians like to tell us) anything like household ones. Further austerity will almost certainly mean lower GDP and higher unemployment so less tax revenue and hence a worsening deficit and debt ratio. If Greece is to stay in the Euro then the EU will have to be willing to massively help restructure the economy without imposing the ideological and politically driven punishments of the proposed non-bail out.