Back to back? Never tried that position before. Exactly how does that work?
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." - Thomas JeffersonDon't forget to vote today!
"A wise and frugal man, which shall be at the mercy of government to regulate their pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall damn well cough up the bread that the government demands - this is the way shit is... deal with it or die."
The author is especially deft at observing, documenting, and describing the combination of lunatic ignorance and blessed righteous anger within the Tea Party, at the same time that he points out they have no idea that they have been funded and directed by the very people who have stolen their economy out from under them.I am especially impressed by the author's understanding of how Wall Street has managed to co-opt the very people they are destroying by leveraging the "shared" view of excessive government regulation. I for one absolutely believe that states should start nullifying federal laws and regulations that impair state-based businesses (e.g. butchers and cabinet-makers). What the people being destroyed do not understand is HOW they are being destroyed by Wall Street, which is essentially eating out the foundation from under them.Quote from: GriftopiaWhat has taken place over the last generation is a highly complicated merger of crime and policy, of stealing and government. Far from taking care of the rest of us, the financial leaders of America and their political servants have seemingly reached the cynical conclusion that our society is not worth saving and have taken on a new mission that involved not creating wealth for us all, but simply absconding with whatever wealth remains in our hollowed out economy. They don't feed us, we feed them. -- Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
What has taken place over the last generation is a highly complicated merger of crime and policy, of stealing and government. Far from taking care of the rest of us, the financial leaders of America and their political servants have seemingly reached the cynical conclusion that our society is not worth saving and have taken on a new mission that involved not creating wealth for us all, but simply absconding with whatever wealth remains in our hollowed out economy. They don't feed us, we feed them. -- Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Quote from: |iR|Focalor on November 02, 2010, 06:23:25 PM"A wise and frugal man, which shall be at the mercy of government to regulate their pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall damn well cough up the bread that the government demands - this is the way shit is... deal with it or die."
While I appreciate that you appear to be a shade non compos mentis, which I grant may be impeding your decision making, ...
I miss Quadz.
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