[gollum]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'I') also share some preferences from each party. I like the idea of term limits and balanced budgets.

Though I'm not certain, it seems like even a lot of Republicans would be in favor of some "gun control." Or maybe not, maybe they think "keep and bear arms" means being able to have tanks and rocket launchers, I don't know.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Oakley', '
')Eventually we will reach the point where sufficient numbers realize government is destroying our lives, and there will be an uprising.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gollum', '
')

Even democrats don't want to touch gun control anymore, it's a political loser.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Oakley', ' ')When one Party is in control they attack one type of freedom, and when people become more and more miserable under their rule the other Party is voted in for it to attack another type of freedom. Eventually we arrive at totalitarianism.

[Cid_Yama]

They are making up the gun control bit. It's to hide the fact that the gun control stuff started during the Reagan Administration after he had been shot.

Personally I think all adults without a Felony, should be required to carry a weapon when in public.

That would put a quick damper on crime, and quickly weed out those incapable of handling the responsibility.

I know many on the left who would agree with me.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cid_Yama', '
')Personally I think all adults without a Felony, should be required to carry a weapon when in public.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cid_Yama', 'P')ersonally I think all adults without a Felony, should be required to carry a weapon when in public.

That would put a quick damper on crime, and quickly weed out those incapable of handling the responsibility.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', ' ') I'd feel safer somewhere like France or Sweden without guns all over the place.

[vtsnowedin]

:" As long as there are final exams there will be prayer in school"
I don't know the source but it's a good line.
Canada is not a good example Ludie. They have very strict anti handgun regulations and demographics that make them unique.
I cant say as I can go for all the planks of either parties platform but the balanced budget trumps all the rest for me. If we don't get our fiscal house in order there will be no government to do anything about any of those other planks.

[vtsnowedin]

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[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', '
')I cant say as I can go for all the planks of either parties platform but the balanced budget trumps all the rest for me. If we don't get our fiscal house in order there will be no government to do anything about any of those other planks.

[Ludi]

The budget was balanced under Clinton, a democrat.

http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/d ... deral.html

It went to hell under Dubya.

But for some reason, conservatives like to think Reps can balance the budget.... I guess because they say they can.....

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', '
')I cant say as I can go for all the planks of either parties platform but the balanced budget trumps all the rest for me. If we don't get our fiscal house in order there will be no government to do anything about any of those other planks.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'T')he budget was balanced under Clinton, a democrat.

http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/d ... deral.html

It went to hell under Dubya.

But for some reason, conservatives like to think Reps can balance the budget.... I guess because they say they can.....

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', '
')An equally if not more powerful influence was the booming economy and huge gains in the stock markets, the so-called dot-com bubble, which brought in hundreds of millions in unanticipated tax revenue from taxes on capital gains and rising salaries""

[vtsnowedin]

I think 35% is enough no matter who you are. I'd like to see everyone in that bracket actually pay the 35% instead of playing tax shelter games with their lawyers and accountants. If they can't get by with a 35% top bracket we need less government not higher taxes.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', 'I') think 35% is enough no matter who you are.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', ' ')If they can't get by with a 35% top bracket we need less government not higher taxes.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'T')he main problem I have with the "less government" crowd is they invariably call for elimination of programs which help those in the lower earning brackets, such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, etc. (called "entitlements" these days). Rarely if ever does the "less government" crowd call for a reduction of the military-industrial complex or an end to subsidies to corporations.

[PrestonSturges]

It's funny but economists consider it a Big Problem when middle class people save money, because this "idle capital" drives up the value of the dollar.

So why isn't it a big problem when all the cash is tied up by a couple individuals? Because they can hire economists to say anything they want.