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Democrats get job stimulus and Republicans do not, being required to pull themselves up by their bootstraps---------some of us have been doing that our entire lives. Its not a struggle. its just how we live our lives. Of course the democrats should get the stimulus jobs. The government gives them everything they need. as far as them paying taxes.....you think the democrats are really ready to join the taxpayers of America and start paying taxes again? Will the democrats in office follow suit? I think not.

nothing.

Agree 100% jubal.

Do you think that the world began the day Obama was elected?

Have you had your head buried in the sand for the last decade?

Are you able to read? Are you over the age of 18?

Try to find some factual information rather than just blather on about how much you dislike democrats.

oh man. so you actually think Obama created this mess in less than a year? wake up you fools. why can't we forget our differences and fix whats broken? I mean really!

Uh, I have had several anniversaries of my 18th birthday, and the facts kinda speak for themselves. One example of many: the Bush bounceback after 9/11 vs the current bottomless Carteresque malaise of the Dali Bama, Nutty Nancy, and the rest of the Dim-o-crat crew. It also shows that Keynesianism just does not work. Are you old enough to remember the stagflation of the 70's and early '80 in the era B.R. (before Reagan?) I am. The current out of control growth of government is a cancer. It is choking off and choking out productive economic activity.

And if you remember that far back brother than you know mother fuckin reagan was the biggest criminal of all.

Wow....that's some real deep thinking there.

The Republicans have the memory retentiveness of a goldfish. How easily they forget how this began on the watch of GEORGE W BUSH.

And who was in control of Congress? Who was running the Senate Finance Committee? Remember Chis Dodd? Barney Frank? PS I don't agree with the overspending of the Republicans OR the Democrats. We need to get the Federal government back down to a Constitutional size and scope. Hold them ALL accountable no matter what letter they have after their name!

So when good ol' George Bush passed those tax cuts that went disproportionately to the richest 1% of Americans and told us that would stimulate the economy...how'd that work out for us? That was 8 years ago. Are we better or worse off than we were 8 years ago? Simple question.

The whole deregulation business started even before the Democrats had a majority in the House. And as far as I can remember, we had no majority in the Senate up until the 2008 election.

The sadder thing is that they like to blame even the earlier deregulation on Barney Frank when in fact the minority in Congress had no power to introduce any legislation thanks to the new rules that the GOP put in after they got control in 2002.

That housing bubble started way before the Democrats even were in power. according to you guys it all began in 2006... sure thing bud.

Stentor is just digging a response, which has been successful and fun!

Thank you.

You're welcome. We need to get past the foolish "R vs. D" paradigm, and look at who is keeping government within its Constitutional limits, and who is not. This is the only question that really matters. Every expansion of government power comes directly at your expense. Never forget this. Statists, no matter what letter they sport after thir name are the enemies of freedom.

I asked a simple question. Funny how you dodged it.

Bush passed the exact package you guys are now calling for 8 years ago. Tax cuts that went primarily to the richest Americans (the "producers" as you would call them). Did they take that tax cut and reinvest it, resulting in an increase of American jobs? Did it result in a massive stimulus to the economy as they predicted at the time? Or did it lead us directly to the brink of economic collapse just 13 months ago? You remember that don't you? Bush calling all the nations leaders to Washington...McCain suspending his campaign. Or should we just pretend that didn't happen?

excellent answer. why is that so hard to figure out?

Welcome to the real world

Get ready, locked and loaded and as much dry goods as possible the chess game has been played.

Locked and loaded here...lets get on with this. Enough foor/water for a year....I am ready.

Your only hope is to register to vote, and vote out the neo-Marxist and Socialist bums. Get involved. Things started to turn purple when the Dim-o-crats took over Congress, and accellerated under Obama. Vote for people that support free-market capitalism and economic growth, whether they have an R or a D after their name. I don't dislike Democrats, if they are pro-Constitution and pro-limited government. When I refer to Dim-o-crats I am talking about barking moonbats like Nancy Pelosi, and the nutbar Socialist "Progressives"

...locked and loaded huh, thats the mentality that got us here in the first place, think rationally. treat your communities with respect and help one another..i am more afraid of nutjobs like you guys than anyone else...get a grip.

That's why I'm not exactly that excited to graduate... Especially considering the horrible job prospects of brand new graduates. Well, at least there's alcohol :D

Hey at lest you didn't graduate in 2007 in my neck of the woods (The NJ metro area). Nobody was hieing college grads then or now especially in the graphic design/illustration dept. And my anchor state South Carolina, I'm an army brat but the majority of my extended family is from that state, was fairing worse.

@ScorpioGee lol, I'm NY Metro with an Art/Photo background.

What was the national unemployment rate when you started working, mall hater?

Stentor, there is something seriously wrong with your opinions. If you want to look at a successful society, take a look at Norway. They have policy that reflects far left wing opinions and they are very successful.

@Credit--I couldnt tell ya. It was 1979 when I got my first job. I havent been without one since for longer than one month. and those were by choice.

Excellent advice!! Support the mom&pop locals instead of the corporate brands who outsource everything to save a buck! Even if the cost of local goods is more than foreign - it all filters back into OUR economy because more of us have jobs and more of us spend that money here...

I believe That is Mckenzie county in North Dakota where my newly signed oil lease is right above the Bakken Shelf reserve was found. 3 to 5 billion barrels of oil. I talked to the oil lessees and they said 3 years ago plenty of jobs, life is hard during the winter in the Dakota's. It is my last resort.

Hope you have a horse and chaps and cowboy boots because that is about all you will find up there, maybe an amourous bull and rattle snakes and allot of cold weather.

Your right about that Toughth, it is rough country and that where my family came from. Not looking forward to taking my last resort. But if that ends up being what needs to be done then I guess i'll pull up stakes and head to the Dakota's.

I already own property in North Dakota. Land there is VERY cheap. Check out ebay. They sell homes in ND with NO down or interest in many cases. Most homes there go for 20 grand or less. I have land in Cavalier and Rollette counties. Both are at the top of the state

Kenny.....I have lived there before. It doesnt take long to get used to the weather. The coldest I have ever had to deal with there was 49 below zero.....AIR TEMPS not wind chills. win chills near 100 below. Thats not to bad. I still go there to check on my places. Let me know if ya need a place to rent. One home is in Hannah and the other is in Thorne

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 100 below wind chill is not that bad? I commend you, Ihatethemall. I'm going to fight it through here on the coast, there was a reason my family fled the dakotas, I'm not eager to find out

Oh come on, as long as every inch of you is covered you can put up with it. You just have to get in and out as fast as possible