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Musicmystery -> RE: We got 4 months left....who you gonna vote for? (7/8/2012 9:35:34 AM)
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I suppose you LIKE the decision that says the federal government can force to you buy or not buy things, and enforce their new dictatorial powers with "tax penalties" backed up by armies of IRS agents
Yes, I do. It's originally a Republican idea, you know--from the Gingrich camp in the 90s, copying by Romney in MA. They were for it before they were against it--sound familiar? [;)]
To spread out insurance risk/cost to cover citizens, we need the larger pool, and that means including everyone. What I disagree with is the employer based delivery, but that's where we are in the U.S.; so be it.
How is Mitt Bush on steroids? He wants the military policy and tax policy to go much, much further than Bush took it. Even MORE of what got us here. It's insane. No, no, no, no, no.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Romney+is+bush+on+steroids&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
I just stated my reasons in another thread:
Much as I hate them, I would have continued the wars as well. Picking up and booking isn't a favorable option; the neo-cons saw to that. As soon as possible, yes, but we'll going to have infrastructure there forever. McCain was right about that.
We don't need to keep repeating this. I think we're in agreement on the basic facts: Bush sucked. Obama is Bush Lite. Romney is Bush on steroids. That's enough for me right there. Health Care is long overdue, and there's a clear difference there. The Supreme Court is a political weapon these days, so the D and the R mean everything as far as appointments, of which we can expect a couple, due to aging justices. And while I would have considered a strong Republican candidate, the GOP has done a thorough job of becoming a lock step party since 2000, making it dangerous to put a Republican candidate I'd otherwise like in office, any office, as another vote for their agenda. Even their dissenters aren't encouraging--the moderate ones are suppressed, and the even nuttier ones have followings. I agree with those who say "What happened to the Republican Party?" I watched it start when Reagan embraced Falwell and the RR. That turned me to Democrats, not as a strong supporter, but to stop something I believe is truly dangerous. When this phase of history finally ends, I'll be back to being an independent. Those are my positions. You don't need to agree with them.
Further, I'm always fascinated by the strong rhetoric from right-leaning posters who don't realize that their anti-outsourcing anti-NAFTA bring-jobs-here rhetoric is a longstanding leftist position--it's what organized labor wants. Further ironically is that I'm actually a strong supporter of free trade and globalization--I think it needs much more meaningful international law, but is overall beneficial and would be more so if we recognized reality and worked with it instead of putting up barriers that only slow our own economy.
So again, no need to go on the attack--that's my position, it has been for a long time, and it's why, despite my disagreement over tax cuts, civil liberties, and my unhappiness with continued war, I find Obama the better choice. And I LIKE that he's respectful to foreign leaders.
P.S. Add to this that Romney has no plans, at least none he's sharing, just the vague hope that things will magically get better, and to go way further than Bush on the military and taxes. No thanks. That's how we got here.
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