This is what cabatoge will look like

[yellowfever]

Of course they will.

They plugged the oil leak in the gulf, they're pouring water on a nuclear power plant, they're helping us to find a new house by foreclosing on this one, and they're offering to manage the little money we have left after they took most of it in the financial crisis.

They're bending over backwards for us! What more would you have them do? Oh, yea. Cut the government so they can "help" us with our social security and medicare.

I suppose if you can't take care of yourself, then a big government is great!

 

[doh]

Then how would YOU propose that enforcement be achieved?

You want smaller government? Then tell us how we could have that and still enforce all the rules necessary to prevent chaos and a free for all. Let me guess -- Corporations can police themselves. Riiighhhhht.

76% of government expenditures (in order of dollars spent):
1 Social Security
2 Military
3 Welfare/Unemployment
4 Medicare
5 Medicaid

You are falling into the bureaucrat trap. They tell you the necessary organizations will be shuttered if you want smaller government, when the real savings are to be had by shuttering bloated programs that pols use to buy reelection. Increase funding for flight safety and take double the amount from the DoD and Welfare! Problem solved and government shrunk. Don't let the pols lie to you.

 

[ThreeGreens]

Let me help you... it's "CABOTAGE" not "CABATOGE"

 

[densoo]

I suppose if you can't take care of yourself, then a big government is great!

Thank you. I will run right out and get BP to conduct its deep-water drilling in a safe manner, I will learn Japanese and advise them how to build a safe nuclear power plant. I'm sure they will listen to me. After all, I am one person.

 

[densoo]

Let me help you... it's "CABOTAGE" not "CABATOGE"

Doh. Thanks.

 

[clr4theapch]

Mod NOte: Clearly this thread had something to do with the majors, however it is gone down hi ever since, just like the 73 in this thread...

Some on has to pull it out of a dive.. and get this back on topic.. otherwise its moved to non aviation chat.. the political side of this is not aviation related for this section..

clr4

 

[Uncle Bort]

Thank you. I will run right out and get BP to conduct its deep-water drilling in a safe manner, I will learn Japanese and advise them how to build a safe nuclear power plant. I'm sure they will listen to me. After all, I am one person.

You may want to take note of the add above stating American Eagle is hiring since our big gov't energy policy and regulation may soon have it's way with your job.

 

[DonVerita]

You may want to take note of the add above stating American Eagle is hiring since our big gov't energy policy and regulation may soon have it's way with your job.

You must be referring to the "big gov't energy policy" that was negotiated behind closed doors between Cheney and his Big Oil buddies during the Bush administration. Epitomy of corruption.

 

[DonVerita]

76% of government expenditures (in order of dollars spent):
1 Social Security
2 Military
3 Welfare/Unemployment
4 Medicare
5 Medicaid

You are falling into the bureaucrat trap. They tell you the necessary organizations will be shuttered if you want smaller government, when the real savings are to be had by shuttering bloated programs that pols use to buy reelection. Increase funding for flight safety and take double the amount from the DoD and Welfare! Problem solved and government shrunk. Don't let the pols lie to you.

Hmmm, let's see...

Paul Ryan and his simplistic Republican House friends want to end Medicare as we know it, amongst other draconian cuts, which would result in a $3.4 Trillion deficit reduction. But...he turns around and gives $3.3 Trillion in additional tax cuts to the Rich and Corporations...his puppet masters. Yet I'm supposed to pay for this!? The backlash over this is 2012 will sink the Republican Party. Good riddence to the anti-labor, anti-middle class, pro-corporate Koch Bros. bought and paid for stooges.

 

[NEDude]

The Republican talking points all sound great - smaller government, lower taxes, etc. However when examined under even minor scrutiny, they fail to pass the test.

For example - The Republicans claim higher taxes equates to oppression and less opportunity to better ones life. However when looking at nations with the highest standard of living, they all happen to be nations with extremely high tax rates as well, such as the Scandinavian countries. How can that be? If the Republican talking points were correct, those countries should have terrible standards of living, not the highest in the world.

Another example - Republicans claim that social welfare programs reduce a persons incentive to work. However many of the nations who have significantly more robust social welfare programs also have unemployment rates that are historically lower than that of the United States. Again, if the Republican talking points were accurate, then those nations could not have significantly lower unemployment rates because people would not want to work.

Those are a couple of examples, there are many more. I will agree that on the surface the Republican talking points sound good. They sound very good in fact. That party has done a great job at selling its ideology. However a little research shows that the very simplistic cause and effect they like to sell has hardly any basis in real word application. The real reasons for unemployment rates, standards of living, quality medical care and such are far more complex than simple buzz words and talking points.

Sorry moderators, I know this is off topic and should probably be sent to the non aviation chat.