Congratulations and good luck
[QUOTE=Tiny12;424388]I would have clicked the "thanks" button for your post if it didn't have a link to a clip of Red Rachel Maddow. A better solution than Glass Steagall would have been to go ahead and let different types of financial companies merge, but take away FDIC insurance from those that do. And let the investment banks fail. If customers know there's real risk of failure, that they may lose their funds and won't be able to count on insolvent financial institutions as counterparties, then you won't have institutions that are too big to fail.[/QUOTE]For being nominated as Finance Czar. And can you tell why my credit card rates range from 12-17% and I can't get even 1% for my saving account. Legal loan-sharking? You know, like those legal ticket brokers / agencies as compared to the scalpers outside the stadium. Anyway, the motivation is the same, but one wears a $1500 suit and graduates from Georgetown, and the other wears a football jersey and comes from Compton. Supply & Demand, I really have no problems with that. But people get caught up with all that glamour, yachts, cigars, Cannes, you know what I mean.
My apologies to Compton, the hometown of tennis greats, the Williams sisters who are a class act, especially Vanessa. But most guys seem to swoon about Sharapova, I never understood why.
Duke Snider also from Compton.
[QUOTE=Black Shirt; 424397]For being nominated as Finance Czar. And can you tell why my credit card rates range from 12-17% and I can't get even 1% for my saving account. Legal loan-sharking? You know, like those legal ticket brokers / agencies as compared to the scalpers outside the stadium. Anyway, the motivation is the same, but one wears a $1500 suit and graduates from Georgetown, and the other wears a football jersey and comes from Compton. Supply & Demand, I really have no problems with that. But people get caught up with all that glamour, yachts, cigars, Cannes, you know what I mean.
My apologies to Compton, the hometown of tennis greats, the Williams sisters who are a class act, especially Vanessa. But most guys seem to swoon about Sharapova, I never understood why.[/QUOTE]Duke is my all time favorite ballplayer.
Reagan would be calling for Romney's tax returns
As expected, not a single intelligent response to my long list of government-provided services. Services that have been demanded by and are provided for the private sector. Services that most Americans value and would object strongly if it were ever proposed to take them away.
Everyone here understands this; some are just too proud to admit it (or too stubborn in their ideology).
[QUOTE=El Alamo; 424445]I could go on the internet and find out who said the quote you posted as a pop quiz. Of course, that would be cheating. It is a pop quiz afterall and we play by the rules.
My guess is Ronald Reagan. Is that correct?[/QUOTE]Nope. Mitt Romney made that Olympics quote in 2002, where he included praise for communities that built venues to hold competitions. In case you missed it, that's a reference by-and-large to governments that funded such venues with taxpayer dollars. Yep, Romney acknowledged the role of governments in helping Olympians succeed.
Reagan supported closing tax loopholes for millionaires. Check the video below. According to various reports, Romney used virtually every trick (loophole) in the book to reduce his taxes. Reagan would likely have been calling for Romney to release more tax returns, to expose the very loopholes that Reagan wanted to end. Romney's no Reagan, he's much worse.
Reagan-No Loopholes For Millionaires
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgbJ-Fs1ikA[/url]
Typical Libertal attitude
The typical liberal attitude:
Do as I say not as I do.
If nothing else, just remember this,
Big Money buys politicians and politicians legislate the laws in favor of Big Money. So, sooner or later, these Big Money will strip clean the middle class in the country quite legally. A modern form of slavery is being created. Actually, it has already happened and will continue. Just make sure you can navigate the minefield, and not get suck in by the glamour and easy comforts. The other option would be to join the ranks of the slave drivers.
Regardless of what a person say, they will vote with their wallet, not with what is in their heart.