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hetta.... i will be praying for you and your sad sad sad sad mind
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it is sad (and sinful) not to help the poor and needy.
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eudaimonia,
Mark
I have already placed my vote for Obama. I vote for Obama because I believe in the social policies and ideologies of the Democratic party. I think that Obamacare is a wonderful concept - and yes, big fat liar Mittens saying he will repeal that act on his first day, does anyone believe that? Because he can't. Such arrogance. It is against my most deeply ingrained beliefs to ever vote for social conservatism, also known as the party of the millionaires. They have no concern for the non-millionaires in our society, which would be 99% of us.
This 99% stuff is just another divisive ploy started by the democrats. Along with the war on women. this president has been the most divisive president we have ever had. And the sad thing is people bought into this. He got into office telling us he was going to be a uniter. He did the opposite. this hype about Romney being out of touch with the people because he is rich? Well, Obama is also rich. the hype about Romney not giving us detail about his economic plan? where is Obamas detail about his plan? Giving to the poor? We have an ext number of people on welfare and food stamps since Obama
got in. He has spent us into oblivion. We are broke. We need someone that will get in there and stop this madness. Now whether Romney will do that is another question. All I know is we need a change. You don't understand, we are broke!!!!!
While I agree with some of your concerns, the problem with conservative thought in general is in trying to envision national finances as if they were in any way similar to home finances. They are not.
The government being in debt is part and parcel of there being any money in circulation at all. Sadly, this debt is not achieved by the government spending the money it prints. It is circulated by allowing banks to indebt the government, then turning around and using that government debt as a "security" to indebt the public.
Since almost ALL money now IS debt, you cannot save your way out of debt. Indeed, you cannot "pay off the debt" at all. The system is designed such that this is simply not possible. To pay off the debt is to remove almost all the securities on which circulating money is based. A huge money crunch ensues.
In an ideal world, that could be handled. In the real world, it just creates economic chaos.
The people who are capable of injecting enough cash BACK into the economy to keep this from happening ARE "the rich". That is to say, by definition, people who have a lot of discretionary cash are the ones who have to pay off this debt, and also the interest, and ALSO BORROW extra money in order to pay off the interest on the debt. This, incidentally, is why we have constant inflation. It is built into the system.
I have this against Obama and the Democrats though. They are NOT doing the kinds of things European nations are doing to rangle the rich and force their hand. In Iceland in particular, many bankers were prosecuted because of the economic collapse. This, sad to say, is most likely because Icelanders and many Europeans in general are better educated as to how the world economy works.
In the end though, neither of these guys is either going to let the whole system collapse or fix it, either one. Or at least neither of them has proposed to do so. That's why I am writing in Ron Paul. Again, I know the vote doesn't even count, but he's the ONLY person talking seriously about ANY real issue regarding our economy.
I would hope never to have to have the man as actual President, but he serves as a nice proxy for a protest vote.
Me? People, empathy caring for others, freedom, opportunities, leaning new things.
I apologise if I seem like I can't communicate on this issue, but the slavery content seems blatant. The Old Testiment allows for and even encourages killing civilians on conquered countries and taking slaves. Slavery is a great evil to me, and this is one of the issues that most of the Christian world agrees with me on.
I don't claim that modern society is free from the evils of the past. I agree that people in the modern world and even in our cultures are still forced into unfair situations.
Can you point out to me where this information is coming from? Do these laws only apply to Israelites or to strangers as well?
I'm no bible scholar, but I do remember reading about kings with riches, armies and concubines... and no just among Israel's enemies.
But, to trientje and Shane both... please show me how the contexts of quotes I posted changes what they mean. I read that a master can beat his slaves, and that he owes the slave nothing once free.
If I'm wrong, please demonstrate it. Show me the biblical context which doesn't make owning and beating someone legal.
While I agree with some of your concerns, the problem with conservative thought in general is in trying to envision national finances as if they were in any way similar to home finances. They are not.
The government being in debt is part and parcel of there being any money in circulation at all. Sadly, this debt is not achieved by the government spending the money it prints. It is circulated by allowing banks to indebt the government, then turning around and using that government debt as a "security" to indebt the public.
Since almost ALL money now IS debt, you cannot save your way out of debt. Indeed, you cannot "pay off the debt" at all. The system is designed such that this is simply not possible. To pay off the debt is to remove almost all the securities on which circulating money is based. A huge money crunch ensues.
In an ideal world, that could be handled. In the real world, it just creates economic chaos.
The people who are capable of injecting enough cash BACK into the economy to keep this from happening ARE "the rich". That is to say, by definition, people who have a lot of discretionary cash are the ones who have to pay off this debt, and also the interest, and ALSO BORROW extra money in order to pay off the interest on the debt. This, incidentally, is why we have constant inflation. It is built into the system.
I have this against Obama and the Democrats though. They are NOT doing the kinds of things European nations are doing to rangle the rich and force their hand. In Iceland in particular, many bankers were prosecuted because of the economic collapse. This, sad to say, is most likely because Icelanders and many Europeans in general are better educated as to how the world economy works.
In the end though, neither of these guys is either going to let the whole system collapse or fix it, either one. Or at least neither of them has proposed to do so. That's why I am writing in Ron Paul. Again, I know the vote doesn't even count, but he's the ONLY person talking seriously about ANY real issue regarding our economy.
I would hope never to have to have the man as actual President, but he serves as a nice proxy for a protest vote.
The people who are capable of injecting enough cash BACK into the economy to keep this from happening ARE "the rich". That is to say, by definition, people who have a lot of discretionary cash are the ones who have to pay off this debt, and also the interest, and ALSO BORROW extra money in order to pay off the interest on the debt. This, incidentally, is why we have constant inflation. It is built into the system.
It is true that many corporations are sitting on a lot of money right now. It is because of uncertainty. We haven't passed a budget in 3 years and do not know what the hec Obama wants to do except spend more money. If we could get someone in with a clear goal and erase the uncertainty then maybe these businesses will start spending, investing and hiring. But to raise their taxes will only stall growth. I'm led to think about FDR, who Obama has followed pretty closely. In 1937 he raised taxes and it put us into a recession within a recession. And the only thing that saved us was WW11. My knowledge on this subject is limited only to reading about this and reading about history and running my own business for 10 years. And here in Ca we are taxed to death. Our town looks like a ghost town while the liberals are running around like idiots.