There was absolutely nothing stopping those young citizens from putting a small part of their income in the stock market. And many of them did. Many of them took a bath, too.
The idea from the start was to undermine the social security system and redirect that money into the financial system so the business community could tap into it. They tried the same thing to the educational system with school vouchers. The savings and benefits and property of the middle class was just another underutilized "opportunity" for them. So when that didn't work, they went after mortgages and real estate instead.
As far as health care is concerned, what's wrong with health care? It's already the most profitable and fastest growing sector of the economy. There's no way the right is going to want to change that.
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- Will any of you participate in any teabagging tomorrow?
- A summary of all the teabagging
- A slightly less hysterical summary
- Thank You Tom. I appreciate it.
- Wow! I hope nobody confuses non-mainstream with non-biased.
- And the teabaggers are protesting...What? A 3% rise in the tax rate for millionaires?
- I keep on channeling this image of Daffy Duck...
- Most of them are protesting the tax cuts they got. Unwittingly because they still believe the big lies from the election. (n/t)
- re: And the teabaggers are protesting...What?
- The difference in those numbers
- A bullshit graph from a bullshit source.
- re: source is the CBO
- That's funny, the link says Pajamas media
- Foul
- Republicans are not even trying to offer serious solutions to the nation's problems
- Yeah they are. They've essentially been shut down in Washington.
- Proving my point
- Well...
- Shouldn't GDP be roughly proportional to employment?
- New Deal Unemployment stats
- You have an odd definition of success.
- That is what et is talking about
- You have an odd definition of success.
- Well...
- Proving my point
- My Solution
- If everything we hear is the truth...you are correct Buck. (n/t)
- Yeah they are. They've essentially been shut down in Washington.
- That's funny, the link says Pajamas media
- re: source is the CBO
- A slightly less hysterical summary
- I would love to protest the Bailouts.
- Nope...I drink my tea...hot and straight....
- She's laughing because she probably knows what "teabagging" means in online gameplay.
- I don't know what it means in online gameplay.
- Is that anything like roleplay?...heh
- Found it. It was ABC.
- Conservatives are not opposed to deficits.
- You nailed it. (n/t)
- Deficits are only a problem to Conservatives when discussing social programs.
- It's OK to have deficits to kill people, just not so that OUR people can live. (n/t)
- Most government spending is social programs
- This one is.
- Amen!
- Conservatives are not opposed to deficits.
- I don't know what it means in online gameplay.
- Teabagging in Tricorns
- A summary of all the teabagging
