GOP debate

[MadImmortalMan]

Santorum argues against the tenth amendment so he can ban gay marriage. 

[Neil]

I've said it before - I'll repeat it again:  The US will crumble under the weight of its own internal contradictions.  And that schizophrenic fixation about taxation (and state power behind it) among the American Populus is one of the most glaring of those contradictions; in fact I'd wager it's what will drive their republic under.  Mark my word.

Are you under the impression that this is some kind of great insight?

"Eventually, a political unit will cease to exist because of internal factors!"

Well hol-ee shit, professor.  That is in-fucking-credible.

Are any of our America posters under the impression that the US is some sort of perpetual state?

[Neil]

Moderator: When you were governor you raised taxes and balanced your budget, doesn't this mean that raising taxes might be used to balance the budget?
Pawlenty/Romney: No


idiots..... reality doesn't seem to impact either of those idiots

Today's GOP ideology should be viewed as religion, and the kind of religion invented by a crazed lunatic.

You're just as bad.

[Ed Anger]

I've said it before - I'll repeat it again:  The US will crumble under the weight of its own internal contradictions.  And that schizophrenic fixation about taxation (and state power behind it) among the American Populus is one of the most glaring of those contradictions; in fact I'd wager it's what will drive their republic under.  Mark my word.

Are you under the impression that this is some kind of great insight?

"Eventually, a political unit will cease to exist because of internal factors!"

Well hol-ee shit, professor.  That is in-fucking-credible.

Are any of our America posters under the impression that the US is some sort of perpetual state?

Tim, maybe

[derspiess]

I've said it before - I'll repeat it again:  The US will crumble under the weight of its own internal contradictions.  And that schizophrenic fixation about taxation (and state power behind it) among the American Populus is one of the most glaring of those contradictions; in fact I'd wager it's what will drive their republic under.  Mark my word.

I marked your word when we were "in the throes of a theocracy" during the Bush years.  Still waiting for that.

Anyway, a few years ago people said the national divide on abortion was what would tear our country apart.  We've lived with regional & philosophical differences since before we were an independent country.  I think we'll survive this.

So stop being a goddamned drama queen.

[Razgovory]

I've said it before - I'll repeat it again:  The US will crumble under the weight of its own internal contradictions.  And that schizophrenic fixation about taxation (and state power behind it) among the American Populus is one of the most glaring of those contradictions; in fact I'd wager it's what will drive their republic under.  Mark my word.

I marked your word when we were "in the throes of a theocracy" during the Bush years.  Still waiting for that.

Anyway, a few years ago people said the national divide on abortion was what would tear our country apart.  We've lived with regional & philosophical differences since before we were an independent country.  I think we'll survive this.

So stop being a goddamned drama queen.

Well, Quebec will certainly benefit.  After the Republic falls and the Empire is established the US will govern Quebec correctly.  Perhaps in a few centuries it can rise as high as say, Louisiana.

[Habbaku]

Well, Quebec will certainly benefit.  After the Republic falls and the Empire is established the US will govern Quebec correctly.  Perhaps in a few centuries it can rise as high as say, Louisiana.

[DGuller]

You're just as bad.

No, I'm not.  Just because I'm annoyed by idiots to the point of using very sharp language does not mean that I'm an equivalent idiot.  It just means that I've just had it.

[derspiess]

Moderator: When you were governor you raised taxes and balanced your budget, doesn't this mean that raising taxes might be used to balance the budget?
Pawlenty/Romney: No


idiots..... reality doesn't seem to impact either of those idiots

Today's GOP ideology should be viewed as religion, and the kind of religion invented by a crazed lunatic.

We don't need to raise taxes to balance the budget.  We probably would need to do that in order to pay down the debt once the budget is balanced.

Now I wouldn't be totally against what some Dems have suggested and reducing loopholes/deductions and lowering the corporate tax rate a bit as a means of increasing revenue.

[Grallon]

...

Are any of our America posters under the impression that the US is some sort of perpetual state?

Yes , yes they are - the pinnacle of human civilization and all that.




G.

[Razgovory]

...

Are any of our America posters under the impression that the US is some sort of perpetual state?

Yes , yes they are - the pinnacle of human civilization and all that.




G.

This from a native French speaker?

[Razgovory]

Moderator: When you were governor you raised taxes and balanced your budget, doesn't this mean that raising taxes might be used to balance the budget?
Pawlenty/Romney: No


idiots..... reality doesn't seem to impact either of those idiots

Today's GOP ideology should be viewed as religion, and the kind of religion invented by a crazed lunatic.

We don't need to raise taxes to balance the budget.  We probably would need to do that in order to pay down the debt once the budget is balanced.

Now I wouldn't be totally against what some Dems have suggested and reducing loopholes/deductions and lowering the corporate tax rate a bit as a means of increasing revenue.

I suppose if you don't want an army anymore, sure I guess.

[Grallon]

We don't need to raise taxes to balance the budget. ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC0oLQjDJgs 




G.

[DGuller]

We don't need to raise taxes to balance the budget.

Sure we don't.  Our current levels have worked like a charm keeping the budget balanced.  Oh, yeah, I forgot, if it wasn't for all that out of control spending. 

[derspiess]

Moderator: When you were governor you raised taxes and balanced your budget, doesn't this mean that raising taxes might be used to balance the budget?
Pawlenty/Romney: No


idiots..... reality doesn't seem to impact either of those idiots

Today's GOP ideology should be viewed as religion, and the kind of religion invented by a crazed lunatic.

We don't need to raise taxes to balance the budget.  We probably would need to do that in order to pay down the debt once the budget is balanced.

Now I wouldn't be totally against what some Dems have suggested and reducing loopholes/deductions and lowering the corporate tax rate a bit as a means of increasing revenue.

I suppose if you don't want an army anymore, sure I guess.

That's taking it a bit far, but we could stand to reduce defense spending.