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hagar said:
Ask them. Look into it for yourself and then start asking the questions.
The information is easily available and I already gave you an idea where to start looking.
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I'm asking you. I have did a bit of homework myself.

hagar said:
So truck drivers are stupid?
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Majority yes

hagar said:
I've run into former lawyers, politicians and even a former doctor who got tired of the professional life and went out on the road. I've been in management, run my own business and simply got tired of all the crap that goes along with it. I find myself much happier driving a truck.
As for ruling us. That's only because Americans have largely forgotten how this country was meant to be run. They work for us and we have the power to fire them when they screw up. It's time we remember that and start doing our duty as Americans.
The cost of freedom is vigilance.
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So I guess we agree that they are ruling us.
 
BIGCREEP said:
We do the same thing here at my household as well. Doing this will be the single best thing that all of us as US Citizens can do to boost and restore our economy!!! i.e. STOP GOING TO WALMART!!!!!!!!!! Buy local and buy often!
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A well known fact: The American consumer, as a group, controls 70% of our economy.
I agree with the "STOP GOING TO WALMART" statement. Look at the label before making your purchase. Buy American when you can. It's pretty easy with the Internet. And while you're at the check stand waiting to hand over your hard earned money with made in China items, ask yourself this question; Whose economy do you want to support; theirs or OURS?
 
freezeframe said:
I'm asking you. I have did a bit of homework myself.
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For some, they just don't know any better. They have no clue how the economy works so they go along with what their comrades tell them to do.
For most, it's a political thing, a way to get, keep, or expand power. Class warfare sells to the ignorant and the moronic. Gotta hate the rich man cuz he gots more than you... Just look at all the posts around here whining about the big bad evil corporation, how dare they try and make a profit? profits are evil, we should bring em down man...Cuz that would really improve our jobs right?
For some, they actually believe in socialism. They actually hate the free market system and want to end it. They believe they know best and the world would be a better place if it were run dictatorially by the elite.

The American Spectator : America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution

Townhall - Are Facts Obsolete?

YouTube - Obama: Raise Taxes, Capital Gains - "For Purposes of Fairness"

freezeframe said:
Majority yes
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freezeframe said:
So I guess we agree that they are ruling us.
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They make the rules which govern our society yes, however, when they do enough of the things we don't like we can and will fire them. Who has the real power?
 
hagar said:
Our economy is bad right now because the media spent the year leading up to the last presidential election telling us we were in a recession when we weren't, this seriously eroded consumer confidence and slowed things down which caused the housing bubble to burst. The housing bubble was caused by the community reinvestment act signed into law by President Carter and put on steroids by President Clinton. The community reinvestment act was used by liberal activists to force banks into granting loans to those that had a very shaky chance at best to repay them. fannie mae and freddie mac lowered lending criteria which spurred the rush into subprime loans and the race to blow the top off the housing market was on. Both Clinton and Bush tried to tighten restrictions and oversight of fannie mae and freddie mac but were blocked by the democrats.
All this however would have simply resulted in a short term recession but for the severe memory and logic problems on the left. For some strange reason the left can't understand that business drives an economy, not the government. When they spend all their time bad mouthing business, talking about tax increases for those that create jobs, passing a heath care scheme that will dramatically increase the cost of health care, trying to pass cap and tax which would, in Obama's own words, "necessarily cause energy costs to skyrocket" business has no choice but to tighten their belts and prepare for hard times, and the only expense business has any real control over is labor.
If the Democrats get a clue and realize Keynesian economics is a fantasy, if they look to history and see that they can't actually spend their way out of a recession, When they see that portraying business as the enemy and constantly attacking it, or, when they get removed from power then things might start getting better. For now we're following the same game plan as Roosevelt and will likely see the same results. Long lasting pain and misery. So, in the immortal words of the great philosopher Bender "Yep, we're boned"
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hagar :clapping:

Could not have said it any better myself.
Tea Party members will try to fix as much as possible come November.
The real travesty happened when the lame main stream media decided to give Obama a pass, instead of the prerequisite anal exam to dig deep and inform the voting public of his real background before the election.
But businesses and the stock market braced themselves for the worst and adjusted forward earnings accordingly.

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