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Originally posted by: alanleroy
None of those are phrased as a current issue. Pick one, tell us what your best plan is to fix it now. Then I'll tell you what mine is...and we can look at the Republican candidates....and the Democratic Candidates.
I think you'll find the Republicans don't all agree on everything like you want to smear them...and I don't think we'll find many truly extremist radicals on any major topic and I certainly don't think either ticket will feature an extremist paranoid coward....at least not compared to extremist radical cowards in any historical context .
And you'll probably find that most people will be convinced that some of my ideas are better than the Democrats or Republicans. Then we can take the best ideas of ours and theirs and submit it to the 'Help Fix The Country Contest'. Political discourse. It's better than mud slinging.
I wish one election the candidates and their minions would focus on what they were going to do rather than how fucked up their opponents are..... If the truth be known most democrat and republican political office holders are assholes who make their living pandering for money and power. All this other noise about 'Extremist, Radicals' is just character assassination. That's ok. The other side does it too. No. It's not ok. It's just how you roll right now.
So what topic do you wish to discuss in excruciating detail? Immigration? Abortion? Taxes? Gay Rights? The Debt? Regulations? Show us your plan.
Originally posted by: alanleroy
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Originally posted by: alanleroy
But I don't think the 2016 election should be about some red herring permit to protest legislation....or insults or personal attacks or calling your opponents Radicals or Phobic or Extreme or Cheats or Crooks. It should be about the real issues that face real Americans....And the real plans candidates put forward to solve those issues...Immigration amnesty? Raising capital gains taxes? Liberalizing abortion rights? Mandating higher auto emissions standards? Expanding Medicaid? Committing to the separation of church and state? Raising the ceiling on Social Security tax deductions? Raising the gas tax? Opposing anti-gay laws? Raising the debt ceiling multiple times?
I consider the above "real issues," how about you? And what would modern-day Republicans call someone who advocated for the above? A big-spending, tax-raising tree-hugging, amnesty-loving, Godless, big-government socialist.
I'd call him President Reagan.
None of those are phrased as a current issue. Pick one, tell us what your best plan is to fix it now. Then I'll tell you what mine is...and we can look at the Republican candidates....and the Democratic Candidates.
I think you'll find the Republicans don't all agree on everything like you want to smear them...and I don't think we'll find many truly extremist radicals on any major topic and I certainly don't think either ticket will feature an extremist paranoid coward....at least not compared to extremist radical cowards in any historical context .
And you'll probably find that most people will be convinced that some of my ideas are better than the Democrats or Republicans. Then we can take the best ideas of ours and theirs and submit it to the 'Help Fix The Country Contest'. Political discourse. It's better than mud slinging.
I wish one election the candidates and their minions would focus on what they were going to do rather than how fucked up their opponents are..... If the truth be known most democrat and republican political office holders are assholes who make their living pandering for money and power. All this other noise about 'Extremist, Radicals' is just character assassination. That's ok. The other side does it too. No. It's not ok. It's just how you roll right now.
So what topic do you wish to discuss in excruciating detail? Immigration? Abortion? Taxes? Gay Rights? The Debt? Regulations? Show us your plan.
I'll give you mine in a nutshell.
-Immigration, enforce the damn laws that are on the books now. Nobody that's here illegally should be given a path to anything except back home. It's so completely unfair to the ones who waited and are waiting to immigrate LEGALLY. I'm good friends with a girl who met, fell in love, bla blah blah with a guy from France. They just now were able to get married, he had to jump through so many hoops to be able to be here legally, let alone get married. It's been about 5 yrs I believe.
-Abortion, I think for the most part it's morally and ethically repugnant, especially when used as a birth control method(I met a girl once who screwed anyone and everyone and she had already had like 5 abortions, it was pretty disgusting). I am aware of what happens when it's illegal, back alley "doctors", women trying to self abort, messy business. So you can put me in the pro-choice camp (certainly not pro-abortion, if that makes sense).
-Taxes, I would actually love to see the elimination of the IRS as it stands today and make a national sales tax along with a flat tax with perhaps three tiers. No deductions, no credits, nothing. Say maybe a 10, 20 and maybe 33%. I just kinda pulled those numbers out of the air, but get the picture, of simplifying it all.
-Gay rights, I'm not a fan of gay marriage(that is a thing that can and should only be between a man and a woman, it's one of nature's laws), but I full on agree that civil unions should be recognized and allowed. It comes with all the same rights, benefits, etc., so what's the big deal?
-Debt, I think there should be a balanced budget amendment. Or Buffets idea for a law that says "anytime the deficit rises above 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for re-election".
-Regulations, I dunno, I'm not a science computer guy!
