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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
No, I wasn't being playful or sarcastic. I was being absolutely dead serious.
Tell you what, I'll give you farm subsidies. You let me phase out Social Security ($675,000,000,000 paid out just last year).
Imagine all the people...planning their own retirement like grown-ups.
Let me guess, this falls into your "not realistic" category. Why is that exactly? Perhaps we should start with you giving an itemized list of the sacred cows. That way, we avoid the wrath of your intolerance.
I do find it curious that you have no tolerance for fellow Americans who choose a different role for government in their lives than you. Do all manner of people who have different views than you receive the same intolerance or is it limited to conservatives? I'm not a conservative, in the sense that you mean it, so I just want to check before we continue. I mean, if you have no tolerance for my kind as well, then there really would be no point in continuing a dialog.
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Ignoring the craziness of "phasing out" social security, I do believe you barely even glanced at what I wrote. To whit:
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I can't take these people even a little bit seriously if they try to cut food stamps or unemployment insurance in the name of fiscal responsibility but would never touch farm subsidies.
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My intolerance, as you put it, was expressly directed at people who would cut important safety net programs but NOT farm subsidies. Since you obviously are not one of those people, my intolerance was not directed at you. I find it ironic that you claim I am the one incapable of continuing a dialogue. I would suggest reading what I wrote first.