pan6467

First off, I don't mind companies that make money PROVIDED that they do so in a competitive way. To allow a company a no-bid contract and then say, "oops they overcharged us in gas, shame on them, but somehow it's all good." is NOT competitive. That IMHO is ripping off the taxpayers and illegal in private practice.

We allow jobs to be shipped overseas, we have allowed companies to not offer benefits, bring in illegals, hire through temp agencies, our educational system to be in total disarray and so on. While we turn blind eyes, say we need to do something but don't and have one party, in almost total control, actually laughing and making up reasons why this is all acceptable. The other party is too busy trying to figure out how to get back into power and defend thier policies to be effective.

Secondly, the tax money we pay SHOULD go to making sure our country stays the greatest. NOT TO PROMOTE HATRED by being in illegal wars, flexing our muscle and intimidating the rest of the world to do what we say.

After 9/11 we had every major country in the world supporting us, offering help and assistance. Today we are the most reviled hated country in the world. Something is wrong here very very wrong. We have destroyed our credibilty and mortgaged our children's future for what? A war that proved nothing? If we were truly after WMDs, imminent threats, evil dictators, why have we not done anything to North Korea? Hell, the Chinese have even said they won't do anything if we did. No, Iraq was, is and always will be about 3 things, OIL, making money and W seeking revenge on Saddam for his daddy.

If we took even 1/10th of what this war is costing us and put it into education and healthcare we would be a much better country. Instead we have Dr.s that are leaving states because they can't afford the malpractice insurance. We have veterans that our president, Little Boy Who Would Be King, saying he will do anything for being denied access to what benefits are rightfully thiers, VA Hospitals closing and those vets thrown out onto the streets.

Within 10 years, I predict that we'll become one of the poorest, most crime ridden countries in the industrialized nations unless we start spending domestically and and rebuild a decent paying job system here.

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"