Obama can just lower everyone's taxes to the same rate, but he won't do that. Wall-street is influenced by our government-bank collusion, we don't have private banks.
More than Obama. States vs. Federal Government. Bad actors go bankrupt instead of being "Too big to fail". See: Kuhn, Loeb; Drexel, Burnham; and Lehman Bros. That's because you don't appear to understand what quantitative easing does to savings and investment. "...provide for the common defense..." It's one of the few responsibilities given to the Federal Government. My point is much of what the Federal Government does should be the purview of the States. What side do you believe is more beholden to crony capitalism? Thanks for your opinion, though. As opposed to management guru Barack Obama. Do you have any idea what a venture capitalist does? One of the tasks is to go through budgets line item by line item, position by position, and eliminate waste. Romney has an amazing track record at this task. It takes a lot of data mining and is drudgery. Say what you want about Mitt Romney, but he's a green eyeshade guy. Israel, Poland and the UK love this administration. And Russia, China and Iran fear us. Okey-dokey. Bad news, I'm afraid. I just re-registered in Colorado. However, Clackamas County just sent me a ballot. Who knows? I may be able to vote Chicago-style in November's election. EDIT: If you are currently living in Colorado, your vote might matter. I suppose... it's your right to vote as you see fit. I will do the same.[/QUOTE]
You want to "treat enemies as enemies," i.e. Russia, China, and Iran. That won't decrease government spending, even if we survive the nuclear showdowns. I thought that you claim to be Libertarian, not Republican.
I wasn't aware that talking cost money. I don't think you'd say a President Romney say "Wait until I'm re-elected and I have more flexibility" to Russia. Romney has also taken the Chinese to task for currency manipulation. Romney's policies would level the trade playing field on China. In constrast, Obama bows to those communist pigs. Iran has been allowed to talk their way to a nuclear weapon, destabilizing the entire region. You want to talk expensive? Try stopping Iran's nuclear ambitions now. What a clusterfuck. As for my claim, I belong to no party. I said I have libertarian tendencies.
"Treat enemies as enemies" means you threaten and war with them, not talk. But I'm glad that all you mean is to talk tough. That won't cost as much, but it will still cost a lot for new weapons systems to back up the rough voice. It's not what a near-bankrupt country does.
A near-bankrupt country with a weak leader allows China, which doesn't give a shit about a "green" economy, to bend it over and pummel it up the ass by buying up US Treasury bonds. That's America right now. But, at least we're "green", while China is kicking our ass and literally starting to own us.
It will be an interesting experiment to talk tough to our creditor, China. Future Chinese historians will study how they took over the world so quickly.
The Chinese fucked themselves. If we default on our debt, they're overexposed to us, both in terms of debt and trade. Bottom line, they need us more than we need them.
Keep telling yourself that, grasshopper. You straight eyes are smarter than us. You will have no money. The day will come when you let your nuclear missiles get a little too rusty and kaboom! We launch, and no mo you! Very sorry. Ah so.
I completely disagree. China has infinite and unknown resources that are yet to be discovered, and the Panda only exists because of western zoo, yet we can't build a fucking windmill without lawsuits flying for years.
Not to mention their infrastructure they spend millions on, but it falls apart because they are corrupt. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/world/asia/collapse-of-new-bridge-underscores-chinas-infrastructure-concerns.html?_r=2&hp
