Is this a right-wing website

If you don't like it, go somewhere else.

See how simple that is?

 

No they aren't.

 

I see a lot of left wing comments and users. Honestly I was (happily) surprised when I joined this site, I though a political forum dominated by Americans would be like 99% right wing.

 

You are saying the mod panel is imbalanced. Why else would it matter which way, if any, staff members are leaning?
Incidentally, depending on poster being addressed, most every mod has been accused of leaning to the extreme opposite, whichever side lends itself as an excuse at that moment.

 

I think that is a pretty accurate assessment. The advanced countries on the entire planet are screaming in angry unison the same thing. Screw big government and their incredibly costly goverment workers, that we can't afford anymore, and, that we are sick to death of them vote bullying us to get their way.

As well, I think there are a vast amount of people who are furious at the unending enablement costs...that the working man is forced to carry on his back.

 

"The US was on track to have its debts paid off somewhere between 2006 - 2011. So what happened? THE REPUBLICANS!! Naturally, this didn't fit the Republicans' starve the beast agenda so they set us on the path to a seemingly insurmountable mountain of debt. We didn't have a problem paying for our debt until the Republicans took over."

Are you forgetting that 2 of those years it was ALL Democrats in each branch of government? Nowhere during that time did Republicans have it all, meaning they couldn't do anything by themselves. While they were shoving that costly healthcare down our throats......why didn't they get started on reversing the debt? They went the other way......or do you forget what their healthcare Trojan Horse is going to cost? IF they were trying to solve the nation's debt problem, they seemed to go about it in an odd way.

 

The fact that these comedy shows are even among your "information sources" is quite sad, and speaks volumes.

Sure it is. Since it was your claim that liberals outnumber conservatives, it shouldn't have been my job to prove your claim wrong, but then again, liberals are used to not being challenged when they argue something in their insular circles.

On the contrary. Conservatives have become much more libertarian in recent times. But, like I said before, thank you for admitting to your love of socialism. I only wish more self-proclaimed liberal progressives would do the same.

And it only had to bankrupt the country in order to do that. What a great program.

It was a program set up so that working people who pay into the system their whole lives get that money back after they retire. That's not the same as simply taking money from the rich and giving it to everyone else, although that is certainly what it has become.

It's been enough for most of human history. This country did not have welfare for most of its existence, and it didn't die.

Why do progressives hate progress? The technology involved with that automation creates jobs. Are you going to pine over the loss of the horse and buggy industry, next?

I'm sure increasing taxes is going to really bring jobs here. We already have the highest corporate tax rates in the world. Why would we want to make them higher? If we were really a free country and we were not currently at war with the private sector, we could have a huge opportunity to bring jobs to this country from Europe. As it stands, thanks to progressive policies, we are not a country where frustrated Europeans would want to set up shop. We do not offer any sort of contrast.

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It makes more sense than continuing to spend over a trillion per year more than we take in, and borrowing 40 cents of every dollar. That's insanity.

We still have bridges, roads, and educational facilities. The reason we aren't continually spending money on infracstructure like we did back in the 50's is because we don't have to. Most of the roads we drive on today were built 60 years ago and require maintenance. As far as education, that is being destroyed by the corrupt teachers unions and a constant influx of turd-world'ers who come here and refuse to assimilate. They keep their current language and culture, and expect us to be the ones who bend. We have lowered standards across the board for decades in order to placate these students. Thank the progressive system for that.

The selfish generation is this generation. They actually believe they are entitled to things they aren't entitled to, and as long as they get their tax-payer subsidized check every month, they couldn't care less about the state of the country.

BS. We weren't on track to paying off anything. The National debt has increased every year since 1957.

We have well-fed children. There's an obesity epidemic amongst children. Maybe you've heard of it?

Most of what you accuse "Republicans" with here is easily identifiable in both the Clinton and Obama Administrations. Obama received more money from Wall Street than any other President, yet gullible leftists like to think he's really advocating for their interests. Ridiculous.

Republicans aren't the ones who spent 5 trillion in 3 years. No Republican President has had over a trillion dollar deficit each year of his Presidency. That's going to be the Democrat record from here on out, evidence of a party that is trying as hard as they can to destroy our system of capitalism in the hopes that a socialist phoenix can rise from the ashes. At least some of you are getting more honest about it.

 

Lol, typical. In 2001, the CBO reported that the US debt could be erased (understand that there is a portion of the debt that cannot be paid off due to the nature of the debt) by 2006.

2006.

By the time the Dems took a slim majority in Congress, the economy was well on its way to crashing down around our ears.

And the Republicans are still willing to sit around and watch it burn.

 

What evidence do you have that the economy was crashing in 2006?

 

Does it? What exactly are these "volumes" saying? I hope it's something along the lines of "Daily Show Viewers Tend To Be Well-Informed" because that's what the research shows.

So again, why is it sad? Is it because I'm not sitting around a radio listening to some fat corporate hack blather on and on?

Lol. Can you find my "claim that liberals outnumber conservatives". Dear Brewskier, reread my posts. I think you'll find that you are wrong. Read them slowly this time. Try for greater comprehension.

No, conservatives try to act like they have become more libertarian. In reality, they have done nothing but dilute libertarianism to the point where every right-wing statist bears the title of "Libertarian" defender of white, Christian freedoms everywhere!!!

Quick check:

Are you against government recognition of same-sex marriage?
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EHHHH!! (supposed to be the sound of a buzzer...) The CORRECT libertarian answer is somewhere along the lines of "Government shouldn't be in the business of recognizing marriage."

How about the "defense" budget? Should we:

Increase it.
Cut it a little.
Cut it a lot.

I'll let you look that one up for yourself.

Programmed response.

SS has yet to contribute a single dime to the debt. With minor adjustments, the Boomer problem wouldn't even be an issue as that problem corrects itself after 10-15 years.

Really? How did hardwork work out for the slaves?

Another of your prolific strawmen. When you're done burning that one, feel free to return to the discussion.

No we don't. Any corporation paying more than 1/2 the top rate should probably fire their accounting department. Many corporations pay zero to negative taxes.

Yes. Absolutely.

Again, corporate tax rates are at their lowest levels in almost 1/2 century.
Corporate profits are skyrocketing past record levels.

It was progressive policies that built the infrastructure in America that allowed us to become an economic powerhouse.

You can thank two-long term expensive wars started by Republicans, an economic meltdown and gutted tax revenue for that.

Is that why we are behind most countries in broadband penetration?

Is that why trains in other parts of the world go really, really fast while our system is a throwback to the 70s?

The majority of schools in the US are performing well. Sure the corporate-owned media takes a few examples from underfunded urban schools and uses it against the entire system. Yes, there are problems with our somewhat antiquated school system such as low pay for teachers, increasingly consolidated schools leading to higher class sizes, a school year based on agrarian days and a right-wing that grows increasing hostile to anything that resembles intellectualism BUT public schools still provide excellent education, as a whole, to students who want to learn.

Yes, how terrible of them. They expected the standard of living to increase, not decline.

Then those lazy bastards are just sitting around because the FRAUD based economy collapsed and sucked a huge hole in the job market. How selfish of them to lose their jobs.

Increased every year? Are you sure about that?



Was Obama President in 1981 and 2001?

Jesus (*)(*)(*)(*)ing Christ in a handbasket...

"We have well-fed children. There's an obesity epidemic amongst children."

It's hard to not say something that violates the TOS here so I'm just going to drop your incredibly ridiculous statement...

Yes. There is a problem on both sides. I agree.

Partisan drivel. The Republicans handed off two wars, a collapsing economy, a larger government, gutted revenue and a $400,000,000,000 interest payment.



Yet they want to bill themselves as fiscal conservatives...lol to the max.

 

Well-informed of liberal propaganda, perhaps. What's sad is that people have to look to comedians to keep abreast of the news, when there are actual sources of information out there.

It's funny how you can't seem to make a single point without attacking whites and Christians. And you libs like to complain about racism and religious intolerance. How can you guys live with your own hypocrisy?

I think it should be decided on by the states.

HURRR. You might not realize it, but I'm not able to see your posts before you actually hit the "post" button. I don't really think you gave me a proper chance to respond before you answered your own question.

I'm in favor of cutting it. I don't think we should be nation building anywhere, especially not in Islamic turd-world (*)(*)(*)(*)holes, although I do think we should maintain a presence in areas that are strategically important. I'm not a libertarian in the sense that I think we should bring every troop home and cut the defense budget 60% or more (or whatever their current goal is).

Social security alone is unfunded by 8.6 trillion dollars It doesn't matter if the national debt figure is touched. We still need to come up with 8.6 trillion dollars to keep that program funded, and that is only 1 of the entitlements currently bankrupting the country.

Working without welfare is the same as slavery? The left never ceases to amaze.

Don't dodge the question. You are complaining about how technological progress kills jobs, so I was wondering if you lament the fact that many in the horse and buggy industry lost their jobs when automobiles came along.

What does that have to do with the fact that we have the highest corporate tax rates in the world?

I wasn't asking a "yes or no" question, if you had bothered to read carefully.

We have the highest corporate tax rates in the world right now. Nearly 10% higher than Germany and Canada, two Euro-socialist countries you would prefer the US to look like.

The economic powerhouse occurred after many Keynesian policies never took root, deregulation was put in place, and tax cuts were implemented by Kennedy.

No, I can thank the Obama Administration, who promised to cut the deficit handed down by Bush in half by the end of his first term, and instead increased it by a large amount. I can thank Obama for not only continuing and escalating those wars, but adding a 3rd one into the mix. Nobody is forcing his Administration to spend over a trillion a year. Bush hasn't been President in a long time.

What "other parts of the world"? I'm sure Greece, Italy, Spain, and Ireland can take refuge in the fact that they can go real fast on their trains as their economic system collapses long before ours will because of their socialist state.

We spend more money on education than any other nation, yet our students are some of the least educated. The progressive answer... spend more money! Only 52% of blacks are graduating high school.

They expected to be handed a six-figure salary immediately out of college with their Gender Studies degree. When they didn't get that, they went on the dole for as long as they could because they didn't want to take a job they considered to be beneath them. Yes, how terrible of them.

Thank liberal policies designed to get people who could not afford mortgages into homes they couldn't afford.

I'm sure.

You said children were well-fed in the 50's and 60's. They are apparently eating more now, so I don't think your insinuation of starvation has any merit.

And the Democrats will hand off all of that plus 5-6 trillion in additional debt, an even larger Government, and a much bigger interest payment.

 

No question that most web forums are controlled by right wingers though they always claim to be impartial. Forums such as beliefnet, bibleforums, realcities (now defunct), and even democraticunderground are right wing. You may ask how is democraticunderground right wing - the answer is that they only allow liberal comments so long as you do not criticize Israel. Once you do you get banned from that site. I know because I was banned for daring to criticize Israeli repression towards Palestinians. Mind you my other posts were well received by everyone there. But once you dare criticize Israel forget it. Skinner (the site's owner) is a Zionist who pretends to be liberal. I've noticed that a couple of mods here claim to be liberal and unbiased but their actions are contrary to that.