Comments on: Romney’s Bain Problem

By: Durdy

Durdy — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:08:00 +0000

And if you think that’s bad, wait until the unions crumble.. The 1% salivate over that happening.. Imagine, they trash the unions, no more advocates for the worker (no matter what crooks they are, they still protect the worker from what will come about) so, their gone.. Jobs begin to appear but you will have to accept their wage base.. To make more employees they work everyone 38 hours a week so as to not have to pay benefits.. The thirties return in a big way. You think your being overworked for less money today.. Wait until the Nation sanctions the destruction of the unions.. You ain’t seen nothing yet.. Those jobs over seas will return in force because now American workers are the lowest paid in the world. It’s coming like it came before.

By: Durdy

Durdy — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:50:00 +0000

Your a fool. Just because the recession/depression didn’t affect you doesn’t mean it didn’t occur. Obama didn’t create class warfare.. He didn’t create over bulging welfare recipients, he inherited it from the fall out caused by Dubya and once that happened, when he became potus the dominoes were beginning to fall faster.. We have this aid because there are no jobs to be had and rather setting back and watching American citizens die off like flies, in trouble times you make the best of it by helping others.. Once this GOP stifling ceases and jobs begin to open up, the majority of recipients will get off welfare and food stamps and unemployment will lessen as well because you can’t receive unemployment while working at a job and if you do then you should be charged with fraud unless your not making much over minimum wages.. You think welfare is big money? It’s almost enough to pay your rent and bills, you also need food stamps in order to feed your family. Welfare is borderline poverty (one step back from living on the streets).. Free handouts? One day you may find yourself in such a situation, wonder what you’ll feel like when that ‘free money’ barely puts a roof over your head. You and those like you are akin to Ebenezer Scrooge before his eyes became open. Think about this.. Millions out off work.. No money coming in.. Disdain turns in to hatred as these unfortunates drop like flies while apathetic snobs who took advantage of the fall but call themselves “self made” munch on T-bones and drink perrier while looking out of five star restaurants at the fallen ones who suddenly become rabid and start mob violence because they don’t have anything to lose.. Welfare/food stamps are necessary during these lean times and if you don’t believe that then eliminate social ‘hand outs’ and see how safe you’ll feel within 6 months.

By: Parisgirl

Parisgirl — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:31:00 +0000

You obviously do your research through FOX news andor the Rush Limbaugh show for Jerry Springer enthusiasts….Mitch McConnell made that statement within days of the inauguration. That is history and is archived on film. You seem to want to forget that George Bush took us 11 trillion in debt, started us on the snowball ride down hill with the unemployment, and oversaw the banking and housing catastrophe before he left office. It was not until O’Bama and the Dems that the Banks were put in check. Bush gave them free reign and now Romney wants to do the same.

A chunk of O’Bama’s 5 trillion was the after effects of the left over war in Iraq where we should never have been in the first place. It was not cheap to clean up that mess and get us out of there. Another chunk went to jump start an economy that has had to be pushed back uphill. It seems a small amount for the amount of damage control that had to be exercised. Research your figures…we have gained jobs, and despite the GOP efforts to prevent it and the major problems in Europe, the economy is improving.

Check with the Nobel Prize winning economists who agree that you cannot fight the debt until the recession is over and the economy is strong. Even Europe is conceding that this is no time for austerity. Carol Rove, the Koch Brothers, and their buddies like Donald Trump and Mitt Romney all know how to make money. But they make money that goes straight into their Swiss Bank Accounts. They in no way work for the betterment of this country or for improvement of the economy. They have all along with the GOP worked since day one of the O’Bama Presidency to take him out of office and they have done everything in their power to stall the economy and prevent job growth.

I am not a poor little girl, and if you had degrees in political history and economics you might understand how the ideas put forth by Romney and the GOP mirror the causes of the Great Depression and how that depression only ended when we were forced to spend MORE money because of the war.

It seems that the debt problem was conceived as a rally for the ousting of O’Bama. Except for briefly under Clinton, we have always had a debt. It grows higher with inflation and is checked by taxation. That is how it has ALWAYS worked. The GOP started with this ‘leaving our kids with debt…well we have all inherited a debt, why would these kids be any different. Instead, they would have us leave behind a crumbling infrastructure where bridges are falling down, roads are falling apart, disease manifestations are inevitable because millions cannot afford medical care, and with forced austerity the job market and the economy could fall into a global depression. This is what they are trying to leave our kids.

What are your credentials sir, on these matters, that you feel more knowledgeable than Nobel prize winning economists? How cosmically stupid can one person be….well how far can you go?

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:47:00 +0000

How cosmicly stupid can one person be? Poor little Parisgirl. You don’t even have enough of a memory to remember that Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid had a government that the Republicans could not do anything to stop whatever they wanted to do for 2 years. All we got from that government was 5 trillion in new debt and 15% unemployment. Yeah, that’s right, the true unemployment number is 15%. Mitch McConnell made his famous statement came after 2010 election where Obama had done nothing to make the unemployment situation any better.
The Koch brothers are only the balance to Obama’s puppetmaster George Soros. The only difference is the Koch brothers, unlike George Soros and his puppet Barack Obama, love this country and have made their money the old fashioned way, they earned it by providing products the people wanted.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:34:00 +0000

The truly disturbing part of this is that the Obama ads are flat out lies and the Washington Post knows it, but refuses to acknowledge it, despite sworn statements sent to the Washington Post from the present and former CEO’s of the businesses cited by the Obama ads It is also truly disturbing that writers like EJ Dionne are nothing more than members of the Obama campaign staff and don’t put out a disclaimer with their articles

By: Gammaanya

Gammaanya — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:13:00 +0000

Jada, U R watching too much TV and Faux Naws. ACA has nothing todo with welfare that is provided by states with funds from Gov. Besides the point. R U jelaus??? In any society you will have a free riders. I live in a well to do neighborhood and I see much freeloadres with income over 200K. No matter what is your status. Now, people who work at minimum wage pay more in taxes (I am CPA) % wise than Romney or Obama or others zillionaires. They have all kinds write offs and actually get more money back than the low scum you call them.
People who are not working or on SS pay property taxes, on taxable grocery, taxes on purchasing cars, eating out etc. THEY DO CONTRIBUTE. I have a tenant on Sect.8, she is 68 yrs black woman on min. SS of 700. a mo. She have to pay electric, gas and some of the luxury of having a cable or dish. taxes atteche to that. She is disabled on wheelchair and go for dialysis 3 days a week to stay a live and waiting for kidney transplant. So what society suppose to do with a person like her?? Let her die?? like Ron Paul said – Let them all die??
R U CHristian??? Does Judge not, lest ye be judged” means anything to you?? Or “Give a hand to the poor and ask for nothing in return” – Jesus. I am not particualrly religious but I do believe helping the less fortunate. As for France, Greece – AUSTERITY , Corruption exactly what is going on here, brought them down. I travel a lot (I also have translation businesss). It have nothing to do with economy and as you call it people popping babies, live off EBT cards and what have you. France, Sveden, Norway, Poland, Jordan , Germany have the best social healthcare, they don’t have obese people on disabilities eating in all you can eat buffets etc. To get on their welfare system you have to be truly destitute. EU helps people to start businesses with giving them GRANTS (do you know what that means) not SBA loans that you have to pay back with interest and lot of people start little shops and make a living. Global markets are like a domino game. Just pray that other countries don’t switch to their currency and US dollar will be no longer International currency – that would wipes us out. Understand how international trade work, how money are exchanged and who is behind manipulating. Everybody is blaming the Presidents, but they have very little to do with it. He doesn’t run OPEC, everything is a commodity and countries deal with it either by clearing exchange or product for money etc. SPECULATIONS by CAPITALISTS drive the market up or down. It’s like betting on a horse win or loose. We need more regulation to keep prices in check. That will never happend. CORPORATIONS ARE the GOVERNMENT WELFARE RECIPIENTS and CONGRESS IS A NURSING HOME FOR THE OLD, good for nothing Congressman..
It’s sad that you see some of the unfortunate people (nobody can be bright as you and hard working and me,me,me only) as a scum. I did not notice that my neighbor whose husband died and left her with over 1 M in debt (maxed out his ins limit) is a scum, because she had to sell her 500K home for 300K, lost her job because her Employer felt that she will drive the cost of ins. up more, so they let her go, so at the age of 63 yrs, widow, with staggering debt of 1M she lives off widow benefits. SHe closed her husband business and let go 5 people. Now she barely make a living because most of her money goes to pay her husband medical bill. So don’t ride to high, the fall might be painfull for you. Pray that you still have your job or business and don’t get sick. Republican’s and ROBmeofmymoney will let you die. I gurantee you that. I pity you. I hope someday somebody show you the same compassion, understanding or contempt you spew here.
May God Bless you, because you don’t know what being poor means. Certainly not to Romney and the like. Every society (person) is judged by how it’s treats it’s least fortunate amongst them. Your score is ZERO. Forrest Gump mother said the best – ” Life is like a box of stupid Americans. You never know how stupid they are until they vote”

By: dtgraham

dtgraham — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:12:00 +0000

Converted to U.S. dollars, the national debt, per capita, of France is $34,193.00. The U.S. national debt, per capita, is over $50,400.00. You were saying?

By: Bunny

Bunny — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:29:00 +0000

Then what can we do to make our government notice ? Do we have to start marching on Washington ?

By: Jada

Jada — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:19:00 +0000

You folks are all lunatics…I can’t believe what I’m reading here. The sad thing is that you sound like somewhat-smart individuals – why can’t you see what’s going on right in front of your eyes?
I won’t take Wisconsin as an example – but how about Greece, Spain, or France? See how a redistribution of wealth through taxation of the “rich” (read by Obama as middle class and up) and ridiculous overspending by the government (in order to support the dependent majority of lower class citizens who make a living doing nothing but taking handouts from the govt.) has worked?
Sure, big corporations and the extreme wealthy find tax loopholes…but they still pay taxes – that is, they contribute to our country’s well-being. It is not there fault that govt. can’t control it’s spending and, much like a spoiled child, always is crying for more. How about the overwhelmingly large number of people who live off of EBT cards and Food Stamps, who live in mandate-built low-income housing, who receive welfare or unemployment $ and DON’T PAY ANY TAXES.
You want to talk class warfare….that’s just what Obama and his clowns have created. They have guaranteed themselves a voting population of people dependent on large government who cannot and do not contribute positively in any way, shape or form to our country. Instead, these are the folks who live off of us hard-working Americans and sit at home popping out babies for more govt. support (“income”) and smoking cigarettes that they bought off of a govt. issued EBT card.
You want to argue taxation….these types of individuals are the real tax on our society and it’s Obama and his crew who have created them and are continuing to grow this pool of scum that will surely vote to keep Obama and their free handouts. Who wouldn’t? Me…that’s who!

By: onedonewong

onedonewong — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:49:00 +0000

Nonsense all Romney has to do is bring up GM. It now make 3 out of 10 of their cars in China its moved its design works to China and is building 7 new plants there. Yep that was a great use of the bailout $$$