Originally posted by 99blacksesport:
Thats right, if we ask you, which means in your opinion. I,however, do have a problem with government proactivly, or reactively supporting the lower classes with the money from those that have it.


The point of a proactive approach is that it prevents things like poverty and crime. Your taxes pay for law enforcement and prisons (reactive). Apparently, you don't support either


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but one thing we do know for sure is that communism doesn't work. And I don't understand why you see the gaps between the rich and the poor to be a problem? There is room in America for everyone to make a good living for themselves if they try. I have absolutely no problem knowing the fact that I will never be a billionaire, sure it would be nice, but it wont happen. Everyone has the chance to make a decent living, if they want to being the key question. So to answer you directly, I would do not a damn thing.



I never said communism worked. I don't regard most of the western European countries as communist countries, they do have more social support for their citizens however.

I think you are being a little idealistic if you think everyone in this country has a chance to be what they want to be. While sure I suppose it is possible, it's pretty unlikely to happen with all the poverty and degredation. Someone's environment play a huge role in the type of person they are, and will be.

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If you are at the point in your life where you are STILL working a minimum wage job AND trying to support at least yourself, then YOU messed up, not me...

I have taken 2 economics classes in college, micro and macro, I don't see what that has to do with being able to work hard and elevate yourself out of the minimum wage paying job.



I would have assumed they would help you understand things like taxes, fiscal policy, unemployment, etc. I guess we know what happens when you assume...

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Don't blame society for people like this, they made themselves. Also, in this one case, in the part of the country I am in, appearing to have money is not a very high priority (can we say, white trash).



How can you not blame society? Are you saying that if that person had lived in a cave until this point in their life they would be the same? White trash like to outdo each other (show how much $$$ they have) they just choose to do it by seeing who has the newest IROC

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You say tilted, I say better. Obviously more agree with me than not, as their ratings are far more than any other cable news station. But this debate is old and IMHO tired...

Just because they have the best ratings doesn't mean much to me. Friends had great ratings for years and I thought it sucked.




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You should head back to your Macroeconomics course yourself and ask the professor about the differences between "cyclical" unemployment and "structural" unemployment. In down times, such as the recent mini-recession, there is structural unemployment, where there simply aren't enough jobs to go around. In normal times or up times, such as now, there is cyclical unemployment, which means the unemployed are generally between jobs, moving around, etc. Many an economist has said that a nominal amount of unemployment is in fact a good thing because it always provides a fresh crop of people ready to start a new job immediately



I know the difference between the two. If you would like to start a thread on the economy in this country and the current administration I am all ears.

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