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But I looked at the younger folks following Obama and what they wanted from Obama, vs. the Young Republicans in my college days. It was a night and day comparison. The folks following Obama wanted thing for society - justice, no war, health care, etc. The Young Republicans of my day? They looked at what Reagan was going to do and smiled, because by following Reagan and his ilk THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE S***LOADS OF MONEY!!! That is what they wanted - lots of money. Justice? If you make enough money, you can hire a good lawyer. Health care? Get a good job, and get good insurance. (Students had what had to be perfect health care, seeings how the university had one of the best hospitals and medical schools in the Northeast...)
Again - it was night and day. I look at the kids following Obama and truly do think that there is hope. I look at the bozos at my college and wonder if they still have their souls.
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enough money to support yourself. I don't mean buying my own food and paying my rent on time. Enough money to own a house, eat, drive, pay for my own healthcare, children's education etc. Now I see Obama as a person who is going to try to give people the things for which I've worked hard by taking from me. How? By taxing my income; by taxing the things that I buy and use; by driving prices up through the taxation of corporate America; and by devaluing the currency that I earn and save via a series of reckless spending packages thinly disguised as "stimulus." I don't hold young Obama supporters in contempt for wanting to give everyone healthcare, but I do hold them responsible for ignoring the economic realities of the situation. Do you hear that people? Chillbear is holding you responsible!
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Yep I feel so sorry for you.
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@if_i_only_had_a_heart: To begin with, remember that Carter was the President for all of 1980. Reagan began his presidency in January of 1991. The recession may not have actually officially began until July, 1981, but the foundation for that recession was laid out in the Carter with double digit inflation, over-regulation and high taxes. So how does this become a Republican recession other than you really want it to be one? Reagan was President for six months. Are we now in a Democratic recession because Obama has been in office for six months? Another question for you: if the decency and support that you want to show all people in this country bankrupts us in a decade and we are all reduced to essential services, will it have been worth it to extend a safety net to everyone for a few years? You can rewrite that question to something less loaded, but that is my concern with all of this spending of money we don't have.
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If you make less than $90K, then you've got this backwards. You are in the income group that Obama is HELPING by increasing taxes on the rich (not you) and reducing taxes on the poor and the middle class (you) - if you were a quarter-millionaire, then your complaint would make sense.
Or was this a Joe the Plumber style "*I* don't want a tax cut! I want the rich to get a tax cut for the benefits to *trickle down* to me!"?
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@Tzepish: So, because I personally can have some additional benefits, I should support a plan that I think is going to be bad for the country in the long run?
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At 38 shes getting close to typical Republican voter age and is hardly "young."
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She's 38. That's young in their book.
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