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The Tea Party movement
Shadyacres:
Just pulled it up, Huckabee/DeMint, but it is a couple of years old, from the run-up to the 08 campaign. That one just stuck in my head, I agree, total insanity. And it does kind of seem like it doesn't matter who is running the country. Wasn't Obamacare basically the same bill, proposed by Newt Gingrich, that got shot down under the Clinton administration?
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/24 ... salestax24
Froderik:
--- Quote from: "Shadyacres" --- And it does kind of seem like it doesn't matter who is running the country. Wasn't Obamacare basically the same bill, proposed by Newt Gingrich, that got shot down under the Clinton administration?
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You got it. I don't know about the bill, but that would not surprise me. The way I see it, the current administration is the pinnacle of fuckery they've been leading up to for the past 15-20 years; we haven't had a president with much integrity since Jimmy Carter.
Whooter:
We need to support new ideas, get the young people to the poles and take the power away from wall street and the politicians. The politicians are voted in locally and we send them to Washington and pay for their cars and housing, support their families while they are in office and in return they are suppose to be representing us folk at home (the people who voted them in) the middle class.
The should be representing "us" not the big business or wall street. Time to restructure and get some new people in there.
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Froderik:
Yes, term limits.
Whooter:
--- Quote from: "Froderik" ---Yes, term limits.
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Exactly. We dont need professional politicians. That was not the original intent. The system was designed to send a local person to Washington to represent us. This guy would be a member of our community who knew us and would fight for our needs and vote as a representative. After is stint is over he comes home and goes back to his regular job. Some move on to higher politics.
I understand those days are over but we shouldn't be voting in some guy who just moved into our state to gain residency so he can get elected and move on. Why do people vote for guys like that?
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