12-08-2013, 16:03
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The top economic problem in America: unemployment.
The top health problem in America: obesity.
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I wish I could broadcast a usual criminal docket, and make everybody watch it. I would guess that we spend close to 1/2 of our government dollars supporting 10-15% of the population. The same folks that are career criminals are also the folks who file for disability, won't work to take care of their kids, show up to the emergency room for taxpayer-funded medical care, get three hots and a cot in prison, etc.
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12-08-2013, 16:27
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I wish I could broadcast a usual criminal docket, and make everybody watch it. I would guess that we spend close to 1/2 of our government dollars supporting 10-15% of the population. The same folks that are career criminals are also the folks who file for disability, won't work to take care of their kids, show up to the emergency room for taxpayer-funded medical care, get three hots and a cot in prison, etc.
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Chaos.
When people are protected from the consequences of foolish economic decisions, they fail to learn the lessons.
When they are actively rewarded for foolish economic decisions, a class of "pet humans" develops.
Pets require care and make messes.
Many politicians love their pets (the pets that do vote, reliably vote for them).
Those same politicians would rather leave the feeding and mess-cleaning to others.
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Make a decision, and then make it the right one through your actions.
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12-08-2013, 17:16
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Originally Posted by GratefulCitizen
Chaos.
When people are protected from the consequences of foolish economic decisions, they fail to learn the lessons.
When they are actively rewarded for foolish economic decisions, a class of "pet humans" develops.
Pets require care and make messes.
Many politicians love their pets (the pets that do vote, reliably vote for them).
Those same politicians would rather leave the feeding and mess-cleaning to others.
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lol A by-product of socialism.
"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." Sowell
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12-09-2013, 06:09
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Only in America, where 13% (my number but I'll accept 14%) of American's are black but 36%-39% of the prison population is black and it's somebody else's fault.
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12-09-2013, 06:59
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Only in America, where 13% (my number but I'll accept 14%) of American's are black but 36%-39% of the prison population is black and it's somebody else's fault.
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lol Careful.
In America, irrefutable stats regarding blacks are racist.
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12-09-2013, 16:41
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Paul is great people, and is an outstanding trainer.
TR
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Plus a wicked sense of humor!
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12-09-2013, 17:59
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what ever happened to the adage:
I will stand with my brothers, but I will fall alone... until they help me up.
Entitlement is in, community is out. So it goes. (Yes Richard, I am also quoting Billy Pilgrim from Vonnegut...)
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