tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329947097514944072.post2054035127356975733..comments2021-11-20T23:50:59.437-08:00Comments on Dave's Politics: Obama's Civility Doesn't WorkDoggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16690441803055873134noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329947097514944072.post-50534539111789313242010-09-30T15:52:51.122-07:002010-09-30T15:52:51.122-07:00I was kidding about Nationalizing the banks, I sai...I was kidding about Nationalizing the banks, I said it for shock value because of the irrational fear Tea Party people have of Socialism. It breaks my heart that they not seeing the Fascism they've become accomplices to. On second thought, nationalize 'em!!!!Doggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690441803055873134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329947097514944072.post-72969540709726717902010-09-30T15:46:51.671-07:002010-09-30T15:46:51.671-07:00Yes Nationalize them! The grip they have on us now...Yes Nationalize them! The grip they have on us now has to be dealt with. Social Security would be fine right now if they would have left the money alone. There's plenty of money there! Most of the anger I see in the Tea Party is manipulation of fear and xenophobia by outside forces. Look at the Koch brothers. I'm angry too. They're idiots!Doggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690441803055873134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329947097514944072.post-69488610073257135542010-09-30T08:05:00.618-07:002010-09-30T08:05:00.618-07:00Nationalize the banks? I'm not familiar with ...Nationalize the banks? I'm not familiar with anything the government does better than private companies do. Nationalizing things isn't working well for Hugo Chavez. Nationalizing anything in the U.S. just means more federal employees and more pensions to be paid not by savings but by our children's tax dollars.<br /><br />You're right, privatizing social security would have resulted in a near term loss of savings. With the current system, there are no savings at all. Social Security is paid directly from tax dollars. As the boomers retire, there are not enough tax payers to fund the system and the system collapses.<br /><br />You keep referring to Republicans and Tea Party members as idiots. While I may think many individuals that are a member of a group have idiotic opinions, or that the group itself has an idiotic platform, it's quite a leap to apply a label of idiot to an entire group. <br /><br />Most of the Republicans and Tea Party people I know are just hard working people who are looking at all their money being taken away and squandered by our Government. They are seeing elected officials drawing high salaries and enjoying huge benefits and not accomplishing anything at all in Washington because of crazy partisan gridlock. That's not idiotic, that's justifiable anger.<br /><br />JamieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com