@hawkeye10,
I need to disseminate what you have said here.
I agree with the gas tax very much so but I heard nothing about removing subsidies from oil companies. Perhaps you also agree but, must the middle class carry the entire tax burden while corporations rape our natural resources with obscene profits? They already own a gross amount of the world's wealth? Their trucks move along the roads and bridges with frequent regularity but they have lawyers, accountants and loopholes too. Did you vote for Romney who pays zero in taxes? Did that one thing not bother you enough to tell Romney to go (explicative) himself?
These corporations did not earn it they stole it by bribing our public officials and exploiting cheap hard labor that does not offer a living wage. We actually give corporation tax breaks for exporting jobs overseas.
The (mostly republican) party is corrupt because of the "conservative" lobbies. Their Christian God somehow makes them immune to sin consciousness. The "shallow diversity" we have now is better than what we had before Obama... LGBT people can get married now. Where is your praise for what the democrats have accomplished against such hate and bigotry money from the right? The Mormons (who vote republican) spent a million dollars trying to tell committed, consenting LGBT people who they cannot marry. LGBT marriage equality is a step forward in diversity that is not "shallow" it is a big thing! We have the DEMOCRATS to thank for that who added LGBT marriage equality to their party platform. THIS took some guts and distinguishes them from the republicans in a GREAT way. It was as you now know not an empty promise. Though Obama Care is not perfect it is a stones throw away from socialized healthcare. Obama Care used to be Clinton Care. Not Reagan OR Bush care...
I am not a socialist, I am not a libertarian, I am not a capitalist, I am not a communist... I believe all these forms of government need to harmonize so there is a balance between the haves and have nots.
Religion has no place in government at all.
Secular, liberal government that follows the U.S. Constitution is the only way to peace and social tranquility. Privatizing the post office is simply another invasion of privacy by agencies that have not sworn to uphold our U.S. Constitution. The same goes for prisons, public schools and military contractors. I am against private and charter schools who have free reign to insert their radical religion to create Christian jihadists. Even home schooling needs to prove it is not for the purpose of indoctrinating children to religious radicalism. Weekend Sunday school is okay for kids if parents so choose. If there children become a problem with religion there needs to be accountability. Freedom of religion should not include creating religious menaces that brandish bigotry and hate as a banner.
I assumed you were a Fox News Tea party freak and I am truly sorry for making that assumption. I do not like being misjudged and you deserve that same courtesy. Hate speech is not sacred it deprives people of the pursuit of happiness.
Speech needs to be seasoned with love, inspiration and edification or words become meaningless and antisocial. Hate speech can become weapons of mass destruction. This is the root of bullying and 14 year olds offing themselves due to a lack of hope and a sense of belonging.
We have the best and brightest in government now (believe it or not) we just need to get the malicious lure of money out of the process.
You would see Tea Party members actually govern with prudence were their words not paid for by those with deceptive motives to usurp power and wealth from the land, the people and our government.
The cure for diseases do not surface when there are capitalistic gains to be made in not doing so. As for patents and intellectual property I am not sure about that one. I might agree in some if not many cases.
I believe in capitalism too but not to the point where society become a slave to its greed and often inherent overt and open racism. (like Donald Trump)
Mexico I (personally) believe is the beating heart of the world and it is a shame what Trump has said concerning our beloved neighbors to the south. It really does brings tear to my eyes. If corporations were not raping these neighbors to the south there would be a fair playing field and no need for walls and fences.
Mr. Trump tear down this wall! (cynical)
Trump in his slot machine "towers" will only widen the divide.
"Mostly" conservative corporations have created poverty and environmental destruction in South America (and around the world) and they certainly intend to create as much poverty as possible here too. Desperate people are easier to manipulate and victimize.
Republicans only care about the quick thrill of cheating on their wives (Americans), there is nothing Christian about them.
I like your yacking better than you playing the devil's advocate.
Stay real bro...
