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Cool Web Paige: Nov 19, 2006

I'm guessing his published "research" consisted of a poll on FreeRepublic and what he heard a caller on Rush Limbaugh say one time when he was driving.

And the idea you could "Morally Justify" further sticking it to the most vulnerable in a country that already treats the less fortunate like poo poo is pure :psyduck:

The mental gymnastics people like this must perform to be able to sleep at night must be staggering

Cool Web Paige fucked around with this message at 09:30 on Aug 3, 2011

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Cool Web Paige: Nov 19, 2006

Bruce Leroy posted:

That doesn't really matter to conservatives, as many of them actually think that's a good thing because those people deserve to be rich. It's this Randian obsession with capitalism and rich people, as if they are all these singular geniuses to whom we owe everything, so we need to revere them and remove any onerous government action that infringes on their greatness.

This is why these wealth fetishizing and corporatist conservatives blame the government for corporate outsourcing instead of the businesses themselves. You generally hear a lot of "if only corporate taxes weren't so high and there weren't so many regulations, all those companies would bring the jobs back to the US."

It doesn't really matter how detached from reality these beliefs and arguments are, e.g. it doesn't matter how low taxes are or how deregulated the US economy is, there's no way a business is going to move to the US when they can pay Chinese and Indian workers pennies on the dollar for what they would have to pay American workers. Things like facts, statistics, and empiricism don't mean poo poo to these kinds of conservatives, because they will just find some way of weaseling out of responsibility and cognitive dissonance when their bullshit is proven wrong. So, when taxes get reduced to their lowest levels in 50 years and there still isn't measurable economic gain despite the massive increase to the national debt, conservatives claim that taxes just aren't low enough.

The amusing part is increased Government regulation and Tariffs on Trade would actually bring more jobs back to America.

But of course that would be UnAmerican :america:

And the interests of the CEOs and shareholders must be protected at all costs!

# ¿ Aug 8, 2011 04:17

Cool Web Paige: Nov 19, 2006

Dr. Tough posted:

The local far-right paper gets the best letters.

Oh yes how wonderful it would be to be able to take my car to a dangerously incompetent mechanic, or have my house rewired by a guy who's never installed a light switch before.

Then head on over to the guy who says he's a dentist because he read 1 book on the subject for a root canal before purchasing a poorly constructed and improperly installed natural gas water heater.

# ¿ Aug 23, 2011 07:15

Cool Web Paige: Nov 19, 2006

Bruce Leroy posted:

The free market will decide who the best doctors are.

Once all the consumers hear how many patients a surgeon has killed, they'll shift demand to a doctor who has killed fewer people.

The crappy surgeons will have to lower their prices to stay competitive, 50 dollar heart surgery ahoy!

Who needs Obamacare? Affordable healthcare is here!

# ¿ Aug 23, 2011 10:25

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