Thread: Be fortunate for what you have....

Originally Posted by Zaphod

So you're racist, too? You'll make your master proud one day!

There's plenty of ghetto white trash in Detroit too. Have you not seen 8 mile?

Originally Posted by min0 lee

Only Nazis.

It's kind of hard to be a nazi if you're not white.

Originally Posted by Zaphod

He probably doesn't read.

Unfortunately I do. I would be happy if I couldn't read the trash you post.

Originally Posted by M4A3

There's plenty of ghetto white trash in Detroit too. Have you not seen 8 mile?

No, I haven't. I'm not into garbage music.

Originally Posted by M4A3

Unfortunately I do. I would be happy if I couldn't read the trash you post.

Nobody says you have to. I suppose you watch television programs you don't like. The whole time complaining about it, completely unaware you can change the channel.

Originally Posted by M4A3

It's kind of hard to be a nazi if you're not white.

I didn't call you a Nazi, that was a general statement.


But......

Originally Posted by Zaphod

Nobody says you have to. I suppose you watch television programs you don't like. The whole time complaining about it, completely unaware you can change the channel.

Zing!

Originally Posted by M4A3

let people fucking fend for themselves.

That right there is a lot of your problem. The rest comes from propaganda and yellow journalism. I'm glad to see there are people who understand the proper definitions of socialism, communism and trickle down economics. (And no, I don't mean you, M4.)

Originally Posted by LAM

I just have to vent....

one of my buddies a 55 year old ex-marine was laid off from my gf's business a couple of years ago, coincidentally right after he was diagnosed with colon cancer. he has not been able to find work since, as the company (SCI) has a monopoly on the mortuary business in the US.

come to find out a couple of hours ago that the jeep crash that I saw on the 95north last week was him, he was cut off by another and he lost his left arm from the shoulder down. and he's getting no love from the VA. working out is pretty much what's been keeping him going these past couple of years...

I fucking hate the US...

Sorry for the cat. But, he has Universal health care, exactly what your pres wanted for all of us. Do you honestly think he'd be doing any better if he were in Canada, UK, or France?

Originally Posted by GearsMcGilf

Sorry for the cat. But, he has Universal health care, exactly what your pres wanted for all of us. Do you honestly think he'd be doing any better if he were in Canada, UK, or France?

the fact that everything has to be for profit in this country sucks. it's discouraging to see good people struggle for things that they shouldn't have to in a modern day society of supposedly intelligent people.

Originally Posted by Kathybird

Glad your friend is doing better.

I have to agree with the "commies." From my own perspective, this country is the worst AFA being family-friendly. Most European countries pay women at least part of their pay when on maternity leave. Women (or the men who choose to stay home if the mother returns work) are paid to take care of their children for the first 6 months, or a year. Their jobs are guaranteed to be there for them when they return. Childcare is cheap or provided, or provisions are made for families with one partner staying home to raise children.

Not so here. Mothers are given MAYBE 6 weeks if they're lucky, MAYBE get a portion of their pay, and I know a number of women whose jobs were taken while they were out on maternity leave. Workers who try to leave on time for their children's activities are looked down upon, as if they're lesser than singles or workers without children who are willing to stay extra hours. And the cost of daycare is so exorbitant as to make it impossible for many families.

That's just from a mom's perspective. Healthcare? I have a friend in Germany who has access to excellent doctors, he doesn't wait 8 hours in an ER, he gets referred to doctors who can take care of the issues in question immediately. Their "socialist" medicine is ranked well above ours.

You can't tell me this country isn't going to crash and burn at some point in some manner. It'll happen. I'm just wondering how.

i worked for a company that would not give women maternity leave because men didn't get it. it was an interesting view on equality of the sexes.

How? We're going to crash and burn the same way Europe is now, by drowning in entitlement programs that we can't afford to pay for either.

Originally Posted by GearsMcGilf

How? We're going to crash and burn the same way Europe is now, by drowning in entitlement programs that we can't afford to pay for either.

while US corps pulled in almost 2T in profits last year but only payed 5% in taxes on those profits. that could be part of the problem ya think? 90B out of almost 2T. no wonder the US has the lions share of Global 500 company's.

the inability for nations to afford entitlements all has to do with the decreasing share or income going to labor across all OECD countries and the falling GDP's of all OECD countries that has occurred since 1980. the constant decrease in taxes on capital since then probably hasn't helped either.