Comments | mechanicalsoul: No, you can't respond.

mechanicalsoul

No, you can't respond.

Oct 15, 2008 00:54

First of all, I need to go to bed ( Read more... )

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heyfoxylady October 19 2008, 19:18:54 UTC

DUUUUUUUUUDE! update more!
I miss your posts!

frescavergene October 29 2008, 14:38:47 UTC

1. We aren't a socialist country. As a matter of fact, few countries ever reach true socialism ( ... )

mechanicalsoul October 29 2008, 16:16:19 UTC

Yes, he is a conservative, but he has Libertarian tendencies. And well, your concern with social issues over economics is what makes you a full-fledged democrat, and separates our political opinion ( ... )

mechanicalsoul October 29 2008, 16:16:28 UTC

And the free market is exactly supposed to be that: a free market. It thrives with the idea of "survival of the fittest." You HAVE to let the market weed out the weak companies or failing companies so that the stronger companies can rise and thrive. That's how it works, and when you bailout the companies that were supposed to fall, you fuck up the whole market, which is the situation we're in now. Those companies made very VERY high risk investments and now they don't have to pay the consequences for it, which Ron Paul believes that if you take the risk, you need to be prepared for the chance taking a fall. He believes in keeping what you EARN ( ... )

frescavergene October 29 2008, 18:08:38 UTC

What are you talking about???? Jefferson and Madison were not the only Framers. The government involvment back then is completely different from what people want NOW. You can't possibly use a system from 200 or so years ago for now. That's like trying to talk on a tin can phone. Also. You can't say Jefferson and Madison where strictly republicans. There's still hot historical debate going on today. And I NEVER said that "the idea that the founding fathers made a system that was made to further involve the government ( ... )

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