1. Social Security and Medicare. Do I want a voucher system for my grandmother who relies completely on medicare and social security like Paul Ryan wants. No.
I have a 92 year old nana too and I do the Medicare dance with her every year. If you're truly concerned about yours then you should be really pissed about 0bamacare as it strips them of Medicare Advantage, which is generally cheaper and of better quality than gap programs with separate drug coverage. She would benefit greatly from a plan that would allow her to buy across straight lines as she lives in CA and she could get a much better policy for about a quarter of what she pays now if she were allowed to buy in my state. But the fact that you don't even understand those currently on SS won't be affected by ANY legislation EXCEPT 0bamacare shows you don't have a freaking clue what you're talking about. You should do more research.
2. Do I want to see Medicaid eliminated? Yes. It's a band aid system that doesn't really help anyone except illegal immigrants.
Granted but it beats 0bamacare by a mile. And one solution would be to NOT allow illegal aliens (they aren't immigrants) to use it and perhaps deporting them when they apply. What a concept.
3. Do I want tax breaks for wealthy people and corporations when most corporations have reporting record profits? No.
Class warfare talking point. There are many solutions to the current tax problems (a flat tax, for instance) that would eliminate "tax breaks" for all. But many of those "tax breaks" allow them to hire more of your precious working class.
4. Do I want a tax break for working class and poor Americans? Yes
Again, class warfare talking point. Most "working class" and ALL poor pay NO taxes at all. You're ignorance is showing. Once again.
5. Do I want a healthcare system based on private healthcare industry that makes so much profits off of screwing people over and makes the oil companies blush in terms of profits? No
Again, ignorant talking point. Oil company profits are fairly low compared to other industries. The government's "profits", however, are 100%. I don't give a flying rat's ass what company profits are (except as a person who has a retirement plan and mutual funds I prefer the companies I invest in make huge profits because that means my portfolio grows. As one of your "working class", that helps me a great deal and I get a helluva lot more from my investments (even with the current downturn) than SS will ever provide.
6. Do I want a secure border? Yes. Do I want every illegal tossed out of this country? Yes.
Agree.
7. Do I believe illegal immigrants do jobs Americans don't want to do? No. Americans will do any job, so long as the pay is decent.
Agree. But I don't believe pay should be artificially inflated by minimum wage. One of my first jobs was picking strawberries. It was hard work in the hot sun. We were paid "per flat" which wasn't much but I thought it was a fortune at the time. And I learned the value of hard work. It provided lessons about a good work ethic that prepared me for better jobs.
8. Do I believe in cutting government? Oh yes.
Don't we all. Ryan's plan would do that quite well.
9. Do I believe private contractors screw tax payers over? Yes. My father is a retired electrical engineer who had to fight tooth and nail with contractors trying to charge 1/4 million dollars for a train battery when it is only really worth 50k.
Market determines prices. Unless your dad owned the freaking train (in which case he's hardly poor and if it's Amtrak he gets government subsidies) why should it matter to him what the company pays for batteries?
10. Do I believe that our war in Libya is illegal? Yes, no declaration of war was declared and congress was not consulted and did not approve of it.
Agreed.
11. Do I believe we should pull our troops home? Yes it is expensive and dangerous having our troops spread out all over the world. We have no business setting up Islamic democracies in Afghanistan and Iraq that are Sharia Law light.
I have mixed feelings about this so won't get into it. But do believe we should give more weight to those who are over there than private citizens who don't really have a clue.
12. Do I want to see an economy that seems to be based on speculation and consumer spending? No
Bullshit. Another class warfare talking point. If people think something is worth the price, they'll buy it. If not, they won't.
13. Do I think companies outsourcing jobs to poor countries, paying them disgusting wages and working obscene hours should be illegal? yes. Americans can't compete with slavery. How do you compete with a product that costs .20 cents to make?
Again, class warfare talking point. Minimum wage laws and union wages artificially inflate product cost (and in the case of government workers they earn twice what those paying their salaries make). What would be dirt wages in this country are a fortune in poorer countries. Companies are in the business of making profits (again, their profits help those working class with mutual funds and other investments).
You're an idiot. That's about as civil as I can be given you're lack of understanding.
Cindie
