The Pope is coming out in favor of making meaningful changes to our financial system and how we treat the poor of our society.
This statement is way too far "left" for a typical democrat to put forward in public.
Terms don't mean what they used to mean.
Anything other than eliminating all taxes is called "wealth redistribution". Benefits are called "entitlements". Healthcare is called "Obamacare". And Republicans are against that.
Republicans, or at least I thought, are not specifically anti-government. Smaller government? Sure. Less government waste? Sure. These sound like Republican ideas. But they are supposed to understand that the government has to exist in order for the country to continue to exist. Rather than eliminate programs or departments, you take a look at them and eliminate what of them is not absolutely essential. This isn't my point of view,
(I think the government should frequently intervene to protect people who can't protect themselves from the ruling class - they need it.)
but rather, what I believed the typical Republican view was.
Republicans, actually both parties, should be playing by reasonable rules and, you know, you win some and you lose some... but still govern! Still fulfill the basic functions of the federal government. Like filling judicial positions, paying its bills, making sure the fucking economy doesn't collapse or that private interests don't become too powerful by overseeing them and limiting their practices in such a way that millions of people don't suffer needlessly.
This isn't what we have from the right. We have: refuse to vote on laws, refuse to fulfill our financial obligations, allow the courts to have fewer and fewer judges, and thus, a longer and longer wait for court hearings and trials, (guaranteed in the constitution not to happen) and fucking hold completely stupid, arbitrary, and ridiculous hearings and committees to follow up on baseless conspiracy theories and other bullshit. And vote a shit load of times to repeal what has become a popular law. When all of these things are revealed to be bullshit stall tactics, why aren't they ever fucking held accountable for any of it? Transcript follows.
"Oh, we wasted months and incredible amounts of money on something that has proved completely fruitless and unnecessary, *bam right wing magic* Change the subject!!! To new ridiculous distraction from our god awful bullshit!!"
"Wait... are you telling me that Obama may have broken the law by negotiating a prisoner exchange? Holy shit!! Hey! Rest of media! Let's keep talking about this and putting it in headlines to the neglect of every other issue, you know, the important ones. We must entertain and pursue this stupid uninformed speculation!!!"
Here's a media gem for ya.
"Well, this new poll shows that most Americans believe Obama gave away too much to get the P.O.W. back."
Do most Americans have the slightest fucking idea of the details of the situation? Or really know anything about it at all? Know what the releasees were accused of without being charged or tried? Fuck no. They know that five is more than one. Nothing beyond that. Nothing beyond "terrorism". Another fucking meaningless distraction of a term.
Things aren't fucking simple. Just because people can't understand beyond a simple explanation of the problem, that doesn't mean you deal with it as though that's all YOU understand, as their legislator. It's supposed to be a KNOWLEDGEABLE person who can meaningfully represent their state/ district/ whatever 's interests. Do you hire a plumber or a dentist to fly the space shuttle? Do you hire your neighbor Gus (not an attorney) to be your attorney? No?
THEN YOU CAN'T FUCKING ELECT THESE BRAIN-DEAD TEA PARTY FUCKSTICKS TO CONGRESS!!!
Because, like, important stuff happens there and when you elect fucking morons, you get fucking moronic policies and ideas. Waste. Want to investigate how to cut the budget? DON'T BLOW A BUNCH OF OUR TAX MONEY ON STUPID MEANINGLESS SHIT! DO YOUR FUCKING JOB!!!
So just the idea of passing laws to lower the cost of health care within the existing private market, or extend unemployment insurance (which people pay for and rely on), or have a food voucher system for people with little or no income (where they buy food at privately owned stores), this is communism. This is socialism. That is how far misinformation and speculation have dragged us to the right.
They're awfully close to doing it, dismantling the government and turning us into a third world country. The purse strings just keep tightening and tightening and if they have their way, no one will be able to make a living, and we'll all be fucking slaves. It's not about black and white. It was at one time. But slavery has existed far longer than American slavery did, and it's about rich, entitled, powerful owners of people and ones who have no clout, no influence, no ownership of anything, and therefore are owned themselves. Poor whites in the confederacy didn't have the resources to actually own slaves. But nonetheless they fought and died, often against their own families, to protect slavery. Why?
No matter how many times it's beaten back or resisted, slavery keeps coming back and coming back. Because the entitled don't want to have to pay to have their work or their bidding done. Everyone should just fall into line because it's them, and be grateful for whatever crumbs happen to fall off the table.
This dynamic is the pure bullshit and what needs to be addressed. Not the handling of the unprecedented catastrophe of Bengazzzey. Not petty manufactured scandals. Not gay people getting married. Not abortion. But rather the fact that there are way too many poor people in a country whose richest possess such vast wealth. If they want to be smug, selfish assholes and hoard it all to themselves, then the government should step in and make them NOT be fucking irredeemable assholes.
For idiots who are against a strong federal government, and say that wasn't the founding fathers' intention, and it's un-American, un-constitutional, you don't understand the fucking fundamentals of American history.
IF WE DIDN'T WANT A STRONG FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE WOULDN'T HAVE WRITTEN THE FUCKING CONSTITUTION IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU FUCKING IDIOT!!!!
The country was falling apart and the constitution was written to hold it together with a set of rules that everyone has to follow. And it was absolutely intended to be changed and expanded. The government was given the right to tax to fund its operations. If you eliminate the federal government you eliminate America. That is why I can't understand where right wing anti-government nut jobs get off calling those who oppose them "un-American". Oh, that's right, because they're fucking idiots.
What Democrats need to do is, rather than pulling lighter to the left in a pointless attempt to appease these fucks, instead pull even harder to the left than before. Let them hear what actual socialism sounds like. Tough love. It's the only way they'll learn.
ok... maybe I'll do guns next time. Now it's time for a glass of water.
