I don't wish to be rude but you are talking out of your rear-end here. Lets just say that its obvious you have never lived abroad. I am an American have been living in France over a decade and I spend long periods of my time in other countries conducting business. I can tell you for a fact how much you are wrong from just about point A to point Z.
Socialism doesn't work? The Europeans would strongly disagree with you. I really wish people would try spending a few years living and working outside the USA before making such ignorant statements based on what other people have told them, not from what they have actually experienced. If socialism is really to blame for all economic woes, the perhaps you can explain why it was Capitalism that brought down the world economy last year? What about the Great Depression. So far Capitalism track record is not so hot. I can tell you for a fact, nobody is lining up to copy the US economic system.
All Liberals came from wealth? Obviously you have never met any. I lean liberal, I am from NYC, some liberals are wealthy, MOST are not. If most liberals came from money do you honestly think they'd care what you do? Personally, I would stay in my enclosed gated community sit back, and watch the conservatives screw over the country with another President Bush or a Palin. The reason I do care is that whenever the conservatives touch the economy they almost always make my situation worse. Want proof: When was the last time a GOP president presented a balanced Budget?
How would you like it if I said all conservatives are uneducated racist ignorant rednecks that date their sister. Are you going accept this as truth too?
All poor people are lazy, don't want to work. Again completely ignorant on the facts. Most poor people on welfare HAVE jobs. Some of them have 3 jobs seven days a week and are still poor. If you think welfare caters to the lazy you have never experienced it, there are easier ways to make money. And speaking about people not having jobs. The Teabaggers, do they have jobs? It sure doesn't seem so because they always seem to be spending their time at protests rather than being at work. For people who accuse other people of not working for a living, they might want to look in the mirror.
With all due respect, all you are doing is pushing ignorance and misinformed stereotypes as fact -sort of like what FOX NEWS does. Go see the world a bit then make your opinion.
George
Wooohooo, quite a smoking gun pointed my way. Perhaps you are right, I have not lived abroad doing "business" with the locals. My time in Europe, 8 years, was with the US Military. Stationed in Germany, with deployments to Bosnia and Kosovo. (This is a military forum). I have also "lived" abroad in Southwest and Southeast Asia, although with Southeast Asia it was just two deployments in Thailand for training, with 4 years in Korea. I did state that I believe the vast majority of Liberals come from wealth, didn't think that statement would correlate to Conservatives being uneducated Rednecks who date their own sisters. Sorry didn't mean to offend. I should have stated that those Liberals "I have met" come from wealth. Most of them that I have interacted with, here in Texas, are the professors that I met in College and those Attorneys I met in Court, I just never payed much attention to Europeans while I was out drinking, I would agree with any female no matter what her politics. You live in NY City, don't know the rest of your back ground, so I will not make assumptions. I guess each of us have their own ideas on what being wealthy means. I have studied Communism when they were the main enemy. During these studies, Karl Marx, Lenin, Mao, Kim, Ho, most of the Red Faction all came from wealth, most also from the upper strata. But you did catch me on one thing, I am a Redneck, born and raised and proud of it. My father also bent his neck to the Sun plowing as did my Grandfather and et al, so I guess I come from a long line of Rednecks. I have always found it amusing that those from the City have to denigrate those who provide their food, unless NY City has farms in town, again not sure. I don't come from wealth, again I guess wealth is subjective, I entered the Military to further myself and have been somewhat successful, at least compared to my Father and etc, who were Farmhands and worked the land. I did interacted with people, usually those who worked the land, in those areas I was stationed while in Europe. I could always come to a common base, the land, with those "European Rednecks", including Bosnia and Kosovo, farmers have a universal language. Never dated my sister though. Although after the military I worked for a time for Child Protective Services and did many investigations on those who did, always from a City, never Rural. I also don't believe I stated all poor people were lazy, that would mean my father and etc would be lazy, nope never said that. Just stated, albeit poorly, that the Government providing monies to people without them having to work for it, creates an environment of individuals demanding something for nothing and then continuing to foster this by in effect buying their votes. You are right about me not experiencing welfare, although I guess the time I wasn't actually involved in combat, could be considered welfare while I was in the Military, my Daddy always said so. So I guess while you were interacting with those who you did business with in France, I was interacting with those in Guest houses, on farms, or while carrying a gun. Different perspectives I guess, but question, where did Tea Partiers or Baggers as you prefer, come into play? Thank you for the debate, I believe we can all come to a common ground, even if we disagree on certain political ends.