Airline Pilot in Congress!
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wick81
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Ok sorry guys. I won't use the word socialism. Buuuuuuuuut, I still agree with BE19. At the same time, there might be a Republican airline pilot that I wouldn't vote for. But, as BE19 put it, Dems are usually the ones I disagree with the most.
So, umm, do you realize you can't because you live in Virginia?
Don't get me wrong, I love to rant and rave like the next guy but I'm not going to come out and say, "Hey, I wouldn't go to THAT gynecologist!"
v1valarob
Well-Known Member
Thats part of the problem with politics today. You get so caught up with one party vs the other. Its like just because I am a dem, you think I am all for gun control and that I hate babies. Oh well.
meritflyer
Well-Known Member
It's in dire straights because of your leadership.
Take some responsibility would you?
kellwolf
Piece of Trash
I'll do ya better. I'm all for gun control, hate babies AND I love gay people. Oh, and I'm godless. That counts triple in Mississippi.
BE19Pilot
Flying a Box
I think that there are alot of decent, hard-working middle Americans that are pretty much fed-up with BOTH parties. I'm not totally satisfied with the Republicans, but by and large I
support the platform. I actually feel sorry for many Democrats because their party is now ruled by the fringe movements and special interest groups that seem to flock to the Democrat party. What really bothers me about the American political system is that we have an illusion of representative government that doesn't always follow the will of the people. The heck with all the spin and polls that are so much a part of today's politics. Let's have more referendums, more town meetings, and less attention to issues that don't reflect the vast majority.
support the platform. I actually feel sorry for many Democrats because their party is now ruled by the fringe movements and special interest groups that seem to flock to the Democrat party. What really bothers me about the American political system is that we have an illusion of representative government that doesn't always follow the will of the people. The heck with all the spin and polls that are so much a part of today's politics. Let's have more referendums, more town meetings, and less attention to issues that don't reflect the vast majority.
Cav
Former Maddog Whisperer
Sorry but do you really believe that the Republican Party isn't subject to the same problems? Get your head out of the sand! By the way before you assume a few things, I'm a registered Republican in NJ....although I often think of changing that since I really feel no affiliation with either party anymore.
skydog
New Member
How do you think that the "rich and powerful" got that way? Hint: By being hard working people! They had an idea and ran with it. Or they saw someone else with a good idea, and they backed it. They were innovators, entrepeneurs, investors. This is where jobs for the "working man" come from. They don't come from some damn politician whose primary, and perhaps sole, motivation is to get re-elected.
It was a so-called "rich and powerful" that started the company that you now earn 70-80K a year at.
A politician looking out for the "working man" is one who recognizes that the "rich and powerful" create jobs for the "working man," and that the best way to maintain those jobs is to remove the obstacles that impede innovation, investment, and the entrepenuerial spirit. The best politicians are the ones who recognize that all the greatness that is this land of oppotunity comes from individuals, not government.
I know none of this will make a difference to you, but maybe some else will recognize
surreal1221
Well-Known Member
Oh yes, all rich and powerful people worked hard for their positions. . .
Right.
You sure ALL were hard working? All of them? Every single last one of them?
Right.
You sure ALL were hard working? All of them? Every single last one of them?
All the rich people I know (and "rich is relative, and the number of them I know is few) all worked very hard to get where they are.
This probably doesn't mean much since you said "all" and I referred to "some."
kellwolf
Piece of Trash
Not all of 'em. I highly doubt Paris Hilton has worked a day in her life. Well, there was that badly filmed night shooting in the hotel room, but even that seemed to be a pretty lackluster performance.
meritflyer
Well-Known Member
I busted my ass for years running carpet cleaning businesses and doing manual labor normally that illegal aliens do. I've scrubbed the floors and picked gum with an ice cube off lunch rooms floors of the company I work for. I didn't work for my position, I god damned earned it, son.
Nearly every Director, VP or Officer at my company came from slum and has a unique story to tell. Maybe if you'd sit back and listen, you'd see that not every manager in this country is Dr. Evil. But I don't expect a labor monger like yourself to see it any other way.
surreal1221
Well-Known Member
Ding ding ding.
A lot of non-rich people bust their ass to get to where they are, but I won't say all of them.
Nor will I ignorantly think that some "rich" people didn't have a silver spoon in their mouth by the time they popped out of their mommy's belly. Or that none of them were trust fund babies.
Nah, that doesn't happen.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
Some did, some didn't. Doesn't change the fact that they need to pay their fair share and support American government.
Your point? My CEO makes an average of over $400,000 per month in total compensation. I think he can afford to pay a bit more in taxes. I think he can afford to pay his workers a little bit more.
Get off the Limbaugh bong.
Did you really just call him "son?" Aren't you younger than he is?
What the hell is a "labor monger?" I don't think Surreal or anyone else thinks that every manager is "Dr. Evil," we just want our fair share. We just want to be treated with some respect.
SmoothLanderJ
Well-Known Member
surreal1221
Well-Known Member
Did you really just call him "son?" Aren't you younger than he is?
What the hell is a "labor monger?" I don't think Surreal or anyone else thinks that every manager is "Dr. Evil," we just want our fair share. We just want to be treated with some respect.
Oh, so that's what merit said.
Son, now that's not derogatory. So long as he continues to provide quality input to this forum. . .oh wait. . .