Obama/Biden versus Romney/Ryan?

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Vote for Romney/Ryan and you'll see how much money they screw you out of... Try 63% of it. They are trying to take away plenty of rights...like the right of a woman to her own body...the right of a person to marry someone they love...the right of a woman to contraceptive...and they also want to take away social security and Medicare...sounds AWESOME to me...

Also, I'm just going to leave this here...because you are claiming fact on things that aren't fact at all...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...s7fQ_story.html?socialreader_check=0&denied=1
To be fair as a single person who doesn't have kids both sides screw me out of a pretty large % of my money.

also question how long social security will be around. As selfish as it sounds I'd rather put that extra into my retirement.
 

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yeah it's only a (short) matter of time before social security is bone dry no matter who gets in.
Exactly.

I've people tell me that people who don't want to pay it are heartless. But really it's not going to be there when I'm older and I need to think of ways to make sure I can afford to lice and support myself with out that there to supplement me.
 

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I will vote for Obama.

While I agree that he hadn't been as fiscally responsible as he should have been (what with the stimulus), but most of the deficit is genuinely not his fault, just what he inherited from Bush. He inherited a war, and several costly bills/policies...most of which he put an end to first chance he got. So while the debt was accumulated with him in office, it wasn't necessarily his policies and his bills and his decisions that put it all there. I genuinely believe he wants what is best for the middle class, and he advocates for the rights of women to their bodies and gay marriage...and recently those things have been showing up in his votes. He also wants to strengthen education where it needs to be strengthened instead of making monumental and possibly detrimental and costly reforms. He also wants to make college more available to those who can not afford it, and make college for those who want to dedicate their lives to teach a free ride for them. He wants to strengthen the screening process for welfare and food stamp recipients, another thing I agree with. (Although the Republican party has taken this and ran with it... Claiming Obama wants to give checks to everyone because they want to eliminate government funding completely.) Obama also wants to lower interest rates that credit companies offer, making it to where they can not take more than 30% interest. He also wants to tax the rich a little more, and tax the poor a little less. Something ELSE I agree with. Now, he does do things I don't agree with... He used to (I think he has changed his tune) agree to public company bailouts, but since then he hasn't given a statement as to what he will do if it happens again. While I love the idea of universal cheap healthcare, the Affordable Care Act was passed before anyone even read all of it...and some heinous things are coming out now that people are finally reading it. I agree with universal health care, and I agree with taxing those who choose not to get this universal healthcare (because we will end up paying their premiums either way), but I'm not sure how I feel about implementing such a huge reform in the middle of a recession. Obama also has some worrying views on abortion and child treatment... He doesn't think partial birth abortion is wrong. I vehemently do. That's just to show my personal pros and cons of Obama.

Now...Romney/Ryan...
I genuinely can not stand them. I think Romney may have been able to handle our countries deficit quite well, but I don't have a clue why he picked Ryan... A man who agrees with George Bush on 94% of issues. We really don't need another Bush in office. Romney/Ryan want to tax the poor/middle 63%... While lowering the tax for the rich to less than half that percentage. Makes me sick to my stomach. They also both want to ban the adoptions of babies to gay parents. And ban gay marriage. Which of course I'm not surprised by from conservatives. They want to make birth contraceptive almost impossible to get, as they put contraceptive and abortion both on the same "murder" wagon. Their definition of the "family unit" is leading them to say some nasty things, IMO, where Paul Ryan even asked a woman who was a single mother if she would consider putting her child up for adoption,since it has been proven that children thrive better in a full and wholesome "family unit". If anyone is wanting to make laws to take away rights...it's Romney/Ryan and I honestly feel its because they are fueling most of their social policies with their religion. Do I hate religion? No...but I don't think anyone should base their laws off of it. Not everyone follows the same religion and not everyone should be forced to. Anyways, as far as economics, Romney has some extreme ideas, but he plans to get the money to fix the deficit from taxing the poor and he plans to create more jobs by not taxing the rich...which I disagree with. Paul Ryan is just ridiculous... He is just another Sarah Palin. And, the biggest thing for me against both of them...they want to eradicate social security, Medicare, and welfare. Not fine tune, eradicate. No one will be able to get government aid anymore, if they have their way. Which...makes me sick to my stomach for the elderly and disabled that will suffer because of it. They also want to cut the funding to government programs which pay for college tuition...because Romney feels you should only get as much education as you can afford. There are just so many points against Romney/Ryan for me that I couldn't possibly imagine voting for either one of them.

Which is why my vote will be for Obama. Also, keep in mind, this is all my OPINION. Lol.

This. I cannot stomach the theocracy that Romney/Ryan want to force down the United States' throats. I refuse to vote for a person who wants to make everyone live the same lifestyle based solely on their religion telling them that's what is wholesome and right. Absolutely not.
 

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Exactly.

I've people tell me that people who don't want to pay it are heartless. But really it's not going to be there when I'm older and I need to think of ways to make sure I can afford to lice and support myself with out that there to supplement me.
I loled at lice :p.

The thing that makes me so angry about social security is hard working individuals have paid into it for decades now and they're the ones getting screwed. It's not even some nebulous "tax dollars" (which are ours anyway) that are getting reclaimed. It's x% of each of OUR paychecks that the gov promised to invest wisely for us, and they've been raiding it for years now. If they can do that, I want the option of NOT paying into SS so I can put it into a Roth IRA or something instead that I know will be there for me.

Someone who's self employed has to, by law pay 13.3% of their earnings into SS. If that money isn't there... it makes me want to break some faces but you know nobody is going to be held accountable when the money is gone.
 

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I loled at lice :p.

The thing that makes me so angry about social security is hard working individuals have paid into it for decades now and they're the ones getting screwed. It's not even some nebulous "tax dollars" (which are ours anyway) that are getting reclaimed. It's x% of each of OUR paychecks that the gov promised to invest wisely for us, and they've been raiding it for years now. If they can do that, I want the option of NOT paying into SS so I can put it into a Roth IRA or something instead that I know will be there for me.

Someone who's self employed has to, by law pay 13.3% of their earnings into SS. If that money isn't there... it makes me want to break some faces but you know nobody is going to be held accountable when the money is gone.
Lol my phone likes replacing words XD
 
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Vote for Romney/Ryan and you'll see how much money they screw you out of... Try 63% of it. They are trying to take away plenty of rights...like the right of a woman to her own body...the right of a person to marry someone they love...the right of a woman to contraceptive...and they also want to take away social security and Medicare...sounds AWESOME to me...

Also, I'm just going to leave this here...because you are claiming fact on things that aren't fact at all...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...s7fQ_story.html?socialreader_check=0&denied=1
Im in favor of taking the government completely out of the business of marriage so that argument of yours is a non starter with me. Social security and Medicare are both Ponzi Schemes that will blow up eventually, so thats another non starter as well. As for womens rights, getting the federal government out of what people can or cant do and leave it up to the states to decide is a step in the right direction.

Leave that tripe on the front step for the garbage man to pick up where it belongs.

Addition: he said he would pull our troops out of Iraq. He did that.
He has done no such thing. He is following what Shrub and the Legislative branch set forth as the exit strategy before hostilities started in Iraq.

yeah, i'm going to try and convince you of anything. I've had plenty of lessons in futility in my life, I don't need another one.
At least I have an open mind and am willing to be swayed in my opinion. You must not be very confident in your argument.
 
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It's been almost 4 years, the blame Bush is a tired excuse.

Obamao has no one to blame but him self for where this country is at.The only promise he lived up to only shafts us further from freedom.
Oh come on, the Bush admins and advocates blamed Clinton for 8 years, lol. It's the name of the game. I'd be willing to bet that the Roosevelt administration and adherents blamed Hoover for everything that didn't go well for 16 years.

Obama hasn't really done anything different from Bush anyway. It's been more of the same "let them eat cake" bullshit, just with different icing.

Oh, and then there's all the screaming and finger pointing, "OBAMA'S A SOCIALIST," and then in the next breath the same people start whining and finger pointing, "OBAMA'S GOING TO TAKE AWAY OUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE!"

Ummm. Yeah. Make up your alleged mind already.
 
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Laugh away little missy, unless you have a better argument then RTH. I am willing to hear your argument that Obama is a great leader.

Oh come on, the Bush admins and advocates blamed Clinton for 8 years, lol. It's the name of the game. I'd be willing to bet that the Roosevelt administration and adherents blamed Hoover for everything that didn't go well for 16 years.
Clinton got the blame for 2 maybe 3 years in, after that Shrub accepted the blame. The pundits however, are still blaming Clinton 12 years after he left office.

Obama hasn't really done anything different from Bush anyway. It's been more of the same "let them eat cake" bullshit, just with different icing.
Much more expensive Green icing.

Oh, and then there's all the screaming and finger pointing, "OBAMA'S A SOCIALIST," and then in the next breath the same people start whining and finger pointing, "OBAMA'S GOING TO TAKE AWAY OUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE!"

Ummm. Yeah. Make up your alleged mind already.
My mind? Where have I made an argument that we need to keep SS or Medicare? Both are Ponzi Schemes.
 

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Talking about social security, I'd much rather invest the money on my own instead of having the government screw it up. Unfortunately I don't have that choice.
Obama has played the blame game in everything he does. He can't run on his record. I am tired of him and his spend spend spend. I wouldn't mind paying a little more in taxes if it all went to paying off the countries debt, but it won't. I'd like to see Romney have a chance at it and if he doesn't start the country on a better track, vote him out the next election. The way Obama is going is just bringing us down further.

I have never been able to vote in an election for a person I am realy optimistic about. I have always had to vote to get or prevent someone else from getting into office. Just once before I leave this earth would I like to be able to cast my vote in favor of someone I truly believe in.
 

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This. I cannot stomach the theocracy that Romney/Ryan want to force down the United States' throats. I refuse to vote for a person who wants to make everyone live the same lifestyle based solely on their religion telling them that's what is wholesome and right. Absolutely not.
like the theocracy Romney established in Mass?
which theocracy are they going to establish ? will our capitol move to Salt Lake or Vatican City?
 
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like the theocracy Romney established in Mass?
which theocracy are they going to establish ? will our capitol move to Salt Lake or Vatican City?
It's highly doubtful they'd try to overset the oligarchy that's already in place.

Maybe add a few theocratic ideologies to the mix, but hey . . .

I'd imagine Mitt's been a little frustrated in Mass., what with so much of the population having considered themselves liberal for so long. I imagine he'd really enjoy having an arena where he could draw support from the redneck, errr, I mean RED states.
 

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like the theocracy Romney established in Mass?
which theocracy are they going to establish ? will our capitol move to Salt Lake or Vatican City?
Theocracy is a form of government in which official policy is governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as (or claim to be) divinely guided, or is pursuant to the doctrine of a particular religion or religious group
I do not want to live in a country where many of the major reforms will be made based on the president's personal religious views. I should not have to live under laws that are made solely based on what the bible says.
 

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pursuant to the doctrine of a particular religion or religious group.
read your own quote. and again i ask you, will it be mormon or catholic? although they aren't hostile towards each other they aren't exactly planning a merger anytime soon.
seriously, no one is claiming divine right (although some liberal dems came close right after Obama was elected). additionally neither the President nor the Vice can do much in & of themselves, changing the constitution to make the country a theocracy would require the complicity of 290 representatives & 66 senators AND similar portion of the legislatures of 33 states.
EVERY person has some foundation for their morals values & ethical standards. EVERY president before (including Obama) has claimed christianity, some have even claimed evangelical protestant religions, and so far NOT A SINGLE president has even tried to establish a theocracy. Stop drinking the uberliberal flavor of the koolaid, you're just making your blood pressure skyrocket for no good reason.
 

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I doubt that you and I will ever agree on the point.

If a theocracy can be defined as a government that is officially run based on the doctrines of a particular religion or religious group, I believe Romney's plan for reform would lead America to become a theocracy. I believe this because Romney and Ryan's large reform plans include: banning gay couples from sharing the same rights as heterosexual couple because the bible condemns homosexuality, banning or at least making contraceptives nearly impossible to come by because the bible does not condone contraceptive use, as well as removing women's reproductive rights because the bible makes man lord and master of his wife's body.

Considering many of their decisive platform points are based on their religious faith, Christianity, their reforms would lead to the official conducting of government in accordance with a particular religious doctrine, i.e. the Christian bible. I don't think there has to be a particular sect or branch of religion adhered to to qualify as a theocracy (Why do you think it has to be Catholics or Mormons? Why can't it just be Christianity?)If Christianity is the leading reason for the making of new laws under their form of government, they are planning on running it as a theocracy.

I'm not being a psycholiberal nutter, I am clearly stating why I think that their reforms to the government, should they be elected, would lead to a theocracy. I understand that there must be a democratic process to get these reforms approved and put into action in our country. Although their ideal government may never come to pass, the Romney/Ryan platform is presented with an ideal US being run as a theocracy. Since I do not agree that this would be the ideal form of government, I do not have any plans to vote for them.
 

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