tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post1095956777751019182..comments2023-10-31T07:40:02.775-04:00Comments on The Softball Insider: TRUE Masters of Evil... Part II .. " United States of Embarrassment" .. The Softball Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12366259959215249331noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-52810125638659445452013-11-05T22:00:43.289-05:002013-11-05T22:00:43.289-05:00If it weren't for the various safety net pgms,...If it weren't for the various safety net pgms, the rw agenda to transform the USA into a plutocracy owned + operated by the wealthiest 1% would have been apparent 30 years earlier. Now the cat is out of the bag and there's no longer any need to figleaf the obvious, so those programs are being phased out. Off shoring, tax policy, union busting, and so-called free trade have destroyed a once thriving middle class that was the envy of much of the world. Now it's game over. Look at who won and who lost and see if this shoe fits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-10063058140194234712013-11-05T16:17:38.048-05:002013-11-05T16:17:38.048-05:00We need more Thomas' out there to step up and ...We need more Thomas' out there to step up and debunk this tiresome , factless , right wing crap they be feeding everyone . Bravo , Thomas ! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-82411005681492579482013-10-24T03:25:07.476-04:002013-10-24T03:25:07.476-04:00That wasn't me. I thought about posting a rebu...That wasn't me. I thought about posting a rebuttal to both Rickey and Thomas but decided against it, But thank you Mr. Anonymous. I wear the moniker of Mr. Conservative proudly.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-73599900593261013112013-10-16T18:24:36.729-04:002013-10-16T18:24:36.729-04:00C'mon, guys -- we all know whose fault this wh...C'mon, guys -- we all know whose fault this whole mess is: JB!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-79651638033890689122013-10-16T12:28:16.090-04:002013-10-16T12:28:16.090-04:00That had to be jimmy bitros Mr conservative!That had to be jimmy bitros Mr conservative!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-19962004416156195592013-10-14T18:18:48.072-04:002013-10-14T18:18:48.072-04:00well said Thomas.well said Thomas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-76028490288739084212013-10-13T22:01:29.781-04:002013-10-13T22:01:29.781-04:00First, it is so interesting to me the number of pe...First, it is so interesting to me the number of people who express questionable opinions on Ricky's blog but never identify themselves.<br /><br />Ricky did not get his facts wrong. And your assessment of what is causing this country's decline is very questionable. What is clear is that you are spouting the fairly typical Republican/Conservative line blaming the government.<br /><br />Comparing our government to dictatorships is simply wrong on the facts. Dictatorships do not take care of everybody. They take care of people on a very selective basis. In contrast, no one has suggested that our government take care of everyone. But we are coming to the conclusion that some things should be available at reasonable cost to everyone and health care is one of those things.<br /><br />As far as living on credit, the previous administration inherited a balanced budget (some say a surplus) from Bill Clinton. They turned that into a huge deficit with 2 unfunded wars (one of them completely gratuitous), tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans who neither asked for it nor needed it. We were told this tax cut would lead to job growth but GW Bush had the weakest job growth numbers in 40 years. So clearly that myth was debunked. Bush and the Republicans added a prescription drug benefit that cost billions and was also unfunded. It benefited Big Pharma more than seniors until the doughnut hole was fixed by ObamaCare. <br /><br />It is hard to take anyone seriously who blames the current President for his deficit increases as they were mostly made necessary by an economy he inherited and which was in danger of taking us into another depression. It takes time to repair the kind of massive economic damage done by eight years of cavalier and irresponsible behavior by a government that was almost completely in the hands of Republicans for most of those years.<br /><br />Deficits are coming down, by the way and if it was not for ideologues like Cruz trying to cripple the economy we would be a lot further along. In fact, if the obstructionist Republican party, marching in lockstep, had not dedicated themselves to destroying President Obama and making him a "one term President" by saying no to all the legislation that would have helped the economy recover faster, the recovery would be a lot further along.<br /><br />You can cut the brake lines on a car but you can't point the finger of blame at someone else when it crashes.<br /><br />You are correct when you say these are complicated issues. But what the right in America has been doing for the last 5 years is not complicated at all. It is simply sabotage.thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10448896582243899564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-52239524698306404682013-10-12T19:00:46.682-04:002013-10-12T19:00:46.682-04:00ZzzzzzzZzzzzzzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-9416174109177981132013-10-11T15:35:28.864-04:002013-10-11T15:35:28.864-04:00Aside from having all your facts wrong, it's a...Aside from having all your facts wrong, it's a sweet post. America's decline is due to soooo much more than the bickering in the news today. It's about drug use, fatherless children, loss of religion, loss of family, loss of work ethic, the philosophy that government should take care of everybody (ironically what gives dictatorships all their power), incredibly dangerous debt-fueled spending at the national, state, local and household level, beauracracy, illegal immigration, automation of the economy, overall lack of education to keep up with the new economy, just to name a few. We are rotting from the inside out as a nation. In part, our great melting pot, while still producing some greatness, has become a Tower of Babel demanding too many different agendas, ideas, wants, needs, etc for there really to be a coherent United States of America.<br /><br />The country has lived on credit for far too long to feed a lavish federal spending program - someone has to reign it in because none of it can be paid for. Health care for all is a noble goal we can all get behind. But why should it be FREEEEEEEE for so many at the incredible to cost to so many others? Yes, truly indigent people should be given a helping hand with compassion but how many are gaming the system? And for how long? Why does the entire health care system be changed to help a fraction of Americans, when you could basically expand Medicaid to cover the truly needy and not affect what the rest of us have, at far greater cost?<br /><br />Rick, there is so much more to this than anyone can encapsulate but you are too smart to parrot the nonsense you hear in the media. Quoting M&M doesn't help make the point. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com