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Originally Posted by Amerika
I figure no more so than you putting on thoe rose colored classes and singing Kumbaya to the socialism mantra.
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Kumbaya is a christian song. In my dreamed of socialist Utopia religion will be a thing of the past. I wake up every morning and sing "The Red Flag".
I have no idea what a debate on Obama's presidency has to do with Socialism by the way. He's no socialist.
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Hmmm… President Barack Obama forced GM into bankruptcy, fired the executives, and put the government "behind the wheel" of the company. Some would consider that nationalizing GM… I figure Obama calls it just another Monday. And a "success"... perhaps for the unions.
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Some might well consider that nationalising GM, but they'd be flat wrong. The government lent GM enough money to keep operating. This money was then repaid when GM returned to profitability. The entire thing was a huge success. If you want to take pot shots at the Obama presidency, this is a terrible place to start. Didn't the government even turn a profit on the bailout?
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With the arrival of government-run exchanges in 2014, the government will use its regulatory, pricing, and taxing authority to favor its own plan. And would make it difficult, if not impossible for private health plans to compete and prompt businesses to switch to cheaper, public alternative. I’m looking at a $15,000 family play for employees versus a $3,000 penalty. Sadly, just a no-brainer. Just a fancy way of nationalizing health care in my opinion.
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Government health insurance does not equal a nationalised health care system. I think you need to actually look into a nationalised healthcare system like the NHS in Britain to realise just how wide of the mark you are.
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Oh yeah… all those new emissions regulations have now forced coal-fired power plant operators to choose between installing pollution control equipment which is far too costly, switch to natural gas which is again far too costly, or shutting down their plants (BINGO!). "Just fine"… my god, six coal-fired plants are now scheduled to shut down in my state so far… nothing to see here… please move along?
"So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted." - Barack Obama 2008. At least there’s one campaign promise Obama kept.
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Well now, I admit I could be wrong on that one. But what's your alternative? Allow the pollution to continue? The obvious answer is to spend the money on research into alternative fuels wouldn't you say? I doubt you would say though.
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Again… who shut down gulf coast oil exploration?
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It wasn't shut down for a start. Only some rigs were closed temporarily, the moratorium was lifted.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct...orium-20101013
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The moratorium affected about 36 rigs in the Gulf of Mexico that were exploring new reservoirs of oil and gas in water deeper than 500 feet. Extraction of oil and gas in the gulf, which accounts for a third of domestic oil production, continued largely unabated.
So I ask you; who shut down the gulf of Mexico oil exploration? When was it shutdown?
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Where have you been? Don’t you remember Obama’s attack on the Supreme Court recently calling them "and unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law," or his constant use of executive powers to sidestep Congress and our laws.
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He didn't attack the Supreme Court, he commented on it's actions. It's complete hyperbole to suggest otherwise.
Give me specific examples of him "side stepping congress".
You have taken the position that everything single thing that Obama did was wrong, which as I said before is completely blinkered.
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