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on that 'gap' thing.. if you vote for convservatives that's what'll happen.. its them same with em in this country even worse.. in america i dont see any difference between your parties in that respect.. anything slightly 'left' is accused of being communist... doh! in my eye, convservatism is for the blue bloods and the rich.. because they know they'll keep their wealth.it keeps the poor down by favouring the rich... their view is.. if you cant afford something. tough.
Quote from: Overseer on June 08, 2004, 08:21:48 AMon that 'gap' thing.. if you vote for convservatives that's what'll happen.. its them same with em in this country even worse.. in america i dont see any difference between your parties in that respect.. anything slightly 'left' is accused of being communist... doh! in my eye, convservatism is for the blue bloods and the rich.. because they know they'll keep their wealth.it keeps the poor down by favouring the rich... their view is.. if you cant afford something. tough.The Democrats are just as much giulty for the gap between the rich and the poor. It was actually the Kennedy and Carter admininistrations that set that inevitable phenomenon into motion. The same money that funds the Democrats, funds the Republicans. Either way your are voting for the big corporations and expansion of the military and prison business at the expense of the taxpayers.
But it's still R.I.P.....because I have sympathy for the ones that loved him. I done lost too many people not to.
What about a catholic commenting.Jay-Z commented once on being a product of Reagonomics. Lets face it, under Reagon, the United States trend of closing the gap between rich and poor started closing. Before Reagon, since World War II, the United States was in a stage were poor was starting to gain money, and become middle class. The whole rich always get richer argument, was being crushed by the United States, which is one reason we were a great nations, we were breaking norms. Anyways, Reagon, his plan was to give the rich tax cuts, because if the rich have more money, they'd spend it on their companies. Well this did not hold true, but both middle and higher classes got tax cuts, so both classes thrived, BUT, the once surging working class took a huge hit, and this started the trend, rich getting richer, poor getting poorer. Now of course you did have our crack heads, but you also had people like my dad, who worked his whole life, is a Vietnam Vet, and he had his vet benefits taken away by Ronald Reagon, for the sake of higher class tax cuts, Reagon took away Veterans rights, and no one argueed because Reagon was popular, and people didn't like Vietnam vets anyways. So my dad had no more Veterans benefits, which is really starting to cost him now that his older, and he had lost his job because he got divorced, and he had to raise my sister and me by himself. Welfare was not that much, so he took welfare, and still worked jobs along the way, and never had enough money. Reagon wanted his trickled down economy to work, after all, most economicalist believed the plan would work. If you remember when Bill Clinton took over, he redid the tax bracket so that rich once again get higher tax rates than working class. under Reagon, the rich got taxed like 10% well middle 20%, and working class 30%, or close to those numbers. I had exact numbers, but I am too lazy to go find them. Anyways, for his work, Reagon spend his last 10 years not remembering his name, not knowing where the bathroom was, and not remembering he was president. All I can say was, it couldn't have happen to a better man.
Quote from: RODZILLA is BAY AREA Hip Hop on June 08, 2004, 02:34:44 PMBut it's still R.I.P.....because I have sympathy for the ones that loved him. I done lost too many people not to.props for that.. heart and compassion is what puts real people apart from the selfish and the weak bigots who let hate blind their view.. eh infinite?
Ibrahim I respect you but disagree with you here.Firstly, Reagan got America out of the Cold War, and very quickly.He improved America's moral like none other could.And in my opinion, welfare should be taken away. Those out of work should rely on family, charity and religious groups while they find a job.