33 Uncomfortable Questions for Progressives (aka Leftists)

[Luddly Neddite]

Why do conservatives insist that immigrants have papers,

but that they should not be made to show them when they buy an assault rifle?

Exactly.

There are several more like this in that assssinine list.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

These are not questions.

They are ASSSumptions along the line of "when did you stop beating your wife" and lies, like this one -

THE LEFT...especially The US Women's movement (Remember BURN YOUR BRAS)? Should be all over the suppression of WOMEN in Muslim culture. KILLED if they are RAPED...

THEY ARE SILENT.

WHY?

The OP is just another example of using ignorance to pick a fight.

 

[Toro]

3. Why is it right for people who produce nothing to dictate the fortunes of those who work for a living?

The entire American system is based on the the transfer of wealth to those who have produced nothing. It's called inheritance. Do people have a right to give their children money? Yes, absolutely. But the distinction "productive versus non-productive falls apart if so many people from the productive column had a head start. You're better off saying life is unfair, and it's not government place to change that.

Pop quiz, Mensa Boy: what percentage of American millionaires became millionaires via inheritance?

So if the answer is 2%, you agree that those 2% shouldn't have "the right to dictate the fortunes" of others?

 

[Toro]

3. Why is it right for people who produce nothing to dictate the fortunes of those who work for a living?

That's a darned good question. Why is it the Paris Hiltons and other rich assholes who control half the wealth and produce very little personally, dictate the fortunes of the rest of us? Why is it that a few rich assholes at AIG and the Blackstone Group could crash the economy, put all of us out of jobs, sink the equity in our houses, and then STILL demand that we taxpayers bail them out?

Oh, wait. I don't think that was what you were going for, was it?

How did Blackstone crash the economy?

 

[JoeB131]

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The politicians who forced banks to give mortgages to people who couldn't pay them crashed the economy. The politicians also bailed out the banks. The banks couldn't force anyone to bail them out. Only politicians can do that.

Politicians did nothing of the sort. They only ruled that you can't refuse someone who otherwise qualifies for a loan if he lives in a certain "bad" neighborhood. And they did this 30 years before the crash.

No, what caused the crash was that the banks were taking that mortgage to a poor person, then claim it was worth ten times what it was worth and selling it an investment.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Allow me to provide the official progressives answers:

1. You RACIST!!

2. You RACIST!!

3. You RACIST!!

4. You RACIST!!

5. You RACIST!!


Etc...

Yeah, be sure to tell that to my "Rainbow Coalition" family.

Seriously, I was showing pictures from the family reunion we had right before my father died to a friend today, and he looked up at me, bewildered, and said, "Are you the only WHITE person in your family?!"

 

[Cecilie1200]

Things that make you go .

1. Why is it fine that Americans need to prove to the IRS that they have health insurance, but it’s wrong to ask immigrants if they are in the country legally?

2. Why is it okay if a welfare state office asks people for ID before giving them a check, but it’s “racist” to ask people to show IDs before voting for politicians who send out those checks?

3. Why is it right for people who produce nothing to dictate the fortunes of those who work for a living?

4. Is it wrong for someone who puts no effort into life to make a living off of those who have to work hard?

5. Why do people have to pay the state for their very right to live? (In other words, why are there “income” taxes, when there used to be taxes only on profits?)

6. If all cultures are equal, should all Americans value the abuse of women in many Muslim cultures, the abuse of workers in China, or the ill-treatment of gays in Russia?

7. If the only thing that a nation needed for the people to be happy was for the government to spend money and to buy its own debt, how come other countries around the globe didn’t figure that out earlier?

8. Is the way to alleviate poverty to get more people doing productive jobs, or to take more money from people who are already working who can create jobs?

9. Does it help or harm an economy to create unproductive jobs?

10. If the “war on poverty” continues for decades with no improvement, is throwing more money at the problem still the solution?

11. If the almost $3.3 trillion in debt accumulated under Bush was “irresponsible” and “unpatriotic,” is Obama responsible and patriotic for adding $6 trillion?

12. Can a nation be fundamentally racist when there the president is black and the American people watch sports, movies and TV shows featuring blacks?

13. Maybe the reason for poverty in inner cities is not because of capitalism but because of the lack of free market enterprise?

14. Why does the U.S. have a Department of Homeland Security that spies on American websites, but lets millions of illegal immigrants overstay their visas and cross the borders?

15. Why does the NSA illegally spy on millions of Americans, but can’t alert authorities of imminent terrorist attacks like the Boston bombing, even when the government is warned about the suspects?

16. Why are we creating a massive surveillance state to protect us from “terrorism,” when the Obama administration won’t even call the mass murder of U.S. soldiers at Ft. Hood by a confessed jihadist “terrorism”?

17. Maybe the nations worldwide that were poor before the U.S. existed and are still poor suffer because they don’t have economic freedom, and not because America is exploiting them?

18. Perhaps the reason the U.S. has been relatively wealthy is because it has been the most innovative, productive and adventurous nation in history, and not because it stole big screen TVs, computers, Internet wi-fi and smartphones from people?

19. Has the U.S. military liberated millions from tyranny and oppression or is it imposing tyranny and oppression on foreign peoples?

20. How much government debt is too much? Can the government accrue tens of trillions in future debt without negative consequences for people?

21. Do people generally have the right to determine the outcomes of their own lives? Or do Washington politicians and bureaucrats (i.e. other people) have the right to determine them?

22. Why are millionaire corporate CEOs railed against, but millionaire Hollywood actors and pop singers are praised and idolized?

23. Why is the GOP the “party of the rich” when there are just as many rich Democrat politicians as Republicans, and the wealthiest counties in the nation tend to vote Democratic?

24. Why is it that some of the biggest corporations in the nation (Microsoft, GE, Google) donate the majority of their political campaign contributions to the Democrat Party?

25. Why do the largest corporate media outlets in the nation support a political party that has continuously railed against corporations?

26. Why is it that a president who has praised wealth redistribution has seen through an economy where, as he admitted, 95% of the gains have gone to the top 1%?

27. Why Is Washington D.C. all of a sudden one of the richest areas in the nation? What valuable goods and services does that region produce?

28. Can power that accrues in a centralized government be used for evil as well as good? What does history say about this topic?

29. Is it really “progressive” to return to a state of affairs that America was founded to protect people against?

30. How come all of the “compassionate” programs of Democrat-dominated cities across the nation seem to lead only to worsening poverty, drug use and crime?

31. If democracy means “rule of the people,” why does the “Democratic Party” keep giving power to 536 individuals to decide the health, education, energy, transportation, retirement, employment, and income choices for hundreds of millions of people?

32. If Obamacare is so great, how come Congressmen who passed the bill want no part of it? (Even though they make at least $174,000 a year, most are taking federal subsidies to pay for their insurance plans.)

33. Maybe the reason the U.S. is in a bad spot is because many people don’t think through the logical consequences of their political positions?

- Thanks to Independent Journal

1. Why is it OK with conservatives that US businesses employ illegals for cheap labor?
2. I'm OK with voter ID. I carry ID all the time.
3. How is that even happening?
4. Yep. All able bodied adults should work for a living.
5. Government costs money.
6. Who says all cultures are equal?
7. If spending money = happiness, we must be the happiest mfers in the world.
8. More productive jobs.
9. Define unproductive jobs. People make money. People spend money. The money people spend supports businesses.
10. I dunno. Conservatives like to spend money on the wars on terror and drugs. Not much positive results there either.
11. Nope. Congress supposedly controls spending though.
12. Been a long struggle to get where we are today wrt racial equality.
13. Maybe.
14. Big intrusive waste of money perpetrated by both parties. Would be happy to eliminate it.
15. Why? Because they can. Whether you or I like it is unimportant. More police state crap perpetrated by both parties.
16. Because both parties want it. It is overwhelmingly wanted by the right.
17. Could be any number of reasons. Exploitation could also be a factor.
18. Yeah. It's the Chinas of the world that make money off of piracy of technology.
19. Much of the time it is just replacing one bastard with another. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. But back in WW2, we did a lot of good.
20. Dunno what the tipping point is, but it can't go on forever. Been crazy watching this country go from biggest creditor to biggest debtor.
21. Self determination, of course. When has it been otherwise?
22. Singers and actors actually do something positive that people can enjoy. Many CEO's are also idolized (or envied), and do lots of good. Then there are the corporate raider scumbags that do lots of harm leaving ruined lives and plundered fortunes in their wake. What actor or singer can actually cause harm?
23. Both parties are now pretty much bought and sold by wealthy interests, but the GOP is all about the rich. All you hear from them is how they want to do away with worker rights, unions, minimum wage, etc. You never hear them talk about more for the working class.
24. Dems are in power now. when Pubs are in power, they get the big donations.
25. See 24. Neither party will do anything that would seriously harm corporate power.
26. All the president can do is make speeches and sign bills. Congress is too divided to send him much, ergo no change. Not that he would change much even if he could.
27. Fertilizer.
28. Sure. Power corrupts.
29. What? We get taxation with representation.
30. As opposed to Republicans "compassionately" sweeping them under the carpet?
31. That's what the people elected them to do. That's what Republicans do too.
32. Congresscritters already have a pretty sweet benefit package they voted for themselves. Obamacare isn't great, but it beats having nothing. Would have been better to just allow folks to opt in to medicare.
33. Just so.

I'm sorry, but what makes you think you can go, "I'm ignoring your questions, and I DEMAND that you answer me"? You're not Torquemada, this isn't the Inquisition, and I asked first. So all this post really says is, "I have no answers! Divert!!!!"

You could have just said that in the first place, and saved space.

Dismissed.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Allow me to provide the official progressives answers:

1. You RACIST!!

2. You RACIST!!

3. You RACIST!!

4. You RACIST!!

5. You RACIST!!


Etc...

progressives are from both the left and the right

the following Republican Senators voted to fund Obamacare on 9-27-13

Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Chiesa (R-NJ)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Graham (R-SC)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (R-WI)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kirk (R-IL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Wicker (R-MS)

Could be why you very rarely hear me talk about party, and almost always hear me talk about stance on the political spectrum.

 

[JoeB131]

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I'm sorry, but what makes you think you can go, "I'm ignoring your questions, and I DEMAND that you answer me"? You're not Torquemada, this isn't the Inquisition, and I asked first. So all this post really says is, "I have no answers! Divert!!!!"

You could have just said that in the first place, and saved space.

Dismissed.

He made a good faith effort to answer your questions. Your evasion just shows the dishonesty of asking them in the first place.

 

[candycorn]

3. Why is it right for people who produce nothing to dictate the fortunes of those who work for a living?

That's a darned good question. Why is it the Paris Hiltons and other rich assholes who control half the wealth and produce very little personally, dictate the fortunes of the rest of us? Why is it that a few rich assholes at AIG and the Blackstone Group could crash the economy, put all of us out of jobs, sink the equity in our houses, and then STILL demand that we taxpayers bail them out?

Oh, wait. I don't think that was what you were going for, was it?

When was the last time Mitt Romney had a job or produced anything? Yet he was the GOP nominee for President.

Scoreboard.

 

[Borillar]

Things that make you go .

1. Why is it fine that Americans need to prove to the IRS that they have health insurance, but it’s wrong to ask immigrants if they are in the country legally?

2. Why is it okay if a welfare state office asks people for ID before giving them a check, but it’s “racist” to ask people to show IDs before voting for politicians who send out those checks?

3. Why is it right for people who produce nothing to dictate the fortunes of those who work for a living?

4. Is it wrong for someone who puts no effort into life to make a living off of those who have to work hard?

5. Why do people have to pay the state for their very right to live? (In other words, why are there “income” taxes, when there used to be taxes only on profits?)

6. If all cultures are equal, should all Americans value the abuse of women in many Muslim cultures, the abuse of workers in China, or the ill-treatment of gays in Russia?

7. If the only thing that a nation needed for the people to be happy was for the government to spend money and to buy its own debt, how come other countries around the globe didn’t figure that out earlier?

8. Is the way to alleviate poverty to get more people doing productive jobs, or to take more money from people who are already working who can create jobs?

9. Does it help or harm an economy to create unproductive jobs?

10. If the “war on poverty” continues for decades with no improvement, is throwing more money at the problem still the solution?

11. If the almost $3.3 trillion in debt accumulated under Bush was “irresponsible” and “unpatriotic,” is Obama responsible and patriotic for adding $6 trillion?

12. Can a nation be fundamentally racist when there the president is black and the American people watch sports, movies and TV shows featuring blacks?

13. Maybe the reason for poverty in inner cities is not because of capitalism but because of the lack of free market enterprise?

14. Why does the U.S. have a Department of Homeland Security that spies on American websites, but lets millions of illegal immigrants overstay their visas and cross the borders?

15. Why does the NSA illegally spy on millions of Americans, but can’t alert authorities of imminent terrorist attacks like the Boston bombing, even when the government is warned about the suspects?

16. Why are we creating a massive surveillance state to protect us from “terrorism,” when the Obama administration won’t even call the mass murder of U.S. soldiers at Ft. Hood by a confessed jihadist “terrorism”?

17. Maybe the nations worldwide that were poor before the U.S. existed and are still poor suffer because they don’t have economic freedom, and not because America is exploiting them?

18. Perhaps the reason the U.S. has been relatively wealthy is because it has been the most innovative, productive and adventurous nation in history, and not because it stole big screen TVs, computers, Internet wi-fi and smartphones from people?

19. Has the U.S. military liberated millions from tyranny and oppression or is it imposing tyranny and oppression on foreign peoples?

20. How much government debt is too much? Can the government accrue tens of trillions in future debt without negative consequences for people?

21. Do people generally have the right to determine the outcomes of their own lives? Or do Washington politicians and bureaucrats (i.e. other people) have the right to determine them?

22. Why are millionaire corporate CEOs railed against, but millionaire Hollywood actors and pop singers are praised and idolized?

23. Why is the GOP the “party of the rich” when there are just as many rich Democrat politicians as Republicans, and the wealthiest counties in the nation tend to vote Democratic?

24. Why is it that some of the biggest corporations in the nation (Microsoft, GE, Google) donate the majority of their political campaign contributions to the Democrat Party?

25. Why do the largest corporate media outlets in the nation support a political party that has continuously railed against corporations?

26. Why is it that a president who has praised wealth redistribution has seen through an economy where, as he admitted, 95% of the gains have gone to the top 1%?

27. Why Is Washington D.C. all of a sudden one of the richest areas in the nation? What valuable goods and services does that region produce?

28. Can power that accrues in a centralized government be used for evil as well as good? What does history say about this topic?

29. Is it really “progressive” to return to a state of affairs that America was founded to protect people against?

30. How come all of the “compassionate” programs of Democrat-dominated cities across the nation seem to lead only to worsening poverty, drug use and crime?

31. If democracy means “rule of the people,” why does the “Democratic Party” keep giving power to 536 individuals to decide the health, education, energy, transportation, retirement, employment, and income choices for hundreds of millions of people?

32. If Obamacare is so great, how come Congressmen who passed the bill want no part of it? (Even though they make at least $174,000 a year, most are taking federal subsidies to pay for their insurance plans.)

33. Maybe the reason the U.S. is in a bad spot is because many people don’t think through the logical consequences of their political positions?

- Thanks to Independent Journal

1. Why is it OK with conservatives that US businesses employ illegals for cheap labor?
2. I'm OK with voter ID. I carry ID all the time.
3. How is that even happening?
4. Yep. All able bodied adults should work for a living.
5. Government costs money.
6. Who says all cultures are equal?
7. If spending money = happiness, we must be the happiest mfers in the world.
8. More productive jobs.
9. Define unproductive jobs. People make money. People spend money. The money people spend supports businesses.
10. I dunno. Conservatives like to spend money on the wars on terror and drugs. Not much positive results there either.
11. Nope. Congress supposedly controls spending though.
12. Been a long struggle to get where we are today wrt racial equality.
13. Maybe.
14. Big intrusive waste of money perpetrated by both parties. Would be happy to eliminate it.
15. Why? Because they can. Whether you or I like it is unimportant. More police state crap perpetrated by both parties.
16. Because both parties want it. It is overwhelmingly wanted by the right.
17. Could be any number of reasons. Exploitation could also be a factor.
18. Yeah. It's the Chinas of the world that make money off of piracy of technology.
19. Much of the time it is just replacing one bastard with another. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. But back in WW2, we did a lot of good.
20. Dunno what the tipping point is, but it can't go on forever. Been crazy watching this country go from biggest creditor to biggest debtor.
21. Self determination, of course. When has it been otherwise?
22. Singers and actors actually do something positive that people can enjoy. Many CEO's are also idolized (or envied), and do lots of good. Then there are the corporate raider scumbags that do lots of harm leaving ruined lives and plundered fortunes in their wake. What actor or singer can actually cause harm?
23. Both parties are now pretty much bought and sold by wealthy interests, but the GOP is all about the rich. All you hear from them is how they want to do away with worker rights, unions, minimum wage, etc. You never hear them talk about more for the working class.
24. Dems are in power now. when Pubs are in power, they get the big donations.
25. See 24. Neither party will do anything that would seriously harm corporate power.
26. All the president can do is make speeches and sign bills. Congress is too divided to send him much, ergo no change. Not that he would change much even if he could.
27. Fertilizer.
28. Sure. Power corrupts.
29. What? We get taxation with representation.
30. As opposed to Republicans "compassionately" sweeping them under the carpet?
31. That's what the people elected them to do. That's what Republicans do too.
32. Congresscritters already have a pretty sweet benefit package they voted for themselves. Obamacare isn't great, but it beats having nothing. Would have been better to just allow folks to opt in to medicare.
33. Just so.

I'm sorry, but what makes you think you can go, "I'm ignoring your questions, and I DEMAND that you answer me"? You're not Torquemada, this isn't the Inquisition, and I asked first. So all this post really says is, "I have no answers! Divert!!!!"

You could have just said that in the first place, and saved space.

Dismissed.

I answered every one of your fucking questions. I'm probably the only one foolish enough to attempt it. Should have known it was just a troll post to begin with.

 

[thereisnospoon]

3. Why is it right for people who produce nothing to dictate the fortunes of those who work for a living?

The entire American system is based on the the transfer of wealth to those who have produced nothing. It's called inheritance. Do people have a right to give their children money? Yes, absolutely. But the distinction "productive" versus "non-productive" falls apart if so many people from the productive column had a head start or benefit from a subsidy system far in excess of then nickel & dime food stamp welfare queen blah blah.

You're better off saying life is unfair, and it's not government place to change that. I'm inclined to agree with you there.

And please stop recycling the same old Republican Talking Points. We've heard this shit a million times. It was interesting in the 80s when the Reagan Revolution first started hyping it, but now it's just a tired cut & paste blah blah . . .

Spice it up a little. Give us some nuance about who really benefits from free government services. Why don't you address the distributive consequences of say the Patent System, specifically the way the "productive" get the interventionist nanny state to build a monopoly fence around their products. Why not price military defense into oil profits, or FDIC Insurance into the profits of the Big Financials. Let us know you've taken an intro level course in high school and you're not just spamming from rightwing websites.

Or what about the gazillions of subsidies and bailouts given by government to the "productive". Go sector by sector. Take commercial aviation first. Boeing grew out of the Pentagon Budget. Government completely subsidized its costs and R&D. Or what about every god damn penny of profit made in the Southwest, which would not have its current "carrying capacity" without the Hoover Damn? Or what about government's support of the "productive" oil companies in the form of trillions in protecting their oil fields in the middle east? Or what about the 1980s consumer electronics boom, the technologies of which grew out of the Cold War Pentagon and NASA budgets. Do you know the technology that came out of the Space Program? -or how it was transferred to the private sector? And the massive profits it enabled? Do you know where the satellite technology that undergirds our telecom infrastructure came from? Do you know who funded it before it was completely privatized?

Before you make these grand categories of "Productive" and "Unproductive", you should do a better job researching the massive corporate welfare upon which our glorious profits are built.

Turn off talk radio.

Turn off FOX News.

Put down your deeply partisan newspapers and blogs . . .

and go to a fucking library or take a university course.

Funny thing is, I actually agree with 90% of your post, that is, I see these as justifiably hard questions for Liberals to answer and I get your point. I just think you can do better than repeating the same shit every day.

Turn off Fox News ....Yes and watch MSNBC to be indoctrinated by the lib talking heads there..Would that make you more comfy?
Take a university course? Why? Same reason as above? To get the liberal perspective and stick with that?
Put down the deeply partisan newspapers? And pick up one published by Knight Ridder or Gannet? Again to be indoctrinated into the lib perspective?
You people are a fucking miracle.

 

[candycorn]

Reject all biased media; FOX, MSNBC...

Listen to everyone and make your own decisions.

Having it spoonfed to you is lazy and a lazy electorate is a poor public servant's best friend.

This happens in every election but look at 2004. Bush partied in Alabama during Vietnam, Kerry was in-country. How Bush was successfully able to paint Kerry as weak on defense was incredible to say the least. Kerry was a shittier candidate than Mitt Romney and deserved to lose but that aspect of the contest was a poor accounting of the electorate's ability to recognize facts.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

3. Why is it right for people who produce nothing to dictate the fortunes of those who work for a living?

That's a darned good question. Why is it the Paris Hiltons and other rich assholes who control half the wealth and produce very little personally, dictate the fortunes of the rest of us? Why is it that a few rich assholes at AIG and the Blackstone Group could crash the economy, put all of us out of jobs, sink the equity in our houses, and then STILL demand that we taxpayers bail them out?

Oh, wait. I don't think that was what you were going for, was it?

When was the last time Mitt Romney had a job or produced anything? Yet he was the GOP nominee for President.

Scoreboard.

See this is why Progressive run cities always fail, they have all the wrong ideas about free enterprise.

Case in point: the above thinks that Bain Capital made money exploiting the proletariat. I know it's a stock answer from Progressives to describe ANY business, but that's it, that's their answer.

Did these Progressives every try to raise money from investors?

Did they ever run a business?

Look at Obama's track record: GM, Solyanda, Fannie, Freddie, it's one sinkhole after another. With a track record like that your investors would never return your phone calls.

 

[Billy000]

Things that make you go .

1. Why is it fine that Americans need to prove to the IRS that they have health insurance, but it’s wrong to ask immigrants if they are in the country legally?

2. Why is it okay if a welfare state office asks people for ID before giving them a check, but it’s “racist” to ask people to show IDs before voting for politicians who send out those checks?

3. Why is it right for people who produce nothing to dictate the fortunes of those who work for a living?

4. Is it wrong for someone who puts no effort into life to make a living off of those who have to work hard?

5. Why do people have to pay the state for their very right to live? (In other words, why are there “income” taxes, when there used to be taxes only on profits?)

6. If all cultures are equal, should all Americans value the abuse of women in many Muslim cultures, the abuse of workers in China, or the ill-treatment of gays in Russia?

7. If the only thing that a nation needed for the people to be happy was for the government to spend money and to buy its own debt, how come other countries around the globe didn’t figure that out earlier?

8. Is the way to alleviate poverty to get more people doing productive jobs, or to take more money from people who are already working who can create jobs?

9. Does it help or harm an economy to create unproductive jobs?

10. If the “war on poverty” continues for decades with no improvement, is throwing more money at the problem still the solution?

11. If the almost $3.3 trillion in debt accumulated under Bush was “irresponsible” and “unpatriotic,” is Obama responsible and patriotic for adding $6 trillion?

12. Can a nation be fundamentally racist when there the president is black and the American people watch sports, movies and TV shows featuring blacks?

13. Maybe the reason for poverty in inner cities is not because of capitalism but because of the lack of free market enterprise?

14. Why does the U.S. have a Department of Homeland Security that spies on American websites, but lets millions of illegal immigrants overstay their visas and cross the borders?

15. Why does the NSA illegally spy on millions of Americans, but can’t alert authorities of imminent terrorist attacks like the Boston bombing, even when the government is warned about the suspects?

16. Why are we creating a massive surveillance state to protect us from “terrorism,” when the Obama administration won’t even call the mass murder of U.S. soldiers at Ft. Hood by a confessed jihadist “terrorism”?

17. Maybe the nations worldwide that were poor before the U.S. existed and are still poor suffer because they don’t have economic freedom, and not because America is exploiting them?

18. Perhaps the reason the U.S. has been relatively wealthy is because it has been the most innovative, productive and adventurous nation in history, and not because it stole big screen TVs, computers, Internet wi-fi and smartphones from people?

19. Has the U.S. military liberated millions from tyranny and oppression or is it imposing tyranny and oppression on foreign peoples?

20. How much government debt is too much? Can the government accrue tens of trillions in future debt without negative consequences for people?

21. Do people generally have the right to determine the outcomes of their own lives? Or do Washington politicians and bureaucrats (i.e. other people) have the right to determine them?

22. Why are millionaire corporate CEOs railed against, but millionaire Hollywood actors and pop singers are praised and idolized?

23. Why is the GOP the “party of the rich” when there are just as many rich Democrat politicians as Republicans, and the wealthiest counties in the nation tend to vote Democratic?

24. Why is it that some of the biggest corporations in the nation (Microsoft, GE, Google) donate the majority of their political campaign contributions to the Democrat Party?

25. Why do the largest corporate media outlets in the nation support a political party that has continuously railed against corporations?

26. Why is it that a president who has praised wealth redistribution has seen through an economy where, as he admitted, 95% of the gains have gone to the top 1%?

27. Why Is Washington D.C. all of a sudden one of the richest areas in the nation? What valuable goods and services does that region produce?

28. Can power that accrues in a centralized government be used for evil as well as good? What does history say about this topic?

29. Is it really “progressive” to return to a state of affairs that America was founded to protect people against?

30. How come all of the “compassionate” programs of Democrat-dominated cities across the nation seem to lead only to worsening poverty, drug use and crime?

31. If democracy means “rule of the people,” why does the “Democratic Party” keep giving power to 536 individuals to decide the health, education, energy, transportation, retirement, employment, and income choices for hundreds of millions of people?

32. If Obamacare is so great, how come Congressmen who passed the bill want no part of it? (Even though they make at least $174,000 a year, most are taking federal subsidies to pay for their insurance plans.)

33. Maybe the reason the U.S. is in a bad spot is because many people don’t think through the logical consequences of their political positions?

- Thanks to Independent Journal

1) who says every liberal is okay with any illegal citizens?

2) what the fuck does that even mean? Regardless of what it means, it is fallacy to assume all liberals think the same way

3) is this supposed to refer to welfare recipients? So you think anyone on welfare is a mooch even though the actual facts say otherwise? How about you look up the actual no bullshit stats on welfare in this country and get back to me.

4) No one receiving welfare is living off of the government funds alone. No one. Again, the actual facts would educate you on this.

5) Christ are you kidding me? Tell me how are we supposed to pay for public schooling without people paying taxes?

6) Youre missing the point about cultural tolerance. The idea is you don't hate someone simply because of their culture. Judgement is based on behavior. Obviously not all Muslims think women should have less rights. Not all Russians are anti-gay. Not all Chinese support labor abuse.

Man, so far these questions have been pretty ridiculous.

7) lol what the fuck? Who says that? Man, this is just asinine.

8) Oh so there's an easy solution to fix the unemployment in this country? Ah okay. What is it? I'm all ears. Again, no one receiving welfare is living off of it. No one. Not even if the fraudulent moochers. Even they have jobs. Not only that, but fraudulent welfare use is rare. Don't believe me? Look it up.

9) Uh obviously anything unproductive would not be helpful.

10) No. No one is even proposing that idea.

I'll get to the rest of these gems later.

 

[Borillar]

Things that make you go .

1. Why is it fine that Americans need to prove to the IRS that they have health insurance, but it’s wrong to ask immigrants if they are in the country legally?

2. Why is it okay if a welfare state office asks people for ID before giving them a check, but it’s “racist” to ask people to show IDs before voting for politicians who send out those checks?

3. Why is it right for people who produce nothing to dictate the fortunes of those who work for a living?

4. Is it wrong for someone who puts no effort into life to make a living off of those who have to work hard?

5. Why do people have to pay the state for their very right to live? (In other words, why are there “income” taxes, when there used to be taxes only on profits?)

6. If all cultures are equal, should all Americans value the abuse of women in many Muslim cultures, the abuse of workers in China, or the ill-treatment of gays in Russia?

7. If the only thing that a nation needed for the people to be happy was for the government to spend money and to buy its own debt, how come other countries around the globe didn’t figure that out earlier?

8. Is the way to alleviate poverty to get more people doing productive jobs, or to take more money from people who are already working who can create jobs?

9. Does it help or harm an economy to create unproductive jobs?

10. If the “war on poverty” continues for decades with no improvement, is throwing more money at the problem still the solution?

11. If the almost $3.3 trillion in debt accumulated under Bush was “irresponsible” and “unpatriotic,” is Obama responsible and patriotic for adding $6 trillion?

12. Can a nation be fundamentally racist when there the president is black and the American people watch sports, movies and TV shows featuring blacks?

13. Maybe the reason for poverty in inner cities is not because of capitalism but because of the lack of free market enterprise?

14. Why does the U.S. have a Department of Homeland Security that spies on American websites, but lets millions of illegal immigrants overstay their visas and cross the borders?

15. Why does the NSA illegally spy on millions of Americans, but can’t alert authorities of imminent terrorist attacks like the Boston bombing, even when the government is warned about the suspects?

16. Why are we creating a massive surveillance state to protect us from “terrorism,” when the Obama administration won’t even call the mass murder of U.S. soldiers at Ft. Hood by a confessed jihadist “terrorism”?

17. Maybe the nations worldwide that were poor before the U.S. existed and are still poor suffer because they don’t have economic freedom, and not because America is exploiting them?

18. Perhaps the reason the U.S. has been relatively wealthy is because it has been the most innovative, productive and adventurous nation in history, and not because it stole big screen TVs, computers, Internet wi-fi and smartphones from people?

19. Has the U.S. military liberated millions from tyranny and oppression or is it imposing tyranny and oppression on foreign peoples?

20. How much government debt is too much? Can the government accrue tens of trillions in future debt without negative consequences for people?

21. Do people generally have the right to determine the outcomes of their own lives? Or do Washington politicians and bureaucrats (i.e. other people) have the right to determine them?

22. Why are millionaire corporate CEOs railed against, but millionaire Hollywood actors and pop singers are praised and idolized?

23. Why is the GOP the “party of the rich” when there are just as many rich Democrat politicians as Republicans, and the wealthiest counties in the nation tend to vote Democratic?

24. Why is it that some of the biggest corporations in the nation (Microsoft, GE, Google) donate the majority of their political campaign contributions to the Democrat Party?

25. Why do the largest corporate media outlets in the nation support a political party that has continuously railed against corporations?

26. Why is it that a president who has praised wealth redistribution has seen through an economy where, as he admitted, 95% of the gains have gone to the top 1%?

27. Why Is Washington D.C. all of a sudden one of the richest areas in the nation? What valuable goods and services does that region produce?

28. Can power that accrues in a centralized government be used for evil as well as good? What does history say about this topic?

29. Is it really “progressive” to return to a state of affairs that America was founded to protect people against?

30. How come all of the “compassionate” programs of Democrat-dominated cities across the nation seem to lead only to worsening poverty, drug use and crime?

31. If democracy means “rule of the people,” why does the “Democratic Party” keep giving power to 536 individuals to decide the health, education, energy, transportation, retirement, employment, and income choices for hundreds of millions of people?

32. If Obamacare is so great, how come Congressmen who passed the bill want no part of it? (Even though they make at least $174,000 a year, most are taking federal subsidies to pay for their insurance plans.)

33. Maybe the reason the U.S. is in a bad spot is because many people don’t think through the logical consequences of their political positions?

- Thanks to Independent Journal

1) who says every liberal is okay with any illegal citizens?

2) what the fuck does that even mean? Regardless of what it means, it is fallacy to assume all liberals think the same way

3) is this supposed to refer to welfare recipients? So you think anyone on welfare is a mooch even though the actual facts say otherwise? How about you look up the actual no bullshit stats on welfare in this country and get back to me.

4) No one receiving welfare is living off of the government funds alone. No one. Again, the actual facts would educate you on this.

5) Christ are you kidding me? Tell me how are we supposed to pay for public schooling without people paying taxes?

6) Youre missing the point about cultural tolerance. The idea is you don't hate someone simply because of their culture. Judgement is based on behavior. Obviously not all Muslims think women should have less rights. Not all Russians are anti-gay. Not all Chinese support labor abuse.

Man, so far these questions have been pretty ridiculous.

7) lol what the fuck? Who says that? Man, this is just asinine.

8) Oh so there's an easy solution to fix the unemployment in this country? Ah okay. What is it? I'm all ears. Again, no one receiving welfare is living off of it. No one. Not even if the fraudulent moochers. Even they have jobs. Not only that, but fraudulent welfare use is rare. Don't believe me? Look it up.

9) Uh obviously anything unproductive would not be helpful.

10) No. No one is even proposing that idea.

I'll get to the rest of these gems later.

Why bother? She doesn't deserve the effort. She's just trolling.

 

[Clementine]

6. If all cultures are equal, should all Americans value the abuse of women in many Muslim cultures, the abuse of workers in China, or the ill-treatment of gays in Russia?

Why does the U.S. care so damn much about Muslim women. Aren't the men getting enough?

Many actually care about human rights, although the ones who claim to be all for women's rights are dead silent on this issue and many spend more time defending those 'peaceful' Muslims. Obama has never said a bad word about any Muslim.

Is the left afraid that they will offend the evil people if they object to their horrible treatment of women?

While Obama and the libs are silent on Muslim women being abused, Obama came out and expressed concern for the people in Syria. Of course, the people he is wanting to help are al Qaeda, so that explains why he looks the other way when they abuse and murder women.

There are many questions that I have yet to hear a liberal answer. We get meaningless talking points and insults, but they never address the actual question.

They are afraid to even ponder why Obama, congress, the IRS and the unions want to be exempt from Obamacare. They can't handle the fact that Obama delayed Obamacare for the wealthiest companies, yet will want to shut government down before giving the little people a break like that.

 

[Saigon]

Progressives (aka Leftists)

I got as far as this statement before I realised the OP has absolutely no idea what she is on about.

 

[Saigon]

Obama has never said a bad word about any Muslim.

Well, that's a lie and not a very good one at that.

I can think of a dozen statements about Iran and al Queda, and I'm sure everyone else can as well.

Terrible, terrible posting Clementine.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Why do rightwing idiots like the OP think that they can speak for every liberal, and assign their versions of what they think liberals believe to every liberal?

probably for the same reasons that leftwing idiots think that they can speak for every conservative, and assign their versions of what they think conservatives believe to every conservative......like Dean and Dudley do.....

I don't recall having "spoken" for anyone. Pretty sure I simply listed questions and observed that they make progressives uncomfortable.

What they are thinking that MAKES these questions uncomfortable is something I'm not being paid enough to figure out.