Why is America so screwed up?

[ScienceRocks]

Half of all American school children are living in poverty.

50 million are on food stamps.

Half of us do not vote.

More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.

We are trillions of dollars in debt.

We are more divided than ever.

Politics has turned into one big reality show.

The Washington elites don't give a damn.

When will this madness end? Is America the 21st Century equivalent of Rome? How did we get to this point?

One person is responsible: Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Think about it.

FDR invented the "New Deal"....LBJ doubled down on FDR with the "Great Society" programs. These gave us the entitlement mentality and the mega welfare state we see today

Socialism only works for a short time for dead beats, then other people's money runs out...
That is why our government is a banana republic.

Exactly wrong- Reaganists seem to WANT a banana republic, it's working great- Our middle class is dying in comparison with other modern countries.
After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?

More nonsense.

That is all you have. America was built by unions, anti-trust laws and a level playing field that allowed for the avg joe to reach for the stars. WTF has reaganism done? Oh'yess, it has destroyed this.

 

[Mrcanteloupe90]

Here is a reason why.Marijuana and Tobacco are natural substances that God put here to help us. Literally all things on the planet are here for a reason. Berries and mushrooms which are poisonous to humans are not poisonous to animals, they are good for the animals, they help the animals health. Marijuana, Tobacco, Bellidona, Cocoa, Psychobilon, Peyote, and Opium are good for humans. They help to make us all around healthier just like all natural Non-GMO fruits, vegetables, and nuts do. These natural substances make us healthier and expand our minds, which is why they are illegal. The elite do not want expanding our minds, and they don't want using natural remedies for things like cancer. Marijuana does cure and prevent cancer, many other things. Psychobilon (Magic mushrooms) cure depression and PTSD. Tobacco chills you out. Bellidona (a type of berry) gives you energy. Cocoa (the plant that cocaine is made from) the leaves also give you energy. And Marijuana, Magic mushrooms, Peyote, and Opium expand your mind. Another reason why they are illegal is money. If these were legal prescription drug pharmacies would not exist. And they also get money from putting your sorry ass in prison for a possession of a piece of nature. And the CIA imports hard artificially made drugs into the United States, in order to get people addicted to shit that slowly kills you. The CIA gets money from importing drugs, and arrested American citizens for possession of theses drugs. Another reason is population control, because theses drugs kill people.

 

[Dovahkiin]

A thread demonstrating the real reason america is screwed up: Partisan bullshit.

 

[Dovahkiin]

Half of all American school children are living in poverty.

50 million are on food stamps.

Half of us do not vote.

More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.

We are trillions of dollars in debt.

We are more divided than ever.

Politics has turned into one big reality show.

The Washington elites don't give a damn.

When will this madness end? Is America the 21st Century equivalent of Rome? How did we get to this point?

Democrats.

You have demonstrated yourself to be a partisan hack, the real problem in this country.
You are effectively claiming That democrats are responsible for all of the debt, half of the people not voting, americans being overweight..

 

[Dovahkiin]

How did we get to this point?

Regressives AKA leftist Aholes.

You don't understand the definition of "regressive." The main regressives in this country are social conservatives.

 

[Dovahkiin]

The rubes in this thread are right. All the technology and advancements brought about by liberals have made us fat and weak. We need to elect a republican to punish us like Dubya did.

Technology doesn't make people fat and weak, liberal social programs do. If you elect a Republican, they just may make you get off of your fat ass, off of your Obama Phone, off of SANP's card and make you work for a living. Then you won't be so fat and weak.

Partisan stupidity with no basis in reality. Post something of substance, this forum is crawling with fools..

 

[Dovahkiin]

Half of all American school children are living in poverty.

50 million are on food stamps.

Half of us do not vote.

More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.

We are trillions of dollars in debt.

We are more divided than ever.

Politics has turned into one big reality show.

The Washington elites don't give a damn.

When will this madness end? Is America the 21st Century equivalent of Rome? How did we get to this point?

Socialism

If you honestly want to claim that america has any "socialist" influence, you're re-defining socialism to mean anything the moderate left does.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Half of all American school children are living in poverty.

50 million are on food stamps.

Half of us do not vote.

More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.

We are trillions of dollars in debt.

We are more divided than ever.

Politics has turned into one big reality show.

The Washington elites don't give a damn.

When will this madness end? Is America the 21st Century equivalent of Rome? How did we get to this point?

Socialism

If you honestly want to claim that america has any "socialist" influence, you're re-defining socialism to mean anything the moderate left does.

Civilization its self is socialism to these idiots.
Paving our highways is socialism to these idiots
Having a police force is socialism to these idiots

These people are sick in the head.

 

[ScienceRocks]

How did we get to this point?

Regressives AKA leftist Aholes.

You don't understand the definition of "regressive." The main regressives in this country are social conservatives.

The only ones more regressive are probably the economic liberterians. These people hate civilization.

 

[OKTexas]

How did we get to this point?

Regressives AKA leftist Aholes.

You don't understand the definition of "regressive." The main regressives in this country are social conservatives.

Well that's your opinion, and you're entitled to it. Personally I have no desire to go back to the good old days of Stalin and FDR like todays regressives do. FDR is the reason presidents are term limited, probably his greatest achievement.

 

[Dovahkiin]

How did we get to this point?

Regressives AKA leftist Aholes.

You don't understand the definition of "regressive." The main regressives in this country are social conservatives.

Well that's your opinion, and you're entitled to it. Personally I have no desire to go back to the good old days of Stalin and FDR like todays regressives do. FDR is the reason presidents are term limited, probably his greatest achievement.

Stalin and FDR

You're trying to put the two on the same level, as if they're similar. Of course, anyone claiming this is a fool and has never spent any amount of time studying some actual history.

FDR is the reason presidents are term limited, probably his greatest achievement.

If you think that's his greatest achievement, you don't know what FDR actually did.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Fdr's polices built America's middle class and innovatiness for the next 40 years(1940's-1980.) Reagan destroyed it.

Fdr was a great president...

 

[NoNukes]

Half of all American school children are living in poverty.

50 million are on food stamps.

Half of us do not vote.

More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.

We are trillions of dollars in debt.

We are more divided than ever.

Politics has turned into one big reality show.

The Washington elites don't give a damn.

When will this madness end? Is America the 21st Century equivalent of Rome? How did we get to this point?

Many problems but name one country better

How long a list do you want? I live in Ireland and like living here much more than I liked living in the USA.

 

[OKTexas]

How did we get to this point?

Regressives AKA leftist Aholes.

You don't understand the definition of "regressive." The main regressives in this country are social conservatives.

Well that's your opinion, and you're entitled to it. Personally I have no desire to go back to the good old days of Stalin and FDR like todays regressives do. FDR is the reason presidents are term limited, probably his greatest achievement.

Stalin and FDR

You're trying to put the two on the same level, as if they're similar. Of course, anyone claiming this is a fool and has never spent any amount of time studying some actual history.

FDR is the reason presidents are term limited, probably his greatest achievement.

If you think that's his greatest achievement, you don't know what FDR actually did.

I know exactly what he did, and I disagree with most of it, both Stalin and FDR were both dictatorial assholes and I respect neither. I put FDR right near the bottom of all presidents, right down there with Lincoln, Wilson and your current dear leader, none of which believe that free men should be allowed to govern themselves, which is the bedrock principle this country was founded on.

 

[ninja007]

OP- one word. Liberalism.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

The rubes in this thread are right. All the technology and advancements brought about by liberals have made us fat and weak. We need to elect a republican to punish us like Dubya did.

Technology doesn't make people fat and weak, liberal social programs do. If you elect a Republican, they just may make you get off of your fat ass, off of your Obama Phone, off of SANP's card and make you work for a living. Then you won't be so fat and weak.

Partisan stupidity with no basis in reality. Post something of substance, this forum is crawling with fools..

Yes, it is crawling with fools:

Broken promise? Obama’s America better for Wall Street than Main Street, stats show
By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times - Sunday, January 4, 2015


"According to the Monthly Treasury Statement, the aggregate balance in the federal direct student loan program jumped from $687 billion in 2013 to nearly $807 billion in 2014. When coupled with private student loan debt, the total amount owed exceeds $1 trillion, according to a November 2014 quarterly “Household Debt and Credit Report” published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

“About 11.1% of aggregate student loan debt is 90 [plus] days delinquent or in default,” the report added in an ominous warning.

According to the annual federally mandated report “Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors,” published by the Department of Health and Human Services, the welfare dependency rate “peaked” under Mr. Obama’s watch in 2010 when 5.3 percent of the total population was receiving half of its total income in a one-year period from the government, and that figure has only “declined slightly since,” according to the report.

While total dependency on welfare has been growing, the number of Americans needing some form of federal aid to get by has skyrocketed. The latest report from the government estimates more than 23 percent of Americans lived in a family that received some form of welfare help under Mr. Obama, up 17.1 from the last year of Mr. Bush’s presidency.

One of the fastest-growing areas of federal dependency is Social Security disability, where the number of Americans has ballooned from 7.4 million in January 2009, when Mr. Obama took office, to 10.9 million in November.

“About 87 percent of people who selected health insurance plans through HealthCare.gov for coverage beginning Jan. 1, 2015, were determined eligible for financial assistance to lower their monthly premiums, compared to 80 percent of enrollees who selected plans over a similar period last year,” according to a December analysis released by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Health subsidies are just one of many forms of federal dependency that have grown on Mr. Obama’s watch."

Obama economy: Welfare dependency peaks as rich get richer

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

If you are going to produce people need to be able to buy your production.

Exactly, which is why Americans are buying foreign made products today.

From 2001 to 2008, millions of jobs moved to China and over 40,000 factories were closed. It's difficult to rebuild when the factories themselves were gone. Gone, not there any more. Gone.

■ While the United States enjoyed a positive net inflow of foreign direct investment of more than $40 billion in 2001, direct investment flows deteriorated markedly in the next two years of Bush’s presidency. In 2002, U.S. companies and individuals invested nearly $90 billion more abroad than foreigners invested directly in the United States, and we saw another net outflow in 2003 of nearly $64 billion. And in 2002, more new foreign direct investment flowed into China than into the United States, much of it in manufacturing.

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=laborunions

Why would Republicans do that to this country? Why do you think business invest so much heavier in Republicans than Democrats. That information has been posted dozens of times. It can't be denied.

So explain what Republicans did. It was Mitt Romney that stated part of his platform was to get rid of taxation on multinational companies that brought money back to the USA. Democrats would have none of it, so those companies kept their money overseas and still are today.

Which would have invited more to outsource...
Link?

Only a liberal would think that less money in the country would be a problem.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Half of all American school children are living in poverty.

50 million are on food stamps.

Half of us do not vote.

More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.

We are trillions of dollars in debt.

We are more divided than ever.

Politics has turned into one big reality show.

The Washington elites don't give a damn.

When will this madness end? Is America the 21st Century equivalent of Rome? How did we get to this point?

Democrats.

You have demonstrated yourself to be a partisan hack, the real problem in this country.
You are effectively claiming That democrats are responsible for all of the debt, half of the people not voting, americans being overweight..

Democrats are largely responsible for the current popular cultural points of government largesse, uneducated and apathetic voters, hedonistic self-gratification at the expense of others and expecting a shiny trophy for just showing up.

I am merely highlighting the proper political target.

 

[candycorn]

When will the madness end? When we make a decision....do we want to be the dominant country on the earth or do we want to be around for another few centuries. It's becoming too expensive in both blood and treasure to do both.

No, it's not. What's becoming expensive is the waste of a lot of money on nonsense, and supporting people both here and abroad who contribute nothing to our national well-being, and who in fact bite the hand that feeds them at every opportunity.

Fuck 'em. America first.

So we should deploy our military might more often...is that your argument?

Do you see that in my post somewhere, or did you just pull that out of a Rolodex?

Yes. I said it's becoming too expensive to dominate the world in both blood and treasure. You said "no it's not" meaning that you think the costs are well worth it.

Either you're too undeveloped to have understood the reference to "blood" (our military) and "treasure" (the costs of fielding the military) or you think the price is worth paying.

So are you undeveloped or simply stupid?

Projecting is a vain business.

"More often" is not necessary. Making an example when we do would save us a world of trouble. Obama's fighting method of "feint then faint" has shit all over our lost troops killed in the last decade, and has accomplished the opposite. Obama's a laughing stock both here and abroad. More and more of his former officials are stepping forward to say how inept the man is.

Given the results of Obama's narcissism, I am compelled to go with their assessment. He has made the world a far more dangerous place.

Yet we're no longer losing troops by the dozens in the Middle East in unwinnable wars. Point Obama.

Few if anyone is laughing at Obama or our Government. We have the highest standard of living, an average income of 7x the average Chinese citizen, something like 40x the average Russian....

I have often heard that ignorance is bliss... Your house must be Disneyland.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

No, it's not. What's becoming expensive is the waste of a lot of money on nonsense, and supporting people both here and abroad who contribute nothing to our national well-being, and who in fact bite the hand that feeds them at every opportunity.

Fuck 'em. America first.

So we should deploy our military might more often...is that your argument?

Do you see that in my post somewhere, or did you just pull that out of a Rolodex?

Yes. I said it's becoming too expensive to dominate the world in both blood and treasure. You said "no it's not" meaning that you think the costs are well worth it.

Either you're too undeveloped to have understood the reference to "blood" (our military) and "treasure" (the costs of fielding the military) or you think the price is worth paying.

So are you undeveloped or simply stupid?

Projecting is a vain business.

"More often" is not necessary. Making an example when we do would save us a world of trouble. Obama's fighting method of "feint then faint" has shit all over our lost troops killed in the last decade, and has accomplished the opposite. Obama's a laughing stock both here and abroad. More and more of his former officials are stepping forward to say how inept the man is.

Given the results of Obama's narcissism, I am compelled to go with their assessment. He has made the world a far more dangerous place.

Yet we're no longer losing troops by the dozens in the Middle East in unwinnable wars. Point Obama.

The war was won, and yet Obama determinedly found defeat, effectively shitting all over the blood and treasure spent there. No wonder the troops hate his guts.

Few if anyone is laughing at Obama or our Government. We have the highest standard of living, an average income of 7x the average Chinese citizen, something like 40x the average Russian....

Both have obviously diminished markedly under Obama, and yes, while foreign socialist governments friendly to Obama's nonsense may not be laughing on camera, laughing they are, along with everyone else.

I have often heard that ignorance is bliss ...

If that is the case, you must be fucking orgasmic.