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Originally Posted by robot

........WHERE THE HELL IS THE GOVERNMENT PLAN TO HELP WITH GASOLINE, CELL PHONES, IPODS, AND CLOTHING???? .......

https://www.safelinkwireless.com/Safelink/

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...2019667595.htm

Found this!

DT

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/...-welfare-fraud

Woops, the link is dead now.....It was a link to Fox news talking about this very Lobster Bill.
Guess the guy was arrested and charged with selling the stuff in the parking lot for quick cash.

Uncle Bob, thanks.....I forgot to ask about free sex....do you have a government plan for that?

Originally Posted by robot

Uncle Bob, thanks.....I forgot to ask about free sex....do you have a government plan for that?

Yes, the specific target date is April 15, however in practice it's everyday....................................time to bend over.....

not exactly the type of sex I had in mind

It's going to get worst by the day and in my opion(that's mine and no one elses) there's going to come a time where someone in the miltary will say the hell with the way out goverment is run and their will be a takeover and then we sure better keep out power dry and buy alot of bullets, because your going to need them to hold on to your homes and property.

I recently read that someone said the Government "safety net" programs have become hammocks. How true

having read the whole thread,you all have valid points,,and it sounds like you are talking about New Zealand,,and probably,a whole bunch of other English speaking countries too...It sucks...big time..And even worse,,you want to see our new prisons...Heated floors and built in wall mounted tvs..But,lets not get started on that one....

you really want to see something google dirty secret spending .com...ted

and then they walked out of the store & got into their 2011 Lincoln Navigator .

Like Dave said this is nothing new, and we are stuck with politicians who think special interest is "free meal ticket" The level it has risen to is appalling. Every day at work in the maternity unit, I'm amazed at the number of illegal aliens having kids free on our dime. People just accept this is o.k. We have third generation crack head/ welfare families, that purposely get pregnant early, to avoid working. I think Dave is also right, we need to start defending our borders, kicking out illegals. Here in california, people have come up with the lame thought that what we we do without illegals to do all the manual labor, my answer is hire somebody here legally who wants work and a better life. It's sad because it's not going to get better, and like Bob said, the needy will soon outway those who are providing for their needs.
I registered my new used car this last week. a ten thousand dollar car cost 1,148.00 to register. Mind you this is a used car, taxes already paid once on it. I asked the AAA guy what the 15 different fees were. He said it was voted illegal to raise the taxes on registration, so they made new fees. One fee and I am not making this up, was a DUI fee. I asked what that was for, and he just shrugged! It's got to end somewhere, and I'm thinking keeping the powder dry is a dang good idea!

I don't know that I'd subscribe to a military coup, but it is conceivable that the producers will slowly tire of being taken advantage of and quit working as hard. In part I believe that's why this non-declared recession continues to drag on. The producers don't really know what's in store for them, except that they know they are repeatedly demonized and targeted.....................not exactly a motivating environment.

This is a situation about 75 years in the making, if you've ever heard the story about boiling a frog you get the picture. This post is an example of why it's going to be virtually impossible to fix (and I like to think of myself as optimistic, but in a realistic way). There is no silver bullet problem, or solution. It's layer upon layer upon layer of seemingly reasonable ideas that are well intentioned but turn out badly. Only the unique circumstances of post WWII demographics have masked the inevitable outcome.

Last year alone there were over 80k pages of NEW regulations imposed or proposed...............that's in JUST one year............stacked on top of all the tens of thousand that preceded them. The Federal tax code alone is over 70k pages.............that's 70 THOUSAND, for one dept. alone. And in that 80k for last year that didn't include a single page resulting from Obamacare, or the Dodd-Frank financial hoo-ha. Those are each over 2000 pages that set the groundwork for tens of thousands more pages of regulation, and establish bureaucracies to implement/enforce them. The politicians heap all this stuff on, create problems, blame others, and then the sheep run to the politicians expecting them to fix the problems that the politicians caused. How's that for being gullible? And if a politician makes a sincere proposal to somehow fix these entrapping programs he is demonized by his opposition and a dishonest media.

Those with good survival instincts will survive one way or the other, but the young people today have been sold down the river with debt, and constrictions on their life choices................and most have been so propagandized that they don't even have a clue. Enjoy what you can while you can.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

I don't know that I'd subscribe to a military coup, but it is conceivable that the producers will slowly tire of being taken advantage of and quit working as hard. In part I believe that's why this non-declared recession continues to drag on. The producers don't really know what's in store for them, except that they know they are repeatedly demonized and targeted.....................not exactly a motivating environment...... (Text Omitted)...

Those with good survival instincts will survive one way or the other, but the young people today have been sold down the river with debt, and constrictions on their life choices................and most have been so propagandized that they don't even have a clue. Enjoy what you can while you can.

I'm reminded of a book that I read many years ago as a young man, and which I have re-read two or three times over the years titled "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. Now I'm not a supporter of Ms Rand's objectivism views, but the story of Atlas Shrugged always intrigued me, more for the re-building of our society from the ground up by one innovative engineer focused on making a difference than the failure. The question, "Who is John Galt?" rings throughout the book as the world economy grinds to a halt at an increasing pace. Think I may have to start it again - it's been ten years or so since I last read it....

Originally Posted by rspears

I'm reminded of a book that I read many years ago as a young man, and which I have re-read two or three times over the years titled "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. Now I'm not a supporter of Ms Rand's objectivism views, but the story of Atlas Shrugged always intrigued me, more for the re-building of our society from the ground up by one innovative engineer focused on making a difference than the failure. The question, "Who is John Galt?" rings throughout the book as the world economy grinds to a halt at an increasing pace. Think I may have to start it again - it's been ten years or so since I last read it....

It's not a coincidence that the book has enjoyed a significant revival in the past few years, and a saliant observation on your part.

Another book that I read at about the same time some 45 years ago that I've found applicable over and over again is Orwell's "Animal Farm". A nice easy read but packed with "aha!" info. Though, similar to your comment about not being in total alignment with Rand's beliefs, I don't share Orwell's confidence in "democratic socialism" (the book was an allegory on the Soviet style of Communism) I find it a thoroughly informative story about human nature as it plays out in real life rather than theory. The most important observation is how the self annointed "leaders" always evolve from "All animals are equal" to "All animals are equal...........but some animals are more equal than others!". As noted in some of the posts previously, our politicians make all manner of laws and regulations in the name of equality, though they often insulate themselves from any negative results. "Animal Farm" is a book all should read.........among others.

Atlas Shrugged has to be one of the all time greats. I re-read it a couple of years ago too...it's timeless.