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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Good morning Earl,

    Good to hear from you today.



    And nobody with a fake comb-over ever got elected until President Trump. There's a first time for everything.



    I'm afraid you are going to have to back that up before I'll believe that. There is no place in our Constitution that says we will be a capitalist nation, or that we will not use socialist programs alongside our capitalism. Besides. Trying to claim that Democrats want us to switch from capitalism to socialism is a straw man. Classic Republican arguing, trying to put words in the mouths of Dems. The only thing missing is any Democratic candidate actually claiming we need to abandon capitalism. No. Listen to what they are saying. No Dem candidate says we should end capitalism. They are rightfully saying we need more government programs to help the disadvantaged. Universal health care, K-16 public education, government child care for working parents, paid sick leave and paid maternity leave. You know: All the things that help people live longer in other industrialized nations than we do in the USA.



    Everyone should know by now you can believe what President Trump says.



    It is a mistake to believe President Trump. The election fraud was carried out by Republicans in North Carolina.
    Why should Republicans have to help pay for people to live longer and healthier lives?

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    If Maduro accepted food and medicine, it would be an admission of the total failure of Socialism in his country.

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    No Dem candidate says we should end capitalism. They are rightfully saying we need more government programs to help the disadvantaged. Universal health care, K-16 public education, government child care for working parents, paid sick leave and paid maternity leave

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    Hello Earl,

    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    This is how Socialism works in Venezuela:

    CNBC:

    "Venezuela's Maduro closes border with Brazil, says Colombia crossings could be next

    Speaking in a televised address from the country's largest military base in Caracas on Thursday, Maduro said the border with Brazil would be "completely and absolutely" closed until further notice.
    The embattled socialist leader also said Thursday he would consider an imminent shutdown of the country's border with Colombia.
    The move comes less than 48 hours before an opposition-led plan to deliver aid from collection points in neighboring countries."

    Maduro would rather his people starve and die than accept food and medicine from the rest of the world.
    That sounds more like communism with a dictator.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    Illegals (non-citizens) who lay flooring, put up sheet rock and paint houses are being paid 20 dollars per hour in the Atlanta area.The jefe is paid more.
    C'mon!

    The Average hourly wage of construction laborers in the Atlanta area is $13.12 per hour.

    https://www.payscale.com/research/US...926/Atlanta-GA


    Are you telling me that the illegals are making much more than the average?

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    Hello Micawber,

    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    Why should Republicans have to help pay for people to live longer and healthier lives?
    It has nothing to do with political party. The rich have profited greatly as US citizens so they need to pay back greatly to support the country which made it possible for them to get so rich. It's all part of promoting the General Welfare.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph View Post
    Yeah.....it certainly is disheartening to have a vibrant economy
    The economy is not vibrant.


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    a roaring stock market
    That didn't grow at all in 2018.


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    a growing GDP
    GDP was growing before Trump, and will grow after him.


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    record jobs for blacks women and minorities
    Thanks, Obama.


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    at home with foreign policies that are close to accomplishing what others could not do in 50 years reuniting the Korean Peninsula, defeating Isis and Al Qaeda, reducing illegal immigration...nothing going at all.

    Obama reduced illegal immigration, Korea isn't united (Seriously?), ISIS isn't defeated (and neither is al Qaeda), and Trump is a Russian asset.

    You got conned into voting for him because your judgment sucks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    If Maduro accepted food and medicine, it would be an admission of the total failure of Socialism in his country.
    OK, but they have socialism in Canada and Japan...and neither of those countries are failing.
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    I understood that Venezuela existed by flogging oil on the world market. That's called capitalism.

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    "Average Construction Laborer Hourly Pay
    $15.03"

    That is the average, many are paid more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello Micawber,



    It has nothing to do with political party. The rich have profited greatly as US citizens so they need to pay back greatly to support the country which made it possible for them to get so rich. It's all part of promoting the General Welfare.
    Disagree. The Republican Party is what is preventing the programs you referenced and Democrats in some measure embrace them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iolo View Post
    I understood that Venezuela existed by flogging oil on the world market. That's called capitalism.
    A one cash commodity country is going to be boom or bust regardless of political architecture.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    Why should Republicans have to help pay for people to live longer and healthier lives?
    they don't have to

    they can move out of this Democracy


    But if they want to be part of this democracy they have to stop cheating in elections and accept what true democracy brings


    the choice of the majority in our decision making process

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    Quote Originally Posted by LV426 View Post
    OK, but they have socialism in Canada and Japan...and neither of those countries are failing.
    No.

    From the CIA World Fact Book:

    Country name:Canada

    Government type:

    A parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a constitutional monarchy.

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