New KJ, I have some questions

[wiseguy]

Well we are off to the races, both Bernie and Trump won, now we might have a real choice Democratic Socialism v.s. Conservative Nationalism. They both want single payer health care maybe we will finally catch up to the rest of the modern world, you can only hope.

I'm rooting for Bernie but he's still very much an underdog to win the nomination. I still don't think that Trump will end up being the Republican nominee.

[The Lone Ranger]

This time around I think the business as usual politics of this country might be upturned, by a very hostile electorate that wants to see real change this time around. It seems traditional political hacks are having a tough time selling the ideas of the big money interests that have bought them. We might be seeing the start of a situation where the masses can not be fooled again.

[The Lone Ranger]

After last night's Democratic debate I see why Hillary is in deep trouble. The Super Pac money that has funded her campaign is coming back to haunt her. Like Sanders said "Don't insult the intelligence of the American people", Wall street is not giving out all this money to both parties just to be nice guys, they are buying influence. Only Sanders and Trump aren't taking the so called dark money. The rest of these hacks are stuffing their pockets all the way to the nomination, they think will have their name on it.

[wiseguy]

Hillary's backers are basically the same ones who supported Obama in both elections. Like I said... I like Sanders... but I think his chances of getting the nomination are less than 10%. The polls we are being shown are not telling the whole story. My prediction for the general election is Clinton versus Rubio with Clinton winning by a huge margin. What's your prediction based on what you know right now?

[The Lone Ranger]

It's hard to make any predictions right now because there is still so much of the game to play. The head says Hillary the heart says Sanders, it all depends on which wins out, much like buying a car you need a van but you want a sports car. On the Republican side it's Trump's to win or lose. By the time the rest of the pack untangles itself it will be too late. Cruz is not even liked by his own side even if he gets the nomination, he has made too many enemies, inside and outside. The way Trump might lose is if there is a brokered convention, and the political hacks gang up on him and steal the nomination. If this happens who knows what the fall out would be.

[Bigdog]

Another liberal Washington spin is the supposed 5% unemployment rate. Which conveniently sweeps under the rug everyone that has run out of benefits and stopped looking for work in a catch 22 situation that eliminates them from being employable because they have been unemployed too long... The actual unemployment rate is closer to 25%. 47 million people on some type of food or other assistance... Some deserved and some working the system.

I don't consider myself far right by any means.... I lean toward the middle.... Too Far right and far left is an unacceptable statistic. Leaning more toward the middle means more cooperation. More common ground. Am I in favor of big corporations not paying fair share of taxes... No but understand that the more money businesses have to reinvest creates more jobs... My business deductions help me reinvest... But the actual numbers according to me... Is about 10 cents on a dollar...which is much too low. 50 cents to dollar for dollar match would go a long way to reinvestment if it's used for that purpose. Rich people hiding wealth off shore or elsewhere.... Why can't I do that? If I try I go to jail for tax evasion. To say that that Washington is corrupt and out of control is a no brainier.

Is the national debt too high ...yes. Regardless of which party ran it up... We are very near the point of no return... So do I understand why the republicans are trying to cut the national debt...yes...does it need cut yes... Adding more free stuff to people that are able bodied to buy votes....NO.... Allowing unfettered illegal immigration to "buy" votes....NO..
We need a common sense approach to much of the problems and far right and far left won't get it done.. So when does common sense kick in?

[Bigdog]

I don't see Clinton winning the nomination..too many ghosts in her closet...thankfully.. I'm hoping Trump gets the nod... Americans are fed up with business as usual in Washington.. To many politicians in politics... Washington is broken. We need a president that wears pants not like Obama or Clinton..

[DanG2006]

We don't need a hot head in the white house. We don't need trickle down economics either because that has already been proven to be a failure.

[wiseguy]

Another liberal Washington spin is the supposed 5% unemployment rate. Which conveniently sweeps under the rug everyone that has run out of benefits and stopped looking for work in a catch 22 situation that eliminates them from being employable because they have been unemployed too long... The actual unemployment rate is closer to 25%. 47 million people on some type of food or other assistance... Some deserved and some working the system.

I don't consider myself far right by any means.... I lean toward the middle.... Too Far right and far left is an unacceptable statistic. Leaning more toward the middle means more cooperation. More common ground. Am I in favor of big corporations not paying fair share of taxes... No but understand that the more money businesses have to reinvest creates more jobs... My business deductions help me reinvest... But the actual numbers according to me... Is about 10 cents on a dollar...which is much too low. 50 cents to dollar for dollar match would go a long way to reinvestment if it's used for that purpose. Rich people hiding wealth off shore or elsewhere.... Why can't I do that? If I try I go to jail for tax evasion. To say that that Washington is corrupt and out of control is a no brainier.

Is the national debt too high ...yes. Regardless of which party ran it up... We are very near the point of no return... So do I understand why the republicans are trying to cut the national debt...yes...does it need cut yes... Adding more free stuff to people that are able bodied to buy votes....NO.... Allowing unfettered illegal immigration to "buy" votes....NO..
We need a common sense approach to much of the problems and far right and far left won't get it done.. So when does common sense kick in?

That's absurd. What is your main source of misinformation? You would really have to skew the statistics to reach 25% unemployment. To get to that number you would have to use the broadest definition of unemployed and include every person over the age of 16. To put that into perspective, using that criteria the unemployment rate in 2008 was 63%. And you might want to consider that the unemployment rate during the great depression reached a high of 25%. The vast majority of the people on government assistance are working, disabled veterans, or the elderly. A very low percentage are gaming the system. Again, it is not the needy who are causing problems in the economy... they are the scapegoats.

You are definitely far right. Even worse, you are far right with the propensity to fall for just about any lie and conspiracy theory that comes along. You're still falling for the trickle down economics fallacy that has been shown conclusively not to work. The billionaires aren't reinvesting in the US... they are creating jobs in other countries. Why can't you hide your money offshore? Because you aren't rich enough to hire the people who know how to do that or to buy politicians. If you would quit getting your information from conservative rags and go directly to the source to see who's voting for what in congress you would find that it is clearly one party that consistently helps the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

Wake up to the facts... yes FACTS matter. Only 3% of the national budget goes to welfare programs like SNAP and AFDC. Just 10% of that 3% goes to non-workers. But this is where you think the tax cuts should start. How about the 5% of the budget that goes to subsidize big oil and other corporations that haul in billions in profits while avoiding paying taxes. Yes, a common sense approach is what we need. And common sense dictates that we make the 1% pay their fair share instead of attacking needy families.

[wiseguy]

I don't see Clinton winning the nomination..too many ghosts in her closet...thankfully.. I'm hoping Trump gets the nod... Americans are fed up with business as usual in Washington.. To many politicians in politics... Washington is broken. We need a president that wears pants not like Obama or Clinton..

I will guarantee you that Clinton or Sanders will be the next president. I'm taking bets if you're interested. Trump is a racist, bigoted, idiot who has amassed a following of the same. He is a national embarrassment who the rest of the civilized world view as a buffoon. He doesn't have a chance in hell of being president.

[The Lone Ranger]

Another liberal Washington spin is the supposed 5% unemployment rate. Which conveniently sweeps under the rug everyone that has run out of benefits and stopped looking for work in a catch 22 situation that eliminates them from being employable because they have been unemployed too long... The actual unemployment rate is closer to 25%. 47 million people on some type of food or other assistance... Some deserved and some working the system.

I don't consider myself far right by any means.... I lean toward the middle.... Too Far right and far left is an unacceptable statistic. Leaning more toward the middle means more cooperation. More common ground. Am I in favor of big corporations not paying fair share of taxes... No but understand that the more money businesses have to reinvest creates more jobs... My business deductions help me reinvest... But the actual numbers according to me... Is about 10 cents on a dollar...which is much too low. 50 cents to dollar for dollar match would go a long way to reinvestment if it's used for that purpose. Rich people hiding wealth off shore or elsewhere.... Why can't I do that? If I try I go to jail for tax evasion. To say that that Washington is corrupt and out of control is a no brainier.

Is the national debt too high ...yes. Regardless of which party ran it up... We are very near the point of no return... So do I understand why the republicans are trying to cut the national debt...yes...does it need cut yes... Adding more free stuff to people that are able bodied to buy votes....NO.... Allowing unfettered illegal immigration to "buy" votes....NO..
We need a common sense approach to much of the problems and far right and far left won't get it done.. So when does common sense kick in?

The problem is that big business does not reinvest their profits in this country. They do their best to improve their bottom line, which means closing factories in this country and shipping jobs overseas where wages are lower and benefits are none existent. They park their profits in banks outside the U.S. in order to avoid paying taxes. If the unemployment rate is truly larger as you seem to believe it is the fault of big business, doing everything possible to undermine the workers of this country.

The middle is the status quo, more of the same. This election so far is about change both on the Left and the Right. The reason the national debt is so high is not because of social programs that make up a small piece of the budget, but rather our maintaining the largest most expensive military in the world. Also the fact that we have fought the last two wars without raising the taxes to pay for them. Even in the Vietnam War we raised the money necessary, and didn't put them on our charge card. We cannot continue to be the policeman for the world that is what brought the British Empire crashing down. Before the dollar was the international currency of the world it was the English Pound. Those Republicans you are betting on to lower the deficit are the very ones who have run it up the most, with tax cuts for the wealthy and not raising the necessary money to pay for their recent wars. Also Bush II increased the free stuff you hate so much with the largest recent social program his prescription drug act, that increased benefits without the funding to pay for it.

[The Lone Ranger]

I don't see Clinton winning the nomination..too many ghosts in her closet...thankfully.. I'm hoping Trump gets the nod... Americans are fed up with business as usual in Washington.. To many politicians in politics... Washington is broken. We need a president that wears pants not like Obama or Clinton..

I'm hoping Trump gets the nod also, then whoever the Democrats run "Will wail the tar out of him" , like my Dad used to say.

[Bigdog]

This article sums it all up...short explanation... People under 50 have no clue what socialism is or means... Young people see and hear FREE stuff and they go dumb and blind...Hitler would love to be in the race because he would win..

http://thefederalist.com/2016/02/15/why ... ocialists/

[Bigdog]

I don't see Clinton winning the nomination..too many ghosts in her closet...thankfully.. I'm hoping Trump gets the nod... Americans are fed up with business as usual in Washington.. To many politicians in politics... Washington is broken. We need a president that wears pants not like Obama or Clinton..

I'm hoping Trump gets the nod also, then whoever the Democrats run "Will wail the tar out of him" , like my Dad used to say.

That could happen because of all the illegal aliens voting multiple times... Because of the votes they bought for the minorities from all the FREE stuff given every month...

We need voter registration with a valid voter ID. That is not discrimination as the liberals would try to sell you... It's common sense to prevent voter fraud... And to make sure every vote counts...

[The Lone Ranger]

There is really little or no voter fraud. Think about it you are going to wait in line and risk getting a 5 year prison term and a $10,000.00 fine just to cast one vote, I think not. The whole reason these laws were passed is because the Republicans could no longer win fair and square and had to rig the system. Let's face it the demographics of this country is changing and the minorities will be the majority by 2050.