Do the right wingers on here really believe?

Mtn Gramma wrote: 999 upside down is 666.

Yes... as was so 'cleverly' pointed out by Bachmann....

LadyJazzer wrote:

Mtn Gramma wrote: 999 upside down is 666.

Yes... as was so 'cleverly' pointed out by Bachmann....

Sorry -- I don't pay attention to Bachmann.

In 999? Let old people on SS pay 20% more?

I don't like the idea of starting a national sales tax because I think the government and the left will raise it first chance they get. I think a few have already pointed this out. However- I will vote for Cain if he is the nominee, whereas I will not vote for Romney. Cain may believe in a 999 plan, but he will need the congress and senate to go along with changing the system. The chances of that with so many Democrats is slim to none. Cain has many other ideas that will HELP the economy- Romney will keep things as they are because he is a "big government republican".

I would go along with his 999 plan if we could get rid of the IRS and all the tax code. I like the idea of eliminating the income tax and adopting a consumption based tax system. People who save their money would not be subject to a tax- this would promote savings- people who spend all their money on cars and boats will have to pay the tax.

Under a system like this- the government would be interested in a good economy- their own funding would depend on how well Americans were doing. I think this is a great idea - if government screws up the economy- it has to live with less money itself because Americans will spend less!

That the rich give a crap about jobs? (job creators)

The rich only care about their jobs- and their company- and their money- and their investments. The same thing with the poor. The same thing with the OP of this thread. No-one cares if their neighbor is unemployed- they care about themselves.

People with money - want to invest it and make more of it. Corporations with money want more of it- the way they do this in a good economy is they expand- they build more locations- they hire more salespeople, they create jobs. In a bad economy - they pull back- and in an economy where the government is anti-business- they WAIT!

People like me will wait until there is a better environment to invest in, and a government who is not out to fleece every dollar I earn. What you want less of - you tax more, and what you want more of- you tax less. It's clear to me that Obama wants more poor people, and less rich people.

I want to see more money in the hands of people who earn it- and less money in the hands of those who sieze it through the power of government- then you'll see a good economy.

Individuals and corporations working for their own interests with little interference from government is what creates a good economy. Governmental management of economies has never worked well- ever. In fact government interference is what has destroyed economies historically.Socialism and communism has never worked- you can not point to one single example of success.

Safety nets aren't worth the money?

They are not worth the money, they are inefficient and promote bad governmental policy. The welfare system should be returned to the private sector where it actually worked well- instead of creating a welfare and entitlement state run by government. Just give my money back- and I will manage it myself far better than any government ever could. Let me choose who to help. get the government out of the welfare and entitlement business!

Wars in every corner of the world make the U.S. safer?

A government with limited scope and limited capacity to tax it's citizens would not have the power to wage war unlimited. Of course government should protect our borders and our interests- but only when directly threatened should it act on our behalf. Libya was not a threat to us.

The environment should be left to the States?Pollution stops at artificial borders?

States can work together when mutual interests are involved. Mnay times a problem lies within a state entirely, and the people in that area should find the solution instead of involving the federal government. We do not need an EPA to dictate policy for an entire country from centralized policy makers. We already have a court system to resolve matters where individuals or groups are damaged or harmed. We could function quite well on one tenth of the regulations we have today.

The problem of acid rain was a local problem isolated to the northeast- farmers in Iowa were not involved or affected. They did not need to be subject to the same regulations that the states in the northwest did.

But they were.

Stupid non science politicians are what we need?

Yes we need politicians who are more interested in helping the economy- not career politicians who are only interested in getting re-elected. Those who founded this country would never approve of the corruption and life-long career politicians we have today- they warned against it.

They also warned us against a government with too much power and control. At every step they advocated a limited scope for national government. We ignore this at our own peril.

Very few politicians we have today have an education in science. Most of them are lawyers, bankers and life long government bureaucrats. They know nothing about science- they listen to lobbyists instead of the people who elected them. One of the few exceptions is Ron Paul- who is a medical doctor.

Instead of listeneing to guys like that - we listened to a community organizer when it came to our economy and our medical care- so we are going to get what we deserve here very shortly.

What a mess!