Originally Posted by Guest

If you think that I hate Republicans, you don't know squat. Is this the way you try to justify your comments by making everyone that doesn't agree with you 100% the enemy? The real world doesn't work that way. This board isn't the real world. So, you think that you can get away with it.

"W" didn't receive anywhere near the amount of criticism during his presidency that Obama is receiving. "W" didn't have to deal with a great recession right out of the blocks. If you want to compare one president to another, it is a waste of time. The conditions each president has to deal with aren't the same. So, they aren't dealing on a level playing field.

You lost me with the comment that the ACA is going to cause unemployment. It is not a given that companies that employ around 50 employees with layoff people to stay under the 50, so they will not have to provide health insurance for their employees. The number of companies that will be affected by the 50 employee is very small. If you haven't noticed health insurance companies have been raising their rates above the rate of inflation for the past 35+ years. What we use to receive from our employers also aren't offer in normal companies anymore. They are too expensive. They are Cadillac plans. I dealt with health insurance companies for 35+ years once a year on renewal date, and hated every minute of it. If you think that insurance rates weren't going to rise with or without ACA, you are dreaming.

Have you looked at the Republican tax plans. They all have been vetted, and all of them are going to add 2+ trillion dollars to the debt over a ten year period. They are all based on a false assumption. If you decrease taxes, the economy will do better, because people have more money to spend. The trickle down nonsense. Has that ever worked? The majority of the tax cuts are going to people that don't need them. They are going to invest money. A good portion of it will probably be in overseas companies, that is where the growth is, and the money will stay in overseas banks to avoid paying taxes. Do I know this for a fact? No, but how many trillion of dollars are sitting in overseas banks to avoid paying taxes. So, it is a good bet that that will be the case.

I support Hillary. Where in the name of God's creation did you get that idea? Never once did I say that I support any of the Democrats running for president. I am going to vote in the primaries for John Kasich. If you don't believe that, that is your problem, and not mine. Speaking of John Kasich, why hasn't anyone here ever said what their objection to Kasich is? Is he to reasonable a person for you?

Am are smarter than people here? That may not be the case, but I can guarantee you that I am a lot more reasonable. Anyone that doesn't agree with you 100% of the time is a liberal/socialist/communist. That is total nonsense.

What was the Republicans response to Obama's Syria policy three plus years ago, when Obama drew the red line? They didn't have one. They wanted Obama to come to them to approve any act of war against another country. He did that, and they didn't do a damn thing. They didn't want to put their approval on anything that had to do with Syria, so they could complain later. Syria was a no win situation from day one. What is the Republican's policy toward Syria right now? The middle east is a total disaster, and both parties are to blame. Most of the blame should go to the Muslim's in the middle east. They all hate each other.

Obama's executive action on immigration will be decided at the Supreme Court. The ruling against him were in federal courts in Republican control states with the majority of the judges being Republicans. That is why the 26 states challenging the executive action was filed in Texas, and Louisiana.

How did we get to the situation where now everything is based upon political affiliation? How can that be good?