Originally Posted by Guest

I said I supported Social Sercurity and Medicare which prompted a response that obviously I was a needy person. Why would you say that? Most of us here benefit from Social Sercurity and Medicare. I have never received public assistance but I support public assistant for those who need it. The only government program I benefited from was the College Loan program...I paid my loan off in half the required time.

Yes I vote Democratic but that doesn't mean i am some kind of taker as this response implied. My response should NOtT have provoked you. How does a simple statement I support Social Security and Medicare provoke your nasty response?

Was that a "nasty response?" What would you consider a "mean response?"

Originally Posted by Guest

Comrade, I would love to give up my Medicare & SS programs if the Govt. would refund the money they confiscated from me & my employers for all those years, with the appropriate interest it would have earned of course. Our Socialist politicians have stolen our money to ingratiate themselves with the freeloaders in our society to ensure their own re-election.

Originally Posted by Guest

I said I supported Social Sercurity and Medicare which prompted a response that obviously I was a needy person. Why would you say that? Most of us here benefit from Social Sercurity and Medicare. I have never received public assistance but I support public assistant for those who need it. The only government program I benefited from was the College Loan program...I paid my loan off in half the required time.

Yes I vote Democratic but that doesn't mean i am some kind of taker as this response implied. My response should NOtT have provoked you. How does a simple statement I support Social Security and Medicare provoke your nasty response?

I did not see anything "nasty" in that comment. I don't understand how you can say that most of us "benefit" from SS and Medicare. It was not a choice, it was a socialist program so that the government can use our money to suit it's purpose. Most folks that built a retirement fund up and have private insurance, can live without SS (even though it IS their money) and do not even utilize Medicare at all. That's a lot of money that one could have invested to make them very well off now.

Perhaps the poster was referring to how you enjoy and endorse these social programs, which might be indicative of a "needy" person. One that needs the government teat to survive. Unfortunately, the gov enslaves everyone to SS and Medicare whether they wish it or not. That's socialism. Now, we have a mandatory health care program that forces us to pay for insurance for those that do not have it and forces those that do not need it to purchase a product or be punished. That's socialism with a hint of tyranny.

So, even though you have a right to whine about "nasty" comments, if you are going to enter a mud slinging fight, be prepared to get some mud on you. No one is going to make "nasty" comments toward you if you are just reading the comments, but please don't get indignant if one says something that may or may not be according to your political correctness. There is no PC in a Free For All forum with no rules enforced. Personally, I kind of like it, because one can respond in kind without worrying about being canned/banned. I have never been accused of being politically correct.

Originally Posted by Guest

Comrade, I would love to give up my Medicare & SS programs if the Govt. would refund the money they confiscated from me & my employers for all those years, with the appropriate interest it would have earned of course. Our Socialist politicians have stolen our money to ingratiate themselves with the freeloaders in our society to ensure their own re-election.

So now I am a communist.... So much for a free and open exchange of ideas.

Naming calling..... Nice

Originally Posted by Guest

So now I am a communist.... So much for a free and open exchange of ideas.

Naming calling..... Nice

Wow, you ARE sensitive. I believe he was being sardonic? Are you going to stay hung up on someone's response to you? Really, what did you expect on a political forum, civility? If our paid politicians can't get along and use harsh rhetoric, do you expect different from the average wannabee pundit on a political forum? I think you have possibly wandered into the wrong neighborhood.

Originally Posted by Guest

The topic started out as why democrats are so foolish and evolved into a dispute about social security and medicare as being socialist programs. Well they are.

But consider Democrat began this journey toward socialism in 1934 when they (FDR) enacted social security and continued it in 1964 with the Kennedy/Johnson years (Great society) enacting medicare, etc. Democrat love socialism meaning control of citizens lives so they enacted civil rights laws, not for equality but to force social lab experiments on the social aspects of our lives (integration) (protected classes) (Affirmative Action) desparate impact, etc) .

Today the social lab experiment is being widen with Obamacare and expansion of medicaid and removing the sacrosant definition of marriage whose intentions are to erase gender from our society and to demand that you accept homosexuality as the new norm and no different than heterosexuality .

I dare say it is those who want to control or want free stuff

Personal Best Regards:

...and you just continue on with your litany of racism and bigotry. May you find mercy, compassion, and happiness this Christmas season.

Originally Posted by Guest

...and you just continue on with your litany of racism and bigotry. May you find mercy, compassion, and happiness this Christmas season.

And may you discover knowledge and enlightenment. Sorry, I realize that you weren't responding to me, but I decided to interject anyway.

Fascism works so well. Vote for Trump.

Originally Posted by Guest

Wow, you ARE sensitive. I believe he was being sardonic? Are you going to stay hung up on someone's response to you? Really, what did you expect on a political forum, civility? If our paid politicians can't get along and use harsh rhetoric, do you expect different from the average wannabee pundit on a political forum? I think you have possibly wandered into the wrong neighborhood.

I guess I do expect some degree of civility because that is the way I approach this... A open discussion and exchange of ideas. But perhaps you are right this is not the place for this but not because of me.

Originally Posted by Guest

I guess I do expect some degree of civility because that is the way I approach this... A open discussion and exchange of ideas. But perhaps you are right this is not the place for this but not because of me.

I did not mean for you to go away. I meant that you can still have a discussion, if you just ignore the childish remarks. One cannot be sensitive when discussing politics (or religion, etc.). I am just as guilty of spontaneous, rude retorts when baited. Normally, I prefer an intelligent conversation, but when you have a desperate element on here that worries about losing their place welfare line, then they attempt to divert. And if the only way to divert is to draw attention to themselves with childish attacks then, that is what they do. It's only a game to them, not reality. So, put on your armor and jump right in, regardless of party affiliation.

Originally Posted by Guest

Fascism works so well. Vote for Trump.

If we wanted to continue the current course of Fascism, we would vote for Hillary. After all, she worked for and endorses Obama's fascism.

Originally Posted by Guest

I did not mean for you to go away. I meant that you can still have a discussion, if you just ignore my childish remarks. One cannot be sensotive when discussing politics (or religion, etc.). I am just as guilty of spontaneous, rude retorts. Normally, I would prefer an intelligent conversation, but am not capable of it.

Sounds reasonable to the rest of us.

Originally Posted by Guest

I take it you don't like socialism in any form? If so you might want to give up Medicare and send your SS check back.

I support those socialist programs......

It has been said by others that "the problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money " !

Originally Posted by Guest

Sounds reasonable to the rest of us.

Wow, Sybil the liberal. Glad to meet all of you.

Originally Posted by Guest

So now I am a communist.... So much for a free and open exchange of ideas.

Naming calling..... Nice

If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, quacks like a duck, maybe it's a duck