GOP wants to defund poison control centers
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Yeah, I mentioned this in the Gas Bandit thread. The total savings are likely to be minuscule, while the human life costs will be very high.
Given the GOP's lack of understanding of the implications of not having preventative care, plus a total lack of understanding of what Planned Parenthood actually does, this is not really surprising...
On a side note, it's so weird that LGF is now (mostly) rational and reasoned.
On a side note, it's so weird that LGF is now (mostly) rational and reasoned.
Necronic
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This is just embarassing. As a staunch fiscal conservative this crap is really bothering me. IT IS OK TO SPEND MONEY TO MAKE MONEY. FFS. I don't know how else to say it. Spending isn't inherently bad. Its wasteful spending that is bad. There is a HUGE difference. And this, CLEARLY, isn't wasteful spending seeing as it actually saves money.
There is simply no excuse for this low level of financial education in so called fiscal conservatives.
There is simply no excuse for this low level of financial education in so called fiscal conservatives.
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Chibibar
But we need to save money!!
lets slash budget on education! k-12 needs less money! Lets cut tuition assistance (yea it is happening that is why our colleges are doing 10-15% budget cut)
and... lets cut preventitive care!
It makes so much sense now (my head hurts)
I still can't believe that we are still trying to support Trickle On Economics after all these years.
I doubt that these governments are going to roll back any tax cuts for the wealthy or the corporations.
I doubt that these governments are going to roll back any tax cuts for the wealthy or the corporations.
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Chibibar
Heck no!!
Necronic
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I assume you meant Trickle Down economics (right?)
That's not nearly as clear cut as this. I don't agree with certain aspects of trickle down economics, but I do endorse the Laffer Curve. Its important to distinguish between something that's up in the air because it involves *very* complicated economic theory that maintains multiple effectively unprovable stances (Trickle-down vs Keynesian) and something that is clearly and provably wrong. This situation is the latter. Don't confuse it with the former because that will make people who disagree on the former assume the latter is also subjective.
Its not.
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Jiarn
/sarcastic
Hey if your kid is dumb enough to ingest something that's gonna kill them, I call that population control.
Hey if your kid is dumb enough to ingest something that's gonna kill them, I call that population control.
How did you channel Gas like that?!?
I thought it sounded more like Gov. Brewer.
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Jiarn
Wait... oh god....
GAS IS GOV. BREWER!
It all makes sense now!
GAS IS GOV. BREWER!
It all makes sense now!
Poison Control has been around for ever, they helped my mother from freaking out when I swallowed an entire bottle of aspirin as a toddler. I'd hate to see that service cut back or eliminated.
Give him a break, all that "sounds like a sex act" stuff in economics can get confusing.
Yeah, a guy old enough to vote for George Herbert Walker Bush does not know Trickle Down Economics. I was 1 year shy of voting in Reagan's last election.
But getting pissed on by the Congress and the Wealthy is a better description of the policy.
But getting pissed on by the Congress and the Wealthy is a better description of the policy.
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Joe Johnson
Hey, my family has been manufacturing gold plated space ships for 30 years. Are you trying to drive us out of business???
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Joe Johnson
Hey, I just build the things, I'm not in marketing!
Necronic
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Oh god....
NO.
That's the reason that the Soviet Union was created.
The United States was created because Monarchies are by definition dictatorships. That's why the declaration of independance contains a list of charges against the king, instead of a bunch of complaints against the rich. In fact unfair government taxation was one of the charges.
All comments like this do is to make progressive liberal politics look like something 5 year olds come up with, which gives the Tea Party morons ammo they don't need.
It's @Li3n... what do you expect?
And of course the US is such a special flower that there's no comparison between the reason for it's revolution and any other ever.
The king/nobles etc. are oppressing the regular people and taking away their money/opportunities to make money...
But fine, i'll review that to "the rich getting special advantages was one of the reasons etc."
And they suggested making Washington king after why then?
Taxation without representation is hardly the same as complaining about tax rates being too high...
While Russia wasn't under a monarchy that was unfairly taking money away from people?
Necronic
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I am officially stating that I will be actively campaigning against the GOP in the next set of elections. When republican's finally get their brains back I may come home, but I can not see myself voting for republicans again until they dissavow themselves of these massively retarded policies.
There really is no argument for it. I'm done with them.
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