Tea Party marchers -- what is their solution to the nation's health care problem?

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BigDH01

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: HGC
Around the world and throughout history, more prosperity correlates with more economic freedom, ie, with lower taxes, regulations, tariffs, and government spending. The more central government meddling in an economy, the more corruption and the lower the standard of living. This is why Tea people favor a limited government approach, and why they connect emotionally with the vision of the Founding Fathers and with the perpetrators of the original Boston Tea Party.

China has a government that 'meddles' with their economy (everything from currency manipulation to their 'dumping' policies which subsidizes some of their industries, while hurting ours) and their government is corrupt as hell, yet their economy is booming. Your post does not compute.

Yeah! Communism is great! Yeah!

I don't understand this post in any context, ignoring the fact that China obviously isn't a Communist country.

Phokus was saying that China is still experiencing high growth rates. Your retort was "Yeah! Communism is great!" The sarcasm implies that you do believe that China is a Communist country but your response is also a tacit admission that China (the Communist country) is experiencing high growth rates.

So I guess your post could be taken in one of two ways. You don't really believe that China is a Communist country, in which case the post was just a troll, or you do believe that China is a Communist country and concede that they are achieving high growth rates (certainly much higher than our own).

I was pointing out phokus' China cheering.

I wasn't 'cheering' for China, idiot, (i'm completely against their civil rights/environmental record), i was pointing out that HGC's premise that economic growth correlates to 'economic freedom' when historically that's not the case. In fact, in terms of free trade only 2 countries have ever become developed into modern economies (netherlands and switzerland) through free trade policies, all the other developed countries (like USA, Great Britain, Japan, South Korea) rose to the top through protectionism during their infancies and development phases.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5-ojv5-b3U

http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Sama...pitalism/dp/1596913991

China, while still developing, has a government that regulates and protects industries (through subsidies, trade restrictions, and currency manipulation). And they have one of the most corrupt governments, yet their economy continues to boom. So in summary: economic conservatives are fucking idiots.

 

[idiotekniQues]

Originally posted by: alchemize
I think you're all scared that the GOP seems to have whipped up it's base again, something it was unable to do in the presidential election that was remarkably close given how crappy the McCain/Palin ticket was.

Nice troll thread though, starting out calling everyone who disagrees with you morons a few times. Par for the course.

(and no, I wasn't a tea party marcher, but I have huge issues with where our country has been and is going fiscally)

nobody is scared of that GOP base, but it sure is pathetic and sad at what a bunch of ignorant hicks the GOP base turns out to be.