Theoretical political platform/party -- would you vote for it?

[Jadow]

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

anyways, the point is that in addition to the moral implications of torture, it doesn't work and makes us look even worse. From a pragmatic perspective, there is no purpose to torture.

please back up your claim that torture doesn't work.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Deleted member 4644

4) Offshoring. Offshoring is here to stay, and most manufacturing will never come back. That said, the US has a trade deficit of almost $1 trillion a year, which is an unsustainable number. We simply don't make enough of value to export to other countries, and it should be a national priority to change that, unless we want to substantially reduce our level of consumption as a nation.

a ton of our imports are energy. $318 billion net imports in 2007, or 36% of all imports. we solve a couple problems by reducing our reliance on foreign oil.




as for the wiretap thing, that issue is largely in the past. a couple months ago there was a thread discussing it and someone very knowledgeable was posting a lot about it. but he was attacked for being knowledgeable by a bunch of people conflating 3 or 4 different things and claiming they were all the same.

 

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: Fear No Evil
You post a thread asking people what they think of your 'party', and Prof John posts problems he sees with it. And then you accuse him of thread hijacking? What, do you only want responses that agree with your positions? If your positions are FLAWED, they should be pointed out. Most of them are flawed as PJ pointed out.. I think you are living in a fantasy land, thus my original response of pass the joint..

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