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Today, President Obama will give his State of the Union Address where he will outline his agenda for the next four years. What do you believe the president should focus on in his second term?
What Should President Obama Focus on in his Second Term?
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It doesn't really matter what he focuses on, everything will just get more fucked up.
I'm interested in hearing Rand Paul's response, but I doubt I'll agree with him either.
I'm interested in hearing Rand Paul's response, but I doubt I'll agree with him either.
Zebo
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IMO the massive poverty and eroding middle class which causes everything else ill. I believe 35-40 years of poor decisions on free trade with people who will work for nothing, unfettered immigration while giving us cheap goods and services unemployed lots of people, even professionals and college grads. Those cheap goods and serives were not cheap at all if you look at debt incured to hide the effects of displaced. All debt outstanding for US and her busineses and people was 10T in 1980. Today it's 90T.
People with good jobs dont need social welfare. They are tax assets not liabilities. Don't need 125% HELOCs. Don't commit crimes. Don't need obamacare. Don't need to worry about immigration. So I'd start there.
People with good jobs dont need social welfare. They are tax assets not liabilities. Don't need 125% HELOCs. Don't commit crimes. Don't need obamacare. Don't need to worry about immigration. So I'd start there.
Hayabusa Rider
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Obama should focus on golf because he is 100% guaranteed to screw up anything he touches.
He's a weirdo.
He's a weirdo.
SparkyJJO
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If you're asking what the most important things to do are overall:
End the two-party system totally
Enact total electoral reform (end first-past-the-post, end the EC, etc)
End corporate personhood
Get money totally out of politics
Adopt a privacy Amendment
Adopt a law enforcement oversight and regulation omnibus bill
Switch from a perpetual growth economy to a sustainable economy
Outlaw all forms of insurance
Pull the US mostly out of foreign nations until our own house is in order
Enact a balanced budget amendment
Embrace progressive taxation again (top marginal 50-75%)
DRASTICALLY reduce government spending in all areas except infrastructure
Repeal the patriot act, the dmca, assassination policy, drone policy, and any other law which in any way infringes upon individual rights.
If you're just asking which from your list is the most important:
Creating jobs
But since most of your list is meaningless crap, that's not saying much.
End the two-party system totally
Enact total electoral reform (end first-past-the-post, end the EC, etc)
End corporate personhood
Get money totally out of politics
Adopt a privacy Amendment
Adopt a law enforcement oversight and regulation omnibus bill
Switch from a perpetual growth economy to a sustainable economy
Outlaw all forms of insurance
Pull the US mostly out of foreign nations until our own house is in order
Enact a balanced budget amendment
Embrace progressive taxation again (top marginal 50-75%)
DRASTICALLY reduce government spending in all areas except infrastructure
Repeal the patriot act, the dmca, assassination policy, drone policy, and any other law which in any way infringes upon individual rights.
If you're just asking which from your list is the most important:
Creating jobs
But since most of your list is meaningless crap, that's not saying much.
ivwshane
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I would add (not that he can do anything that has been mentioned in this thread as that is congresses job but that's besides the point) that a over haul of re districting and getting politics out of it.
Zebo
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I like it but...Outlaw insurance? What happens if someone runs over and kills someone? Accidents happen man best to get compensation so life goes on and you're not destitute w/o a car, breadwinner, whatnot.
Jaskalas
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Jobs, our economy... it's not exactly healthy.
He needs to be able to say that the economy will do just fine - without stimulus. Without debt and deficits. Without government spending. That's my definition of a healthy economy, and we can all agree that we don't have that. People are afraid to cut government spending, because we are NOT doing good.
Zebo
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Japan went through 15 years of up and down because they were afraid to spend too much. So no I don't agree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HaNxAzLKegU
ivwshane
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He can correct me if I'm wrong but I think he is saying that the economy can't be considered fully recovered until it no longer needs help from the government.
If not then I don't see how the economy will magically get better.
WhipperSnapper
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Realistically, there isn't much that can be done simply because the popular political will to do it is non-existent. The majority of the populace still seems to buy into the free market religion and both of our political parties pretty much support capitalism. (We don't have an actual left-leaning party from an economic perspective.)
The only thing that will allow us to improve the situation will be when 90% of the populace ends up impoverished, abandons the free market religion, and completes a revolution.
Our nation is a joke--we are a Nation of Morons. Every other single first world nation in the world has a working health care system that is much more efficient and less expensive than ours, but we can't seem to figure out how to implement a better system than the mess we currently have. Our nation deserves to fall into third world nationhood.
The only thing that will allow us to improve the situation will be when 90% of the populace ends up impoverished, abandons the free market religion, and completes a revolution.
Our nation is a joke--we are a Nation of Morons. Every other single first world nation in the world has a working health care system that is much more efficient and less expensive than ours, but we can't seem to figure out how to implement a better system than the mess we currently have. Our nation deserves to fall into third world nationhood.
UglyCasanova
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Climate change.
I expect it will be around longer than most of these other issues.
My vote as well. Every other issue is basically insignificant in comparison.
boomerang
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I vote for self-immolation.
The only downside is that we get Biden. But I think he could be easily manipulated. I bet he'd chase shiny objects at the drop of a hat.
LOL at climate change. The level of ignorance in our nation is sometimes truly astounding.
The only downside is that we get Biden. But I think he could be easily manipulated. I bet he'd chase shiny objects at the drop of a hat.
LOL at climate change. The level of ignorance in our nation is sometimes truly astounding.
Ding ding! Winnar.
The best we can hope for is that he doesn't screw up more things.
UglyCasanova
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shortylickens
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I dont think we have a problem with immigration. I think we have a problem with criminal invaders. I'd like him to focus on that.
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