Obama Inauguration - $150 - who is going to watch?

[Tre]

I'm as anti-handout as they come - but I do admit that sometimes...

I'm generally anti-handout, too, but when I got my former spouse pregnant, we had no health insurance and she was unwilling to terminate the pregnancy (and of course, I'm thankful she did not). 

So, she signed up for a state-sponsored program that allowed us to pay very affordable premiums and still receive quality care.  The program covered her prenatal stuff, delivery, and follow-ups for a few months.  Our child was covered for the first year of her life and then we'd have the option to renew. 

It's an awesome program and we never experienced any delays in getting care and the prescription plan operated like most others ($5-10 per).  Then, after my business took off, even though we'd split up and could qualify for the program (mother is listed as primary custodian), I  removed our daughter from the program.  I buy a lot of items in California and also pay a very steep income tax, so I've more than paid back what we borrowed from the system.

I've very thankful that program was in place, but I'm even more thankful that I now have the ability to pay for my child's health coverage. 

[The_Leafy_Bug]

No, AFDC was created back in the 30's. 

Clinton's program was supposed to be different, but it's the same turd with a different bow on it.

And who passed that "turd". Thank you

[Tre]

And who passed that "turd". Thank you

Oh, I won't deny that they're all in on it. 

We need that program there, though, because it helps to perpertuate a permanent underclass. 

[timfogarty]

No, AFDC was created back in the 30's. 

I spent a good part of the late 60s on it.  Ah, childhood memories of surplus peanut butter and big cans of powdered eggs.

[QuakerOats]

I spent a good part of the late 60s on it.  Ah, childhood memories of surplus peanut butter and big cans of powdered eggs.

damn dude how old are you?

[timfogarty]

damn dude how old are you?

I will be 50 in a few months!

[QuakerOats]

I will be 50 in a few months!

i thought you were younger than that.

[timfogarty]

i thought you were younger than that.

Did I say 50?  I meant 40.

[flagadajones]

obama is the messia of the world of tomorrow, when we will all be mixed to create a new super human race.

 

[Tre]

I spent a good part of the late 60s on it.  Ah, childhood memories of surplus peanut butter and big cans of powdered eggs.

It always blew my mind that there were people who felt they were too good for government cheese. 

I can't remember whether there were deep discount sales or actual giveaways, but I know we managed to get a few blocks of it many years ago.  And let me tell ya...that was good cheese! 

I've also had the peanut butter before, too, and while it wasn't Peter Pan, it was certainly edible.  I cannot recall ever having had the eggs or milk, though. 

[timfogarty]

I've also had the peanut butter before, too, and while it wasn't Peter Pan, it was certainly edible.  I cannot recall ever having had the eggs or milk, though. 

loved the powdered eggs...hated the powdered milk.

[Tre]

Did I say 50?  I meant 40.

LOL @ Tim!!   

[hipolito mejia]

It didnt look that expensive after all ........

Btw I hope Ted Kennedy is ok .

[Soul Crusher]

A mere pittance compared to the $7 trillion dollar spending plan this marxist has planned.

QFT

[Soul Crusher]

Amen.  

People, in the coming years, the amount of outrighT theft, constitutional violations, and other breaks in the law that this admin got away with...

Well, let's just say that Obama will have job security.  Any time he needs to remind people of the alternative, he just has to allow another investigation into the last 8 years.  Hell, the white hous is STILL fighting to have all those "emails we sent to each other right before 9-11" from being revealed.  Turns out they were backed up after all.  What in the world would they be hiding?  

F A I L

[Soul Crusher]

Nice to know that while the economy is shit, money will be spent in record numbers on the Inauguration. 3X more than any in history. What a crock of Shit.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl204

3 years later not a damn thing changed! 

[Soul Crusher]

A mere pittance compared to the $9 trillion dollar Bush spent to bailout his Saudi banking masters... or the $5 trillion Bush borrowed to help bankrupt America and rob everyone's 401k.


The Luke

FAIL 

[Soul Crusher]

I am.  If you have a problem with that then its too bad.  Its time for some real changes in this country and no more of that Bushshit that's been happenning for 8 years

You got played for a fool all along with the other 95% of blacks.   Congrats jackass. 

[Soul Crusher]

I coudln't give a shit if obama was white, black, or purple.

Get someone in who will stop giving billions away to corporate interests.

Guess what everyone... sometimes you DO have to give $ to the poor folks, so they spend it, which stimulates the economy and makes your 401k worth more.  The alternative is giving it to corporations and rich people.  Rich people hoard it, and corps use it to open plants in china (which in turn leaves jobs from USA).

I'm as anti-handout as they come - but I do admit that sometimes, in the national economic cycle, you have to give some $ to the broke to stimulate spending so that the middle class' investments dont falter.  Make sense?

FAIL   YOU VOTED FOR THIS 

[Soul Crusher]

Nice to know that while the economy is shit, money will be spent in record numbers on the Inauguration. 3X more than any in history. What a crock of Shit.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl204

We saw the writing on the wall from Day 1.    Not a damn thing changed. 

[Soul Crusher]

Obama Considers Allowing Corporate Cash for Inauguration
12:36 PM, NOV 23, 2012    • BY DANIEL HALPER        Single PagePrintLarger TextSmaller TextAlerts
President Barack Obama is reportedly considering the use of the corporate cash to help pay for inauguration. The thinking is, after a long and very expensive presidential campaign, donors might be too spent to pick up the tab.


"President Barack Obama's fundraising advisers have urged the White House to accept corporate donations for his January 2013 inaugural celebration rather than rely exclusively on weary donors who underwrote his $1 billion re-election effort. People involved in his re-election campaign said White House staff and campaign advisers have been debating whether to accept corporate money to stage the events but haven't made a final decision," the Wall Street Journal reports.

The use of corporate cash would finalize Obama's shift away from his official 2008 position on corporations and political cash. "Four years ago Mr. Obama barred corporations from donating to his inauguration, a gesture meant to show that well-heeled interests wouldn't have undue influence in his administration," reports the Journal.

But with the conclusion of Obama's last political election ever, there is less reason than ever before for pretense. And that's proven by the fact that these discussions to allow coporate cash are even taking place by people close to Obama.

[240 is Back]

wouldn't repubs support the use of $ from private industry?  its okay to advertise mountain dew in elementary schools and letting joe sixpack manage his own retirement $ without a clue - but letting private firms pay for political events = bad?