This is where liberalism will take us

[Soul Crusher]

John Rocker was right !!!!!

No kidding he is right.  Without the tax money thrown off by Wall Street, NYC would look like Kenya.   

[JBGRAY]

Just think that not long ago, there were a bunch of big, beautiful homes there.  Now it looks like Baghdad.  Back in Motown's heyday, it was one of the first places shown to foreign dignitaries to display America's Industrial prowess.  Now, America would like to forget it even exists.

- Outsourcing and globalism killed manufacturing here.  
- The 1967 riots which led to an exodus of whites (and other productive people of varying nationalities) from the city, never to return.
- Nearly half the city is illiterate.  They cannot READ or WRITE.
- Public Assistance is given out to nearly two-thirds of the citizenry.
- Corruption on an epic scale.  The Kwame Kilpatrick saga was just the most recent famous one.  
- Derrick Coleman, ex-NBA player, invested 5 million dollars into the city.  It amounted into a total loss and now faces substantial money problems.
- Overpaid, low-quality work of "Big 3" union members.  The legacy costs and human resources were too much for US car manufacturers to bear so it was  
  forced to downgrade and outsource a cheaper labor pool.

[oldtimer1]

Conservative- less taxes lets workers keep more of their check
Liberal- spread the wealth. 

Conservative-everyone should pay taxes not just 50% of America.
Liberal- If you're  rich and successful it's not enough to be taxed at 40% it should be 50% to spread the wealth. If you taxed people who make over a million a year at 70% it wouldn't make a dent in what's needed in revenue to run this out of control spending.

Conservative- If you work hard and save you can own a house.  Don't borrow against your house for luxuries.
Liberal- A house is a right. Barney Frank and Cuomo led the legislation of the 5% down adjustable rate mortgage that so many are defaulting on after taking mortgage loans on depreciating equity in their house.  Now thanks to Obama  they get their loan reduced and are rewarded for being a dead beat. 

Conservative-believes in smaller government
Liberal- believes that government is there to take care of everyone cradle to grave. Again the workers taking care of the non workers.

Conservatives- Don't have the media on their side.  NBC, CBS, ABC almost all the major newspapers and major Internet providers like AOL, Yahoo are all liberal.
Liberals- Are threatened by Fox news which is more balanced than any of the above.

Conservatives- Have conviction in their beliefs even if it isn't popular.
Liberals- Claim to believe in what ever the polls show what will keep them in power.

Conservatives-Love the military
Liberals - Tolerate the military.

Conservatives- Have some decency when talking about their rivals
Liberals- They will use there classic they are stupid routine and the press goes along with it.  No one in the press will keep reminding us about all the stupid things that have come out of Biden and Obama's mouth.

Conservatives- Try to save tax money from being wasted.
Liberals- Promise everyone tax money to please everyone.

Conservatives- Wants Wall Street to succeed knowing that  big businesses that make up Wall Street are the major producer of good jobs.
Liberals-Want Wall Street to fail. They blame the Nations problems on Wall  Street so government has a bigger socialist role in your life.  If  Wall Street fails every big employer like Exxon, Ford, Walmart, Coal mines, steel manufacture, computer manufactures and every conceivable big business will go under.

Conservatives- Tend to gain power when the country gets stronger.
Liberals- Tend to gain power the weaker the country gets.  Think of cities like Detroit, Newark and others.  Cities that receive a ton of tax money will never hurt that gravy train by having a conservative in power.

Conservatives- Want to stop borrowing money from China and to stop printing money without backing.
Liberals- Have no problem printing money without backing.   

Conservatives- Want government out of your life.
Liberals- Want government to run your life. 


Conservatives- We don't have a tax collection problem, we have a spending problem.
Liberals- We need more taxes so the government can spend more.

Conservatives- Tend to be workers and over 25.
Liberals -   Isn't everyone 18 to 25 a super liberal? After all their college professors have never been out of the school system in their life.

[gcb]

as far as outsourcing goes ... just cos you can get away with paying someone with a bowl of rice somewhere else doesn't make it right ... those companies that outsource lack true patriotism.