@shootersa I have been seriously thinking about this for decades. And you are a disgusting hypocrite to suggest the rhetoric has gone too far now when by your own admission it has been going on for a very long time and you sure as fuck never spoke out against in all that time that I ever saw.

And shootersa it is impossible to join a revolution that only exists inside your own little plastic bubble.

Now I will ask you again. If our government is so terrible name a better one?

If Trump can't be bought then how come he surrounds himself with bankers, billionaires, and mega donors?

 

One might ask the same question of Obama and his supporters.

 

I was around during Vietnam and was in the military.
It wasn't that bad in other parts of the world. It was bad here in the U.S.
The way veterans and military people were treated then is some what like they are treated today.
Back then the good citizens lined up to wait their turn to spit on the returning servicemen.
Our government did nothing to slow that down. I could not count the number of fights I got into in the first 6 months I was out of the military.
Fights with the good citizens of the U.S. just because I was in the military.
Fucking low life scum bags. We have them coming out of the wood work again.
This time on greater numbers and with more support.

 

That's a nice pic of EX-President Barry O and Richard Branson horsing around.

 

I've heard stories from family members who served during Vietnam. It's disgusting. Regardless of your beliefs about the war, you don't take it out on the servicemen who fought because they were ordered too.

 

Which States Are Givers and Which Are Takers?

The Atlantic May 5, 2014

The WalletHub analysts essentially asked how much each state receives back as a return on its federal income-tax investment...

What the resulting map shows is that the most “dependent states,” as measured by the composite score, are Mississippi and New Mexico, each of which gets back about $3 in federal spending for every dollar they send to the federal treasury in taxes. Alabama and Louisiana are close behind.

If you look only at the first measure—how much the federal government spends per person in each state compared with the amount its citizens pay in federal income taxes—other states stand out, particularly South Carolina: The Palmetto State receives $7.87 back from Washington for every $1 its citizens pay in federal tax...

Part of the explanation for why southern states dominate the “most dependent” category is historical. During the many decades in the 20th century when the South was solidly Democratic, its congressional representatives in both the House and the Senate, enjoying great seniority, came to hold leadership positions on powerful committees, which they used to send federal dollars back to their home states in the form of contracts, projects, installations...

Another part of the explanation is easier to discern. The reddest states on that map at the top—Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, New Mexico, Maine—have exceptionally high poverty rates...

There are various ways of thinking about what WalletHub's "state dependency" map tells us. One approach is to shine light on the red-states-as takers paradox: Dominated by Republican voters who profess their distaste for the federal government and its social programs, these are the very states that rank highest on the dependency index. That, for example, is how Business Insider handled the story:

"[W]ho really benefits from government spending? If you listen to Rush Limbaugh, you might think it was those blue states, packed with damn hippie socialist liberals, sipping their lattes and providing free abortions for bored, horny teenagers. ...

"As it turns out, it is red states that are overwhelmingly the Welfare Queen States. Yes, that's right. Red States—the ones governed by folks who think government is too big and spending needs to be cut—are a net drain on the economy, taking in more federal spending than they pay out in federal taxes. They talk a good game, but stick Blue States with the bill."

 

I can't explain about Maine as I don't know anything about it.
Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and New Mexico have a large % of minorities.
Minorities are the people who usually receive more in government benefits.
If the U.S. would split those people would benefit more when living in a democratic controlled state.
In a republican controlled state many would loose some or all of their free benefits.
Do you think these people would suddenly turn into productive citizens or move to a more benefit friendly state?

 

I have to go to the airport now but wanted to leave you with a thought ...

Let The Revolt Continue

Athens here we come, god help you lol.

 

Well if we were to split the US, the federal government would cease to exist. There would be two or more governments, based upon how many sections the US was broken in to. We could divide the country by conservatives and liberals. By race and ethnic background. It would be up to the victors of the civil war.

 

It could be the people of the U.S. may decide to take back their country and get rid of those who seem determined to destroy it.

 

How is it again that you can spend all day every day posting on a porn forum and use such great graphics when you are supposed to be working?

 

This seems very strange. On another thread weren't you claiming to have been in the Navy where you were an expert on our most modern radar technology?

And here you are claiming to be a Vietnam vet in addition to working in the oilfield, working in a power plant, and working in a hospital for 20 years. How is it possible for you to have done all the things you claim?

 

Didn't I just answer this? Anyway, I'm alone in the office today. I just use my smart phone to edit and upload pictures.

 

Yes you did and as I just pointed out on the other thread you just keep contradicting yourself which is why your stories don't add up.

Here's what you said on the How To Know A Sock Account thread.

 

i was in the office alone today. In between phone calls, I had nothing to do, so I was here and on Twitter. I had done all of my work and all of the overflow, so there was literally nothing to do. I could have twiddled my thumbs I guess.

 

Now I am on the train, not car going home.

 

@shootersa

And just like I said on another thread just a few minutes ago., Here you are again shootersa running around with your hair on fire screaming BUT OBAMA BUT OBAMA BUT OBAMA. Just like I said you do.

But this isn't twitter. Its a porn forum. And anyone can google a piecture of a train.

 

First of all, a lot of people who are receiving anti poverty benefits are working, but their wages are low. They are as productive as they can be.

Second, the larges number of people receiving anti poverty benefits are white.

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The Washington Post February 16, 2017

Working-class whites are the biggest beneficiaries of federal poverty-reduction programs, even though blacks and Hispanics have substantially higher rates of poverty, according to a new study to be released Thursday by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Government assistance and tax credits lifted 6.2 million working-class whites out of poverty in 2014, more than any other racial or ethnic demographic. Half of all working-age adults without college degrees lifted out of poverty by safety-net programs are white; nearly a quarter are black and a fifth are Hispanic...

Working-class whites drawn to President Trump’s campaign may be particularly hard hit by the policies of the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans, Shapiro said, including the push to dismantle President Obama's health-care reform law and changing the way food stamps and other programs for the poor are administered. The safety net appears to be even more critical, he said, in states with a large share of working-class whites.

 

It is conceivable to me that low income whites would move from the Restored Confederacy to the United States. What matters is that most high IQ people of all races would be moving there. That is where the best educational and professional opportunities would be.

Also, it is a matter of taste. How many brilliant, well educated people would rather live in the South than in San Francisco or Manhattan?

It was similar in the United States before the Civil War. Most immigrants moved to the free states because that is where there were more and better paying jobs. These immigrants joined the Union Army during the Civil War and helped the United States win.

 

Stop twisting facts to suit your liberal ideals.... The fact is that there are more white people in the country. This is not taken into consideration by comparison is it?

What are the numbers per capita?