tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512317041431941753.post1065843956892930810..comments2024-03-09T03:16:10.626-05:00Comments on America Revealed: Turning Back the Clock in Floridasforresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778318395686111784noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512317041431941753.post-22808664124014516272011-08-20T15:19:41.767-04:002011-08-20T15:19:41.767-04:00Ted, I agree with Steven - you're looking at t...Ted, I agree with Steven - you're looking at this in a black and white perspective rather than realizing life is rarely that simple. Take for example the people that ended up homeless because the banks bought up the mortgages without their knowledge, signed off on eviction and suddenly families are without a home. Many of those people had also lost their jobs because of the economy crash (hello banks again) so they are now homeless, jobless and unable to vote. They have become non-citizens often through no fault of their own. They have no way to move out of the hole they've fallen into. That's just one simplified example.Lakotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028892947791179389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512317041431941753.post-66764164182801497552011-08-20T11:47:03.700-04:002011-08-20T11:47:03.700-04:00Your view is a very disturbing one, Ted. Though I...Your view is a very disturbing one, Ted. Though I agree that some people have and will always try to live off the State, there are many good people in these economic times who have had to turn to the system to support their families. They have lost their jobs because people like Scott have supported the exporting of our jobs for corporate profit through free trade and other, anti-worker initiatives. As far as the ex-cons are concerned, the laws in this nation have become so entrenched in corruption where judges and prosecutors are rewarded for convictions and even simple traffic violations are now being deemed as felony misdemeanors. When a person goes to prison or probation for a felony, they move through a process to repay society for that wrong. It should not be a life sentence. If one has a job, a home and pays taxes, their rights should not be denied as citizens.<br /><br />This sort of attitude and false belief that these people are all somehow unworthy of recognition as citizens is the same one that is slowly decaying the foundations of this Nation and serving to destroy the very nature of the founding of it as a beacon of freedom in the world. When people start believing the deception; accepting this decay, they accept the destruction of this nation and its movement toward a Corporatist or rather, Fascist State being promoted by people like Scott, Walker and other right wing oligarchs whose only desire is to destroy what America means.sforresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778318395686111784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512317041431941753.post-11556147408783849172011-08-20T08:16:52.672-04:002011-08-20T08:16:52.672-04:00He's actually quite liberal, by my standards: ...He's actually quite liberal, by my standards: If you don't work/are living off others thoughtlessly via the government - whether you're a CEO or a crack-smoking porch ape - you shouldn't be allowed to vote: You don't pay for government, so why should you have a say in how it's run? Most of America's problems are caused by big corporations and individual citizens who rationalize they have a "right" to something for nothing...To such, Galt-in-Da-Box says a loud FUCK YOU!<br />Being a ward of the State means you don't have the brains or balls to run your own affairs.TheWayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074292938877766871noreply@blogger.com