Did you vote Obama?

Does everyone realize that a vote for anyone but Mitt is a vote for Oh'bummer?

Once again, it comes down to the lesser of two evils......Remember; "Perception is reality".....It may just turn around w/Mitt, whereas we KNOW, it will at best, be the same w/Obama....very likely, it could get extremely worse. ;)

Did Obama really say all of this? In what context?

When you post regurgitated information, make sure it's accurate.

I'm not saying he did not say this. I believe it is possible. I also believe if he did say this, he only said what everyone in Wash DC thinks anyway.

At least he spewed forth.

So at last count, besides lawyers, how many small (micro) businessmen work for the government anyway?

OF COURSE THEY ALL ARE...except for this one guy ...of course.... :laugh:

To continue the personal smear campaign against a hard working honest ethical person is typical of the modern liberal mind set. It is shameful and not deserving an answer. You will have to suffer in ignorance, self inflicted pain, I have one statement " Wake Up" !! pal. It is unfortunate when the conversation starts to turn ugly. B) :) :) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day

Hey Chuck, we all known that the Housing Bubble was not fueled by government. Nah. Free Market individualists did that. Great pay and benfits too. Only the highest LEGAL craftsmanship too! REAL Patriots!

We all know that the NAHB has not sold out every one of us to OSHA in the hopes of getting more Welfare for their industry. Free Market Titans that they are

The list is long but I will keep it short and close to our industry.

FREE MARKET? Where? Find the family with no home and kids with no shoes. Ask them if they work in finance or fleece the taxpayer.

The SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS model of America is to suck the Government's "whatever" and beg for more once the needle is in the arm.

As someone who is in the business of destroying small roofing businesses with the Ins Industry, it is ironic that you would post this as if there is some sort of "moral" to the story. What do you want from me? A HIpp Hipp Hooray?

There is no moral. The destruction of America is in high gear. Obama. Reps. Dems. Lobbyists. Rich. Lazy. Financiers. Welfare. Ivy Leaugers? Who ya gonna blame? (Did I mention welfare? Yes I did ....9 times))

Neither Mitt, nor Barrack are good for us.

Ron Paul or Gary Johnson here. If neither are on the ballot then some other Tea Party Communist Socialist Anarchist Son of a Beetch...... ...as long as there is not a "D" or an "R" in front of their names :angry: :blush:

I'll vote for nearly anybody other than bammy.

If he is reelected be prepared for the actor to take his mask off. He will sanction violence and rioting chaos etc. Beware this is a prediction. B) :) :) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day

I am going to vote fro Ron Paul

Mittwit'll do the screwing on this here ranch Podna!

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut

Dude let me tell you I did grow my business myself - I'm the one who put in the long hours, I'm the one who worked weekends, I'm the one who paid myself less than my employees for years till I could sustain provide and protect my family, and I paid for the roads, the police, the fire department, and the schools while doing it too. Heck yeah I paid for that capital equipment myself too. In fact I paid for it twice over as every dollar I saved by not paying myself still had 45 cents pulled out in taxes. Every dollar I paid my employees had a payroll tax on it too. Heck, later on my partners and I could buy a warehouse and hire someone to run it too just on the taxes sucked away. Wake up pal this guy is a disgrace. Screw you and Obama too.

B) :) :) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day :P

Ken Hines Athens, Alabama

You have hit the nail on the head, Mr. Brooks. International corporations are not American or French or German or Chinese. They do not pay allegiance to any one country. Oil that is drilled in America will be sold to the highest bidder, not to Americans. The same is true for any other exportable energy. Corporations that get tax breaks in America will create jobs not in America, but where they generate the most profit. Investors that benefit from corporate profits will not necessarily be Americans, and those Americans who benefit will not necessarily invest those profits in America. Mr. Romney has no experience in patriotism. To him America is a set of tax laws and business and environmental regulations. Avoiding taxes and sidestepping costly regulations are virtues, even if it means hiding income offshore and outsourcing jobs.

You say that Mr. Romney is a good capitalist, and that his actions are consistent with good business practices. I am sure you are right. That model, though, will lead either to America's downfall or to its transformation into a nation entirely foreign to the high hopes of its founders or the interests of its citizens.

Wealth at the cost of human dignity, moral values, equality, and democratic principles is not a bargain, and that is what Mr. Romney is offering

SAR Palo Alto

You've put up a straw man argument: Obama attacks capitalism. You say that this attack is audacious. It would be if it were true. But it isn't. Obama is attacking economic practices that erode the middle class. That's not an attack on capitalism. It's not even an attack on Bain prior to 1999. But post-1999 Bain engaged in practices that were so bad for working men and women in this country that even Romney is trying to say he had nothing to do with the company at that time.

The problem is that no politician can and should defend outsourcing, financial shenanigans of banks or CEO salaries that are hundred of times greater than average working man salaries. Even Romney doesn't try defend two of these things (and with regard to the third - CEO salaries - he soft pedals it). Ultimately, you are arguing that rampant greed, corruption and the erosion of the middle class are necessary for "modern capitalism." They aren't.

Romney will lose this election for many reasons. He's a stiff, comes across as arrogant and mean, is out of touch with the average working Joe, and his proposed economic policies look like four more years of George W. Bush. I know you're a GOP stalwart. Columns like this indicate that you're going to be one sore, irrational loser.

Tom Berwyn, Illinois

If Romney's expertise excludes 99% of America, what good is it to us?

phillygirl philadelphia, PA

Oh, boy, a vision of modern capitalism articulated by Mitt Romney! I can't wait! The "rigor and productivity" that he embodies has led to unlimited personal acquisitions by ... Mitt Romney. More rigor and productivity on the part of us serfs, who under his proposed tax scheme would pay more to offset the cuts he'd give to himself, will surely buy more social goods -- goods like seaside garages with elevators. This new vision of modern capitalism, explained by a reptilian, stunningly shallow character who is despised even by nutcase members of his own party, will undoubtedly capture the imagination of America's voters.

David, I liked you better when you were extolling the calcified, dim-witted WASP's who ran our economy before the onset of the meritocracy. At least they had a touch of noblesse oblige, some appreciation of economics, and better taste in garages :laugh: