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...Obamas the best speaker ive seen in person or otherwise... wish i wouldve gotten to see first term Clinton tho
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I feel an obligation to watch as an American. Nonetheless, I understand why some are deterred because of the ridiculous, useless clapping that follows every mundane statement the President utters.
This has entertained me since he's been in office. I like to focus on Biden and Pelosi when she was in office. The two them crack me up.
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dont even give that dude the time of day.. what an idiotic comment.
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Can anyone link me to a video or audio clip of the speech? Missed it tonight but would like to listen to it on my hour commute to school tomorrow.
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Watched most of it. Like the "sputnik" comment he said. But man, u can tell the balance of Congress has shifted. Mostly the applauses were from democrats and they weren't heard as loud as usual SOTU Addresses. Then u got Biden agreeing to everything Obama said like a homer status and the new speaker of the house lookin uninterested.
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It's not an idiotic comment, it's the truth. Unfortunately, Hitler used his amazing ability to convince people to do terrible, terrible things.
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i don't here you complaining about cheap items froms china/india
This nation is @!@#*#. Not enough men/women in power with balls , uncorrupted, or selfless to make the necessary changes. Believe that.
easy for you to say now but when it comes to pay higher taxes in order to get more transfer payments will you vote for it??
if i told you guys that you could do so much better as country by paying more taxes and giving cotnrol of your health system to the governemnt!would you do it??
Or having policies like nordic countries whereby if companies leave a place they are expected to replace some of the old jobs that were lost and pay E.I.
eventhough everyone(media) tells you it's against the american moral
If any of this is too socialist /unamerican to you then don't complaiin about your #+!*%+ system
(for too long your system affected and marginalised the poor but now middle class is feeling the heat so now you're looking for someone to blame)
all talk and no action
You think there is waste in the healthcare system now? Wait until the govt controls it!
For everyone who believes that the new healthcare plan is going to cost what they say it is just take a look at medicare
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I didn't mean to make it sound like you're not entitled to complain about your taxes. Thus, I stated that you should criticize more on how your tax dollars are allocated by the politicians ( like what you stated with money being siphoned ).
The other countries get a better bang for their tax money because their government do not allocate large portion of their Crown/Federal budget on defense. Instead, they spend it on health care and their public pension funds . Keep in mind that a significant amount of money funded to health care for other countries are not spent properly. Citizens for these countries take advantage of the free health care that they get ( e.g. seeing a doctor for a simple flu ). However, the social benefits of a publicly funded health care system outweighs the wasted extra funds spent. Unfortunately, these social benefits are immeasurable. Thus, they cannot be really placed as attributes if a country like the U.S is deciding if a publicly funded health care is the right alternative to pursue. All I can tell you is that it indirectly leads to a better quality of life for the citizens of the said country - with less crimes and less stress bestowed to its citizens.
With that said, I completely understand the American paradigm of not wanting a Universal Health Care. If you look after your health, why would you want to shoulder someone else's expense if they binge on fast food everyday ? Living in Canada, I believe the best type of Universal Health Care is a combination of both private and public. With the basic needs covered by the government, and the additional benefits covered employers (e.g. Dental, Private Duty Nursing, Athletic Physio threaphy etc.).
Sorry for going off topic.
Trust me, we also complain that our government politicians give away our taxes to their cronies.
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i don't here you complaining about cheap items froms china/india
This nation is @!@#*#. Not enough men/women in power with balls , uncorrupted, or selfless to make the necessary changes. Believe that.
easy for you to say now but when it comes to pay higher taxes in order to get more transfer payments will you vote for it??
if i told you guys that you could do so much better as country by paying more taxes and giving cotnrol of your health system to the governemnt!would you do it??
Or having policies like nordic countries whereby if companies leave a place they are expected to replace some of the old jobs that were lost and pay E.I.
eventhough everyone(media) tells you it's against the american moral
If any of this is too socialist /unamerican to you then don't complaiin about your #+!*%+ system
(for too long your system affected and marginalised the poor but now middle class is feeling the heat so now you're looking for someone to blame)
all talk and no action
What are you talking about?
We pay a #!%$ ton of taxes in the US. "We" meaning the middle to upper middle class. We are as, if not more, socialist than the Euro countries. The problem is that the only groups which benefit from all this taxation are large corporations, politicians, and the poor. The rich steal from the middle and so do the poor. It's funny that you buy into this mantra that many Americans buy into; the illusion that we are not as socialist as Europe.
Look at all of our entitlement programs. Are you blind or just ignorant. How can future liabilities on the entitlement programs be $60 trillion if we're not socialist?
We are more socialist than you will ever be, sir. Please %@##.
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I have no problem with a Universal Health Care system, per se. I don't see how my initial post implied that I was. The problem is, as UTVOL has stated, this thing that we have now was a political deal first and foremost. It will cost huge amounts of money, at least, initially. Also, I do not trust the corrupt and the incompetent in my government to get it right even if they have good intentions (which they do not).
The health care system we have now is broken, no doubt. A large factor in the health care system being as %*@+%$ as it is the involvement of Medicare/Medicaid in the market. If you know how medicaid/medicare works you would realize the role it has played in screwing up the overall health care market.
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i like his idea of research and development but budget cuts and raising taxes doesnt seem fit right now. like medicaid and medicare?! i was like what?!?! Although i do agree with reducing the deficit. But something needs to be done. like raising taxes on the rich cuz they obviously cheat their ways to pay less.
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Just because you are now PRO-Business now, Mr. President, doesn't mean you are PRO-Free Market. Unfortunately, the economic illiterate in this country don't know the difference either.
I'm so glad the President is going to start spending and printing more money investing! Create more inflation! Make those gas and food prices sooooooar! Let's stop subsidizing old forms of energy and start subsidizing new forms of energy!
I'm so glad the President is going to start spending and printing more money investing! Create more inflation! Make those gas and food prices sooooooar! Let's stop subsidizing old forms of energy and start subsidizing new forms of energy!
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is there cliffnotes of what was said in the speech?
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- SMH @ the amount of people on here that had no idea who John Boehner is........
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Did you expect anything else from the 'Vote or Die' generation?
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MY COMPUTER WASNT WORKING LAST NIGHT AT WORK SO I COULDNT POST MY THOUGHTS BUT I WAS TUNED IN....THE SOTU ADDRESS IS NOTHING MORE THEN A SPEECH TO GET PPLS HOPE UP AND SELL THEM DREAMS...A FEW MONTHS LATER EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING THE OBAMA AINT DOING #$@! TALK AGAIN....IT WAS FUNNY SEEING EVERYBODY TRYING TO BE POLITICAL ON TWITTER LAST NIGHT THO
....JUST WANTED TO BE LIKE !##* AND GO WATCH THE GAME OR SOMETHING.....OBAMA MIGHT BE A GREAT GUY OUTSIDE OF POLITICS..HE SEEMS LIKE IT...BUT HE IS A PUPPET..POLITICS=ENTERTAINMENT...DEMOCRATIC=REPUBLICAN....IT WAS FUNNY SEEING MY BOSS GEN.SCHWARTZ STONE FACE WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT GAYS IN THE MILITARY
....ANYBODY GOT A GIF OF THAT?
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On behalf of Minnesotans everywhere, Michelle Bachmann is an imbecile.
That is all.
That is all.
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....oh but i loooove Michelle Bachmann.
- Conservatives say thier goal is to make Obama a one term president, but they still havent managed to bring the republican party together. if Bachmann keeps flapping her trap the Republican vote will be successfully split between the tea party movement and the regular conservatives.
- and Bohner has his eyes on the prize thats for sure........
- i hope Donald Trump puts his hat in. id vote for him. im all for the tariffs he proposes.
