Squiggly if it wasn't for the MMJ issue i'd just about like to see handing the football to the Republicans and demand they take the game for another 8 years so the world toilet flush isn't so drawn out. Until we all wake up, I take that back, the sheeple wake up and start actually fact checking things, quit approaching politics like a football game where each side supports their team hell or high water, we are doomed.
Both sides are right about issues and both sides are wrong too, i just happen to lean more to Obama right now.. I have 110 things obama has DONE, remember the "he swore in on the koran" and all that BS.. My Buddy was back during the Obama Mccain (who personally helped me on a artists rights issue with Scottsdale marry manrose) runoff and was spouting off about the poor people causing the financial housing crisis. I told him that Bush was the one who pushed it (didn't know at the time Gingrich was whispering in his ear) he said, that he didn't believe it. i showed him the video.
i'm voting against the party that lies the most. lol
Couldn't have summed up my position better (literally couldn't, I go on and on and on forever).
I actually sort of DO want republicans to take the wheel for another 8, because they will tank the DOG SHIT out of the country and we can get back to rebuilding once people accept it was the fault of their policies. That might be a better starting point than dems winning.
I see that as one possible situation, and the only other one I can think of that is positive is that we maintain a democratic supermajority for 8-12 years and during that time we replace any shit-tastic dems we can identify.
By then the republicans will have re-structured and un-crazied a bit. I TOTALLY AGREE that they have some things right, and dems have some things wrong. I was raised in an extremely conservative republican household--so whether if by nature or nurture some right-wing policies make sense to me.
Really the MAIN reason I lean dems, number one priority for me, is that the GOP has fallen into propaganda so far as I'm concerned. FOX News is a scourge on this country and the GOP is complicit with it. FOX is so far right that they've polarized the information market.
The best news in America is the Daily Show--and that is FUCKING SAD AS HELL.
My wife is pissed and doesnt want to continue because of 1% we disagree with [ and you're worried about some spending cuts which never even PASSED.] if they didnt pass then were did the rest of the benefits go?
I'll retire our contribution to the thread with you should learn chinese squiggly
you have no magic to stir our blood lol good luck azmmj
I'm sure she is--she doesn't seem like the type to bend very easily. Her opinion is pretty damn strong.
I really do want to express my utmost respect for her sacrifice, despite our disagreement and any perceived wrongdoing she might have felt from me.
As I understand it, those benefits are paid out in much the same way as education grants are. Because I am a student, I actually have a bit of insight into this.
As I was suggesting earlier, many guys are coming back and getting 60-100% disability when they don't need it (even if I think that monetarily, they deserve it--I never thought ill of my roomates last year, I think they earned every penny of that shit, and they're using it to educate themselves in our fucked up over priced education system--so fuck the government).
This puts a drain on YOUR benefits.
Another aspect of this issue is a practice the government undertakes that many are not aware of. In an attempt to soften economic blows, allow preparation, and avoid blame--often times cuts are passed WELL before they go into full effect. As a recipient of benefits, this can translate to a severe drop off in benefits all-of-a-sudden.
George bush SEVERELY underfunded veterans spending initiatives and I believe he did pass some cuts to veterans spending. You may be feeling the aftereffects of that now.
I get it if you're pissed. So am I. I'm pissed that things are so fucked up in this country both politically and with the media, such that you can't even get a straight answer as to who has your back.
There's so much conflicting information out there that you're forced to make a last minute--ill informed decision.
All I'm asking is that you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE look into this further. I am fairly certain that no legislation passed by Obama cut veterans spending. I think what may have ACTUALLY happened is that as the war in Iraq ended, there was a huge influx of disability spending--and not enough money to go around.
This is EXACTLY what happened to my financial aid in years where more students applied for aid (although the effect was probably less pronounced in my case).
Since reading that you were upset I have spent the last few hours really trying to dig through the muck on this. Everything I can find in the way of fact-based professional analysis (economists) and in terms of news reports of cuts on VA spending suggests that the republican spending plans (one of which has currently passed the house) are much much much worse for veterans, and that essentially those who can't keep themselves "topped off" will be left to the dogs under these plans.
As for cuts, the only stuff I can find is suggesting that Bush was moving money around in this area and thats the only legislation which has passed that affected VA spending recently.
Obama HAS proposed cuts in his budget, but it has not passed because those cuts were not large enough for the GOP as I've said before.
I appreciate your sacrifice, and I mean that more sincerely than you will probably know--but its for that reason that I have a real, vested, interest in seeing that you make AT THE VERY LEAST an informed decision here.
I won't insult you by posting more outside sources, I think you're perfectly capable of doing your own research. Just please, do it. You DESERVE to know what exactly is happening--and as much as this country doesn't have the right to ask anything more of you, it needs you to make THE RIGHT choice here.
Whatever that happens to be for you, I support your choice. Some things are more important than pot.