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Though jem is more than a little obsessed with the crony thing, I do agree that it all has gone way too far. When these guys sit on each other's boards and vote these salary packages, there has to be some sort of regulation, a multiple if nothing else. Otherwise there's no end to it, and we go...

We did the same thing to the Hawaiians. And we wonder why we're not more loved.

If by some slim chance the TPs ever do ascend to the throne, I'm afraid their supporters are going to be awfully disappointed. See French Revolution, Bolshevik Revolution, any of the Chinese Revolutions.

A great set. That quote referred to The French Revolution, didn't it?

The squatter thing was from fhl, post #5. I'm glad you agree that they were anything but.

That's a sticky wicket. I don't know what minimum wages would be adjusted for inflation, but if they had tracked productivity instead of separating from it in the late 70s/early 80s, the minimum wage would be $22. Good luck with that.

They CHOOSE welfare because they can't get a job that pays enough for them to live on. As for getting an education, hire better teachers. Reduce class sizes. Give teachers more autonomy in the classroom. Provide up-to-date curriculum materials. As for having kids, educate them about sex and...

And would be even more grateful for the opportunity to give something back.

You have a point. Of sorts. But this is a far cry from claiming that "the Indians were squatters. There was no country and they had no title deed proving they owned the land." Which is disingenuous at best. As far as stealing the land vs winning it in a war, a substantial number of Indians...

So which is it? Raise their wages or push them onto welfare by default?

The GOP’s 20-Year War on Health Care Stop the presses: John Boehner admitted Thursday that the Republican Party’s long-awaited alternative to Obamacare needs a little more time in the oven. “You know, the discussions about Obamacare and what the replacement bill would look like...

Only because Repubs and TPs can't come up with anything else.

So raise taxes on the wealthy. I'm sure they'd welcome the opportunity to give something back.

So much better to just give up and go on the government dole.

Goddamn Nazi bastards!

House GOP’s border conundrum: Will new leadership be able to pass a bill? There’s no question that the luckiest Republican in Washington right now is outgoing House majority leader Eric Cantor. While Cantor is still, technically, majority leader through July 31, he’s more or less...

Nor do the Republicans. They hand the ball off to each other and no progress is made.

Then the uninsured need to apply for coverage. Medicaid patients continue to do so because, as I said, it takes so long to see a doctor. As for illegals, there's that immigration issue again. Perhaps you could persuade your leaders to fix it.

In this case, yes. I suppose the Founding Fathers learned it from the British.

Someone was here. And they had a government. As to the other comment, there's a shut-the-gate-behind-me quality to all the Repub complaining that has to be addressed before any genuine progress can be made on the immigration issue.