What does a communist do In the midst of the disastrous obamacare rollout?

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Well, Tao, "centrist" is others' characterization. It's fine with me. I see Ricter as more of a centrist than perhaps you do. .
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Ricter is a self-described Marxist.

The fact that you would characterize his far left political ideaology as "centrist" is proof that you have little objectivity.
 
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Center has indeed become blurry. It also depends on the subject. For example, I am a social liberal. However, I am a fiscal conservative.
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I always get a good laugh when Big Arrow describes himself in those very same terms.

And yet, not once has he gone off on one of his tantrums against a liberal...

Who does he insult the most?

Lucrum
Max
Maverick
AAAintheBeltway.
 
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I'm not one to favor spending on wasting assets -- I drive an 18 year old truck paid for many years ago. I have no problem with assuming debt at historically low interest rates well below the actual inflation rate, to pay for long range investments. If fact the U.S. is making a mistake not to borrow more now to spend on education, infrastructure, and research. But cuts in spending on wasting assets and areas of great inefficiency, i.e., "defense", are always a good idea. If we borrow heavily now at negative real interest rates, our creditors will end up paying us to use their money!

There are still some lunatics around who think it is possible to maintain a commodity (gold) backed currency. But of course, that's no longer possible. Some of these same lunatics think governments should operate on a cash basis, and never borrow -- the same lunatics clamor for a balanced budget amendment. These folks will continue to be ignored, just as we ignore those who think dental fillings cause mental retardation. These nuts will always be with us, but fortunately they will always be a small minority.

I am not concerned about the size of government, I am concerned about its efficiency, quality, and non-incursion on personal liberty. I believe if you focus on these aspects of government you will automatically arrive at an appropriate size.
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"I am concerned about its efficiency, quality, and non-incursion on personal liberty. I believe if you focus on these aspects of government you will automatically arrive at an appropriate size."
this is the usual lack of reality which pervades your posts. it is not the nature of governments to have these qualities + what qualifies as definition of non intrusive, quality and efficient are pretty slippery. it doesn't exist inc. Germany where the ruling coalition has introduced a minimum wage mimicking their broke neighbors , the ones with the high unemployment rates approaching 50% among young people.
 
Yesterday, Iran declared that the Obama administration is lying about the details of the nuclear “deal.” Today, they have a new announcement: not only are they not ceasing any nuclear development, they’ve now also developed ballistic missile technology.

from WFB:

A top Iranian military leader announced late Tuesday that Iran has developed “indigenous” ballistic missile technology, which could eventually allow it to fire a nuclear payload over great distances.

Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the lieutenant commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), made the critical weapons announcement just days after Iran and the West signed a deal aimed at curbing the country’s nuclear activities.

Salami claimed that “Iran is among the only three world countries enjoying an indigenous ballistic missile technology,” according to the state-run Fars News Agency.

“Many countries may have access to cruise missiles technology, but when it comes to ballistic missiles, I am confident that only the U.S. and the [former] Soviet Union could master this technology, and now we can announce that we own this technology as well,” Salami told Fars.

The IRGC leader said that Iran is quickly developing advanced military know-how...

"good job mr president"
 
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"... I am a social liberal. However, I am a fiscal conservative.
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Heard this quote many times before. (How does that work? I can't see how those philosophies can realistically co-exist in the same body. Please explain.)

How can you be for "spend/overspend on social programs", yet "not overspend" as a Conservative?

(Personally, I'm a "Darwinist".)
 
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He did say it's unclear how much effect the ACA is having on the falling costs.

By the way, American IT > Canadian IT. :D
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Yes, American IT is > Canadian IT .... this is why I earn obscene amounts of money commuting to Canada each week to fix their banking IT stuff.

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Yes, American IT is > Canadian IT .... this is why I earn obscene amounts of money commuting to Canada each week to fix their banking IT stuff.

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"... I am a social liberal. However, I am a fiscal conservative.
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Heard this quote many times before. (How does that work? I can't see how those philosophies can realistically co-exist in the same body. Please explain.)

How can you be for "spend/overspend on social programs", yet "not overspend" as a Conservative?

(Personally, I'm a "Darwinist".)
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SLFC=not spend like a mofo trying to stop certain things such as drugs, tobacco, alcohol, gay marriage, etc. Basically the idea that government is about enforcing "real" rights and not about trying to "improve" society by outlawing certain behaviors that do not infringe on the rights of another. Note, "real" rights are the same rights you would have by yourself on the proverbial deserted island. You'd have the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of speech and religion, etc. You would not have the right to free healthcare, a good job that earns a fair wage, a hot blonde, a big screen TV, a free cell phone and all the rest unless you earned it yourself.

There's a lot of grey areas though. Like pollution. Maybe it's not so great if a guy in a suburb builds an asbestos and asphalt plant along with the world's loudest and largest outdoor heavy metal concert stage.

Then there are certain things we've done that have a couple sides to them. Like outlawing smoking in most restaurants and bars. In general, I'm against government passing laws of that nature. Still, I certainly enjoy these places more. I suspect that eventually we would have arrived where we are, but the (unjust IMO) laws pushed us there faster.
 
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