I guess that would be in Ayn Rand’s novels.

http://jazzbumpa.tumblr.com/post/57184519/republicans-not-so-good-for-business

(in this graph, the blue lines are avg GDP growth for Democratic Pres. term, and the red lines ditto for Republicans.)

The stock market does better under Democrats.

http://jazzbumpa.tumblr.com/post/57208259/republicans-bad-for-the-stock-market

The general trend over the last 45 years has been to lower taxation. GDP growth over the period has systematically declined.

http://jazzbumpa.tumblr.com/post/57522107/another-look-at-gdp-growth-graph-by-jazzbumpa

Conservatives, especially libertarians have great logic to their ideologies, but in the real world they simply don’t work. Check out what has happened to wealth and income distribution over the recent decades, with Republicans in the white house 28 of the last 40 years. This is a big part of why we are living in 1929, part 2.

Clinton raised taxes, increased social spending and RAN A SURPLUS!. Bush lowered taxes, cut social programs and the economy is in the toilet. I am not preaching direct cause and effect for any specific program detail, but, please, do not let your ideology trump reality.

McCain was the son (and grandson) of 4-star Navy Admirals, he was guaranteed a spot in the USNA from birth and therefore guaranteed to become an officer (despite barrrrrrely graduating). You’re claiming his ascension to public office is roughly as probable as a black boy raised by a single white woman who was so poor she had to use food stamps? I think that’s a little … off.

McCain is a war hero, and his continued service to his country (despite enormous wealth) is something we can all look up to, but … come on now.

In that sense, America was a land of opportunity: the opportunity to avoid possible war and deprivations, and to stay in a safer country.

Add in all his other inappropriate comments towards women and other individuals and it’s clear he would have been an embarrassment if he represented us.

*I know the arguments, that he only used the slur against his captors, etc., etc. But you can bet if he said it about any other minority group his political career would have been over.

You are so right – the government of the last 8 years has not been taking your money and wasting it at all! They let you keep it all and stayed out of your business, right?

Wrong. Talk about wasting taxpayer money…

And as for hard work – teachers work hard and get nothing. Community organizers work hard and get nothing. Police and fire get barely anything.

Guess they don’t work hard enough to get paid well for what they do. It’s much harder to sit in an office all day pushing paper, no? Now THAT deserves more pay!

And I know you’re angry, Jadzia, but you should really think before you speak. Law school not hard? Why don’t you give it a try if it’s so easy? Ever try to understand a law book? See, this is largely why McCain lost – he appealed to people’s bitterness by saying, “See, it’s US vs. THEM, those ELITES!” But meanwhile, in the real world, McCain didn’t acknowledge that those “elite” areas are full of people working their butts off and not always getting paid or treated quite so well as it seems. Also, how is it that, to you, nurses are *uneducated* and make *minimum wage*? Where I’m from, nurses have to get higher ed, and then are in such demand that they typically make some nice wages. But they’re doing hard work, I’ll give you that. If you know some nurses being paid that terribly, by all means, tell them to look around NY state, we need them! Maybe you’re talking about people who work in hospitals and clinics who don’t have a nursing degree or license…

I agree completely with the compromise issue as I have to do it all the time in my relationship as do most people If a candidate has views that match up completely with yours or where you only have to compromise a few things, why not vote for them. Also, I just feel that third parties are given no chance because they are not the Republican or Democratic party and has nothing to do with their issues. I get taken as a joke or even laughed at when I tell people I am voting for a third party candidate. That just doesnt’ seem right when they haven’t even look at the other candidates views to know the truth.