Congressman Ron Paul Schools Bernanke on the Bailout Plan

Posted by bruni on October 15, 2008

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No one cares about Ron Paul. VOTE RON PAUL FOR FAILURE!

these days it actually seems like VOTE ANYONE FOR FAILURE
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Official U.S. Economy as a Presidential campaign issue thread

Posted by bruni on September 30, 2008

While reading threads based upon the political theatre that is the U.S. presidential election on this forum, I keep stumbling upon posts that mention ‘how bad’ the economy is, and this thread is meant to educate ME and perhaps others on the subject of what our trillion dollar debt actually means, and what can the candidates do to fix it.
Stop beating around the bush in other threads, I want to know the situation, and both sides’ solutions.
Well right off the bat we all know that trickle down economics does not work.
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DIACF Survey: Who are you and what drives your socioeconomic and political views?

Posted by bruni on August 04, 2008

For the past month or so I have noticed that this community lacks any concentration of direct explanations by the posters themselves on their own socioeconomic and political views. I am curious what drives people to hold the beliefs that they do, and was inspired by where the posters there revealed what drives their religious (or non-religious) beliefs.

What I’d like to do is have people just explain a bit about what got them to where they are and what they believe in a more direct fashion, rather than in bits and pieces that show during various debate threads. If you’re not shy, please include some demographic information, a little history of where you grew up, what sort of education you have, and what sort of political environment you were raised in. These sorts of things influence our views, obviously.
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