Republicans Prepare Should Supreme Court Overturn Healthcare Plan

Various Dow Jones Closing prices:

January 2, 1981 972.78
December 30, 1988 2168.57
December 29, 1989 2753.20
December 31, 1993 3754.09
December 29, 2000 10787.99
November 21, 2008 8,046.42
April 20, 2012 13,029.26

There are things called mutual funds (not to be confused with hedge funds).
You should look into them, I hope for you its not too late.

Did I read that last sentence correctly, Nan? No one is lookin gout for working class Americans but the Democrats? REALLY?? What have they given any of us in return for the money they’ve taken from us??!? I’m hoping your statement was a typo.

Amen! where are you running for office? Who nominated the first black to the supreme court? Who’s cabinet had the first secretary of state as a black man then a black woman and the first hispanic in a presidents cabinet? All republicans.

Democrats are hypocrites – plain and simple, they stand up and say they are for minorities and the poor and then enslave them to act for their own personal interests, votes. If a black person wanted to provide for black people they should be republicans, they have done so much more for them and never take them for granted or use them as a pawn like the democratic party has.

Jill,

While your personal anecdotes are interesting, I would go with the many studies, which have shown, time and again, that conservatives give more of their time and treasure to charity than leftists. Here are a few links for you to review:

1. A study conducted by a firm in Valencia, CA:

http://philanthropy.com/blogs/prospecting/conservative-voters-are-more-liberal-with-charity/19091

2. The “National Generosity Index”, which shows giving, broken down by state. The “red states” are all on the top of this list, while blues are on the bottom. Data from 2003.

http://www.catalogueforphilanthropy.org/cfp/db/generosity.php?year=2005

3. An overview of a recent study on the matter, by the author of the study.

http://www.american.com/archive/2008/march-april-magazine-contents/a-nation-of-givers

Leftists simply seem to live off the government, and expect other people’s taxes will take care of them. This plays out when one sees Joe Biden’s tax returns (a tad bit over 1% to charity), as well as Obama’s (while he gave a good amount to charity this past year – now that he’s living off all our tax dollars and doesn’t have to spend a dime on life, he disgustingly gave almost NOTHING to charity before coming into the White House. The same was true with both Clinton and Gore).

Leftists simply like to appropriate other people’s money through jack-booted IRS thuggery, then dole it out to their own favored pigs, feeding at the taxpayer-funded trough, then call themselves “caring”. Sorry, but using money forcibly taken from other hard-working families does not make one charitable.

FYI, this is not only the case when it comes to dollars. Studies show conservatives also give far more of their TIME to charities than leftists.

Meanwhile, studies also show conservatives, on average, make less money than leftists. This means, not only do conservatives give more dollars and time than leftists, they also give more as a percentage of income.

This displays a simple difference between common sense conservatives and leftists. Conservatives take the initiative, in almost every aspect of life. Give more. Work harder. Less willing to accept government’s stolen goodies. More willing to seek answers and support outside of government. This conservative philosophy requires individuals to be involved with the community (the actual people in the community). This is a proactive philosophy.

Leftist/statist philosophy, on the other hand, is a lazy philosophy. The basic tenet is: take from others so that we can give to some. No need for involvement, as it’s the government’s job. And the govenrment will take care of me/you/the problem. If the government fails? No apologies for their failures, just demands for more money from hard working families, all the while smearing them and telling them to “pay their fair share.”

This is why the leftist/statist ideology has proven to be philosophically vapid, intellectually lazy, and counter to building strong communities of involved citizens working together to solve problems and help people in need.

But it sure is a great way to buy votes! What is the saying? “If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you will always have Paul’s vote.” Leftist policy perfectly encapsulated.