Justice Department Plans to Stop Using Private Prisons

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  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    No, not seriously. But if a loaded gun were put to my head to force me to cast a vote I wouldn't hesitate to vote for him over her. That doesn't mean I like him or endorse him. It just means I'd rather be forced to eat a pound of shit over ten pounds of shit.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,033
    Back when Reagan was running for president I knew a dies in the wool socialist (not a democratic socialist either) who said he was going to vote for Reagan because he said the faster the system crashes the better. Well, see what that got him....
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    I understand that theory, I'm onboard with the thought but I'm not prepared yet for the reality.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,033
    Few if any of us are, unsung.
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    edited August 2016
    rgambs said:

    unsung said:

    You can't imagine your life without government, yet you expect me to live my life in the limits of your imagination.

    I don't know what you mean, I don't live in imagination-land, that's the libertarian's purview.
    I live in the context of the historical record and reality, where the government you want failed the people who lived under it.
    The limited approach hasn't been tried. Only reckless, endless spending with unlimited corruption and irresponsibility.

    The populace is faced with neverending debt, and the system itself would collapse if people didn't spend spend spend. The monetary supply is fraudulent and big banks can abuse it without consequences. Cycle after cycle has huge bubbles created artificially that always burst.

    Participation is forced under threat of being thrown in a cage, that's how all good ideas are implemented.

    Yeah, you're right, your version works so well.
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    unsung said:

    rgambs said:

    unsung said:

    You can't imagine your life without government, yet you expect me to live my life in the limits of your imagination.

    I don't know what you mean, I don't live in imagination-land, that's the libertarian's purview.
    I live in the context of the historical record and reality, where the government you want failed the people who lived under it.
    The limited approach hasn't been tried. Only reckless, endless spending with unlimited corruption and irresponsibility.

    The populace is faced with neverending debt, and the system itself would collapse if people didn't spend spend spend. The monetary supply is fraudulent and big banks can abuse it without consequences. Cycle after cycle has huge bubbles created artificially that always burst.

    Participation is forced under threat of being thrown in a cage, that's how all good ideas are implemented.

    Yeah, you're right, your version works so well.
    This shows a total ignorance of the early history of this nation, and a total naivety about corruption. You talk about cycle after cycle? Under your wild west system the economy nearly collapsed every decade or so, the "fraudulent" money supply and the regulations you oppose were put in place to stabilize an untenable system.

    Just because you need the threat of imprisonment to induce you to work toward a greater good doesn't mean you should assume the same for everyone else. My family pays taxes proudly and without reservation. We have enough to get by and we aren't greedy libs who whine about how much money (that they have no need of) the government steals from them.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
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