MrRodgers
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ORIGINAL: MrRodgers The war on drugs is a war, the same as all wars...a war for profit. The rest is either manufactured or a violent conversation. The war on poverty was a war that was on the lowest levels...a success despite the profits skimmed off. That poverty persists, is testimony to the lack of our economy serving all of society. I am on the fence on common core. (federal money ?) Yes, corporate welfare has been as expensive and purely wasteful for the taxpayers as anything. However, I don't see any of those as on point as compared to the state of Florida demagoguing on state control of their own environment only to see it blow up in their face only to then run back to the feds for help. Anytime the Federal government declares a "War" on anything, it means that money will flow forever because there are no tangible end goals that can be realistically reached to signal success. We will always have drugs, poverty, and children that struggle with academics. The point is that the availability of drugs, poverty levels, and dropout rates have all increased. The government creates more problems in some areas than it solves, then says it needs more money to solve the additional problems it creates. The best solution to a cultural problem is a change in culture, not additional laws, regulations, and deficit spending. I couldn't agree more but the culture will never change. Some say and also not inaccurately, some shock to society will be required to wake up the people because the 'powers that be' couldn't fuck'n care less. They helped create the culture we live in, this current status quo and are fine with the way things are now, even if things do get worse for society at large. Read a per-viewed a photo collage of the east, Istanbul, we are on our way there...3 families in a 2 floor condo.
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You can be a murderous tyrant and the world will remember you fondly but fuck one horse and you will be a horse fucker for all eternity. Catherine the Great Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. J K Galbraith
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