‘Not My Debt’: College Students Refuse Pledge to Pay Their Share of National Debt
- Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:03am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Last week, we brought you video from a guy who caught liberal college students eager to redistribute wealth but not grades. Now, that same guy (Oliver Darcy) is back with another experiment: If college students are opposed to the Republican plan to cut spending to reduce the national debt, might they be willing to reduce the deficit by paying their share of the national debt?
Would those college students sign a pledge vowing to pay their approximate $47,000 share? The answer?
Well, there was this: “I don’t contribute to the national debt.”
This: “I don’t have any debt.”
And this: “It’s not my debt.”
We’ll take that as a “no.” But those curious responses beg the question: Have these college students ever taken an economics class? “It’s not my debt.” Really?
But the real gems come in the second half of the video, when the students offer their suggestions on how to get rid of the national debt. You know, like “abolish the government” and “Fu** the military.”
Watch below [Content Warning: language]:
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Apple Bite
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:41amIgnorance with a degree…. I used to tell my ex-girlfriend she had this issue.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:40amTimothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Sabotuer, always says our debt is backed “with the full faith and credit of the United States Treasury.”
I keep telling you, that means you will be hauled off to a FEMA CIVILIAN LABOR CAMP to pay off the national debt, and you still aren’t listening.
Why the hell would ANYBODY Sign a pledge to pay back a debt, THAT ISN’T OURS?!?!?
Where the hell is 14 trillion dollars worth of ANYTHING?!?!?!
We haven’t seen it…that’s because the FED has given it away to MEGA CORPS and FOREIGN BANKS and MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS and ALIENS and LORD KNOWS WHO OR WHAT ELSE.
That’s why Ron Paul is the ONLY CANDIDATE that is serious about ANYTHING, you can’t address ANY FISCAL ISSUES without addressing THE FED FIRST, and ABOLISHING IT.
Because the DEBT
CANNOT
BE
PAID!
It must be abolished.
Abolish all debt.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:45amI like Paul too. The sad thing is he will be seen as a retread for election. I think he can do the most damage from where he is at now. They are *&%! scared of him now and that is great. You and I have not seen any of this money and they give it away because they know they will take it from us in some manner. Sad and abusive.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:58amHe has more power and following now than he had in the first run.
He hasn’t had to retread anything, everyone ELSE is having to retread their campaign issues to come into line with HIM.
The left and the right is scared to DEATh of this man, because he will end the BS of the FEd once and for all.
He’s our last chance before slavery and bondage it appears.
Tim Geithner ought to be arrested for economic terrorism. Federal Reserve trash.
Report Post »mrclean
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:02pmSinista—–
You got it right and we need to spread this around pronto.
Report Post »earthrise
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 11:02amSinista, let me bounce this one off ya…..
You strike me as one “well versed” in this fed “sitch”(uation)….. I suspect that you know exactly what will happen should an “AUDIT” come down upon them…..
(Here’s the “Crux Of The Biscuit”…)
Until WE can get the “Supremes” (Court) back in line…. They will never allow an audit.
BTW….. Do you know who Bo Gritz is? (LONG “I” sound…..)
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:09pmIt doesn’t need to be audited.
It needs to be outright abolished and dissolved.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 2:12pmWe need to end Fractional Reserve Banking entirely.
The bank was never meant to lend your deposit out and leverage it 100,000,000,000,000,000, times.
They’re only supposed to hold and guard our money, not retain a fraction of it and loan out the rest leveraged into the stratosphere.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:37amI say we put the responsibility of paying the national debt on those who benefited most from the thievery and who caused most of it………………….the minorities in this country. Tax the ghetto for a change.
Report Post »Vickie Dhaene
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:34amI am most curious what their major’s/minors are. Do they not think they are advancing their educations to be successful in what ever career they intend. Don’t they hope to one of the “Rich” one day? Logic has been lost.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:06amKeynsian Economics
Marxism 401
Transgender Studies
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:07pmVickie D……go to a university and check out what classes they offer and you can come pretty close to what these guys are going to major/minor in. Shocking what they have to offer. Just a way of laundering the tax payers money to dead beats that are going to support the progressives. The blacks were promised equal justice and they can look at this and see where their stash is going. Lotus.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:31amFlash mob of fools.
Report Post »USN-AW1
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:30amI’m in the students age bracket and all, but c’mon. These damn punks need to get some “Honor, Courage, and Commitment” to the country. They give the youth of the nation a bad name. I didn’t go to a lib college, i went navy, kicked ass and took names, took some toweliban heat myself, and i still would pay my share 2 fold for the sake of our great nation. Mommy and daddy won’t foot the bill for me, i have enough respect for myself to earn it through hard work and pay my dues
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:42amYour parents did you a favor by not paying up. Good for you man I did the same thing.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:09amWe’re on the same team, sir. Well done. Keep it up, it only gets better the more independent you become!
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 4:38amI thank you all for your service.
Report Post »mrsclark
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:30amYou know, after they say that they dont contribute to the national debt, ask them to sign a petition to defund Planned Parenthood.
Report Post »Stu Pedaso
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:28amYou know if the Government was serious about actually paying off the debt the could just tap old man Soros’ bank account. Hell they are so damned eager to “redistribute” thats where they could start. I am sure he has a few billion he isn’t using. Just take it, isn’t that their plan anyways?
Report Post »If I had a “spare” 47K I wouldn’t see America as a bad way to spend it. Would that make us an employee owned country?
missy8s
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:27amI wonder if these children will ever pay off their government backed college loans or grants?
I guess that‘s just somebody else’ debt too…
Report Post »Floridarunner
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:43amI can’t watch the video b/c of the filter that I have on my cpu, so I can’t really speak to it. But, I do want to point out that not all of us got loans/grants…some of us actually paid our way. I’ve been enrolled in college since 2003, and have worked (way) more than the 40 hour week, doing HARD construction work, to make the money necessary to pay for my classes. I finally made it into a nursing program last January, and will graduate next Thursday. I haven’t borrowed any money, I’ve lived in large part off of canned goods, water (in 3L bottles), and whatever else I can carry in my toolbox. I paid my (new) truck off in 2 years, and am still at home only b/c I couldn’t afford to move away and still do nursing. This idea that’s out there that all of us (college folk), are sorry and live off of our parents, government, or whoever else is sickening and repulsive. I for one paid my own way, sacrificed, and have made it. I know quite a few others that have too. I fully realize that there are a lot of leeches out there…but, remember that it was not my generation that started all of these welfare programs. We’re just the ones that have to pay for them.
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:50am@FloridaRunner
I too worked my way through school with no loans; which made my graduation in 2002 that much sweeter. However, it is important to note that if you are going to a public college, you’re tuition is being subsidized by the Florida residents and visitors (tourists). That’s why if you are an out of state student going to a Florida college tuition is actually almost double that of a registered Florida resident. So, in a way, even if you take no loans, you are still taking tax payer resources by attending college. You can’t even get away from someone assisting you these days, whether you want it or not.
Report Post »Floridarunner
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:58am@KevINtampa
Report Post »I realize that, and it sucks.
mrsclark
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:27amWait, there’s that same old Liberal argument that our taxes pay for schools and road and post office, dont they use those? Then it’s their darned debt. Plus, their the idiots who want to save the stupid whales, pay for global warming, Americorps, Planned Parenthood, keep the Fed running, the stupid NEA and PBS so yes, it IS their DEBT
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:07amDo you assume, sir, that it takes 14 trillion dollars to pave roads, run the post office and provide the basic framework of government as required by the Constitution?
Really?
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:46amGHOST,
I’ve read your posts and know you are a great thinker. So I am certain that you understand MrsClark’s point. While I agree we shouldn’t continue down the path of socialist programs and eliminate or significantly reduce the ones we have, we are all responsible for the debt this country has. Many of these programs were not what I voted for or were in place before my birth or of voting age as well. Nevertheless, because I live in this country, I am by default responsible for the repayment of the debt our represented leaders have imposed upon us.
The 2010 mid-term election only convinced me this country is in a spiral decline. We don’t have enough true, honorable leaders to effect the difficult choices so desperately needed. Especially considering the indoctrinated college crowd voted and will continue to vote for the progressive liberals who will drive the socialist agenda to this country’s demise.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:47pm@COPATRIOTS
Let me make it more clear. I *am* on the hook for all Constitutionally sound spending. So, yes, the Post Office for certain, national defense quite so, the erection and maintenance of buildings used for the three branches of government, their salaries, all that yes certainly. However, un Constitutional spending is spending that is going on outside of the constraints of the Constitution, which is technically and fitfully illegal, and is the spending of gangsters. I am not obliged to cover the spending habits of gangsters acting against my interest, acting completely at odds with the Constitution and the powers and responsibilities therein. To claim otherwise is to state that I am responsible for the debts of Al Capone. I am not.
Additionally, the Federal Reserve has established a debt based currency that creates debt by its very existence, also completely at odds with the Constitution which *mandates* a silver and gold based currency system. Every fiat dollar printed puts me in debt @ its cost plus a percentage. To pay off that fiat based debt requires fiat money which puts me further in debt. I cannot owe money on a system set up to makes me more indebted by even trying to pay off that debt. It’s a logical and real impossibility.
So no, I own exactly what the Constitution mandates, and no more. And further, I do not owe a cent against unconstitutional fiat based monetary debt.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:51pmEDIT: “to makes me” = “that makes me”
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:20pmGHOST,
Thanks for clarifying. I absolutely agree with you. Unfortunately, I see no way for this country to survive the entitlement crowd or the socialist agenda. We do not have enough strong, constitutional-oriented leaders or candidates. Nor do we have enough of the populace even wanting to return to our country’s constitutional founding.
I apologize for sounding fatalistic. I will do my part to endorse and support libertarian and conservative candidates. If only there were enough of them……….
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:24pmSchycos….that sounds like a shell game. I remember hearing people talk about ways to manipulate their taxes. It in someway came to mind, check kyting. I asume what you do is legal but nothing I have ever done. Just paid what I owed and, licked my wounds and went on. I do know that check kyting is ilegal, heard of someone doing that. It wasnt pretty, oh well, thats not the case here. Lotus.
Report Post »earthrise
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:27pmGhost is quite correct….
The Fed literally creates our debt from nothing, uses our paper and ink, then charges us interest (simply stated). If any of us were to do this we‘d be in prison so flippin’ fast even a “New York minute” cannot compare.
The DAY someone grows a pair of “units” and actually AUDITS the Fed (a “quasi” corporation….) is the Day you’ll see a few people book flights out of this country faster than an accountant can add 1 and 1……
Report Post »Tyr
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:25amTruth is, the kids in this video are the generation that will finally say “enough is enough” and begin a national tax revolt. They may not be very intelligent, but they understand the power of Civil Disobedience (unlike the Conservatives). Example: If 100 milllion Americans refused to pay their taxes, the government would have to stop and listen to our grievance. They certainly are not going to jail 100 million people and and once it began it would grow and grow. These young people feel no loyalty to a government that they feel is screwed up beyond repair.
Report Post »USN-AW1
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:36amGood point sir
Report Post »trooper
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:37amYou forgot to mention the 100 million armed Americans, either way they’ll try to fill the jails or the graveyards.
Report Post »svedka
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:59amWho is John Galt?
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:03amThe only things these dolts know is disobedience.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:03amI’ve said the same thing about a tax rebellion.
I disagree that this upcoming generation will do anything. They’ll assimilate just like everybody else (or most everybody else). They are *for* big government, generally, not against it. They may seeth at the taxes, but they’ve been taught to accept any explanation for the growth of government. Their Fuhrer Du Jour will come on television, tell them why sacrificing 90% of their income is the “just” thing to do, and they’ll do it. Don’t kid yourself.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:07amA very good point and I agree as I have always said this generation is the most self centered and egotistcal ever produced. No wonder! We have filled their heads full of themselves by awarding them for just being here.
This is why I believe that in the final analysis that we and they will be forced into labor to repay debts owed to the international community or be killed. China is not going to let the spoiled Americans off the hook for this debt. These kids will then become traitors looking for a way to pin this on somebody else even though they took government grants (debts) and student loans (subsidized US taxpayer) and have yet to pay them back.
We are living well beyond our means and we have virtually nothing to show for the socalled “Investment” many a politician has said must be made to move us into the future. Well the future is here and it looks more bleak than it did 10-15-20-30 years ago. Aren’t we supposed to be getting more intelligent with all this education? If that were true wouldn’t we also be better equipped to solve our hardest problems. Seems when all the arguing stops it really comes down to personal responsibility and doing the right thing. We are far from anything recognizable as a moral and just nation. We will pay for that in more ways than one.
I am repaying all my debts and still in my upside down home. I will never own this home but I took the loan and I alone am responsible for repaying it as long as I have the income and means to do so.
Everyone reading this needs to do their part and repay every loan and stop looking around for excuses to get out of them ie short sale, walk aways, refusal.
Thanks for reading.
Report Post »Rapunzel
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 2:26pmHow can we refuse to pay our taxes when it comes right out of our paychecks before we ever see them???
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 3:32pm@ repunzel
redo your w-2 add 10 dependents take the money that would have been deducted and put it in an interest bearing account
when it is time to do your taxes , claim the correct amount of dependents, and pay your taxes
completely legal
makes the government WAIT for its money
lets you earn INTEREST on your own money
your welcome
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 4:32am@ TYR
Exactly. This is why the libs fear the tea party. We’re growing, and we understand that they can’t jail all of us.
Report Post »Giveitrevolution
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:23amThese kids are in college. We are so screwed!
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:06amYep, courtesy of your local teachers union. They are like wasps that lay their eggs in a “host”, destroying whatever it would have become. Ironically, an ACORN is one they use!!!
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:22amBOY O BOY are these idiots living in a dream!! They will be paying alright as long as they are in this country. The fools have never heard of the Internal Revenue Service.
Report Post »lbsm
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:27amHAHA…they’ll hear of the IRS soon enough! Just wait til they put that “brilliant” mind of theirs to work after college and THEY are classified as “the rich”! Oh how I just can’t wait…
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:21amWell, these, as Rush calls them…“skulls full of mush” will have to get real like their parents real soon or no college, baby. Let’s add another core course called “common sense.”
Report Post »fixer
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:21amtypical liberal idiots
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:02amExhibit A: A complete failure of our educational system. I guess homeowners shouldn’t pay school property taxes…it’s not my education!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:01amSince education should be privately handled, you’re correct.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:20amHAHAHAHAHAHA What they don’t realize is they are gonna pay it anyway!! LOL I love it! Go vote for more progressive liberal big spenders! :)
Report Post »Entropy
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 2:02pmThat is exactly what I said. HA HA. Dumb ass Prog Lemmings. They WILL pay for voting for the Dems. Sooner or later, they will pay.
Report Post »Floridarunner
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:18amI’m 26, an independent with conservative/libertarian tenancies and I usually (but not always) vote republican. I’ve had arguments about this kind of thing (national debt, social security, and whatever else) with my grandparents and other people before. The basis of their argument tends to come down to “they did their part, now it’s my turn to do mine.” I can’t help but view this as theft, I don’t want social security, I can’t help that the debt is so high. It’s not my fault. I don’t mind paying taxes….but it ****** me off that I have to work to support other people, especially when those people don’t need it (my grandparents), and probably already recouped what they put into social security. In short, I’m pissed, and there is not much I can do about it.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:31amAt 26, you have about a decade to go before you even realize how little you know.
Report Post »Floridarunner
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:47am@model
Report Post »Maybe, I can’t really argue that. We’ll see I suppose.
RebelSon
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:49amYour grandparents are right. They entered into a social contract many years ago, worked hard all their lives, and yes, they did their part. You may be correct that they have “already recouped what they put into it”, but that wasn’t the deal. It would be morally wrong to renege at this point. If given the option, most of them probably would have rather ket the money they paid into Social Security and invested it as they saw fit but they weren’t given that option. Social Security needs to be reworked, I don’t believe anyone disputes that. However, a nation that doesn‘t honor it’s commitments, no matter how long ago they were made, is in grave danger of not being trusted to do so in the future. Furthermore, it wouldn’t be exactly admirable to single out the elderly (who, by the way aren’t the only recipients of Social Security benefits) to take advantage of just because you think can.
“Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.”
Report Post »Pearl S. Buck
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:55amNo Model, he’s right and on the right track. I’m 2 decades older and I still feel the same well, hell, more so now than when I was his age. This socialist entitlement mentality IS in fact screamed for by the elderly, for precisely the reasons he lists, and they will knowingly and willfully vote their grandchildren into slavery in order to ensure that they get their SS payments on time with a yearly increase.
Report Post »Floridarunner
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:15am@rebelson
Maybe, but seeing as I’ve never had a choice in the matter, and seeing as how there will be so many more people living off of social security than people working in the next few years, I can’t help but feel used. Let’s talk about attitudes for a minute. The generations before me started welfare, the made abortion legal, they put off making sacrifices so they could live life as they pleased. I realize that not all people who came before me have this mindset, but it is this attitude (the welfare, pro-abortion mindset) that has prevailed. If they hadn’t made it legal to murder babies, we’d have more people to pay for their welfare.
I have no problem with service/or obligation, so long as everybody has a say in the matter. I’m a nurse; I get to serve people at their worst. I wipe their butts when they can’t do it their-self, I bath them when necessary, and I will do whatever my patient needs done. I cannot put into words how grateful I am to serve these people when they need it. But, I made the choice to pursue this career, nobody forced me into it. I’ve never had a say in how my taxes are spent…not really anyways. The political parties pander to the largest voting blocs….and most of them want “their money.”
Report Post »zman173rd
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:32am@ Florida;
Report Post »A wee bit selfish aren’t we? My guess is you wouldn’t sign the pledge either. Problem with your argument: People like me 60+ never got the oportunity to opt out of social security and invest in something that gives a bigger benifit. I also invcested but that extra will give me a nice vacation and car. Of course considering inflation today I might get an extra loaf of bread, So MAYBE some us us will pull more back than we put in. But how many actually put in that get it? What’s the life span? How many died before they got to retire? death benifits are lower. DId you read Ayn Rands explination of why a rich person should takes what BELONGS TO THEM?. The gubmnet TOOK IT FROM YOU. When your parents are old and feeble are you taking them under your wing and caring for them, washing and feeding like some other countires do? probably not. Look lin the mirror and see what kind of person you’ve become. More money minded and dollar driven. We reap what we sow?
Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:33amMay I add a perspective – I’ve paid into SS, Mcare and Mcaid all of my working life – I am in my early 50′s, and I will probably not see a dime in return. Do I moan and cry over it – nope. I do not like the programs, because they are socialistic. I’d prefer to KEEP my money and ivest it myself, sink or swim on my own. This was forced upon me by my FREEDOM loving FDR, and LBJ gov’ts. And the new budgets have a cutoff at age 55 years for this new change – can you say I am screwed – sure can. Not enough time left for me to save enough for retirement, but young enough to be left out – isn’t that special. I say we get rid of the liberal/socialist/comminists from our midst, and really put our heads together for a viable soultion. One solution, is take seniors who are rich enough to have enough to retire, give them a one time payback of what they put in or a % thereof, and they get nothing after that. Read my posts above for other solutions. I know, they are just my opinions!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:41am@Issachar Crust
I’m with you brother.
Report Post »Floridarunner
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:52am@zman
Report Post »Of course you’re assuming that I don’t help my family, that I live in my own little world focused on myself. When in fact I live within 5 miles of most of my family that needs help from others, and my family has long made a practice out of serving those of us in need. I’ve worked for my dad and grandpa, and got paid less than others who worked for them. Why? Because I am loyal and want to help. I help my grandparents, and my grandmother’s parents, who live beside each other. Many times I’ve been woken up in the middle of the night to go over there only for nothing to be wrong. Why? Because I love my grandparents, and I realize that life is not about my wants (unlike those who demand “their” benefits at the expense of others). I got to care for my great-grandpa, my grandmother’s stepdad, as he died this past Christmas Eve. It was one of the most humbling experiences of my life. I did it out of love. My grandmother has spent most of the last 12 years caring for her mom after she had her stroke. She’s given up as large portion of her life to the service of her mom. My mom does the same for her grandma (the one I was just talking about), as well as her other grandparents, all of whom have passed except for a grandma that is not really kin to us, but is loved and treated as family. I have a rich tradition of family service to look back on and emulate. The ultimate example of service is my Lord Jesus, the one who made me (and you), and came down here to serve and love us. Sometimes I picture Him walking through the desert, off in the distance. I see Him and I go running after Him. I catch Him, and fall at His feet. I try to wash them; I try to tell Him how much I love Him. But, before I do, He starts to care for me, and He tells me how much He loves me. I can’t think of anything more profound. My point is that he chose to serve us…he was not forced. It’s this voluntary service that is the most profound, and that I have been blessed to see in my own family.
teachermitch32
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:46amModel****,
This kid from Florida made perfect sense to me. What, specifically, did he say that was wrong? Is it that you are now on SSI and you resent that he feels he should not have to pay into that system (for which he will eventually NOT receive anything) so that you can continue to receive your SSI? If not that, then what? Again, he makes perfect sense. Please respond.
Report Post »Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:56am@Ghost, I know we’ve had our differences, and I’ve said stupid stuff to you too, but I think we can agree here, there is MUCH work to be done and EDUCATION is one of them
God Bless ya, and I’m sorry for any hurtful words, sometimes I get the HAWK fired up in me, ya know!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:48pm@Issachar
I know man, no offense taken. I generally don’t take offense at a bit of temper from a compatriot. Our kind is bound to get riled up a bit and express it without filters, it’s one of the reason we crave liberty after all, we don’t like being told what to think, say or believe, and we’re not shy about saying so. :)
Report Post »Rapunzel
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 2:24pm@Florida – your comments about our Lord Jesus brought tears to my eyes; thank you.
@Ghost and Issachar – I am with you. I’ll be 53 next month, and my 401K is pretty much shot – I quit opening the statements because it’s so depressing. I don’t believe I will EVER be able to retire.
Report Post »Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 5:14pm@GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:48pm
@Issachar
I know man, no offense taken. I generally don’t take offense at a bit of temper from a compatriot. Our kind is bound to get riled up a bit and express it without filters, it’s one of the reason we crave liberty after all, we don’t like being told what to think, say or believe, and we’re not shy about saying so. :)
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God Bless you brother, you are a gentleman and a scholar! Good to know you.
Eaglesnest
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:14amReally? No grant money, no subsidized loans, no scholarships? I bet these idiots do not even realize how much they have taken from the big mommy. I love how they want to redistribute other people’s money, but no there own.
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:28amIndoctrination 101…..suck of mommys t-t, then suck the government dry.
Report Post »ENTITLEMENTSBLOW
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:11amGotta love liberal hippie college students! “Tax the rich and the corporations man, they are being all corporationey” hahaha
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:30amThe mega rich and giant corporations are collaborating with gigantic government to rob us blind.
Are you awake?
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:37amI wish all big companies would reorganize as Limited Partnerships just to confound lemmings like SINISTA
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:44amYou couldn’t confound me if you tried, sheep.
I own a Limited Liability Company, and I understand the workings of protecting your personal assets while risking the assets of others lent to you at interest and placed on the national debt tab.
Get a clue.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:47am@Sinister
Report Post »Yup, through the CFR.org., which ties to the IMF, and the same people who started the FED on Jeckle Island, started the IMF and the Council on Foreign Relations. Oh and the major players great grandad 6 times removed was the first banker to the Vatican BTW, Rothschilde was his name. Funny how that sir name keeps popping up?
All four of our last presidents were/ are……….CFR
Geitner and Bernankie are…………………………..CFR
Petrauis and Powell are ……………………………..CFR
Bolton, Hillary, Soros, all are………………………..CFR
BP, Shell, Conoco, Chevron, Standard Oil, are…..CFR
GE, Boeing, McDonell Douglass are………………CFR
Octavian Faux Republic courtesy of the CFR.
Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:52amMatter of fact, I would love for them to reform into a limited partnership, because that would consolidate all the rich tax cheaters into one big spot so everyone could see.
It isn’t like they have their own assets invested anyway, they are still getting ridiculous loans from the Federal Government, so they’re never risking their own assets. They claim their losses as a tax write off and act as silent partners behind the scenes making decisions but trying to convince the government that they aren’t involved with managment and daily operations to assuage the illusion of impropriety.
In other words, they are deceptive tax cheats who protect their assets while risking others and lying to the Feds.
Report Post »ENTITLEMENTSBLOW
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:17am@Sinista MACE
Report Post »How do you feel about GE and Jeffrey Immelt who was appointed by Obama? Surely you dont think they are an evil corporation since they are in bed with the Obama Admin?
Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:18amPeople are tired of big corps privatizing their earnings while writing off their losses.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:21amOf course GE is evil.
I wrote an entire blog about it, it has since been removed because when the Feds started showing up at people’s doors asking them questions about their blogposts, then I deleted my entire blogger account due to their intimidation.
Google is evil.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:15pmWhat is mine is mine and what is yours is mine too.
Report Post »Got ta love Libs
Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:11amIt’s not our debt.
The Federal Reserve lends, and at such a low interest rate-basically gives, our money to WHOEVER IT PLEASES.
So he is right, the debt IS NOT OURS.
The stupid central Fed Bank won’t even reveal to congress WHO and HOW MUCH it lends to foreign entities and banks.
Ron Paul 2012 will fix that for good.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:43amExactly correct. We’ve been sold into debt bondage without our consent. Fiat currency is the currency of slaves for precisely that reason.
Report Post »prepper1776
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:31ami’m glad to see a couple of people here are awake, we’re getting screwed by the fed and giant corporations. the only country handling this correctly is iceland.
Report Post »reject all fiat debt or be a slave to the nwo
Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:08pmI’ll post again on your thread.
@Sinisa Mace, while we tend to disagree on a ‘few” things, you do have your head screwed on tight! I would like to extend a hand of apology for calling you a ‘racist’, even though I believe the word ‘NAZI’ to mean just that, we can agree to disagree I guess. You were correct, that there is police brutality, but I don’t believe all cops to be brutal. That again is just my opine!
God Bless ya Brother, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive a war HAWK, such as I.
Report Post »PAPAROACH
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:10amOur future { assuming we have one } leaders. We are so freekin screwd !!!!
Report Post »MySacredHonor
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:10amHEY LIBERALS put up or SHUT UP! guess which one i prefer…
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:33pmCut their student aid or a college social program and see the riots on campus, but pay for it? “It’s not my debt.”
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:08amAnother perfect example why, for most kids, college is a waste of money.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:54amThat’s why I sent my son to a private small college .. about the same cost (he stayed at home) and none of the state supported college liberal crap!
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 4:25pmI’m curious. Who do these college kids think are going to pay off all these debts? Ring-a- dingie, It will be them, so do something about whom you vote for in 2012, or consider the bills paid by yourselves.
Report Post »denise55
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 3:21pmThey need to know that it‘s their debt and the more Obama spends the more they are on the hook for once they’re in the work force. If they can even find a job.
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:08amGood luck with all that…you owe…if you voted for the democrats and Obama, you should owe twice as much. Mush brains…..my god what idiots they are.
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:20amStund as me arse…….they read a chapter in a book and think they know it all…he comes the real world LIB-Tards
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:07pmOh, these silly kids. Can’t wait for them to realize that they REALLY will pay our debt the Obama administration has racked up in 2 years. Darn silly kids, think it‘s isn’t their debt. ha ha ha ha ha!
Report Post »That’s life. The government isn’t their mommy & daddy, it’s their mean uncle. So get ready to pay up.
Gonzo
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:07amBefore long, Obama (and his youthful skulls full of mush) will define anyone that still has a job as “the rich”. Tax them!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:12amLosers.
And to think these people really think they’re intelligent. They couldn’t reason their way outta the bathroom.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:13amThese nasty little progressives probably don’t think they will be expected to pay back those student loans either … wait until they hit the “real world” … rofl .. rude awakening.
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:21amThis kid is brilliant hope he keeps up these video, Maybe one day he’ll be the Bizarro Michael Moore
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:23amYou all need to realize that is not just WHAT they are being taught…it is HOW they are being taught. In fact, the only thing they are being “taught” is how to memorize, create or quickly look up the answers their teachers want them to provide to each question. Did you notice that these students were clueless, brain dead twits with no thoughts or real opinions? That is because our educational system does not teach them how to THINK! All they know is how to provide what is needed to get their diploma.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:27amI doubt the losers could even balance their own checking account. The solution: spend less money than you make. It would work in the Federal Government the same way it works in my household. It’s Common Sense, people. Apparently they don’t teach basic arithmetic in this university.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:27amwhat do you expect from liberals and progressives, none of them want to pay their fari share of anything, they always want someone else to foot the bill. Well, here is something simple for you brain dead libs and progressives, SOONER OR LATER YOU RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLES’ MONEY.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:27amNo more free air. sorry all you with big noses!!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:31amMy kids , 31 and 28 , can’t stand it when I point out what most politicians, but mostly DEMOCRATS have done to screw them and their children. I still get no reply from anyone that votes DEMOCRAT(Socialist) when I ask them how Obummer can spend at least twice what comes in , and stay solvent. Never have gotten an answer, but a few fingers.
Report Post »USN-AW1
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:31amtotally agree gonzo
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:32amGo see Atlas Shrugged if you haven’t yet, this is exactly what is going on in this country. They teach these kids to hate wealth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dNIXND6T5E
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:35amThey are being taught to attack the middle class and “Nouveau riche” as if they are the rich, and they are not, the SUPER MEGA DOUBLE SUPER RICH like SOROS and GIGANTIC corporations like GE are collaborating with the Federal Reserve and COLOSSAL government to rob us all blind, while they pit the “rich” and the “poor” against each other in class warfare.
We’re all fighting, and the SUPER MEGA RICH and GIGANTIC CORPS are sneaking out the backdoor with all the money and laughing while they toss a lit match behind them.
This is big bank take little bank, the dumbfoundedly rich is kicking the door behind them with regulations out the wazoo so no one can compete with them!
Report Post »My Hero-Allen West-click my name
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:38amAll those interviewed should be made to go sit in the corner and not be allowed to speak. They show just how ignorant they really are.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:38am@Gonzo
Report Post »That is the natural progression of things. Let’s say their are four tax groups with group one being the poorest. So at first only group Four gets higher taxes, unit its wealth is reduced to where group three and gout four have now merged into group three wealth. NOTE that group One is no wealthier because of the taxes. Now Group three is wealthy so they get taxed down to merge with group two, bye, bye group three. Again group one is still not gaining wealth. Tax group two, now everybody a group one. Now tax group one and everyones a slave, now don‘t tax the slaves just don’t pay them at all.
grandmaof5
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:41amAmazing how illiterate college kids are about economics and current affairs. Of course, if they have been spoon fed garbage “in”, they are going to regurgitate garbage “out”. If they only could look into the crystal ball of their future they might see things differently.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:41amTo take a contrarian view here, the debt wasn’t created by them, authorized by them nor did they help cheerlead the efforts that made the vast majority of the debt go on the books. Now granted, they probably will the moment they walk into a voting booth and pull the lever for “Tax’em Hard And Spend It Quick Incorporated ™”.
Hells bells, philosophically and politically I believe that I actually only consent to such a small amount of government that my actual impact for my government choices could be paid for, annually, from a small percentage of my first paycheque of the year and then I’d be done.
Fact is, 99.999-n% of the debt was created without my consent, against my wishes, against my beliefs, philosophy and politics, and most of it long before I was ever born. How I came to be held accountable for the bad choices of those long dead, and the worse choices of those alive now whom I vehemently oppose at every turn, I just don’t know.
Report Post »Evileye
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:43amThis is the kind of genius that thought Sid Caesar the comic was a roman emperor
Report Post »Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:45amI see indoctrination, do you? Anyone here know of or has read about Pol Pot? Great guy, lemme tell ya about him.
He was well educated, mild mannered, had charisma, good speaker and community organizer, sounds great doesn’t he?
Well, he organized the youth of his country, Cambodia, he indoctrinated the youth, by brainwashing against the rich, he demagoged the rich, and whipped up the youth to hate them. These were kids 14-18 years old, you know the gullible KIDS, not fully educated, not fully developed mentally, yeah the KIDS.
Well, due to his charisma, he go elected, by the educated masses, and when he got into power, he started on the kids, and he convinced them the rich were evil, they were their enemies of the state, you see he was a Marxist. After he was through with his indoctrination, he commanded them to KILL EVERYONE wearing GLASSES. You know what happened:
These KIDS murdered 3 million Cambodians for this little despot, planted them in mass graves and went on his merry way!
Does this sound a bit familiar to what is happening here to OUR KIDS? Better watch out, better be prepared for the unTHINKABLE, it can happen. Remember the Cal – Mexican-American kids chaining themselves to desks, whipped up into a frenzy? Ever consider, these kids, joining the unions and causing much violence here?? THINK about it, these Communists don’t care about the kids or the workers, they ONLY CARE ABOUT POWER!!
God Bless America – the sheeple who can’t seem to think crititcally. Ok, people, there is my History lesson for the day!
Report Post »gman46
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:09amThese guys have already been indoctrinated, instead of working together, pass the burden to the “rich” they should pay.
Report Post »Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:09amI believe we SHOULD END THE FED too!!! Abolish the IRS, and install a FLAT tax, close the loopholes. XUR entitlement spending to only those who NEED it – disabled, everyone else, hands on deck. Fix Social Security by REALLY putting th money in a LOCK BOX, no more IOU’s. We could then LOWER corporate taxes to make them competitive again, AND MAKE THEM PAY THEIR fair share of taxes. Establish ONE term politicians PERIOD. Eliminate judicial appointments for LIFE, make them serve terms. Eliminate collective barganing and Unions, eliminate teacher/fire/police unions, or make them go PRIVATE. Eliminate funding for Abortions, NPR and PBS, make all of them also go private. Eliminate ALL lobby’s, and special interests influencing votes of our Pols. Defund the DoE, DEA, EPA and all of the monster Departments who regulate us to death. Deport ALL illegals, close the borders, or militarize them. Ban Communists/Socialists/Muslims/Liaberals from holding office. Blue Dog Democrats are ok people, they can stay. Ban Executive Orders, signing statements, and ENFORCE the Constitution. Make prisons, prisons..take away ALL privaleges, and make the criminals do HARD TIME, execute those who have executed others, raped or maimed others. I believe all of this to be just a start – to regain our fiscal footing and restore some hope.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:19amWhat 8/10ths of our college students are Asian? Of course the communist Berkeley’s could only think about taxing, instead of cutting, and the only one who did think of cutting wanted to give it to social programs.
Report Post »Hopefully, they will grow up and see what the “real world” is like when and if they graduate.
Cire75
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:34amThe real joke of it is the cognitive dissonance in their thinking. They are in college to get a degree that will one day help them to make a good or great income thereby elevating them to the higher (rich) tax brackets. Do they not realize this?? They are settign themselves up and walking right into the trap they so adamantly support. It is truly disappointing that these supposedly intelligent kids do not see this obvious contradiction. I‘m willing to bet if you asked kids the same age that didn’t have the grades or money to go to college and are working for a living at 18 the same question they will give you a much more cogent response based on their daily reality of not being able to spend more than the paymasters (IRS) let them take home.
Report Post »Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:36amOh and one more thing, as I am an equal opportunity basher here.
We quit being the world POLICE, or we make EVERYONE we protect PAY DEARLY for it, or we leave them to the wolves! We can cut defense of the pie in the sky stuff.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:37amSINISTA MACE
WOW did you ever nail it. Perfectly said.
Report Post »Klipstein
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:40amYou would not believe the kids I talk to who actually believe “Your real world is not my real world”. They don’t think they are put into the system, they think they create their own. So therefor, they don’t assume anything, debt or responsibility.
Report Post »US_SOLDIER
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:44amThis is a shining example of our education system. The smartest kid in the class is the one who can memorize and repeat on demand (i.e. a test) I’ve been saying this for years. Very sad
Report Post »the_zazzy
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:53amStupid-@$$ liberal kids with not a brain cell among them.
Report Post »vidyohs
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:58amFrankly I find the whole lot of you pathetic intellects. the true knee-jerkers here are you.
In 1993 the Clinton administration gifted Archer Daniels Midland with 600 million of your dollars (in the form of debt) so ADM could advertise its products overseas (Reason Magazine). Okay you group of geniuses, how much of that debt do you accept? For me, none.
Same year, 1993, the Clinton administration gifted the Popcorn Council of America with 300 million dollars of your money (in the form of debt). Just how much of that debt do you believe is yours? For me the answer is none, not a freaking dime.
The Obama administration has used massive debt to purchase General Motors and subsequently gift the UAW with majority ownership……your tax dollars. So how much of that debt do you own, how much do you accept as yours to repay? For me the answer is none.
The things I mention are really only a teeny tip of the iceberg of stupid give-aways and squandering on stupid programs and ideas.
Fools, look at the situation and think before you finger your keyboards.
You have a government that run-amok long before most of us were born, both sides of the political spectrum has used debt to feather the nests of favored businesses, and Congress has used the power to create debt to feather its own nest………and you guys claim that debt as your own.
I don’t.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:59amso what is the goal for children out of college? to strike it poor and see who can take the most without giving back? that is what our children strive for today? i thought people wanted to make money so they didnt have to worry about catching fish everyday…
Probably because these children are never allowed to fail… they do not actually LEARN anything.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:05am@vidyohs
You should read the thread you’re responding too before hitting the Reply button as well. You just condemned everybody on the thread, yet there are some (myself, Mace, Isaac, some others) who point out exactly the things you are. Don’t be so quick to condemn, sir.
Report Post »AriBenTZion
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:06amWe need Fidel Castro to take over Ben Shalom Bernankes’ job as Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Castro has done such a stellar job in Cuba’s economy – I’m almost certain he could do the same for America.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:09amThese dopes and their ilk are more responsible for the debt than anyone. They are the dummies that advocate for rediculous entitlement spending. They are a bunck of hippocrites.
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:09amhey listen up, people who use the words ‘always/never’ can not be trusted to be critical thinkers!!! They lump EVERYBODY into one category or another – quite convenient!!
To the person calling ALL of us losers, there are 3 fingers pointing right back at ya. To they guy who said ALL corporations are EVIL – same thing.
There are degrees, and shades, not everything is BLACK and WHITE, think crititcally before LABELLING everythning so EASILY! NUFF SAID, yes!?
Report Post »jackrorabbit
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:12amNews flash students: Do you have a government backed student loan, then you have government debt! Do you use the roads? Government debt. Went to public schools? Government debt(10k per student/year) 120,000 bucks that you owe right there. How about being protected by fire or police? Guess what, that is your government debt. Don’t you care about your grandparents? Do you want to take away their Social Security and their Medicare, that is the major portion of our GOVERNMENT debt, that you will owe. Oh, and lets not forget the poor, because they cannot afford health care, Medicaid, that is also part of your government debt. You want to starve poor children? government debt. See, this is where hypocrisy is at its worst. Every one of these things, they all scream that we have to have, and government has to pay for, but now they don’t want to pay their “fair share”.
Report Post »pulpiteer
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:24amwhere are all the usual idiot lefties responses here on the blaze comments…I dont see the usual justifications, obfuscations that are posted by the left …ohhh thats right nothing here to defend…cant defend stupidity
Report Post »Ole Country Doctor
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:26amMy niece went to Cal and she believes: Global warming is fact, Polar bears are endangered, Sarah Palin is the imp of Satan, so I am not surprized at the illogical views these “students” hold.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:30amvidyohs
You pierced that pimple perfectly, patriot.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:32amGhost
I don‘t think vidyohs was referring to those of us who know what’s going on
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:37amjackrorabbit
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:12am
“See, this is where hypocrisy is at its worst. Every one of these things, they all scream that we have to have, and government has to pay for, but now they don’t want to pay their “fair share”.”
You can add all that stuff together, and it doesn’t come ANYWHERE NEAR 14 trillion dollars.
We don’t owe all that debt. The BANKS owe that debt. Whatever secret entitites the Fed has lended to, owes that debt.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:37amCreestof ,
Report Post »You don’t know how right you are and this goes beyond the students to the faculty as well. It a liberal herd mentality and social acceptance thing in our indoctrination (I mean educational) systems. I‘ve owned and lost several businesses know alot of the pitfalls as I’ve lived and learned from them. Recently I had went to an event and had a nice conversation with a couple of professor about the economy how we got here and what I think we should do about it. When a business professor got his panties in a bunch and started trying to bully the conversation and use his credentials as some kind of authoritative badge. Well I put it too him simply first I asked how many companies has he ran and then I asked how many jobs outside of telling kids what to think as he worked …a resounding zero…Then I put it to him point blank having the ability to remember what some teacher tells you make you nothing more than a parrot mimicing it’s handlers. I told him to talk to me when he’s has some experience outside of fantasy liberal land you know that place called the real world. And it most be true that those who can do(tapping myself) and those who can’t teach. You could have heard a pin drop needless to say I don‘t believe I’ll invited to his house for dinner.
Bluebonnet
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:50amWow! And these are supposed to be in a higher education? What are they learning? Haven’t they listened to the concerns about our children & grandchildren having to pay for our debts? How hard is this to figure out for even uneducated people, let alone those fortunate enough to go to college. Wow!
Report Post »Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:59am@Sinisa Mace, while we tend to disagree on a ‘few” things, you do have your head screwed on tight! I would like to extend a hand of apology for calling you a ‘racist’, even though I believe the word ‘NAZI’ to mean just that, we can agree to disagree I guess. You were correct, that there is police brutality, but I don’t believe all cops to be brutal. That again is just my opine!
God Bless ya Brother, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive a war HAWK, such as I.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:02pmWhere do you think these future little leaches get these ideas ??
Report Post »“ Liberal Professors ”” WOW Who would have thunk !!
angelcat
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:06pmI t6hink they are already doing that. If you work, save, and are responsible and don’t believe entitlements are the best way to get what you need and want in life, you are part of the evil rich, unless, of course, you vote Democrat. Liberals are exempt from that term, no matter how rich or how evil.
Report Post »Jeffrey777
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:14pmReal good ask a bunch of chinese students on visa. Dumb mother^$%#*&
Report Post »michael48
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:21pmhow naive lib’s truly are…THEY are the “O”man&Crowds TARGET…along with thier official Comrade Card will come an “Omama PayMe number”…the Dem-Coms of this country are clueless as to the “Hoax and Chains” OMAMA/SOROS CORP has in store for them…the cliff is just down the road a piece…comrades…just go ahead and “JUMP”…
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:22pmThey won’t have to pay back their Student Loans either, They will just get
Report Post »Government Job’s. So we can continue to pay these leaches and creat more
of much needed Social Programs.. Obama said….check it out..
@leftfighter
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:23pmTo be fair, some of these kids are walking by saying they don‘t want to sign it likely for the same reason I didn’t sign petitions in college.
“Walk by and ignore the crazy person begging for signatures, if they single me out, say no.”
Report Post »FREDINOHIO
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:24pmIt would be completely appropriate to dub this generation as “oblivious”. They are nearly totally unaware of what is going on in the world and around them. Their world extends only slightly beyound the walls of the classroom.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:36pm@ JEFF
Do I sence a little “ HATE ” here ? A bit of “Frustration” let it out man,
Let it all out…These people are our Future, they wii make us Proud.!!
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:44pmThese morons don’t seem to be capable of forming a coherent thought ,they can probably turn cars over and burn stuff when their ball team wins though. Hopefully most will be OVER the whole voting thing in the coming elections ,they sure do like catchy slogans like HOPE and CHANGE ,maybe voting won’t be the trendy thing to do in 2012.Lets HOPE.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:53pmThey really should get Leno to play this on the show. After all, those of us who read The Blaze probably expected this (well, maybe not quite) but I’m sure there are a ton of people out there who would be SHOCKED.
Report Post »Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:57pmAs everyone focuses on Debt at the Federal level, they forget another BIG looming problem: From CNNMoney
States are $1.26 trillion in the hole when it comes to their pension and retiree health obligations, according to a report released Tuesday.
And taxpayers are ultimately on the hook for this shortfall, which soared 26% in one year.
The Great Recession has wreaked havoc on states’ pension and retiree health systems, the Pew Center on the States found. The report covers fiscal year 2009, which began July 1, 2008 in most states.
States are largely responsible for this predicament. As tax revenues plummeted, many skipped part or all of their annual retiree benefits contributions as they struggled to pay for education, Medicaid and other services.
“Far too many states have not responsibly managed the cost of retirement benefits, effectively running up the price for taxpayers,” said Susan Urahn, the Pew Center’s managing director.
States only contributed a total of 64% of the nearly $115 billion their actuaries recommended they put in their retirement benefits accounts for that year, the center said.
The years of underfunding means that states now face a $660 billion gap in their pension accounts.
ugh!!! yahoo.com/finance…yaya eyes crossing, blood pressure – so far stable at 124/81 age 53…soon to go way up!!!
Report Post »magnum357
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:00pmI wonder if all students from Berkley are that dumb, I can’t wait until I have one at a job interview. I don’t hire fools!!!!!!!
Report Post »Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:06pm@13th Imam
Report Post »Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:31am
My kids , 31 and 28 , can’t stand it when I point out what most politicians, but mostly DEMOCRATS have done to screw them and their children. I still get no reply from anyone that votes DEMOCRAT(Socialist) when I ask them how Obummer can spend at least twice what comes in , and stay solvent. Never have gotten an answer, but a few fingers.
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LOL, only a few fingers? I can‘t count the number I’ve gotten and friends/family LOST!!!! I am an island now, no one wants to talk to the Conservative kook anymore! Keep on trying, and the chin up!
Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:07pmStates can get around their debt quite easily, the same way the Fed does, print their OWN currency.
We could even print our own currency, and abolish everyone’s debt every year at tax time.
Day of Atonement.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:11pmAnother example on NOT to hire a college grad!! Well at least one’s from the “ivy league” ha ha
Report Post »Briela
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:14pmWell…. All the working class accept the union. They also want to redistribute the wealth as long as it doesnt come out of their pay check or disrupt barganing rights!
Report Post »okie mel9188
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:30pmI think that anybody who ever voted for a Liberal (i.e. Reid Pelosie Obama etc. etc.) should sholder the majority of the debt
Report Post »Entropy
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:50pmTypical leach punks. They do nothing but take. They will change their tune in about ten years when they really know what is going on.
Report Post »Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:57pm@Sinista Mace, no response to my two apologies? Eh, no worries, I tried.
Report Post »Entropy
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:57pm@vidyohs
Report Post »Hey buddy, whether you “claim” that the debt is your is irrelevent. You are going to pay the piper just like the rest of us. Ha Ha Ha……Punk.
No1YaKnow
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 2:11pmPathetic–these smug little brats are our future. Therefore, our future is completely screwed.
Report Post »Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 2:19pmStates under current laws cannot print money, period. They would have to leave the union, and that would be a really bad thing to happen, we would then be no better than Europe or S. America. Now, the individual citizens and communities can – the Berkshire dollar is an example.
Report Post »MarksMan
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 2:24pmThe Truth… Taxing the rich will make them pay. Simple Economics 101… The higher the taxes are on the rich businesses, the more they pass those costs to the goods and services they are providing. When the profit goes away so do the goods and services. If there is no incentive for the risk, why risk. Why not let everyone who can prosper to create more wealth? More wealth, more jobs… this is what liberals are against???
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 2:25pmSocialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Report Post »- Winston Churchill
its_time_to_arrest_our_government
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 2:37pmthen its time for US to stop giving THEM our money for school
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 2:44pmThese students are incredibly stupid and totally unaware of their own role in society. They want all the perks, but none of the responsibility that comes with being an American citizen. I think George Soros should play the Pied Piper and lead all these misguided souls off to an island where they can live with him in his utopian ‘open society’. Let’s see how happy they are then. It will be Animal Farm, for sure.
Report Post »its_time_to_arrest_our_government
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 2:50pmboy im glad neither i or my kids went to college id put what i know and what my kids know up against these loosers any day
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 3:29pmThese are true liberal always generous with the assets other people have earned whether it’s GPA or Actual income. There is a silver lining in these videos these idiots will now start to think about their loyalty to the big government progressive as they will now start to realize that they will be paying tommorow for big government today. That it isn’t the rich that will be saddled with the debt it is the idiots who voted for it.
Report Post »DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 3:54pmI thought these guys were suppose to be intelligent?
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 4:16pmIssachar Crust
I accept your apology, brother.
Thank you.
Report Post »attleboro
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 4:52pmWay off base on your comment…but regardless, these students are seriously misguided.
Report Post »leftcoastslut
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 5:09pmthese idiots have them mentality as they had back in the sixties, a lump of nothing except “it’s not my problem”. it’s all about me, me, me! why do you think many of the socialists then stayed in school, not uncommon for many to use the system and stay in college for at least a decade and now thy are old and still using the system. i’d be interested in how many people who get social security for a disability, are younger than 65, what was their education? were they apart of the “sit-ins” in the sixties? or the seventies? maybe the eighties? are they the ones who don’t give a $… about pulling on their own boots. it is all about me, me, me! you guys are useless feeders
Report Post »Issachar Crust
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 5:11pm@Sinista MACE
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 4:16pm
Issachar Crust
I accept your apology, brother.
Thank you.
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You sir, are a gentlemant and a scholar! Good to know ya!
DisillusionedDaily
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:40pmI look at them as walking advertisements for “The Benefits of a Berkely Education!”
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:11pmSee that IS the problem.. these kids get GRANTS and AID and have NO IDEA that it’s NOT FREE.. That is the fault of their PARENTS or LACK OF PARENTS, and the PROGRESSIVES.. we need BIG billboards by colleges and giving the information that their EDUCATION IS NOT FREE and IF they get a good job with the education.. THEY will be considered RICH by OBAMA.. and THEY WILL be paying those HIGHER taxes..LOL..
Report Post »MiketheTrucker
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:45pmIf they voted it’s THEIR debt too.
Report Post »WestOfThePecos
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:01pmI DO view it as part of my debt as an American citizen and I will be taking it to the grave with me. I’m already done working and paying taxes. Good Luck to the rest of you.
Report Post »Partygirl
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:42pmAnd these are the people who Al Gore and Obama think are smarter than their parents and should tell their parents a thing or two because they know more about everything. LOL
Report Post »vidyohs
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:33pm@
GHOSTOFJEFFERSON
I apologize for my ability to read and comprehend. Up until I posted my comment I saw no denial of the debt, nor any refusal of the debt. All I saw was idiot statements about the stupidity of the college kids who see the issue far more clearly and expressed it more clearly than you did. All I saw from you and others was resentment of being saddled with the debt, but like dutiful little sheeple you’ll open your wallets and pay. Not one single one of any of you spoke out and said no, no to the debt and no to attempts to make you pay for it. Not one of you even indicated you understood what that debt you think college kids pay for even consists of in the main.
You and I can acquiesce to the idea that we pay for the constitutional things, but for God’s sake stand on your hind legs and deny the other idiot sh.t Congress piles on you.
Government depends on two things, even run-amok government like we have, those two things are your permission and your money. It is clearly long past time for both to be denied that cess pool of a government that resides in D. C.
Report Post »Runesinger
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 12:38amThat’s basically what Pres. Jimmie C. Peanut did back in the ‘70’s. He said he would only raise taxes on the rich, and then redefined anyone making over $35,000 as wealthy. Why should Obama be different? They’re both cut from the same progressive cloth.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 4:10am@ magnum357
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:00pm
I wonder if all students from Berkley are that dumb, I can’t wait until I have one at a job interview. I don’t hire fools!!!!!!!
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Here’s a Berkeley grad with brains: http://www.europac.net/media/video_blog
denise55
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 3:18pmHe should have taken more time educating them, really make them think about their ideas of more social programs, they are the ones who Obama is courting to vote for him in 2012 election.
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