Spider-Bite said:
we should be aiming for a day when there is no poverty. it doesn't matter if it's 1% or a half a percent. making it go up is the opposite of fighting poverty. imagine if it kept going up.
We should fight to keep poverty at it's current level or to a level slightly below post-Bush era levels. As much as it sucks, poverty is a necessity in society. People who have money aren't going to do the crappy jobs that are needed in society and do things that we consumers want (i.e. McDonalds, dishwashers, janitors, etc.)
when the troops come home they will have high approval ratings.
You're full of it if you think that the Democrats are just going to send the troops home. If they did Iraq will fall into further chaos, first to get rid of the foreigners such as al-Qaeda out of the country and then in-fighting between the Kurds, ****es, and Sunnis.
I think they might be desrving since they resist bribes more often.
Why don't you ask William Jefferson, a Democrat who had $100,000 in bribe money in his freezer?
Or how about Harry Reid who has received numerous influential gifts such as boxing tickets and connections with Jack Abramoff or how about that land deal he made that violated Senate rules or using contribution money for gifts
Or Alan Mollohan who failed to disclose his assets which rose extroardinarily in value in a period of 4 years
Maxine Waters in which the Beyond Delay report stated that she used her position in benefit of her own family members
John Murtha who used his position in Congress to benefit clients of his lobbyist brother.
Or Jim McDermott who illegally recorded telephone conversations of a committee investigating Newt Gingrich
Democrats have the capability to act just as sleezy as Republicans. Right now, more Republicans are doing it and they are the ones in power so they are getting more attention for it. It's not the party, it's the scumbags who do it.