USA the greatest country in the world... Why?

[FogCityM3]

In other news, China just took the unprecedented step of devaluing the yuan. As I said before the USA is not going to be "dethroned" anytime soon.

[Fundguy1]

Originally Posted by csu87

Trump says what everyone else wants to. Whether you agree with his social or economical stances, you have to love his complete disregard for political correctness. He would be great to have on this forum to troll all the dumb threads with the rest of us

+1. That's why he's so high in the poles. Because people want someone with a pair. He won't win, but he does make good political theater and he could pull a Ross Perot on the Republicans.

[fecurtis]

Originally Posted by csu87

Trump says what everyone else wants to. Whether you agree with his social or economical stances, you have to love his complete disregard for political correctness. He would be great to have on this forum to troll all the dumb threads with the rest of us

I think from a very macro perspective, people find him appealing because I think many people can see through the BS and pandering that 99% of politicians do on a daily basis.

Trump, who doesn't give a shit to pander to billionaire donors, is what happens when you have a candidate who hasn't been "bought" by anyone. Sadly, he's only slighly egotistical and loves the sound of his own voice too much.

Either way, I find him entertaining and love how he's basically making a mockery of the political system.

[Fundguy1]

+1

[1MOREMOD]

Kinda like colbert and Stewart. We all see thru the bs I suspect but still have no real recourse.

[fecurtis]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Kinda like colbert and Stewart. We all see thru the bs I suspect but still have no real recourse.

Pretty much.

[KlausPA]

Originally Posted by FogCityM3

In other news, China just took the unprecedented step of devaluing the yuan. As I said before the USA is not going to be "dethroned" anytime soon.

Dethroned from what? Do you know why the Chinese devaluated the Yuan?

[KlausPA]

Originally Posted by Mr.SugarSkulls

All you dickheads complaining (yet oddly enough still reside here) about how much of a let down the U.S. Is- try living in a 3rd world country for a few years.

I split time in Mexico (3rd world) and Australia (a fellow 1st world country but even then) going on for 3 years now where I'm there more than here-and you guys don't realize how good we have it here. No where in the world even comes close to it.

Every country has its flaws. But until you know what it's like to truly live in a corrupt government ran by cartels, I suggest you keep your mouths shut and be grateful for our freedom here.

In Mexico they are called cartels, in the US is called corporations or the Koch brothers... Your point?

[Fundguy1]

Originally Posted by KlausPA

In Mexico they are called cartels, in the US is called corporations or the Koch brothers... Your point?

Omg really? Wall street backs democrats. Insurance companies back democrats. Lawyers back democrats. Why? Because they protect their revenue streams. Hillary has dozens of backers larger than the Koch brothers. JP Morgan for example? Bank of America? Largest Obama donor and political donor for that matter in Florida is Morgan and Morgan. An ambulance chasing law firm. The Democrat party is built on serving special interest groups and donors.

[jgoens]

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

Omg really? Wall street backs democrats. Insurance companies back democrats. Lawyers back democrats. Why? Because they protect their revenue streams. Hillary has dozens of backers larger than the Koch brothers. JP Morgan for example? Bank of America? Largest Obama donor and political donor for that matter in Florida is Morgan and Morgan. An ambulance chasing law firm. The Democrat party is built on serving special interest groups and donors.

Cmon, it's not just democrats that are puppets to corporate America.
The Republicans are sailing in the same ship..
Other than trump when was the last time anyone campaigned with money not given by lobbyists? This is the problem with our political system.
All of them are little puppy dogs who are out of touch with society and have to bow down to their master..aka ...corporate entities.

[Taskmaster]

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

Omg really? Wall street backs democrats. Insurance companies back democrats. Lawyers back democrats. Why? Because they protect their revenue streams. Hillary has dozens of backers larger than the Koch brothers. JP Morgan for example? Bank of America? Largest Obama donor and political donor for that matter in Florida is Morgan and Morgan. An ambulance chasing law firm. The Democrat party is built on serving special interest groups and donors.

You can't be serious.

[Fundguy1]

Originally Posted by TheAxiom

You can't be serious.

Look at the donor lists. I'm totally serious. They play it off like republicans are the ones backed by them. It's bs. Hell, corozine was ceo of jp Morgan and bloomberg? Soros? All wall street investment guys.

[Taskmaster]

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

Look at the donor lists. I'm totally serious. They play it off like republicans are the ones backed by them. It's bs. Hell, corozine was ceo of jp Morgan and bloomberg? Soros? All wall street investment guys.

LOL, this cannot be real life!

[Taskmaster]

Originally Posted by jgoens

Cmon, it's not just democrats that are puppets to corporate America.
The Republicans are sailing in the same ship..
Other than trump when was the last time anyone campaigned with money not given by lobbyists? This is the problem with our political system.
All of them are little puppy dogs who are out of touch with society and have to bow down to their master..aka ...corporate entities.

Bernie Sanders.

You can't talk to Fundguy, he like to make up his own facts.

[John 070]

Originally Posted by TheAxiom

Bernie Sanders.

You can't talk to Fundguy, he like to make up his own facts.

Haha I remember my billionaire employer saying another Obummer term would be detrimental to our firm. Since then he and his wife bought a 29th floor apartment and his kid got into the top b school (gee how will he pay). I remember the time he was telling us he couldn't text the Senator get him a new phone now. Lol f'in iPhones

[Fundguy1]

Originally Posted by TheAxiom

LOL, this cannot be real life!

It is if you actually check instead of assume.

[Fundguy1]

Originally Posted by John 070

Haha I remember my billionaire employer saying another Obummer term would be detrimental to our firm. Since then he and his wife bought a 29th floor apartment and his kid got into the top b school (gee how will he pay). I remember the time he was telling us he couldn't text the Senator get him a new phone now. Lol f'in iPhones

Yeah. The rich got far richer and the middle class and poor much poorer under Obamas policies. Ironically the hardest hit were the minorities.

[jgoens]

Originally Posted by John 070

Haha I remember my billionaire employer saying another Obummer term would be detrimental to our firm. Since then he and his wife bought a 29th floor apartment and his kid got into the top b school (gee how will he pay). I remember the time he was telling us he couldn't text the Senator get him a new phone now. Lol f'in iPhones

I think he is right..if it was not another Obummer term he probably would have just bought the whole building, and said, "fuck it, why send my kid to school, I'll just buy him a corporation to run."

[Fundguy1]

Originally Posted by TheAxiom

Bernie Sanders.

You can't talk to Fundguy, he like to make up his own facts.

Truth hurts don't it. And correction. Corrozine was Goldman Sachs.
http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/02/la...lection-cycle/
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/09/13...referrer=&_r=0

Largest corporate Obama donors.
University of California $1,799,460
Goldman Sachs $1,034,615
Harvard University $900,909
Microsoft Corp $854,717
JPMorgan Chase & Co $847,895
Google Inc $817,855
Citigroup Inc $755,057
US Government $638,335
Time Warner $617,844
Sidley Austin LLP $606,260
Stanford University $603,866
National Amusements Inc $579,098
Columbia University $570,839
Skadden, Arps et al $554,439
WilmerHale Llp $554,373
US Dept of Justice $540,636
IBM Corp $534,470
UBS AG $534,166
General Electric $532,031
Morgan Stanley $528,182

[jgoens]

Originally Posted by Fundguy1

Truth hurts don't it. And correction. Corrozine was Goldman Sachs.
http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/02/la...lection-cycle/
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/09/13...referrer=&_r=0

Largest corporate Obama donors.
University of California $1,799,460
Goldman Sachs $1,034,615
Harvard University $900,909
Microsoft Corp $854,717
JPMorgan Chase & Co $847,895
Google Inc $817,855
Citigroup Inc $755,057
US Government $638,335
Time Warner $617,844
Sidley Austin LLP $606,260
Stanford University $603,866
National Amusements Inc $579,098
Columbia University $570,839
Skadden, Arps et al $554,439
WilmerHale Llp $554,373
US Dept of Justice $540,636
IBM Corp $534,470
UBS AG $534,166
General Electric $532,031
Morgan Stanley $528,182

Where does The UC system get that kind of money for political support? This is what is wrong with the system--schools should be using money for what it is intended for--I understand from their point of view they are trying to preserve their interests as well. But regardless of all that data--the same thing happens with the republicans except it is the NRA and tobacco companies putting it up there. Step back and look...it's not really Dems vs Republicans..it should be us against the system and how it has become.

[1MOREMOD]

Look on any schools Wikipedia page and it shows their endowment which for larger schools is in the billions.

[Fundguy1]

Because the universities love the dems. They keep throwing government money at college kiss so they can keep raising tuition 8% a year. Case in point hillary's latest proposal. Anyone who says this is wrong hates kids and education. What a president with balls should do is say any university who raises tuition faster than inflation looses government tuition support. They can still raise but they won't. This would make school affordable again. Instead they build larger stadiums and more luxurious campuses and tenure socialist professors to brainwash the next crop or impressionable youth to liberal doctrine.