How do a person's political views relate to self sufficiency?

[ScottSD]

Gore had more votes?

sure whatever.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-427345.html

He may have invented the internet, but thankfully he did not become president.

what the government is doing today (especially in the last 11 or so months) goes against everything a frugal and self-sufficient person would do if they were in financial trouble

Exactly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsZK59Zx0g4&feature=player_embedded

This explains it all

I like that song!

 

[inchworm]

Let's try to have a fair and open discussion without inflammatory statements and maybe we won't get locked down.

 

[hikerchick]

Let's try to have a fair and open discussion without inflammatory statements and maybe we won't get locked down.

Is it even possible?

 

[dragonlaurel]

The voting in Fla. was very screwed up. I lived there and it was embarrassing, having the news come out after the investigations. But it was beside the point. When the original vote counts were finishing, Gore conceded- so he gave up too soon. If he hadn't conceded we might have had a different Pres.

 

[Big Daddy]

Gore had more votes?

sure whatever.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-427345.html

He may have invented the internet, but thankfully he did not become president.

what the government is doing today (especially in the last 11 or so months) goes against everything a frugal and self-sufficient person would do if they were in financial trouble

Exactly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsZK59Zx0g4&feature=player_embedded

This explains it all

I like that song!

He actually did. Even though it was not allowed to be official. News organizations from both sides including the NY Times and the Washington Post did a recount of Fl ballots. Gore was the clear winner. In 2004 Bush actually won.

 

[inchworm]

The fact is that the New York times and the Washington Post can't determine legitimate votes. Only the state of Florida can.

 

[hikerchick]

How does the outcome of an election all those years ago have anything to do with the original topic?

don't argue just to argue.

 

[me&thegals]

Let's try to have a fair and open discussion without inflammatory statements and maybe we won't get locked down.

Is it even possible?

So far, so good.

As for the link between communism and the Holocaust, well my history sucks. The reading I just now did reminded me of the fact that Nazis were not, in fact, communist.

Anyway, I think the overall point remains: Efficiency is not necessarily a super great thing. Dictators can be efficient, whether they are communist, Nazi or other . I think some level of inefficiency is part of a large democracy.

As for nitpicking over who won the 2000 election, that's somewhat distant history and not really the point.


The point is, why should self suffiency be limited to people with specific political views?

 

[hikerchick]

The point is, why should self suffiency be limited to people with specific political views?

Exactly! It shouldn't.

 

[reinbeau]

Let's try to have a fair and open discussion without inflammatory statements and maybe we won't get locked down.

No inflammatory statements from either side. I am not participating in this thread so I can keep an eye on it. If everyone behaves it will remain open.