Comments by "silat13" (@silat13) on "Thom Hartmann Program" channel.

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  5. Thom please start being more clear when talking about what the K0CH plan is. You are not clear enough now. 1. It is about the wholesale buying of America by the highest bidder. 2. It is about the destruction of all government regulations and agencies. K0CH GOP END GAME • We urge the repeal of federal campaign finance laws, and the immediate abolition of the despotic Federal Election Commission.” • “We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid programs.” • “We oppose any compulsory insurance or tax-supported plan to provide health services, including those which finance abortion services.” • “We also favor the deregulation of the medical insurance industry.” • “We favor the repeal of the fraudulent, virtually bankrupt, and increasingly oppressive Social Security system. Pending that repeal, participation in Social Security should be made voluntary.” • “We propose the abolition of the governmental Postal Service. The present system, in addition to being inefficient, encourages governmental surveillance of private correspondence. Pending abolition, we call for an end to the monopoly system and for allowing free competition in all aspects of postal service.” • “We oppose all personal and corporate income taxation, including capital gains taxes.” • “We support the eventual repeal of all taxation.” • “As an interim measure, all criminal and civil sanctions against tax evasion should be terminated immediately.” • “We support repeal of all law which impede the ability of any person to find employment, such as minimum wage laws.” • “We advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.” • “We condemn compulsory education laws … and we call for the immediate repeal of such laws.” • “We support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether profit or non-profit.” • “We support the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency.” • “We support abolition of the Department of Energy.” • “We call for the dissolution of all government agencies concerned with transportation, including the Department of Transportation.” • “We demand the return of America's railroad system to private ownership. We call for the privatization of the public roads and national highway system.” • “We specifically oppose laws requiring an individual to buy or use so-called "self-protection" equipment such as safety belts, air bags, or crash helmets.” • “We advocate the abolition of the Federal Aviation Administration.” • “We advocate the abolition of the Food and Drug Administration.” • “We support an end to all subsidies for child-bearing built into our present laws, including all welfare plans and the provision of tax-supported services for children.” • “We oppose all government welfare, relief projects, and ‘aid to the poor’ programs. All these government programs are privacy-invading, paternalistic, demeaning, and inefficient. The proper source of help for such persons is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals.” • “We call for the privatization of the inland waterways, and of the distribution system that brings water to industry, agriculture and households.” • “We call for the repeal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.” • “We call for the abolition of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.” • “We support the repeal of all state usury laws.” Every single one of these ideas is rooted in John Birch Society dogma. His sons are just expanding capacity for them now, not abandoning their principles.  Keep this list handy. You're going to need it in the days to come.
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  12. Reagan a steaming pile Ronald Reagan represents all of the worst elements of the American political experience of the last 50 years. All of them. He was, and always will be, nothing but a steaming hot pile of filthy hyena puke. Intellectually, Reagan gave chimpy a run for his money. He was vacuous. He was shallow. He was incurious. He was a puppet and a door stop for a group of sick ideologues who really ran the country. He was a bad actor and foolish tool. Ideologically, he was a hater and an imperialist and far-right loony-tune. He hated the poor. He hated gays. He hated leftists. He hated communists - and he was pretty sure you were one if you disagreed with him. He hated and he hated and he hated. Just ask his own kids. He hated them and himself and his ex-wife. Ronald Reagan was a twisted unrepentant closed-minded waste-bag hate monger. And that's just for starters. The foreign policy of Ronald Reagan did more to impoverish and kill the poor and helpless humans of the world than any world leader before or since - with the possible exception of our Bush. Reagan just didn't give a hoot. He was going to defeat communism (which was already falling of its own weight) and he didn't care how many children were burned alive or how many people starved to death on the way. Let em die. Reagan was a friggen dirtbag. On Reagan's watch the military budget of the U.S. grew to the proportions of a heaping pile of 10,000 week-old dead and bloated Blue Whales. And it stunk just as bad. The practice of rewarding incompetent cronies with gigantic useless contracts for unneeded military hardware was elevated to art form under Reagan. Reagan's legendary megalomania, hubris and abject ignorance led him to believe the tales of any crackpot who managed to slither past the goons who comprised his inner circle. Star-wars missiles, atomic shields, space-age death rays. You name it - that loon would fall for it - and blow billions of your tax dollars on it. And on the domestic front - holy crap the domestic front. Ronald Reagan was a force for the rampaging evil of anti-human destructiveness. He never met a social program he didn't scorn. He never met an American in need he didn't have a bowel movement directly upon. His response to the AIDS epidemic is one of the most sickening cold-blooded expressions of pure murderous political evil in the history of the earth. Genghis Khan could only dream of such depravity and indifference to human suffering. There is so much more, but, hell, if you don't already know about this crap, then go read a book or two. Then there was Iran-Contra - the infamous orgy of unfettered criminality at the heart of the Reagan legacy. Again, look it up. Rogues, liars, crooks, murderers and ignorant heartless scum surrounded Reagan at all times. Ali Baba would've been shamed. But Ronald Reagan was shameless. Oh, did I mention The War on Drugs and it's ballooning of the prison/criminal industrial complex and the rise of brainless goon-like authoritarianism? Or the destruction of the modern labor movement including the cowardly firing of the Air Traffic Controllers? Or the beginnings of the current trend of packing the Judiciary with corrupt freakish pseudo-fascist stoolies? Or the repugnant rapes of Lebanon and Grenada? Or the dim-witted goofball junk science that came to known as "Reaganomics?" Or grant rigging at the Department of Housing and Urban Development? Or James Watt and the whole-hearted attempt to destroy the earth and all its inhabitants at the expense of greed mongers and corporate whores? Or the largest white collar theft in the history of planet Earth - the Savings and Loan Bailout? Or his giving the Christian Taliban a foothold? And on and on and on and on. So let me conclude, Ronald Reagan will forever be remembered as one of the most idiotic, vile, worthless leaders of any any nation in any era. He presently occupies a special place in Hell beside Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot. And I promise you, they all think he's an idiot too. Screw Ronald Reagan. And then screw him again.
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  21. This is the K0CH Libertarian Bircher Bigot plan. ReaganVooD­ooTrickleD­ownGoldenS­howerPizzO­nYou economics 101. Nationalist Reagan Socialism, promoting a fascist aristocracy and disposable human beings. KOCH GAME PLAN When David Koch ran as the Vice Presidential candidate on the Libertarian ticket in 1980 this was their platform for that year. It is a manifesto of what David and Charles Koch expect to receive in return for their large investment in American politics. • We urge the repeal of federal campaign finance laws, and the immediate abolition of the despotic Federal Election Commission.” • “We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid programs.” • “We oppose any compulsory insurance or tax-supported plan to provide health services, including those which finance abortion services.” • “We also favor the deregulation of the medical insurance industry.” • “We favor the repeal of the fraudulent, virtually bankrupt, and increasingly oppressive Social Security system. Pending that repeal, participation in Social Security should be made voluntary.” • “We propose the abolition of the governmental Postal Service. The present system, in addition to being inefficient, encourages governmental surveillance of private correspondence. Pending abolition, we call for an end to the monopoly system and for allowing free competition in all aspects of postal service.” • “We oppose all personal and corporate income taxation, including capital gains taxes.” • “We support the eventual repeal of all taxation.” • “As an interim measure, all criminal and civil sanctions against tax evasion should be terminated immediately.” • “We support repeal of all law which impede the ability of any person to find employment, such as minimum wage laws.” • “We advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.” • “We condemn compulsory education laws … and we call for the immediate repeal of such laws.” • “We support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether profit or non-profit.” • “We support the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency.” • “We support abolition of the Department of Energy.” • “We call for the dissolution of all government agencies concerned with transportation, including the Department of Transportation.” • “We demand the return of America's railroad system to private ownership. We call for the privatization of the public roads and national highway system.” • “We specifically oppose laws requiring an individual to buy or use so-called "self-protection" equipment such as safety belts, air bags, or crash helmets.” • “We advocate the abolition of the Federal Aviation Administration.” • “We advocate the abolition of the Food and Drug Administration.” • “We support an end to all subsidies for child-bearing built into our present laws, including all welfare plans and the provision of tax-supported services for children.” • “We oppose all government welfare, relief projects, and ‘aid to the poor’ programs. All these government programs are privacy-invading, paternalistic, demeaning, and inefficient. The proper source of help for such persons is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals.” • “We call for the privatization of the inland waterways, and of the distribution system that brings water to industry, agriculture and households.” • “We call for the repeal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.” • “We call for the abolition of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.” • “We support the repeal of all state usury laws.” Every single one of these ideas is rooted in John Birch Society dogma that they learned from their anti American government bigot father. Keep this list handy. Pass it on as often as possible. You're going to need it in the days to come.
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  37. DEBT EMBRACE DWIGHT "What worked in the past to create working class jobs? Well let's go back and see in our magic time machine. The year is 1956 and we have seen years of growth of the "middle class", The GOP has elected a President (Dwight). Did he slash taxes? No, he didn't. He took the taxes and created the interstate system, that created well paying working class jobs and continued to boost and grow the economy. No problem at all with using income redistribution by the government. The following three Presidents used the same model to fund the biggest research and development program ever. It was called NASA. Minor changes to the tax code during that period, but for the most part the tax code was still the same and was being used to pay down the WW-II debt and invest in job creation and the public good. Then in 1980 the US got suckered (Reagan) into believing that there was such a thing as a free lunch. That the government could CUT their income and that in doing so it would GROW the income. If you read Stockman's book you can see that from the onset those elected to power knew that the Laffer Curve and Supply-side economics were, as George Bush the first said "voodoo economics", but it was what those who were paying for their politicians wanted, and it was those that were paying got. If you want to right the ship of state, then the best way is to go back to what worked before the Plutocracy got their grubby little mitts on the reins of government. Revert to the 1956 tax code and adjust all the dollar numbers for inflation. Invest 1/2 of the new income into job creating projects (ie: rebuild failing infrastructure, start a massive R&D project) and 1/2 to pay off the debt. Problem solved." "Let's give Dwight Eisenhower another chance. Americans allowed his progressive policies to be buried by the GOP for way too long. The Democratic Party should officially adopt him and take Globalization and Reaganomics off life support. Both are brain dead. What kind of nitwits create their own economic competitors overseas putting themselves out of business at home? The economic situation in this country for the past 40 years has been akin to us giving air support to the Third Reich during our invasion at Normandy Beach. Some arguments from the Right are just too stupid to debate any longer. There is no ethical reason to agree with any of their strawmen premises. Republicans have failed at everything they said conservative policies would do. It's time for the US to look out for our country's best interests instead of the greed of a handful of conservative-run multinational monopolies."
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