Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[Rome]

It's either him or the smug rich brotha.

[ice grillin you]

The fact that the first non-white president might get himself re-elected despite 9%+ unemployment and lousy job approval is amazing.

im still shocked he got elected in the first place....so yes this truly is amazing...and you can say its because of the pathetic republican field but in this economic climate the non ruling party should basically be able to run out a chimpanzee and win no matter what color the current prez is

[Hawk]

even the smart republicans are dumb....hence the reason they so often vote against their own self interests

at least when the left does it its rich motherfargers like me who vote for people who will probably in the end take more of my money but who also will more likely give it to people and places who need it more than me

the rights version of that is to vote for someone who will make them poorer but thats ok as long as they are curb stomping a brown person in the process

IGY your racism is priceless.

If you're so desperate to make the world a better place, start donating your time and money more often, rather than sitting on CF bitching about the Eagles/Phillies and how the right is so racist.   

[Tomahawk]

This person does not get it

[MDS]

dont tax the rich an extra 3%

now YOU get it

[rjs246]

This person does not get it

This person has every right to be proud of themselves for their foresight and hard work. They also need to step outside of their own little box and realize that their situation and choices do not represent the situation/choices of the huge majority of people. What 17 has been taught how to budget correctly? What 17 year has the foresight to even care? How many 17 year olds could get two scholarships even if they wanted to? Only recently has the nation woken up to the exhorbitant costs associated with going to college in this country so this person's financial foresight with regard to education wasn't even part of the national dialog when most of the currently in-debted middle-class were accumulating their debt.

Income/wages have flatlined over the past 30 years while the cost of education has sky-rocketed. Combine that with the fact that blue collar jobs are disappearing in our service economy meaning that a college education is an absolute must for anyone hoping to find middle class employment, and you have a situation where people are stuck. Either pay huge quantities of money for a decent education simply to get a middle-class job, or don't get an education and try to work in a blue-collar industry that is disappearing.

The system is set up to provide a no-win choice. Owe or take your chances on a life of limited employment options. This kid is the exception that proves the rule.

[Seabiscuit36]

I blame zesty parenting, and an educational system devoid of teaching life skills.  And again that should cycle back to parenting.  I really think the generation out there now doesnt have the drive that earlier generations.  shtein, I'm 30 but had a plan at 20 on where i wanted to work, what my expected increases would be etc.  I didnt follow it all to plan, but the second i made the transition from college to the real world it was on.  I can't even tell you how many people i know just out of college or who have been out for the past 4 years, and they are stuck in neutral. 

Sure the abundance of jobs arent out there, but there is still work to be had.  They prefer to live with mommy and daddy, or live like they're 20 again.  Maybe i'm the weirdo. 

[SD]

I'm exactly like that guy except I didn't get scholarships I went into the military and had them flip the bill for my education. My GPA was 3.5, his was 3.8. I do have a smart phone which I got for free and my bill is only $30 a month. I have no credit cards and live within my means.

He's still wrong. People can't pay for college with a job anymore because the cost of education has soared through the roof. And he/she is definitely part of the 99%.

[rjs246]

It's not even that you "can't" pay for it it's that it severely limits your economic and employment options when you have crippling amounts of educational debt. That limiting of options, of course, anathema to capitalism because workers are pigeon-holed and cannot take risks or exercise creativity limiting their potential productivity.

[PhillyGirl]

[Rome]

Smug little dick needs a dose of reality if he thinks he did it all on his own.

[rjs246]

PG, that little comic doesn't really get to the point though does it?

The dude's response should be...

"We may be in debt, but let's distract everyone from that by starting a gang war with the people across town. We'll hide the cost of that gang war through a series of elaborate accounting tricks. We'll also curry favor with our parents by paying for all of their medicine on our credit card. We'll also encourage our children to invest in ever-more-elaborate ponzi schemes (created by companies that donate money to our favorite charities) that are bound to fail, making it temporarily seem as though our finances are fine. By the time the ponzi schemes are discovered and our children risk being destitute we'll be dead so who cares? Oh and no more abortions. That'll distract 'em too."

Tough to fit all of that into a single cell, I guess.

[ice grillin you]

even the smart republicans are dumb....hence the reason they so often vote against their own self interests

at least when the left does it its rich motherfargers like me who vote for people who will probably in the end take more of my money but who also will more likely give it to people and places who need it more than me

the rights version of that is to vote for someone who will make them poorer but thats ok as long as they are curb stomping a brown person in the process

IGY your racism is priceless.

If you're so desperate to make the world a better place, start donating your time and money more often, rather than sitting on CF bitching about the Eagles/Phillies and how the right is so racist.

every year i donate more money to causes than you make in three....and ill stop bitching about you people when you stop being hatemongers

[Munson]

I didn't realize the protesters were protesting for their right to have brand new cars, credit cards, and to eat out every night of the week...

[phillymic2000]

this is what makes the tea party so ridiculous....they are poor uneducated stiffs yet vote for billionaires and mock movements like the 99% when they should be in step with them...

This is actually not accurate at all. The majority of people who associate themselves with the Tea Party are educated and relatively wealthy (according to a few demographic studies that were done last year).

Your assessment, however, is spot on for the larger Republican party. If you're poor, uneducated, white and live anywhere outside of the Northeast / Iron Belt you're more or less guaranteed to be a Republican. Despite the fact that the Republican party's policies do absolutely nothing to support you and your well being. Because the GOP managed to get a stranglehold on religion the poor (who tend to be way more religious) flock to them for social reasons. Somehow the GOP has managed to attract the wealthy through regressive economic policies AND the poor through rigorous religious dogma, despite the fact that their interests collide in almost every instance when it comes to actual policy. Pretty impressive when you think about it.

Wrong, don't forget the farmers and a lot of folks in MA. I live out in the country now and there are plenty of folks that are dems.