http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethic_of_reciprocity

this is a tenet of just about every major religion and code of ethics, it is not "new" and it's not "liberal" it's what seperates us from jackals

not to mention, no one earns jack shit by themselves. most of us are educated (i.e. recieve the means with which to make money) in a public school, raised by our parents, supported by our friends, sometimes even motivated by our enemies. the "rugged individual" is as mythical as phlogiston

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

fair enough

There's a real simple fix for this peanut butter and other food poisoning problem. all industries are already required to test their foods at some sort of interval. Regulation only needs to change slightly:

1. Check yearly (a private company to do it - guess what that would create LONG TERM jobs throughout the nation - unlike turfing a field in some city)

2. private company must report to both the business AND the govt its finding - a law

3. a second test is to be done, and if it comes back bad, all food is recalled and the company fined X amount

Now if (IF IF IF) Obama and Company do anything with this, they are going to make a very simple fix into something huge with a ton of loopholes that allow business to skirt the issue and we're all back to square one!

Reagan was right 20+ years ago. Govt is not the answer. However, GOVT CAN BE AN ANSWER. My issue is that the way THIS GOVT works, it ain't.

Jordan .

Jordan .

amen amen amen to that. I'm fed up with both parties.

Jordan .

with more parties, at least we could spread the loathing around. :)

there's some days where I just want all of us to start our own version of the Boston Tea Party!

Jordan .

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Why not have the philanthropic in higher tax brackets give double or triple for those that don't want to pay higher taxes? This way, capitalism is preserved and everyone feels better about themselves.

lol can't wait to get off work so i can do an 8-ball and rape some nuns, because morality shouldn't be government mandated!

some people need help adhering to basic moral values, be it "don't cross the street unless it's at a cross walk" or "please don't chop children up and eat them." it's not a stretch to imagine that "don't let people die in the street because you want that 3rd boat" is something that should be mandated

 so you'd advocate some kind of functioning anarchy*?

*real anarchy, not bullshit punk kid anarchy 

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Yes, I would advocate a libertarian society. I don't know much about anarchy, but I know that good people don't need laws and bad people don't obey them, anyway.

(Punk died in the 80's, j- when you were in college, right?)

lol

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper