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Jeff Daniels-America's not the greatest country anymore

Steve

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I saw this a while back ... it is a video a person might not watch all the way through.. but should..

he makes some great points about our generation... (or should I say this generation? )..

and we all deserve some of the blame.. for most we spent our lives... living it,.. and didn't get informed...

I still try to do the right thing.. make the right choices and think of others...

while I wish others would be informed as well... I realize some people are much more informed then I am...

but where I disagree with him, is in that I have traveled.. and lived in other countries.. many do not come close to equaling the freedom we enjoy..

and the freedom we hold is unique.. it is slipping and may someday soon be no different then what other nations have.. but it is still unique..

there are a few nations that have freedom like ours.. Canada.. Australia.. are a few..

I just pray we can hold onto it..
 

Steve

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Tam said:
I think this is a promo clip from his new HBO TV series "Newsroom".

it is..

interesting to see hollywood acknowledge the decline and long for how it was.. darn-right progressive of them..
 

Tam

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Steve said:
Tam said:
I think this is a promo clip from his new HBO TV series "Newsroom".

it is..

interesting to see hollywood acknowledge the decline and long for how it was.. darn-right progressive of them..

The problem is they don't realize it is the actions of those THEY SUPPORT that has turned the US into what they are talking about. You have to bless their little hearts when they b*tch about what they have had a hand in. :roll:

Political Litmus Test: Bluest States Spilling The Most Red Ink
Neil Weinberg, 02.25.10, 10:30 AM EST
Powerful unions, big spending put Democratic states in deepest fiscal holes.

Want to know which states are in the worst financial condition? One telling indicator that might not immediately come to mind is whether most of its citizens identify themselves as Democrats.

The five states in the worst financial condition--Illinois, New York, Connecticut, California and New Jersey--are all among the bluest of blue states. The five most fiscally fit states are more of a mix. Three--Utah, Nebraska and Texas--boast Republican majorities and two--New Hampshire and Virginia--skew Democratic.

The financial ranking of the states is part of a recent Forbes report on the Global Debt Bomb. The political affiliation data was compiled in a 2009 poll of 350,000 adults by Gallup Daily.

Forbes' metrics for each state included unfunded pension liabilities, changes in tax revenue, credit ratings, debt as a percentage of Gross State Product, debt per capita, growth expectations for employment and the state economy, net migrations and a "moocher ratio" that compares government employees, pension burdens and Medicaid enrollees to private-sector employment.

Why do Democratic states appear to be struggling more than Republican ones? It comes down to stronger unions and a larger appetite for public programs, according to Kent Redfield, professor emeritus of political studies and public affairs at the University of Illinois' Center for State Policy and Leadership.

"Unions in general have more influence in Democratic-controlled states," he says. "This isn't to say that unions are bad, but where they're strong you have bigger demands for social services and coalitions with construction companies, road builders and others that push up debt."

Of the 10 states in the worst financial condition, eight are among a total of 23 defined by Gallup as "solidly Democratic," meaning the Democrats enjoy an advantage of 10 percentage points or greater in party affiliation. These states include the ones listed above as making up the bottom five, plus Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Of the three other basement-dwellers, Kentucky is defined as "leaning Democratic" (a five- to 10-percentage-point Democratic advantage) and the remaining two--Louisiana and Mississippi--are termed politically "Competitive" (less than a five-percentage-point advantage for either party). Louisiana tilts slightly Democratic and Mississippi slightly Republican.
 
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