TROLL said:
lets see, doesnt North Korea already have a nuclear capability? didnt china get help from the soviets in the 50's to help build nukes?? and apparantly IRAN already knows what its doing.. now.. are we the only nation to have this knowledge?? no.. but thats really besides the point..
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then you bring up nuclear weapons as your example.. you failed to answer my question about the correlation between a lie from a politician and our standard of living by instead setting up a strawman with your 100% scenario while evading my general question on how a politician lying is benefitting our economy.. so you arent being asked to name every single X,Y,Z, you just have selective hearing and are choosing to hear much more then what was initially asked..
i brought u an example of how a lie that benefits the superfical will be more of a burden in the general scheme of things.. give me an example of a lie that benefits our intergovernmental relationship without using a strawman or an extreme example..
HUH? i mentioned economic mobility and you equated that with welfare.. we would be better off IMO if we spend some more money into education and job training.. make school more affordable and available.. teach the people how to fish instead of just serving it too them. that doesnt usurp anything from a corporation nor hinders anybody from amassing capital..
like i said before, those who work for their money deserve it.. but because theres a "rung" missing on the "ladder" for someone, doesnt neccisarily mean they should just give up and "let someone else try".. it should be the responsibility of the ladder-maker to make sure everystep is there..
so what did we go into iraq for then? enlighten us.
1) You seem to have skipped something.....You know what ICBM's are, right? And you understand that only a TINY amount of countries have Nuclear ICBMs? If you don't, now is the time to either speak up or Wiki it.
ICBMs are the difference between North Korea "maybe" being able to hit the West Coast.....and North Korea being able to hit 100% of the United States or anywhere else in the world with a nuclear weapon.
Since you want to play the "But you said ___!" game:
"please explain how a lie by a politician correlate's to the way we live.. why would they have to lie to begin with if the action they were taking was beneficial?"
Is there something you don't understand about Nuclear technology being made public that would endanger the lives of every single American? Is there something you don't understand about ICBM technology being made public that would endanger the lives of every single American?
How many more examples besides Nukes or ICBMs will be enough for you?
There's nothing "beneficial" about revealing state secrets, just for the sake of being "open" with the public. Sometimes, it's good to keep things secret, covered up, hidden, concealed, lied about, or whatever else you want to call it. Some shit you just dont need to know.
Our Politicians lie because we want them to lie. Period. An honest politician here and there is OK, but if all of our politicians were "honest", we'd be royally fucked.
Quick note: If you don't know what a certain fallacy means, then don't accuse someone of doing it. Strawman made no sense here. If anything you should have said Slippery Slope or Red Herring. Go study up before you go throwing out shit.
2) Do it yourself. I'm doing just fine over here. The last thing I need to do is respond to your pointless requests.
Again, simply proclaiming that an example is "extreme" doesn't void its relevance. A hole is a hole, and I am poking them all over the place in your arguments.
Also again, learn what Strawman is before you accuse someone of doing it.
3) Friend.......how exactly is it that you think Schools are funded? By the students working 9-5s? ......NO. They are funded by taxing "the Rich", e.g., homeowners. So unless you want schools to be restricted strictly to those who own homes........School is in fact welfare. And as such:
"that doesnt usurp anything from a corporation nor hinders anybody from amassing capital.. "
YES...it DOES. It cuts into profits with NO guarantee of a return on your would-be `investment'.
I'm strongly Pro-Education, but let's not fool ourselves: Schools exist because Rich people taxation exists.
Umm...friend.....Ladder-maker doesn't have to do shit, any more than Beer makers need to be there to drive your drunk ass home, or Hostess needs to buy liposuction for your fat ass if you eat too many Twinkies. That's capitalism. I'm really not sure what you're confusing it with, but you've got it all wrong. Capitalism is about looking out for self, not making sure the needs of John Q Citizen are met.
I'm not going to speak on Iraq, especially dumb questions. My previous comments were plenty.
If we needed cheap oil that badly, we'd exploit the shit out of Africa, not the Middle East.
Did i mention Bin Laden blew up the towers?