what a CorkHead... 

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Syphilis has driven Carrey made....

so insane he wants Socialism.. 

SadKangaroo wrote on Sep 16^th, 2018 at 6:35pm:


what are you even talking about yo blithering retard... ?? 

Venezuela is in ruins because of Socialism you forkwit ...

the end...

it doesn't get any simpler than that...

your mummy should turn your computer off... special needs people don't understand the internet.. 

SadKangaroo wrote on Sep 16^th, 2018 at 6:35pm:



its not FAKE NEWS ABOUT VENEZUELA  I can assure you...

if you are supporting Jim!  perhaps you should read this..

https://www.forbes.com/sites/garthfriesen/2018/08/07/the-path-to-hyperinflation-...

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Sep 16^th, 2018 at 6:41pm:


Firstly, clearly, I hit a nerve to elicit such an insulting reply.  Yes, I'm a retard and I need my mummy to turn off my computer because I'm unable to use or understand the Internet.

But no matter how special I am, I can still research the facts and form my own opinions.

For you, who is told how to think (if you can call it thinking) by the like of TGP clearly isn't capable of individual thought or critical thinking, if I'm a "forkwit" and a "retard", what does that make you?

Secondly, your claims about Venezuela don't tell the full story, as usual.  But this time, I'm not sure if it's because you're being deliberately misleading to try and prove a point of if you're just too lazy or ignorant to research anything you're fed from the likes of TGP to get the full story.

There are so many mistakes in your claims that I'll only focus on the most glaring ones.

The progressives who you're claiming (well not "you're claiming" we've established the "opinions" you post aren't your own and you're simply "on script") are socialists are not actually advocating for true socialism.  That will never work in the US. 

But Socialist style policy to help level the playing field and have equality of opportunity for all Americans, everyone should want that.

Everyone.

Yes they support spending tax dollars people pay on services that will benefit others in the community not just the taxpayers via things like Universal Healthcare and in some of the more extreme (but some would argue future proofing given the changes in the jobs sector due to better AI and automation) a universal basic income, what forgetting is this is the entire point of the tax system.

Roads, Schools, looking after Veterans etc etc, these are all forms of Socialism going by your loose definition.

But more importantly, you hold Venezuela as the inevitable outcome of Socialism.

But what about Bolivia?

Since 2006, Bolivia has been run by socialists every bit as militant as Venezuela’s. But as economists have argued, the country has experienced a spectacular run of economic growth and poverty reduction with no hint of the chaos that has plagued Venezuela.

While inflation spirals toward the thousand-per cent mark in Venezuela, in Bolivia it runs below 4 per cent a year.

Shortages of basic consumption goods - rampant in Caracas - are unheard of in La Paz. And extreme poverty - now growing fast in Venezuela - affects just 17 per cent of Bolivians now, down from 38 per cent before the socialists took over 10 years ago, even as inequality shrinks dramatically.

In the meantime, Bolivia was running budget surpluses every year between 2006 and 2014. This allowed it to draw down the public sector’s debt, which fell from 83 per cent of GDP in 2003 to just 26 per cent in 2014, even as Bolivia built up its international reserves dramatically, from $1.7 billion in 2005 to $15.1 billion at the end of the boom in 2014.

Turns out the difference between Bolivia and Venezuela has nothing to do with abstract ideological labels, and everything to do with fiscal prudence. 

It also doesn't help that Venezuela is a dictatorship.

Socialism isn't the big bad evil you're claiming it to be.  It's not a death sentence for a country, quite the contrary.

The reason you have all these bad things to say about Socialism is because that's the official attack line against the Dems for the Midterms.

You clearly don't even understand the issue, hence your petty personal attacks.

Again, you're not thinking for yourself and just repeating the lines you've been fed.  You've demonstrated a glaring inability to comprehend the facts if you are even trying.

We might as well just replace you were with an auto-posting RSS bot just posting TGP blogs.

I won't bother insulting you as you've done me, the truth about you is far more shameful and insulting than any lame name calling.

Would you like to offer your own opinion rather than copying and pasting kangaroo?

Did you know that Bolivia's GDP is about US$3000 per person? You have to be pretty desperate to try to spin that as an example of good economic management, don't you think?

Jim Carrey is also an anti-vaxxer who believes in homeopathic vaccines.

So now there's two things he believes in that doesn't work.

SadKangaroo wrote on Sep 16^th, 2018 at 9:44pm:


My point is, Jimmy Carrey is good at making silly faces and making people laugh but please leave it at that.

SadKangaroo wrote on Sep 16^th, 2018 at 9:33pm:


The Nazis name was derived from National Socialists - they were socialists who also called themselves "progressives". The left wing groups running around now most notably the Anti-fa radicals behave similarly.

The left wing has always been the most dangerous. Witness Pol Pot, Mao, Stalin. And now Zambia and South Africa. Socialism is a means of centralizing power dressed as fairness and compassion.

A system that increasingly steals peoples income by legalized taxation at gunpoint. Is doomed ultimately to fail because with increasing taxes eventually starts rebellion. Thus the need for increasing controls and in combination with high taxes kills peoples creativity and the will to strive. All progress depends on the individual.

Have you ever seen a socialist country reduce its taxes?

I love Jim Carrey as a Comedian/Actor

...but he's just another Media/Celebrity/Entertainer who knows absolutely nothing about Politics.
When will this ever end.
Bruce Springsteen, while in Melbourne, got 'political' ...and entered the 'idiot' talk of fame.

Socialism, Communism work fine - for the 'people'
As long as it isn't 'Politics' that is ruling the people.

Jasin wrote on Sep 16^th, 2018 at 11:31pm:




You do all the work and I will share your paycheck with you. Communalism by any name doesn't work in the long term!

People like Mechanic throw around the word "socialism" not knowing what they are referring to.

People need affordable health care, just like they need affordable education. That need isn't going away. If you think "the Market" can solve all the problems related to health care and education, you are fooling yourself.

We aren't talking about giving money away to the fat and lazy. We are talking about a platform that allows people to succeed: healthcare and education. That is what many of these nutjobs refer to as "socialism."

Mortdooley wrote on Sep 17^th, 2018 at 12:17am:


No. That's not real Communism.
It's 'we' do all the work.
What you just said is like what Australia has with NewStart.
Bludgers getting paid off a welfare that was designed for Battlers.
It's a 'trait' of Western Capitalism that it has an inability to 'discriminate' for fear of something like Apartheid and segregation: You 'bludgers' over there and 'Battlers' over here.
Communism 'makes' the Bludgers work too!

The problem with you clowns is your vision is limited to black and white. You dont even have shades of gray nevermind colour.  The difference between extreme capitalism and extreme socialism is a huge spectrum. Most successful economies use a mix of both. Capitalism drives and economy, but it is extremely harsh on those who dont succeed or who have disabilities or even just back luck.

Hence, socialism.

As long as capitalism is the driving force in the economy, adding socialist policies to the mix takes the edge off the damage it can cause to a lot of people. Universal Health Care is pure socialism and yet, who would oppose it? Freed public education is socialism, but without it, there would never be enough skilled workers for the economy. Welfare is pure socialism, but without it, 5% of the economy would be wealthy and the rest would be poor to extremely poor.

A mixed economy - capitalism and socialism - like we have in Australia is an outstanding success. We have the worlds 7th biggest economy and yet we have one of the worlds best health systems (shocking, i know!). The educational standards of our population are higher than the USA because we are willing to spend money on it.

The USA has the first worlds WORST health care system by a mile. It has a very poor public education system and the rate of poverty is again, worst in the developed world. Its prison population s triple that of any other first world country - a product of poverty and poor education.

You morons hate socialism, but you dont even know what it is you are opposing.

Venezuala is not the country for USA to compare itself with. Australia or Canada or Germany are the countries to compare and USA comes off very badly by comparison.

Jasin wrote on Sep 17^th, 2018 at 9:26am:



Yeah...  applauding communism is really helping your argument.

twit.

Jasin wrote on Sep 17^th, 2018 at 9:31am:


read some history, you utter ignorant twat.

EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY that has embraced communism has failed or had a much lower standard of life than capitalist countries. Cuba is often touted as an example - the only one - of a successful communist country, but then you would need to explain why so many thousands risked their lives to flee. Or the absence of any kind of political or religious freedom and why so many people just 'disappeared'.

Communism fails because it is founded on a flawed idea that people will all work together for the common good like in some Star Trek utopia. It has never worked and never will.

try researching the topic next tim.

aquascoot wrote on Sep 17^th, 2018 at 9:14am:




So conservative nutcase comments on socialism. Shock.

aquascoot wrote on Sep 17^th, 2018 at 11:35am:



Looking at his histroy you can see the confirmation bias. E.g. he wrote about bias in universities before he'd even been to university. Plus what he espouses is essentially nothing new.

He is in favor of privatizing social security, criminalizing abortion, and repealing the Affordable Care Act.[29]


Yep, nothing new. You can't be one of the sharpest minds in the USAwhen all you do is rehash poo everyone else has spouted.

Jasin wrote on Sep 17^th, 2018 at 9:47am:



So Cuban refugees are just fake news???

Well, that is your credibility completely shredded. comrade.

Time to enter the 21st century, Che.

Mr Hammer wrote on Sep 17^th, 2018 at 1:28pm:


People like him already give huge amounts to other people. Bill Gates has given away $50B and intends to give another $80B away.

how's your $2 donation going?

Mortdooley wrote on Sep 16^th, 2018 at 11:25pm:

Um, wtf?