How are you a "bit" of a lefty ... Just curious and I'm not asking to antagonize at all! I actually look forward to the day I can talk/debate with a leftist (or even a bit of a leftist) knowing full well that they're talking more from a personal belief rather than representing some grand, global crusade to make everything leftist by default. I hope you understand what I mean :-) .
Nah, keep this message here :-) ... we can fight later :-) :-P.
I just wanted a little insight ... that's all :-). Many people's views shift over time. I started out more of a "moderate left" dipshit (best way to describe would be blue dog democrat ... my dad was a union guy ... makes sense I guess). I voted for Clinton in 1992 (first time I could vote ... well, legally at least). By the time 1996 rolled around, I was done with the Democrats. By the time 2005 rolled around, I was done with the Republicans :-) (Bush peed his pants with the majorities he had after the 2004 election ... he, in my opinion, intentionally pissed away all of that political capital in under a year much like his dad did when he handed the 1992 election to Clinton).
The thing that fucks up most "left wing" ideas is corruption in my worthless opinion. Any new government program seems to be nothing but an excuse for massive amounts of pork barrel spending. The people that are supposed to benefit from such programs don't. The programs never end when they fail.
Regardless, I think there are ways one could make private/public partnerships work. So long as someone is taking a risk and putting their time and money on the line, they'll tend to fight against wasteful spending/ideas and should be rewarded if things work out for the public in general.
Politicians have no skin in the game after they get their silly programs up and running. When things go wrong, their solution is always "throw more money at it" since they're always spending everyone else's cash.
At this time, I think its impossible to work on any ideas like the above. Some may have honorable intentions, but I think most are just like their RINO counterparts on the right ... they're only out for themselves and use all of this legislation to make themselves filthy rich.
How are you a "bit" of a lefty ... Just curious and I'm not asking to antagonize at all! I actually look forward to the day I can talk/debate with a leftist (or even a bit of a leftist) knowing full well that they're talking more from a personal belief rather than representing some grand, global crusade to make everything leftist by default. I hope you understand what I mean :-) .
Nah, keep this message here :-) ... we can fight later :-) :-P.
I just wanted a little insight ... that's all :-). Many people's views shift over time. I started out more of a "moderate left" dipshit (best way to describe would be blue dog democrat ... my dad was a union guy ... makes sense I guess). I voted for Clinton in 1992 (first time I could vote ... well, legally at least). By the time 1996 rolled around, I was done with the Democrats. By the time 2005 rolled around, I was done with the Republicans :-) (Bush peed his pants with the majorities he had after the 2004 election ... he, in my opinion, intentionally pissed away all of that political capital in under a year much like his dad did when he handed the 1992 election to Clinton).
The thing that fucks up most "left wing" ideas is corruption in my worthless opinion. Any new government program seems to be nothing but an excuse for massive amounts of pork barrel spending. The people that are supposed to benefit from such programs don't. The programs never end when they fail.
Regardless, I think there are ways one could make private/public partnerships work. So long as someone is taking a risk and putting their time and money on the line, they'll tend to fight against wasteful spending/ideas and should be rewarded if things work out for the public in general.
Politicians have no skin in the game after they get their silly programs up and running. When things go wrong, their solution is always "throw more money at it" since they're always spending everyone else's cash.
At this time, I think its impossible to work on any ideas like the above. Some may have honorable intentions, but I think most are just like their RINO counterparts on the right ... they're only out for themselves and use all of this legislation to make themselves filthy rich.