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    Thread: Israel Foreign Aid
Post: Israel Foreign Aid

Why do conservatives insist on giving aid to Israel when it is clear they do not need it? Every Israeli citizen has health care but conservatives say either we cant afford it or it is anti-american y...
rhonin85 Politics 20 5875 January 24, 2012 at 12:09 am
    Thread: Virginia Commune
Post: RE: Virginia Commune

Man, a waiting list just to get in...and free health care...I guess I need to sign up now
rhonin85 Politics 6 2101 January 8, 2012 at 2:29 am
    Thread: Why don't conservatives see that welfare programs are good for society as a whole?
Post: RE: Why don't conservatives see that welfare progr...

Private charities are not the way to go... maybe its just my bias but when i hear private charities I really take it to mean religious charities. Im not saing the religious charities dont do good work...
rhonin85 Politics 39 13315 January 6, 2012 at 7:09 pm
    Thread: Why don't conservatives see that welfare programs are good for society as a whole?
Post: RE: Why don't conservatives see that welfare progr...

Education needs to be a priority but again the conservatives oppose this at least on a federal level. Their biggest education goal seems to be getting Intelligent Design taught in public schools. We j...
rhonin85 Politics 39 13315 January 6, 2012 at 1:16 am
    Thread: Why don't conservatives see that welfare programs are good for society as a whole?
Post: RE: Why don't conservatives see that welfare progr...

What gets me is that want to cut welfare spending but I know some big corporations (mcdonalds, walmart) that purposefully count on their employees receiving welfare so they dont have to pay livable wa...
rhonin85 Politics 39 13315 January 5, 2012 at 8:08 pm
    Thread: Why don't conservatives see that welfare programs are good for society as a whole?
Post: Why don't conservatives see that welfare programs ...

It seems I can't turn on the tv or get on the internet without hearing conservatives decrying the amount of money that is "lavished" on the poor. I have even heard one say that the poor should not be ...
rhonin85 Politics 39 13315 January 5, 2012 at 1:47 pm
    Thread: Dear Theist: Do Your Job or Find Another
Post: RE: Dear Theist: Do Your Job or Find Another

My teacher once told me "In America you can swing fists around as much as you want...until you hit someone in the nose." Yea she has her freedon but her freedom cant interfere with someone else's. She...
rhonin85 Atheism 56 16348 December 17, 2011 at 5:46 pm
    Thread: Almost 20% of American women have been raped!
Post: RE: Almost 20% of American women have been raped!

Does this figure include statutory rape?
rhonin85 Politics 23 9121 December 17, 2011 at 1:06 pm
    Thread: Seriously.
Post: RE: Seriously.

so your argument is stop taking my money in the form of a tax refund instead get on welfare? Which I'm guessing if she only makes 9000 a yr she probably already is. As for food stamps, that program is...
rhonin85 Politics 40 8282 December 16, 2011 at 10:52 pm
    Thread: Should religious organizations be taxed?
Post: RE: Should religious organizations be taxed?

well obviously the law would have to be written better than I thought it out, maybe some sort of income threshold?
rhonin85 Politics 18 3406 December 16, 2011 at 7:55 pm
    Thread: Should religious organizations be taxed?
Post: Should religious organizations be taxed?

I just its kinda shitty that we have some who build multi-million dollar churches but they pay zip in taxes. I know it wont erase the deficit but every little bit helps right? I also realize some do c...
rhonin85 Politics 18 3406 December 16, 2011 at 7:49 pm
    Thread: The Electoral College
Post: RE: The Electoral College

Throw it out there is no reason for its existence anymore at one point in time I could see its purpose but that time was 1800. frankiej I would leave this country in a heartbeat if I could ive dreamed...
rhonin85 Politics 22 3094 December 16, 2011 at 11:36 am
    Thread: Seriously.
Post: RE: Seriously.

Speaking of Mr. Gates, even he has come out and actually campaigned for higher taxes on the wealthy in Washington state, I cant find anything that says he supports it on a federal level but I can only...
rhonin85 Politics 40 8282 December 16, 2011 at 11:21 am
    Thread: Seriously.
Post: RE: Seriously.

Dotard, why is that you think poor people are taking your money? You pay your money to the Gov't for them use however they need. The Rich would overwhelming benefit from a flat tax and no a rich perso...
rhonin85 Politics 40 8282 December 16, 2011 at 1:39 am
    Thread: Which political party do you support and why?
Post: RE: Which political party do you support and why?

The political system in the US is essentially rigged. Gerrymandering and the electoral system has made dissenting votes count for nothing. For example a republic living in a democrat controlled distri...
rhonin85 Politics 78 21275 December 15, 2011 at 12:39 pm
    Thread: Hello
Post: Hello

Hello. I'm an Atheist living in the Bible Belt of the United States. I probably been an Atheist since I was young I just didn't apply a title to me. I went to a Catholic School where of course we had ...
rhonin85 Introductions 6 946 December 15, 2011 at 1:29 am