Majority of Americans think the GOP is too extreme

[CapnAwesome]

You do need this ridiculous consumer society.

I don't personally, if that's what you mean.. I don't even live in the US for most of the year. I also don't really own anything. All my material possessions can fit into a backpack. Nobody needs it. We need to eat. We don't need a 3D T.V.

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Those small paychecks mean consumers are speding less, causing the economy to falter, and quite likey, it would create a new recession even though wer're still crawling out of the last.

If that is really your argument, why does it not apply to the rich? Oh because they can afford it? Well the middle class can afford it too. The middle class have an absurd standard of living. People need to travel and see real poverty.