I'm not sure what you mean about the concern over big government happens almost to the day Obama took office. Perhaps you've been watching too much mainstream news.
Do you think that tea partiers condemning racism would get as much coverage if any, as the tea party apparently condoning racism?
Are you paying attention at all? WTF have I ever written that would give the idea that I agree with any of the extremist groups?
It would certianly be news if they did.
If they want any chance at being taken seriously as a legitimate political party they're going to have to.
I assumed you also meant yourself because you said that the SPLC report proves what people already think and/or know- and in the article it mentions a poll which says ;
and goes on to say that these issues are represented by extremists. I'm not calling you an extremist, just pointing out the upside down logic of the SPLC.
I think you have too much faith in the mainstream media. I'm not saying that everything they say is lies, but simply that things are sometimes misrepresented.
They have no chance anymore, because they have been hijacked by the GOP.
And all this is going to succeed in doing is driving independent and swing voters away from them.
I read that article and get a very different impression that you do. What exactly is the motivation for the government to liquidate private holdings to turn what......a profit? They're trying to save people's asses.
Okay.
Okay, I understand now and I agree with you I suppose. Except the part about Ron Paul freaks. Ron Paul rocks.
We can talk ron paul later. That's a whole other can of worms.
I agree with you, I shouldn't be giving financial advice. I'm not implying that I'm on a mountaintop preaching to you down below. Not the case. I was just pointing out what I heard elsewhere, and I could be wrong but it seems like the government is proposing to try and/or force people to give up their 401 K's for annuities. Then again, I'm Canadian and to me this seems like proposing everyone to buy Canada's Savings Bonds -which is
Ok, please, please, PLEASE don't give anyone financial advice. Ever. Seriously.
1) "Annuities" are fixed-income insurance vehicles. You buy the annuity for a certain amount of money, and then get a monthly income (sometimes indexed for inflation, or sometimes not).
2) 401(k)s are employer-sponsored tax-deferred retirement accounts that usually offer a variety of different investment options (stocks, bonds, money market accounts, possibly precious medals, etc). Your performance is based solely on the investment vehicles you choose.
They are NOT one and the same. Furthermore, it all depends on *when* you purchased your annuities; for example, if you'd purchased them 5-6 years ago when the fed funds rate was 5% and before the stock market tanked, you're doing GREAT right now. Your returns would be far above what they would've been if you'd left your money in the market. However, if you purchase today and inflation goes back up, yes you could get hurt. That's why it's called an investment instead of a savings account.
Lastly, I don't know about you, but my 401(k) is UP compared to 5-6 years ago. I've been investing heavily throughout the downturn, and now that the DOW is back up to ~11,000 I'm probably breaking even at worst (too lazy to figure out my real rate of return). Furthermore, stocks often perform well in a controlled inflationary environment. Profits go up, so stocks follow. Precious metals are more of a hedge against the possibility of future inflation, but perform quite poorly when compared to *actual* inflation.
Regardless, YOU are responsible for your investment choices, and you can (almost) ALWAYS make money based on those choices. In a terrible deflationary environment if you have your money in cash or fixed income vehicles (bonds, annuities), you're making money. In an impending inflationary environment, buy gold. If we're in a controlled inflationary environment, buy stocks. (TheJoker, feel free to correct any of these)
Precisely. I can't stand those guys either, especially Beck. And not because Jon Stewart told me so on March 18th.We can talk ron paul later. That's a whole other can of worms.
But speaking for myself, THIS is why the tea baggers are a joke. Because at this point, the majority of people who associate themselves with this (bowel) movement, are just republican hypocrites who are so far up hannity, limbaugh and beck anus, that their muffled little cries of 'big goverment' just sound like another fart because they supported ENORMOUS government intervention and spending over the last decade.
So when you defend the tea party, this is what it looks like you're defending. The very small minority who were conservative but also raised spending concerns during the last adminstration are far outnumbered by the douchebags who just don't like the current administration and believe everything the old fat white guys on faux news tell them.
What the hell does john stewart have to do with anything?
The government is not proposing that. And please don't just regurgitate what you hear elsewhere.
just the tea party, a significant portion of the GOP and anyone who listens to beck/coulter/hannity and actually believes it.
how is that possible?
I'm from Alberta. Plenty of dumbass racist rednecks there too. 1/10 of the population of the US doesn't mean that Canada is free of its own version of Trig-worshipping teabaggers, it just means that there are less of them.