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[pigeon]

Education, rebuilding neighborhoods by hiring government employess, it is all spending money to increase the quality of life through programs that could never be profitable. It just means more deficit.

It's like you don't believe in capitalism. Those are investments that will be repaid in increased economic growth, leading to higher tax revenues. That's pretty much how governments work. The biggest problem with all the terrible household analogies is that they have apparently made all kinds of people forget basic civics.

 

[Escape Goat]

uh oh, he said the "G" word

 

[ginger ninja]

fuck the clapping, it takes away all the immersion : /

 

[Brinbe]

oh shit, yes! Go in, Bams.

 

[Hobbestetrician]

Michelle/Jill 2024!

 

[Chichikov]

Because . . . . ?

There is there's someone who sucks Israel's dick harder.

 

[kehs]

Voting!

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[Balphon]

Thermal tents? Slice open a tauntaun?

I need it for my commute, man.

 

[GringoJB]

Can we please get a fucking high speed rail system in this crumbling country?

PLEASE!!!!!

Hell, it got proposed state-wide in Ohio in recent years, and the government at the state level here was pretty much "lol no". I was pretty disappointed.

 

[fallagin]

John Boehner is pretty angry it seems.

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

And that was just an exagerrated example. You took it too literal. But actually yeah, you could round up to $11 per employee at 9 an hour... insurance and other things do pile up.

Here's a tip for you: if you want to make an example that sounds like you know any semblance about the topic of which you speak, don't exaggerate. Labor isn't even the most expensive part of running a business, FYI

 

[Rayis]

Another gay bomb, WOOT WOOT

 

[Anticitizen One]

So does Obama give a shit about gun control anymore or what?

 

[B-Dubs]

I don't like the pre-school nonsense. There are far greater concerns, Obama.

Kids who go to pre-school are more likely to succeed later in life, I'd say it's a sound investment.

 

[speculawyer]

Barack HUSSEIN Obama, duh.

He's a secret Muslim.

I forgot.

 

[Freezie KO]

fuck the clapping, it takes away all the immersion : /

Clapping? The Fox News stream has a laugh track.

 

[BadAss2961]

Boehner looks like he hasn't taken a shit in over a week.

lmao.

 

[nhlducks35]

God, Boehner just doesn't give a fuck

 

[Tamanon]

This is a helluva lot more ambitious speech/plan than I expected.

 

[ClassyPenguin]

And just like that you shutdown a number of start ups, be it restaurant or stores. Potential better paying jobs in the future. How to manage this? I'll just fire an employee and make up for the increased cost. That's how many small/medium businesses will see this.

A lot of business fail because that's just their nature. It depends on a lot of variables. Wages are a huge portion of their budgets but that's not why they fail.

 

[Chiggs]

Obama talking about Germany...just like Hitler did in 1939!!!!!

 

[kehs]

So does Obama give a shit about gun control anymore or what?

You cant shoot someone before you dress them down. It'll be the last thing.

 

[Brinbe]

GOP is like, fuck your vote!

 

[Kuroyume]

Bohner is a miserable piece of shit

 

[CrunchyFrog]

And just like that you shutdown a number of start ups, be it restaurant or stores. Potential better paying jobs in the future. How to manage this? I'll just fire an employee and make up for the increased cost. That's how many small/medium businesses will see this.

As if decreasing the minimum wage or leaving it as is would encourage them to create more jobs? Why hire more employees when you can pocket more profits? Did we NOT just go through all of this with the bank bailouts? This argument just doesn't hold any water. Sometimes businesses will fail. And then others won't by finding a better business model, by making sustainable income WITHOUT being a detriment to the livelihoods of their employees. Not every business is some sacred cow that deserves to be coddled. THAT'S free market capitalism.

 

[ezrarh]

This is a helluva lot more ambitious speech/plan than I expected.

Ask for more, so when he gets 10% of what he's asking, it'll be real accomplishments.

 

[Piecake]

I don't like the pre-school nonsense. There are far greater concerns, Obama.

Serious? that's like the best policy proposal in his speech. pre-k education is hugely important and will save families money as well on daycare

 

[RustyNails]

Bohner is a miserable piece of shit

I think he just wants a smoke. And vodka.

 

[Trouble]

Bams just missed a golden opportunity. He should have said, "Thank you honey, thank you Michelle"

 

[Partial Gamification]

I thought Burma was called Myanmar now?

Goes by both names. Burma is a nationalistic name, for the Burmese people. The region has a diverse mix of people and Myanmar is more inclusive to the whole population, but this is a minority perspective and might be more divisive than it was intended.

 

[Black Mamba]

Please do something wacky, Nugent. please oh please.

 

[SeroTyler]

Was that Ted Nugent?

 

[Tamanon]

So does Obama give a shit about gun control anymore or what?

Speeches have multiple paragraphs.

 

[jamesinclair]

Damn, calling out the republican voter suppression tactics.

A commission?

Fuck Obama, make it an executive order.

1 vote machine for every 1,000 residents.

Voting 6am-10pm.

 

[bounchfx]

Kids who go to pre-school are more likely to succeed later in life, I'd say it's a sound investment.

I would argue better middle/high school is far more important since that is when kids are most impressionable. Preschool is glorified daycare from what I remember.

 

[richiek]

gun control... here we go

 

[Brinbe]

Here we go...

 

[pigeon]

Interesting to observe that Boehner has to clap for women and immigration, but steadfastly doesn't clap for at least as popular gay marriage.

 

[Freezie KO]

GOP is like, fuck your vote!

It's amazing the stuff that's not getting applause. The party literally is just anti-whatever-Obama-says. I mean, they're sitting on their hands for a non-partisan commission to make sure people can vote properly?

 

[SmellyHands]

Man, everyone in that room either looks like they are about to keel over or wishes they were already dead. I'm starting to see something to this whole reptillian thing, these people barely seem human.

 

[ezrarh]

Obama almost calling out the voting clusterfuck in Florida.

 

[RustyNails]

nugent am cry

 

[WedgeX]

Gabby!

 

[kehs]

We can spot the A rated NRA people.

 

[Tamanon]

Love this, "These deserve a vote. Vote no if you want, but vote!"

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

Oh shit, Bams being reasonable. Can't have that.

 

[DietRob]

John Boehner is pretty angry it seems.

Boehner looks like he hasn't taken a shit in over a week.

drunk

 

[Chiggs]

Serious? that's like the best policy proposal in his speech. pre-k education is hugely important and will save families money as well on daycare

I don't want to sound like a luddite, but I don't buy all the supposed benefits of pre-school. Plus, I want a choo-choo train that blazes from New York to Chicago to Denver to Las Vegas to Los Angeles.

 

[Piecake]

I would argue better middle/high school is far more important since that is when kids are most impressionable. Preschool is glorified daycare from what I remember.

The point is, investing in pre-k education will make middle/high school's better just because we will have better students by investing in pre-k education

 

[weremichael]

Deserves to be voted No, say the Republicans.