Opinion of Gore

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I think he hit the bottle pretty heavy after his loss. He's lost hair, gained weight and has generally lost his mind.

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If I was Al Gore, I'd probably commit suicide. He was that close to his dream, he was literally hanging from the edge. It would be so much easier to stomach for him had Bush not driven the country down the sewer.

I think he may really have been this liberal the whole time, he was just masking it for politcal gain, which he had to do. Now, he's just trying to speak his mind like any other American. Let him speak.

My opinion of him hasn't really changed, I always liked him. The beard was dumb though.

In retrospect, one of the main problems with the Gore/Lieberman ticket was that when you combine Tipper's campaign against "punk" rock and that sort of thing with Joe Lieberman's stances on issues of the sort, the campaign didn't recieve the neccessary support from Hollywood that comes in handy for the Democrats.  

This country has been driven down the sewer? This forum gets fair and balanced by the day!

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Who said this forum is "fair and balanced" It's a bunch of political geeks trying in vain to prove how their vision is right and the other is wrong, this isn't a news station.

Explain to me how our country has been "driven down the sewer"?

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We are in a war, debt is expected.

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The same world that supported Iraq for years and years with the Oil for PalacesFood program. The French and Russians were never with us from the get go. We have been seen as a bully for years. Though I don't think it matters as our security is number 1 over any "opinion".

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Same old left wing rhetoric. It is pretty much known that Clinton bumped up enviromental policies right before he left office. I dare to ask to see any evidence that the enviroment is suddenly worse now that G.W. Bush is president. This argument is played out and I don't understand why you all stick by it.

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I agree. As long as no embryos(life) are eliminated I have no problem with this research. If it does destroy life then I ask another question. Can we use research from the Nazis even though Jews died during experimentation?

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Again, we are at war, we have to have some give and take.

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It's not that bad.

BTW- What part of MD are you from? I have yet to see one Republican from Maryland.

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The debt was starting to build up before the war started, however the way accelerated the pace at which the deficit was growing. Now, personally, I think it is more imprtant that we focus on proving the best education for  our own children rather than for Iraqi childre, but thats just me. If we were to not give tax breaks to the wealthy and let companies rip the government off (Halliburton) maybe the government would have more money to fund vitally important programs such as education.

I am from Columbia, which is located in Howard County. it's 30 minutes south of Baltimore and 45 North of DC.

I agree in some sense during a peace time situation. But you must realize we are at war for our lives. Whether it's obvious or not. Tax breaks for the wealthy? Oh them. Yeah I'm poor but I am enjoying my "tax cut for the wealthy". I've benefited more from the Bush tax cuts then the Clinton tax HIKE. I know MD I am from there.

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I would happily give back my $600 tax cut in order to ensure that education was fully funded, college tution prices didn't skyrocket, gasoline prices didn't skyrocket, and that every elderly person was covered well under Medicare.

In the words of JFK "It is not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

I'm glad you would rather give your money back to the MafiaIRS. But I for one would like that money which they have no right to in the first place in my pocket where it belongs. Education is a ongoing issue and Clinton didn't do enough about it and Bush is trying to do something about it by holding schools accountable. Medicare is good enough. I personally would like to see it slightly downsized but its pretty adequate right now. I will do what I can for my country once the IRS is done away with.

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True, the IRS isn't exaclty fair and perfect. But that is besides the point. When you get sick and need Medicare, maybe then you will realize why it must be expanded and improved, people shoudl never have to choose between food and medicine.

NCLB increases standards but doesn't increase funding. Brilliant! Many states, including Texas, have made passing scores lower, so students will pass and the state won't be penalized. NCLB is like the tax cuts, help the well-off, hurt the needy.  

If we had National Health Care that was not completely free but 80/20 that would be the best. ( I may have to bump my national Healthcare idea again ). A completely free system would bankrupt this country because to many leeches would be taking advantage of it. Again, the tax cuts helped my but I'm not rich!

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True, the IRS isn't exaclty fair and perfect. But that is besides the point. When you get sick and need Medicare, maybe then you will realize why it must be expanded and improved, people shoudl never have to choose between food and medicine.

NCLB increases standards but doesn't increase funding. Brilliant! Many states, including Texas, have made passing scores lower, so students will pass and the state won't be penalized. NCLB is like the tax cuts, help the well-off, hurt the needy.  

If we had National Health Care that was not completely free but 80/20 that would be the best. ( I may have to bump my national Healthcare idea again ). A completely free system would bankrupt this country because to many leeches would be taking advantage of it. Again, the tax cuts helped my but I'm not rich!

80/20 Health Care would not be terrible.

Akno, will you read my thread if I bump it?

Click here to read my idea. We had a good discussion.

http://www.uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=1461

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Ok, I read your idea and posted something there.

Lets go have a civil debate over there.

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I would happily give back my $600 tax cut in order to ensure that education was fully funded, college tution prices didn't skyrocket, gasoline prices didn't skyrocket, and that every elderly person was covered well under Medicare.

In the words of JFK "It is not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

Contact the IRS, it will accept money as an effective donation to the US treasury.

I never said I would just give them money for no reason.

You gave your reason in that first post that he quoted. So do it for your country? ha

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I would happily give back my $600 tax cut in order to ensure that education was fully funded, college tution prices didn't skyrocket, gasoline prices didn't skyrocket, and that every elderly person was covered well under Medicare.

In the words of JFK "It is not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

Contact the IRS, it will accept money as an effective donation to the US treasury.

I never said I would just give them money for no reason.

And thus, the great failing of liberalism is perpetuated.  

What is that supposed to mean?

Trusting the government with your money instead of yourself. Liberalism is a failure plain and simple.

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I would only want taxes back to the Clinton levels, before the Bush tax cuts. The government needs enough income to provide education, health care, social security, etc. Personally, I wouldn't mind a system where you wouldn't have to pay certain taxes, in return you could not be publically educated, recieve federal healthcare, social security, be allowed in the Smithsonians or other national parks/facilities, etc.

Socialist. The problem with the government is that TOO much money is coming in. Taxes still need to be cut.

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I would only want taxes back to the Clinton levels, before the Bush tax cuts. The government needs enough income to provide education, health care, social security, etc. Personally, I wouldn't mind a system where you wouldn't have to pay certain taxes, in return you could not be publically educated, recieve federal healthcare, social security, be allowed in the Smithsonians or other national parks/facilities, etc.

Socialist. The problem with the government is that TOO much money is coming in. Taxes still need to be cut.

What governmental programs should we cut then? If we cut taxes, we cut government aid.

Welfare for starts. We should cut government aid. Leave it up to the states to take care of their respective citizens. Plus foreign aid pretty much needs to be completely eliminated.

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I would only want taxes back to the Clinton levels, before the Bush tax cuts. The government needs enough income to provide education, health care, social security, etc. Personally, I wouldn't mind a system where you wouldn't have to pay certain taxes, in return you could not be publically educated, recieve federal healthcare, social security, be allowed in the Smithsonians or other national parks/facilities, etc.

Socialist. The problem with the government is that TOO much money is coming in. Taxes still need to be cut.

What governmental programs should we cut then? If we cut taxes, we cut government aid.

Welfare for starts. We should cut government aid. Leave it up to the states to take care of their respective citizens. Plus foreign aid pretty much needs to be completely eliminated.

If we increase the amount of aid given by states, then state taxes will have to go up. So you are against the promised $400 Million to help fight AIDS in Africa?

No the states would take care of the aid with no federal involvement. Second question, pretty much, yes. Make the UN pay their fair share for once! Most of those nations are deadbeats on their dues.