Originally Posted by reno96teg
mike, do you honestly believe that the serious issues that we're facing have just culminated in the past decade? no way in hell. regardless, i would argue that the decisions made by the people that you support are making things worse.
i'll also argue that a large part of the problem is the "us vs. them" mentality amongst our policiticians, that you're perpetuating with that statement, mike. hey, obviously i'm guilty of it too. instead of these guys working for the country, they're working against each other.
in the end, who suffers? like that article suggests, you and i.
You're missing the point.
The same politicians that you personally get all excited and happy about, and have on numerous occasions trumpeted your support for on here because of moral, religious, and war reasons, are the same ones whose economic policies have led to the situation that this article highlights, and they are the ones who continue to deny that it exists. Whereas those politicians that you generally despise are the ones who have been trying to do something about it.
*edit*
I didn't mean to imply Dubya specifically (since you mentioned the last 8 years), I mean your party of choice in general.