Message to Chin Chin and Now Everything Else In LIFE

[Most Lee Harmless]

so your saying something that uses government funds and that was created by the government isn't owned by the government

The internet.

[Big Brother]

Does anyone here think that maybe, just maybe, America is still the only superpower?

IS may be waning in certain areas, but, our GDP is still bigger than China by a sizeable amount, and we have technological superiority.

As a former uniformed service member of the U.S. Army, I have had access to tech 10 years ahead of the civilian sector...

The US may not have the best civil systems in place, bur our standards of living are still higher than the majority of the world.

Yes we have a deficit as a nation, but so does China, and Britain, and russia....

We may have bad things happen, but we ain't a land filled with corruption, deceit, lies, and mass media censorship.

[Haron]

I really hope the USA have higher ambitions than "well, at least our standards of living is higher than in China and Russia"...

[Shadowood]

The worst hijacking of a thread in history!

[John jacob astor]

The worst hijacking of a thread in history!

no it's not. this thread is about chin chin, so it fits that it is a bunch of useless talk about nothing important and that doesn't make sense

[Crackedcubes]

so your saying something that uses government funds and that was created by the government isn't owned by the government

Funds come from the workers via social security taxes. The government is merely a mechanism to transfer the funds from the worker to the retiree. Again, do your research before making a comment on this subject.

[Bmw]

so your saying something that uses government funds and that was created by the government isn't owned by the government

Funds come from the workers via social security taxes. The government is merely a mechanism to transfer the funds from the worker to the retiree. Again, do your research before making a comment on this subject.

you literally just repeated what i meant

[Shadowood]

The worst hijacking of a thread in history!

no it's not. this thread is about chin chin, so it fits that it is a bunch of useless talk about nothing important and that doesn't make sense

ROFL!!

[Lana]

Does anyone here think that maybe, just maybe, America is still the only superpower?

IS may be waning in certain areas, but, our GDP is still bigger than China by a sizeable amount, and we have technological superiority.

As a former uniformed service member of the U.S. Army, I have had access to tech 10 years ahead of the civilian sector...

The US may not have the best civil systems in place, bur our standards of living are still higher than the majority of the world.

Yes we have a deficit as a nation, but so does China, and Britain, and russia....

And what you, as a common citizen of your country benefit of that ''superpower''?
How much money goes to education, health care, pension insurance, environmental protection, war veterans... etc, compared to military spending?

I heard about Obamacare and I thought that is a great move for USA and I was really puzzled why is this move so much criticized. Then I talked to my friend who lives in USA and he said me that it's all on workers to participate.

If I understood: Instead of the tax burden imposed on companies that employ workers (on a gross salary of workers), and that the worker have its guaranteed net income, he have to extract (from his salary) additional funding for Obamacare. Am I correct?
In that case, I am not surprised why this is criticized... all on you, but nothing on your ''bosses''? They still pay you as always, but your burdens are higher now... (maybe I am not correct, but I see it like that).

I am sure you like your guarantied protection (cameras everywhere, on policemen chest too, but mysteriously go off when they shot someone), armed people, armed kids too...
And big fracking companies putting pipelines across all countries of USA.
Martin County - Kentucky, Flint- Michigan, Bradford- Arkansas…etc... North Dakota probably, if something will not change soon… You are running out of drinking water, don’t you see that? High standards of living?! I don't think people from Flint, Bradford etc, will agree with you.
GMO food and it's aftermath... no thanks!

Instead of repeating how powerful USA is, try to see how do you really benefit of it.

We may have bad things happen, but we ain't a land filled with corruption, deceit, lies, and mass media censorship.

But, as JJA wrote: ''nothing important and doesn't make sense''

[Meliva]

I am sure you like your guarantied protection (cameras everywhere, on policemen chest too, but mysteriously go off when they shot someone), armed people, armed kids too...

okay, I generally don't like getting involved in discussions like this, but I do not like how so many people seem to think that policemen are all corrupt, or just shoot willy-nilly. there are some bad cops out there, but there are good ones too, just like with any group of people. and police don't have it as easy as some people think, they never know if someone is going to pull out a weapon and kill them, and like you said lana, so many people can get guns. and I DESPISE the foolish people protesting saying kill all cops. get rid of cops and you have riots and crimes all over. it would be like the bloody purge, but without a time limit. honestly, for the most part, be respectful to them, do what they say, and you generally wont have any trouble.