Ask me any question about politics.

There is a high likelyhood I will answer.

why do conservatives hate welfare when it is given to the poor who are trying to get jobs, but love welfare when it is given to rich billion dollar hedge fund managers during a regular 10% market correction?

who's the hottest politician girl and can you get some pics for me to fap on?

Does Joe Lieberman's brand of militant Zionism cause him to put loyalty to Israel in front of loyalty to the US?

>>2
It is worth noting that "conservative" describes a wide range of views even in the same region, period and social strata, some conservatives do not hold this opinion and those that do hold it for many different reasons. In the US the main factors generally are..

1: The belief that if there was a lower job seeker's welfare and a lower minimum wage, employers could afford to open up enough jobs for the otherwise unemployed and these people would work for their money.
2: The belief that the strength of the economy largely determines the success of the nation, that government support of big business achieves this and thus is legitimate.
3: They are employed in a high earning sector, involved with the businesses which receive corporate welfare and want government expenditure to be lowerred in areas which do not benefit them.

>>3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OruQy-X32O0
She is pretty cute. I do not necessarily share her opinion.

>>4
Lieberman's opinion of the situation Israel is not atypical amongst American politicians and a significant segment of the US vote base, he believes Israel is on the same side as America and a threatenned bastion of freedom surrounded by despotic fundamentalists in the middle east.

>>5
Correction:  Lieberman is just another traitor in the United States who diverts American money, weapons and lives towards the goal of supporting another nation.  He's a Jew whose pro-Israel policies are so obscene that he should be summarily deported to the nation he's the real citizen of:  Israel.

The US Congress was one of the first territories that Zionists and then Israel illegally occupied.  DEPORT THE TRAITORS AND SPIES NOW!

Do Jews really control the media, banks, and politicians?

>>5
i couldn't fap, she bored the hell out of me and i didn't see boobs or ass :(

>>7
No, people just like to believe that.

>>5

I would like to make three counter-points..

1) Welfare is less than 1% of the national budget.
2) Welfare is less than 1% of the national budget.
3) Welfare is less than 1% of the national budget.

thanks

Why are we so focused on foreign policy to the detriment of domestic policy?

>>6
The fact that his policies are popular amongst a significant number of voters means that it is not unusual for him to support policies you believe to be obscene, if he is a traitor then so is a significant portion of the population. The idea that he supports these policies because he is a Jew is conjecture. Even if Lieberman is part of an extremist zionist elaborate plot to gain American military support he will still believe that Israel is a "bastion of freedom".

>>7
Control of the media and banks would have to take the form of covert cartels. Control of politicians would probably use a front which politicians in representative governments can associate with in order to mask their activities. Control of the media and banks in a large democracy (20 million+) is next to impossible as the cartel would be dependant on a well funded hierarchy and if it is too large the lowest ranks would become corrupt and uncontrollable especially in an ideologically diverse environment. An ideologically driven cartel would either not last long or be extremely weak due to corruption.

>>8
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22politician+with+nice+tits+and+ass%22&meta=
Good luck.

>>9
Correct. The most common reason for this that I have found on my many adventures across the internet is for the lulz.
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Lulz

>>10
Those bulletpoints were stated to be the beliefs of a large proportion of US conservatives, not my own opinions. If you did not realise this then sorry. If you wish to contend with my answer to >>2, please be more specific.

>>11
This could be more to do with your perception. Every day major transactions and decisions take place between businesses and by local government which affect you more than Russia's decision to put jet bombers into the sky again after 15 years, these decisions however are too frequent and boring for the national news to display as much as foreign affairs.

>>11
On further thought, the fact that media attention towards foreign policy is inflated means that less attention is paid towards domestic policy. Politicians are therefore under slightly less pressure to make good domestic decisions compared to decisions there is a media circus around.

>>11
The same could also apply to voters, some voters feel strongly about foreign policy to the detriment of domestic policy and may pay less attention to domestic policies they feel are less important.

>>11
So perception is a major factor.

What will it take to have third party candidates to be a real consideration for candidacy rather than wishful thinking?

>>16

they can stop being so gay for starters.  A vote for nader turned out to be equal to 15 votes for bush

Will government spending and national debt actually help the economy by lowering the money supply and keeping it all in stocks and other investments?

Dr. Science, what do you think about Americas Foreign Policy?

>>16
There are many things to evaluate which revolve around image to voters. Most importantly would be to develop a professional face to prove that the party does not exist purely for protest votes and would not make a mess of things if elected. The party values would need to be moderate enough not to be dismissed and different enough from the major parties so they aren't accused of attracting votes away from republicans or democrats. All of this is worthless if they cannot market themselves, achieving sufficient funds and making the most out of it is an issue, so is the thought behind their election strategy.

The libertarian and green parties generally achieve these main criteria whilst lacking a professional face on the national scale. Independants are much more succesful at gaining offices using their personal reputation and specialist knowledge amongst voters for the office they seek, though lack the national influence needed to expand their vision. If the green or libertarian party were to reform in order to attract a succesful independant and other prospective pillars of the community (lawyers, long standing civil servants, graduates etc..) they would achieve the level of professionalism needed. To achieve this it would require a lot of logical diplomatic mediation, perhaps the prospective pillars of the community could form a "think tank" and serve as mediators.

>>17
Yes. According to my criteria, by aligning his policies too close to the democrat party he lost votes to the democrat party and was accused of division. A succesful 3rd party leader would need to make allowances in favour of election strategy to prove that they are just that, a *3rd* party.

>>18
Last I heard Fed is increasing the money supply by injecting billions to bail out risky mortgage investors and keeping interest rates low. Here is a fresh news.google article.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/62/story.cfm?c_id=62&objectid=10458713

I believe the damage has already been done, the cause of the housing bubble dates back the dot com bubble in which interest rates were lowerred to increase market liquidity which unbalanced the economy and created the perfect environment for the housing bubble. Now the fed is attempting the same except in a more (but not totally) direct manner, once the stock market stabilises they ought to incrementally increase interest rates back to rational levels. I believe most of the losses are a combination of short term investors panic selling and many brokers who short sold stock earlier this year predicting the property bubble would burst in the summer.

>>19
Minus the war on terror, America's foreign policy could be perceived as more cooperative with emphasis on the philosophy of encouraging stability and economic growth through free trade. America wants it's 3rd world trading partners to forget the 80s, buckle down and sell them bananas in exchange for Chinese rates of growth. As for the war on terror, diplomacy doesn't seem to have been much of an issue.

>>18
Correction. The Fed is not keeping interest rates low it is lowerring interest rates towards banks affected by the housing bubble. By injecting money into the private sector the Fed is maintaining market liquidity there at the cost of it's own.