Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan Speeches Make Me Miss George Bush | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone -
The line that astonished me most from Mitt’s speech was this one, where he talked about the changes Americans “deserved” and should have gotten during Obama’s presidency:
You deserved it because you worked harder than ever before during these years. You deserved it because, when it cost more to fill up your car, you cut out moving lights, and put in longer hours. Or when you lost that job that paid $22.50 an hour, benefits, you took two jobs at $9 an hour…
Are you kidding? Mitt Romney was the guy that fired you from that $22.50 an hour job, and helped you replace it with two $9 an hour jobs! He was a pioneer in the area of eliminating the well-paying job with benefits and replacing it with the McJob that offered no benefits at all. One of the things that killed him in the Senate race against Ted Kennedy were Kennedy ads that reminded voters that Mitt’s takeovers resulted in slashed wages and lost benefits. He was exactly the guy that eliminated that classic $22.50 manufacturing job, like in the case of GST Steel, where Bain took over with an initial investment of $8 million, paid itself a $36 million dividend, ended up walking away with $50 million, and left GST saddled with over $500 million in debt. 750 of those well-paying jobs were lost.
What kinds of jobs were left for those fired workers to look for? Well, in the best-case scenario, you might have found one at Ampad, another Bain takeover target, where workers had their pay slashed from $10.22 to $7.88 an hour, tripled co-pays, and eliminated the retirement plan.
So a guy who eliminated hundreds of $22 an hour jobs and slashed hundreds more jobs to below $9 an hour blasts Barack Obama for not giving you the better life you deserved, after you lost your $22/hour job and had to take two $9/hour jobs. Are we all high or something? Did that really just happen?
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depression is like trying to peel a potato with another potato its not fun it doesnt work and you just wanna cry
…why is this such a good metaphor what the fuck
It makes no sense. Yet makes sense.
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Why.
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*in high pitched voice* IT’S COOL GUY!
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Soldier dishes some hot gossip.
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Aw hell yeah
NOPE.AVI
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oheiitsback
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Oh my god.
Oh my gog.
Why not both
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Took me a sec to notice that cat.
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So adorable! XD
It’s so cute it hurts!!!!!!
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it would be super cool if they did a little like half-episode feature thingy that was like a fake behind-the-scenes where the characters could interact outside of canon for laughs. Like something you’d find on a dvd’s extras. man, if i was in charge, this would be so.
Chryscord, hells yeah
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Ah, the times of Win95/98 (Or was it even 3.11?)
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oh fuck yes
New Niv <3
He looks so regal and handsome omg
And overpowered as usual… :P
You still need 6 mana to summon him and then 2 to use his ability. Well fine, he is OP.
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