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Do you think Obama will be reelected? To Americans: Will you vote for him? Why / why not?
You really think it will be that easy? He won by a larger margin than the 2004 and 2008 elections (52% popular vote and big win in electoral votes), but Bush had such a bad image that the Republican image was ruined. That's why I said I think it depends on the Republican candidate. I'm definitely not arguing for/against anyone, I'm just not sure Obama will win by a landslide. I think Romney would be crushed by Obama because he (Romney) has changed his political views drastically over the years. In general I find it difficult to locate reliable resources on approval ratings and predictions.Yes he will be re-elected easily. Most Americans are starting to see how crazy republicans are and how the Tea Party has actually hurt the country. He will get another term and hopefully bring a lot of new Progressive Democrats along with him and start to clean out the crazy in Washington DC.
Assuming they will even vote for him, they make only about 10% of the total population.He's black. The black population won't let him lose...
Haha! Pure gold!On a different note, I've been in Moscow now for 2 years and politics are so much simpler here - we already know who the president will be.
On a different note, I've been in Moscow now for 2 years and politics are so much simpler here - we already know who the president will be.
You've heard of the golden rule, haven't you? He who has the gold makes the rules? - Jafar from the Disney movie Aladdin.Haha! Pure gold!
He is the incumbent, in a reviving economy, his main opponent in the election will probably be unelectable, hmmm.... that's a puzzler ...Do you think Obama will be reelected? To Americans: Will you vote for him? Why / why not?
I'm not voting for him. I didn't vote for him before, either. The reason is that the Obama philosophy of governmental solution of all problems just can't work. The government can't know my life well enough to make good decisions for me. That's true of economic decisions, medical decisions, etc. Obama is about as close to Marxism as you can get without actually being there. If the US system didn't have the checks and balances it does (which it's rapidly losing, by the way), we actually would have Marxism in the US. And the fact is, Carl Menger, Eugene von Böhm-Bawerk, Ludwig von Mises, and Friedrich von Hayek (important names in the Austrian school of economics) have quite thoroughly trounced Marx's economics. The labor theory of value just doesn't hold up. Consider a gentleman who wants to sell pins for sewing. So he goes to the mine, mines iron ore, smelts it in a Bessemer converter, and then smiths the result into sewing pins. His labor and the cost of production dictates that he sell his pins at $\$10,000$ per pin. Next door, his competitor, taking advantage of the division of labor, is selling pins for $\$2$ per $100$ pins. Is our bold entrepenuer going to sell any pins? Obviously not. Evidently, the labor theory of value is false. As that is a foundational tenant of Marxism, I would tend not to trust the rest of it.Do you think Obama will be reelected? To Americans: Will you vote for him? Why / why not?
You really are trying to make every non-USAian in MHB laugh aren't you. If you think Obama is even in the same room as a Marxist you have never seen a real social democrat let alone a Marxist.I'm not voting for him. I didn't vote for him before, either. The reason is that the Obama philosophy of governmental solution of all problems just can't work. The government can't know my life well enough to make good decisions for me. That's true of economic decisions, medical decisions, etc. Obama is about as close to Marxism as you can get without actually being there.
Fair enough. Call him a Marxist wanna-be if you like. That's certainly the direction he wants to go. And it's very much not the direction I think the USA should go. Hence, he won't have my vote.You really are trying to make every non-USAian in MHB laugh aren't you. If you think Obama is even in the same room as a Marxist you have never seen a real social democrat let alone a Marxist.
The view from this side of the Atlatic you have two political parties, a right wing party and a far right party.
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Haha your talking (and especially its length) reminds me so much of TPHI'm not voting for him. I didn't vote for him before, either. The reason is that the Obama philosophy of governmental solution of all problems just can't work. The government can't know my life well enough to make good decisions for me. That's true of economic decisions, medical decisions, etc. Obama is about as close to Marxism as you can get without actually being there. If the US system didn't have the checks and balances it does (which it's rapidly losing, by the way), we actually would have Marxism in the US. And the fact is, Carl Menger, Eugene von Böhm-Bawerk, Ludwig von Mises, and Friedrich von Hayek (important names in the Austrian school of economics) have quite thoroughly trounced Marx's economics. The labor theory of value just doesn't hold up. Consider a gentleman who wants to sell pins for sewing. So he goes to the mine, mines iron ore, smelts it in a Bessemer converter, and then smiths the result into sewing pins. His labor and the cost of production dictates that he sell his pins at $\$10,000$ per pin. Next door, his competitor, taking advantage of the division of labor, is selling pins for $\$2$ per $100$ pins. Is our bold entrepenuer going to sell any pins? Obviously not. Evidently, the labor theory of value is false. As that is a foundational tenant of Marxism, I would tend not to trust the rest of it.
Instead, the best theory of value that I've ever seen is that people assign value to goods and services. Something is valuable because people think it is. That's why a trade is not a zero-sum game. Joe and Mark are contemplating a trade: Joe will paint Mark's house for $\$500$. They consider the deal, and eventually they strike said deal. Who's poorer? Well, neither, actually, because if Joe didn't think that $\$500$ was worth more than the amount of time it would take him to paint the house, he wouldn't paint the house! And if Mark thought that having his house painted wasn't worth $\$500$, he wouldn't give that money to Joe in exchange for painting the house. So what happens in a (free!) trade, where everybody knows exactly what they're getting (and that's important - there need to be laws about that), both parties gain. And that's because people assign value to goods and services.
There are other issues, even more controversial than economics, in which I disagree with Obama (I basically disagree with the way the man breathes.) But I figured economics was controversial enough to post here.
Government is not there to make good decisions for you but to make good decisions for the common good. What is good for you is not identical with what is good for the health and prosperity of the country.I'm not voting for him. I didn't vote for him before, either. The reason is that the Obama philosophy of governmental solution of all problems just can't work. The government can't know my life well enough to make good decisions for me. ...
So i'm hearing that if Obama can make people believe he's valuable, he'll be re-elected?Something is valuable because people think it is
But we don't live in a world with just two people, what we actually have is a small number of Marks and a large number of Joes. In a completely unregulated market the Joes are in competition with one another for a limited supply of house painting jobs. Well we know the theoretical result for such a toy problem, the Joe that bids the lowest gets the job at a price as close to zero as makes no difference. The only people satisfied are the Marks.Instead, the best theory of value that I've ever seen is that people assign value to goods and services. Something is valuable because people think it is. That's why a trade is not a zero-sum game. Joe and Mark are contemplating a trade: Joe will paint Mark's house for $\$500$. They consider the deal, and eventually they strike said deal. Who's poorer? Well, neither, actually, because if Joe didn't think that $\$500$ was worth more than the amount of time it would take him to paint the house, he wouldn't paint the house! And if Mark thought that having his house painted wasn't worth $\$500$, he wouldn't give that money to Joe in exchange for painting the house. So what happens in a (free!) trade, where everybody knows exactly what they're getting (and that's important - there need to be laws about that), both parties gain. And that's because people assign value to goods and services.
I find him to be very out of touch with reality from what I've read - he wants to give tax cuts to the rich when more of the electorate seem to be demanding they pay more. I'm not saying either is right or wrong but I get the feeling Ryan was picked to take the blame in case of defeat and to appease the religious right especially after Romney's gaffes abroad.Maybe it's a bad idea to bump this thread but I can't help myself. With Romney being chosen as the Republican candidate and him picking Paul Ryan as VP candidate there is a lot more info than we had in February to go on. I think Romney made a good decision in picking Ryan as he's young and a good speaker but still think Obama will win.
I don't think parties really "stand" for anything here. It's a numbers game. Certain voters want an outspoken Christian talking about the moral degradation of the country, certain ones want to have gay marriage legalized, drugs legalized, abortion made illegal, etc. The candidates go for their niche issues and the issues that sway the election seem so ridiculous to me. So you're completely right it's a very smart strategy to get a certain demographic to vote against policies that would potentially help them.I find him to be very out of touch with reality from what I've read - he wants to give tax cuts to the rich when more of the electorate seem to be demanding they pay more. I'm not saying either is right or wrong but I get the feeling Ryan was picked to take the blame in case of defeat and to appease the religious right especially after Romney's gaffes abroad.
Speaking of the religious right the Republican Party have been very clever to hijack religious themes to further their campaign and typical fear-inducing campaigns (immigration being one). It's amazing how they manage to get the poor to vote against welfare, medical care and other initiatives designed to reduce the financial burden on them.
Indeed. I voted for Obama in 2008; at that time, there was no way in hell that I wanted to have McCain as president since it would be like Bush 2.0 (another reason was because he made the worst mistake ever and selected Palin to be his VP) and I was ready for something new. However, that something new turned out to be completely different from what I was expecting and he disappointed me a lot. Sure, Romney may not be Bush 2.0 and he might have some good things about him, but I don't like him at all - he gives me that elitist vibe and I don't want that type of person as a president. Since I don't like either candidate, I wasn't originally sure what I was going to do this November. I did find out something interesting: In California, we can have Ron Paul as a write in and if at least 55 people pledge to vote for him, the votes will count (read this for more info). I mean...I really want to vote but I don't want to vote for either candidate...so I'm going to go along with this plan for now; at least this way, I'll feel good about voting for someone that should be president of this country but wasn't given his "fair" chance.For what it's worth I don't like Romney and I certainly don't like Obama. They both talk a big game and act differently but when it comes to what the president can actually do and what they will really do in office I don't see much difference.
EDIT: Of course it's not ridiculous to say a person believes in x,y and z and looks for a candidate that closest aligns with those beliefs. What I meant is it appears as one hot issue can sway a person's vote more than 10 other issues, which is strange in my opinion.
You're in 10th gradeI dont really pay attention to politics, it just seems childish lol.