The "Definately Nothing Pertaining To The Buffet Act" Thread... Mostly pointless bickering

clearlysuspect

blurr

Its amazing to see such common sense ideas that put congressmen on the same playing field as the people they are supposed to represent. Would love to see this idea implemented but you know the people in power will prevent this from happening. Why would they want to participate in the social security and health care mess the rest of us are obliged to partake in.

JDH

gmill880

Warren Buffet ... Warren if you want to change something , why dont YOU run for office !!!

jlmarta

JDH

gmill880:

Warren Buffet ... Warren if you want to change something , why dont YOU run for office !!!

He doesn't have to run for office. Thanks to the recent Supreme Court decision "Citizens United", wealthy individuals, corporations, or even foreign governments can just buy the candidate of their choice, without having to go through the process of being elected.

xmacro

cabinetmaker

My first thought when i saw the title was: "awww crap; they're gonna limit trips through the buffet!!"

JDH

clearlysuspect

clearlysuspect

xmacro

bigfnsteve

I was scared for a second that the government was going to limit the number of plates i could have at a buffet

JDH

beatnic

JDH

gmill880

Direwolf

Vulchor

JDH, +1 to every post you have in this thread----youve actually written so well I have nothing further to give on it----------------------------------------------And btw, I WILL NEVER allow by buffet trips to be limited.

JDH

Vulchor:

JDH, +1 to every post you have in this thread----youve actually written so well I have nothing further to give on it----------------------------------------------And btw, I WILL NEVER allow by buffet trips to be limited.

Thank you. My apologies for the typos and misspellings.

clearlysuspect

Alright! Hopefully everyone has that out of their systems. Now, back to the ORIGINAL topic at hand! Who thinks this is a good idea? Why? Who thinks this is a bad idea? Why?

blurr

Yes thats what I'm curious about. The few people who are getting all worked up and angry I'm curious what you disagree with as far as this reform act. Not back on your spiel about Unions/Corporations/theleftisevil, what do you disagree with as far as congressmen/women participating the same way the rest of the working men/women do in social security/retirement funds/healthcare?

Rail Jockey

blurr:

Yes thats what I'm curious about. The few people who are getting all worked up and angry I'm curious what you disagree with as far as this reform act. Not back on your spiel about Unions/Corporations/theleftisevil, what do you disagree with as far as congressmen/women participating the same way the rest of the working men/women do in social security/retirement funds/healthcare?

+1

Amos Umwhat

JDH

Rail Jockey:

blurr:

Yes thats what I'm curious about. The few people who are getting all worked up and angry I'm curious what you disagree with as far as this reform act. Not back on your spiel about Unions/Corporations/theleftisevil, what do you disagree with as far as congressmen/women participating the same way the rest of the working men/women do in social security/retirement funds/healthcare?

+1

To begin with, this isn't a "reform act". It's something floating around on the internet. My skeptism has to do with the fact that I've only seen it on the internet. I think the basic concepts are terrific, but I question where it's coming from, and who is behind it, and why. When I see that Warren Buffett is actually behind this, or a sponsor of this, and when the language of the proposal is made clear, I will probably be in favor of it.

JDH

clearlysuspect

jgibv

cabinetmaker:

My first thought when i saw the title was: "awww crap; they're gonna limit trips through the buffet!!"

lol that's the same thing I thought.

JDH

xmacro

Vulchor