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AussieReaper wrote:

I like how the Bush legacy is completely ignored as if it never happened. Don't think I've heard his name mentioned once in the Republican debates.

Because Obama's policies have added 35% of the federal debt in three years, with no real progress on the root problems. The people have realized (and I think the Administration has, too) that he can't blame the previous Administration for his and Congress' failures any longer. They own it.

Its not a conspiracy though. It doesn't take a lot of leg work to see the consistency in the transition of public officials to the private consulting/lobbying sector. There's plenty of instances of public officials being rewarded with cushy jobs in the same industry they were involved in crafting legislation for/about after leaving politics.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

Its not a conspiracy though. It doesn't take a lot of leg work to see the consistency in the transition of public officials to the private consulting/lobbying sector. There's plenty of instances of public officials being rewarded with cushy jobs in the same industry they were involved in crafting legislation for/about after leaving politics.

There's a difference between being hired in a given industry/lobby for your knowledge and actively working to help that industry/lobby while in service/office in the hopes of landing said gig, which is what Dilbert was claiming as the norm. The latter is illegal, and the former has severe constraints on how long you have to wait and who you can work for after leaving office/service.

FEOS wrote:

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

Its not a conspiracy though. It doesn't take a lot of leg work to see the consistency in the transition of public officials to the private consulting/lobbying sector. There's plenty of instances of public officials being rewarded with cushy jobs in the same industry they were involved in crafting legislation for/about after leaving politics.

There's a difference between being hired in a given industry/lobby for your knowledge and actively working to help that industry/lobby while in service/office in the hopes of landing said gig, which is what Dilbert was claiming as the norm. The latter is illegal, and the former has severe constraints on how long you have to wait and who you can work for after leaving office/service.

Happens every day though, and vice-versa - industry lobby groups get their man into govt positions.

Like I said, you're so used to moral bankruptcy you can't even see it now.

FEOS wrote:

AussieReaper wrote:

I like how the Bush legacy is completely ignored as if it never happened. Don't think I've heard his name mentioned once in the Republican debates.

Because Obama's policies have added 35% of the federal debt in three years, with no real progress on the root problems. The people have realized (and I think the Administration has, too) that he can't blame the previous Administration for his and Congress' failures any longer. They own it.

Iraq and Afghanistan were Bush's wars. Now the Republicans are talking up fighting Iran. That is the elephant in the room that nobody wants to discuss.

As if fighting in another front and then potentially further in Pakistan is what the country needs right now.

i do wonder if we're heading in the direction of falklands 2.0, some angry people have been burning union flags outside the embassy in argentina, and cameron's said he's more than willing to send troops to the falklands if this exchange of :angrywords: continues. shame the UK scrapped their carriers lmao

yup

you scrapped your carriers lol

does the uk have a space agency?

cant wait till the eu collapses

i mean iran even has a space agency

iran!

and its a bit silly really because otherwise the navy isn't in bad shape, but no carriers is really quite silly. i think some of the reasoning was we can share with france, but shock horror french people are dicklords

well yes and no. i mean you could say that for maybe france, germany, italy or nearly anyone else actually, but the UK has always been quite happy to have a good armed forces and do it's own thing. i saw something about french people being mad because they have a whole 3000 people involved in afghanistan, not 3000 people actually there. so yeh, fuck france