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LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 08:28 AM Jul 2012

Tell Teabaggers to return their ACA checks to HMO's with the word "Socialism" written on it.

and then watch their face. Hahahahahaha

Thank God I went out for coffee today.

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Tell Teabaggers to return their ACA checks to HMO's with the word "Socialism" written on it. (Original Post) LaydeeBug Jul 2012 OP
And ther SS checks also..LOL...n/t monmouth Jul 2012 #1
Fat chance there. A bagger will always rationalize why they deserve money from the guvmint. Now brewens Jul 2012 #2
You got it NewJeffCT Jul 2012 #4
Yep! They are the main ones with this sense of entitlement. It's everyone else that's Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2012 #6
soooo true. nt LaydeeBug Jul 2012 #11
Ain't that the truth. I can almost hear my teaparty neighbor saying that exact same thing. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2012 #16
Hahaha! liberalmuse Jul 2012 #3
cute HALO141 Jul 2012 #5
Actually, many governments do regulate thucythucy Jul 2012 #7
I know about the regulations. HALO141 Jul 2012 #10
Why would someone return their own money? kctim Jul 2012 #8
for the same reason they wanted the corporations to keep that money via endless greed. nt LaydeeBug Jul 2012 #12
That's ridiculous kctim Jul 2012 #13
I took a petition to one of their rallies in 2009 proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #9
they will cash them...just like all the governors and the bailout funds...they ALL took the money spanone Jul 2012 #14
heehee SammyWinstonJack Jul 2012 #15
 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
2. Fat chance there. A bagger will always rationalize why they deserve money from the guvmint. Now
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 09:20 AM
Jul 2012

those "other people", will just be getting a handout.

Someone needs to put together one of the Facebook postable pics. Photoshop a check stamped socialism. I will post it on my page.

NewJeffCT

(56,848 posts)
4. You got it
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 10:45 AM
Jul 2012

They're the ones that really deserve it - everybody else (especially if they're not white) does not - they're just a bunch of lazy freeloaders.

 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
6. Yep! They are the main ones with this sense of entitlement. It's everyone else that's
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 11:12 AM
Jul 2012

"sucking on the guvment teet," as it were.

We knee-grows are taking away what belongs to the white man. So them people on social security, Medicare, receiving Veterans benefits, ACA refund checks...they EARNED that. We didn't.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,316 posts)
16. Ain't that the truth. I can almost hear my teaparty neighbor saying that exact same thing.
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 01:51 PM
Jul 2012

He rants and raves about Social Security and Medicare but ask him if he will take advantage of those programs when the times comes and the answer is that he earned both and will.

Like no one else did?

liberalmuse

(18,881 posts)
3. Hahaha!
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 09:41 AM
Jul 2012

Teabaggers are the sort who would petition to get rid of lifeboats on ships because they don't want their tax dollars going to something they don't see themselves as ever needing - you know, screw other people who might. But as soon as that ship starts sinking, they're pushing everyone out of the way so they can be the first ones to jump on that lifeboat.

HALO141

(911 posts)
5. cute
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 11:10 AM
Jul 2012

But I'm pretty sure it's the owner of the cruise ship that's responsible for the lifeboats, not the "guvment."

And when was the last time you were on a sinking ship?

thucythucy

(9,103 posts)
7. Actually, many governments do regulate
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 11:16 AM
Jul 2012

the number of lifeboats, and life preservers and other safety features, required on cruise ships registered under their flag. It's probably one of those horrible socialist initiatives that came out of the Titanic sinking.

And I think the poster was drawing an analogy (and a pretty good one at that), not speaking from personal experience.

HALO141

(911 posts)
10. I know about the regulations.
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 11:39 AM
Jul 2012

Mandating the number of lifeboats is not the same as buying them.

I also recognize the analogy but it is a flawed one. A better one would probably be the EPA as in, "those t-baggers all want clean water but they don't want their money guaranteeing anyone else has clean water."

This is just pointless snarking. Anyone deserving of this level of derision can certainly be criticized for what they do and say. Don't criticize them for made-up shit they haven't done or said. It only weakens your position among objective observers. Pointing and jeering at your ideological counterpart may bring some sort of misbegotten emotional satisfaction but it's ultimately unproductive.

 

kctim

(3,575 posts)
8. Why would someone return their own money?
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 11:26 AM
Jul 2012

That's as dumb as saying "tell all liberals to return their ACA checks to HMO's with "Help Others" written on it.

 

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
12. for the same reason they wanted the corporations to keep that money via endless greed. nt
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 12:25 PM
Jul 2012
 

kctim

(3,575 posts)
13. That's ridiculous
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 01:40 PM
Jul 2012

In order to believe that silliness, one would also have to believe the same is true of liberals and I will not accept that premise.

Fact is, people expect a return on their investment. Expecting them to give up that return is naive.
Take kansas and her petition below: she asked people to give up what they have already paid for and had a "fun day" because people expect a return on their investment? That's beyond silly.

proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
9. I took a petition to one of their rallies in 2009
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 11:27 AM
Jul 2012

It said they agreed to give up their SS and Medicare. I got one signature. Probably asked over 100 to sign it. I was cussed at, told to go home, called a moonbat and a stupid liberal.

All in all, a fun day. LOL

spanone

(141,628 posts)
14. they will cash them...just like all the governors and the bailout funds...they ALL took the money
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 01:42 PM
Jul 2012
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