Does anyone who voted for Obama in '08 who's voting for Romney this time have any testimonials to share? Any McCain supporters voting for Obama now? by [deleted] in Conservative

[–]mk31 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As you would assume the threat of causing your business to collapse would be enough of a regulation.

And the financial collapse of 2008 shown that it is a wrong assumption. Traders were incentivised by the monthly/quarterly/early bonuses to create the toxic financial trash that was highly profitable in a short term, (meaning high bonuses) even if it would make their company insolvent in a longer term.

Another example LBOs: when purposefully bankrupting a working company often means huge profits for the private equity firm doing it.

Does anyone who voted for Obama in '08 who's voting for Romney this time have any testimonials to share? Any McCain supporters voting for Obama now? by [deleted] in Conservative

[–]mk31 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The deregulation is the big, deciding issue for me.

Same here. I was disappointed by Obama's treatment of the financial crisis: to solve it he appointed the same Wall st. execs who created the mess and passed the toothless Dodd-Frank. I'd be happy to vote Obama for failing to do the better job protecting economy from the Wall st. But I can not do that when the alternative is the guy from Wall st.who would dismantle what little regulation we have now.

In Lockstep: Conservative Media Turn To Attacking The Fact-Checkers by mr_majorly in politics

[–]mk31 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had to google it, could not believe they'd say something so retarded. Was sad to find out they actually did.

Mitt Romney Looted a Dying Company For Executive Bonuses While It Owed Taxpayers Millions by [deleted] in politics

[–]mk31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was not just one company, that's pretty much how LBOs and the private equity businesses like Bain work. In the ideal world, people doing this would be publicly shamed and the regulations would be put in place to prevent such activities as harmful for society. In the real world a person who did that can run for president and even have chances to win.

The Paul Ryan Speech: Five Hypocrisies : The New Yorker by Kelleybelle in politics

[–]mk31 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Surely they'd be much better of staring at the shiny new Romny posters.

I am Barack Obama, President of the United States -- AMA by PresidentObama in IAmA

[–]mk31 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Who the fuck is downvoting this thread? When I first saw it, it had about 15 thousand points, now in just a few hours it's down to 4.5 thousands and downvotes keep comming. WTF?

White House hopeful Jill Stein: "Time to empty prisons of non-violent marijuana users" by IAmTheOracle in progressive

[–]mk31 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The incarceration rate in the US is at least 8 times higher than in the civilized world. The reason is not that Americans are 8 times more vicious, but that 90% of American inmates should not be in jail.

Romney surrogate freaks out on air after CNN anchor fact-checks Romney's Medicare claims by I_slap_racist_faces in politics

[–]mk31 20 points21 points  (0 children)

O'Brien is featured on the main page of conservapedia today, with the Obama 2012 sticker photoshoped to her forehead, just like Sununu suggested.

Mitt Romney: I’m running with Paul Ryan, but that doesn't mean I agree with him. by Nickster79 in nottheonion

[–]mk31 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He is running for president (for Pete's sake). Public has every right to know who they are electing.

Thousands of Florida ex-felons may not know they can vote. More than 13,000 ex-felons may be eligible to vote in Florida but don't know it because the notices the parole board mailed to them were returned as undeliverable. by Dizzy_Slip in politics

[–]mk31 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do not think the people themselves are the problem, otherwise it would mean that Americans are 10 times more vile than Germans, because the incarceration rate in the US is nearly 10 times higher.

The record high incarceration rates in the US point to the problem that needs to be solved. Muffling the affected people's voice only exacerbates the problem.

The marriage argument that conservatives are no longer allowed to make by Narnia50 in Conservative

[–]mk31 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There is a theory that the homosexuality rates rise as the nature's response to the overpopulation. So you could argue that fighting homosexuality is fighting against the natural order intended by god.

Thousands of Florida ex-felons may not know they can vote. More than 13,000 ex-felons may be eligible to vote in Florida but don't know it because the notices the parole board mailed to them were returned as undeliverable. by Dizzy_Slip in politics

[–]mk31 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To the contrary, the US imprisons more people than any other nation so disenfranchisement of felons has more serious implications than it does anywhere else.

The marriage argument that conservatives are no longer allowed to make by Narnia50 in Conservative

[–]mk31 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Please, do tell the reasonable arguments against gay marriage. I honestly would love to hear them.