I had heard of this self-funded advertisement on Facebook yesterday. Today I saw it on CNBC when I was catching up on the market.
This should give you goosebumps. This should make you choke up. I hope once you watch it silly ideas fly through your head about the importance of acting on your beliefs.
It made me wonder: What if we each told, in this clear manner, why we are voting the way we will vote? I’m going to put some thought into that.
What I love most about this commercial is that he made it personal. He made it simple. And Peterffy is very, very effective. He came from a socialist environment and sees enough that worries him now to spend his money telling us about it.
Let me know what you think.
Both Democrats and Republicans want the USA to prosper- with the exception of Lyle and his small group of co conspirators. If you haven't read the article- don't bother. People who love their Country should boycott the Rube!
"Dems and Repubs....have at it!" I would venture to guess you will have more comments.
Even with taxing them at 100%, it will not do a thing to help the defecit or Debt. We could take all of savings from every US citizen and it still is less than the National Debt. The problem is spending!
10:16 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012 So? Despite our lack of government provided health care, we still have comparable life expectancies to Germany... Besides, in 1880's Germany, it wasn't really nationalized healthcare. Workers paid into a pool, and payments were made from that pool to take care of sick workers. That's called insurance. Bismark made it mandatory for people to pay into the insurance plan and carry insurance...
Please lay off the personal attacks if you wish to have a civil discussion. What is the difference in years between #23 and #38? From my view, it looks to be not many (1.2 years maybe?). I'm also not sure that I'd use infant mortality as a true indicator of how good our health system works. This country ends up birthing lots of crack babies and the like. When they don't make it, it isn't necessarily a failing of our healthcare system. Besides, Germany has an insurance based system similar to what we have in the US. It isn't really a national healthcare system like Britain has...
socialism- An economic and social theory that seeks to maximize wealth and opportunity for all people through public ownership and control of industries and social services. Why do we call Obama a socialist? Because through the tax code, Obama is trying to do just that. The ownership is the tax rate. The higher tax rate for corporations over the tax rates for individuals suggests that the corporations own all the wealth, and that because all corporations treat their workers unfairly, that government must level the playing field through government taking more from the corporations and distribute it amongst the rest that are non-owners. While I have had zero investment of the government, my corporation is poised to see an increase as of Jan. 1, 2013 of more than 4%. That extra money is somehow magically going to end up in the hands of the middle class and because I so-called "can afford to do more", it is only fair that the government takes more from me...cont.
What is the reward? Using simple numbers; for every 100 people that make over $250,000, there are 5,000 middleclass workers. On $100, the corp. will now pay $104. $4 now needs to be spread over 5,000. How is that leveling the playing field? That is an 8 cents tax break. That does nothing for the middle class. Risk- In an already volatile marketplace, the corp. will now have to raise the price, provided they can and still sell their goods or services, or will have to reduce the number of workers to cover the cost. The result is either artificial inflation (inflation that was not necessary), or more unemployed. Let's also understand that Obamacare is going to cost employers more already. And this comes from a President that said it is never a good idea to raise taxes on anyone in a recession. And by the way, by the above definition, Lenin and Stalin qualify as socialists. This is what the left calls moderate, and Republicans are radical. Please...
Wow, youtube as a credible source. That ranks right after first-year-couldn't-even-hack-community-college-dropouts-Sean H. and Rush L. as credible sources. What's next: the Oracle of Delphi? See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy Now that must have been posted by a bunch of Commies, right?
One only has to look at the number of people unemployed or out of work to understand that the gap in middle class is widening. 23 million are unemployed. That is a large percentage of are economy that is driving the gap. Moreover, the government is propping up companies that employ more outside the U.S. than here at home. of the 252,000 GM employs, 152,000 work and live outside the U.S. Chysler, now 61% owned by the Italian company FIAT, employs 203,000 with 74,000 in the U.S. Obama's government is very good at getting good paying jobs; outside the U.S. This ad just shows with hard work, determination and the willingness to succeed, the U.S. economy isn't a zero-some plutocracy. What else you are not seeing that because of the artificial wage inflations by the unions in the 60's, 70's and 80's. Companies chose to automate once high paying-low skilled jobs. Those that are whining the most, did it to themselves and now want a bailout of their own, via the more than willing Obama administration.
Not sure what kind of math you use to translate 1.2 into 'almost 2 years'. We have health insurance for those who are employed and we have Medicare/Medicaid (along with a bunch of state level programs like Badgercare) for those that aren't.
If one accounts for non-natural causes of death, such as those resulting from fatal injuries, which include motor vehicle accidents, falls, homicides, etc-- the USA has the HIGHEST life expectancy of the wealthy nations. Our(USA) low ranking in life expectancy is often pointed to as being the result of the deficiencies of the health care system in the U.S. However, that statistic does not account for the fact that we have a notably higher rate of accidental deaths. http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2007/09/natural-life-expectancy-in-united.html#.UIqcMW9ay1w
Thanks for linking me to the stats on life expectancy, though.
So I don't see how it is he is telling the truth. He's just describing an alternative reality, and then gets mad about it. That doesn't rank you too high on the EQ scale.
education.
However, the images Mr. Peterffy presents in his video shows - most likely - images from times of World War II, the days he wasn't even born yet... I don't know how much may he know about socialism since he has never survived any. Hungary, altogether with Easter European block of countries, was under Soviet occupation and that was far, I mean really far, from socialism. Never dare to compare communism to socialism, especially if none of you have never lived in one. The whole Petterfy video is the perfect representation of post WWII communist Hungary and, God forbid, anybody ever taste the communist system again.