If you don’t want to pay for any of his plans (almost all of which are completely sound) then just move to a different country. It’s not that hard, there’s lots of crazy countries out there where you could probably get away with bloody murder.

Yes, most definitely. A reduction in oil imports will not happen until there is less oil being consumed. Only consumers can drive this.

ZM: If we didn’t have the oil, then I don’t see what’s wrong with buying oil elsewhere. So happen that people we don’t like very much have the oil that we need. So we buy it from them. I see nothing wrong here. Unless you are suggesting some kind of economic blockade that didn’t work in Cuba, didn’t work in Russia, and I think never worked in history.

>Or that we resist socializing our healthcare? You call this irresponsible?

Extremely, yes. There is no good reason that every single person should not have basic healthcare without having to deal with insurance companies who fight tooth and nail to keep from paying on policies that they themselves sell.

ZM: I don’t agree, but I don’t want to argue with you. Why don’t you and like-minded people get together and create your own insurance company? We’ll compete. I might join you later. Just don’t force me into it. And don’t use my money to do it.

>The reason we are in trouble now is because taxes were decreased for all?

When did this happen? I hope you’re not referring to the “stimulus checks”.

ZM: “A surplus became an excuse to transfer wealth to the wealthy instead of an opportunity to invest in our future. (Applause.)” When did we transfer wealth to the wealthy?

>You don’t think it’s the government regulations that created the problem?

No.

>People were offered a great deal by the government: buy a house with no down payment, no income verification, below the government artificial cost of money.

No, this isn’t the problem. People got into unsustainable ARMs when the banks falsified a whole lot of loan applications. That’s the problem.

ZM: Do you think so or do you have evidence that the reason for the crisis is banks falsifying loan applications?

>Who was irresponsible except the government?

The people who didn’t understand how to manage their own money, and the banks that preyed on them.

ZM: People are not idiots. Nobody ever gave me $10 for nothing.

>Former Soviet Union and Cuba and North Korea has full employment.

This is your argument for not adding jobs to the market? Seriously?

ZM: This is my argument against the government adding jobs. I am not against you or anybody else adding jobs to the market.

>Who are you to use the force to get other people money to start building wind turbines? If it’s such a good thing start you own company and make it success.

Firstly, there are private companies that are already having tremendous success with this. Secondly, it reduces our dependence on foreign oil imports which is obviously good for the long term view on America’s financial situation.

ZM: Even if you think it’s good, and even if it’s objectively good, don’t force me into it. Let the private companies do it. They don’t steal my money.

>Bloomberg News is suing you to get information to identify the recipients of about $2 trillion in emergency loans. Why do you hide this information?

Really? From the article in the link:
>Bloomberg News asked for details of the lending on May 21 and filed a federal lawsuit against the Fed Nov. 7 seeking to force disclosure.
Obama was president on May 21st? Really? It was the Bush administration hiding this information. President Obama can’t respond to requests that were denied during the Bush presidency. How incredibly absurd.

ZM: The article was dated January 29, 2009. From the same article: “Late yesterday, Geithner’s office put hundreds of pages about the fund on the department’s Web site. They did not include documents describing the guaranteed assets.”
Here’s another article from Bloomberg News dated February 9, 2009: “Bloomberg requested details of Fed lending under the Freedom of Information Act and filed a federal lawsuit against the central bank Nov. 7 seeking to force disclosure of borrower banks and their collateral. Arguments in the suit may be heard as soon as this month, according to the court docket. Bloomberg asked the Treasury in an FOIA request Jan. 28 for a detailed list of the securities it planned to guarantee for Citigroup and Bank of America. Bloomberg hasn’t received a response to the request.”

>And maybe they won’t be able to pay their loan. What then?

So because someone might not be able to pay a loan on a house we shouldn’t help people be able to buy homes? Seriously?

ZM: Go ahead and help. I’m not against you spending your money the way you want. I am against you spending my money the way you want. And I reserve the right of not even explaining to you why the result of my spending my money is better for some higher purpose than your spending my money. Why? Because it’s my money.

>Do we have the right to get their money? Is it their money or ours? Or yours?

Do you drive on roads? Send your children to school? There are hundreds of government programs that you don’t even realize you benefit from every day, and every one of them is struggling for cash. Don’t be so obtuse.

ZM: For the sake of argument let’s assume that you are against Iraq war. But we built roads in Iraq, wrote the Constitution, got rid of Hussein, let their women vote. Is it right that we used deadly force on Iraqis to achieve that?

>Because “we import more oil today than ever before?” Are you blaming Americans for where they buy or how much they buy or what they buy with their money?

Yes, most definitely. A reduction in oil imports will not happen until there is less oil being consumed. Only consumers can drive this.

>Or that we resist socializing our healthcare? You call this irresponsible?

Extremely, yes. There is no good reason that every single person should not have basic healthcare without having to deal with insurance companies who fight tooth and nail to keep from paying on policies that they themselves sell.

>The reason we are in trouble now is because taxes were decreased for all?

When did this happen? I hope you’re not referring to the “stimulus checks”.

>You don’t think it’s the government regulations that created the problem?

No.

>People were offered a great deal by the government: buy a house with no down payment, no income verification, below the government artificial cost of money.

No, this isn’t the problem. People got into unsustainable ARMs when the banks falsified a whole lot of loan applications. That’s the problem.

>Who was irresponsible except the government?

The people who didn’t understand how to manage their own money, and the banks that preyed on them.

>Former Soviet Union and Cuba and North Korea has full employment.

This is your argument for not adding jobs to the market? Seriously?

>Who are you to use the force to get other people money to start building wind turbines? If it’s such a good thing start you own company and make it success.

Firstly, there are private companies that are already having tremendous success with this. Secondly, it reduces our dependence on foreign oil imports which is obviously good for the long term view on America’s financial situation.

>Bloomberg News is suing you to get information to identify the recipients of about $2 trillion in emergency loans. Why do you hide this information?

Really? From the article in the link:

>Bloomberg News asked for details of the lending on May 21 and filed a federal lawsuit against the Fed Nov. 7 seeking to force disclosure.

Obama was president on May 21st? Really? It was the Bush administration hiding this information. President Obama can’t respond to requests that were denied during the Bush presidency. How incredibly absurd.

>And maybe they won’t be able to pay their loan. What then?

So because someone might not be able to pay a loan on a house we shouldn’t help people be able to buy homes? Seriously?

>Do we have the right to get their money? Is it their money or ours? Or yours?

Do you drive on roads? Send your children to school? There are hundreds of government programs that you don’t even realize you benefit from every day, and every one of them is struggling for cash. Don’t be so obtuse.

I say let’s start by bankrupting the top 2% of all liberals. a la Chavez – a 100% tax on the net worth of all Oscar winners, Global Warmers, Hedge Fund Employees , Warren Buffett and the Sulzbergers. That will repay them for the 787 Billion they just cost us.