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    Quote Originally Posted by wherethelady View Post
    fair play to romney. people have this assumption that we should care about the poor. they 100% chose to be poor throught their own lazy ways and poor decision. i couldnt care less about them either, what does bother me is that my good money is being handed to these undesirables for absolutely nothing. capitalism please where you pay your own way or die off, as this socialist state has ruined people. given the choice i would close the welfare department overnight and to hell with anyone getting freebies
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toman13 View Post
    Question: Why the FU*K are people going to America for work, when they are arguably in even bigger shyte than us!?! Going to Columbia would nearly be as logical.
    Because the Irish still have a rose coloured, land of milk and honey view of the USA.
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    Quote Originally Posted by riker1969 View Post
    American Politics is very similar to Irish Politics. Ideologically there really is not much difference between the democrats or Republicans or between FF/FG. Both will no nothing to disturb big business. Obama now talking as if he was not president the last four years when he talks about gap between rich and poor. In Irish politics its quite similar except that Fianna Fail were just grossly incompetent .
    complete crap , the GOP in america are worlds apart from FF/FG , unappologetic conservatism is seen as an evil in ireland

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    Quote Originally Posted by wherethelady View Post
    fair play to romney. people have this assumption that we should care about the poor. they 100% chose to be poor throught their own lazy ways and poor decision. i couldnt care less about them either, what does bother me is that my good money is being handed to these undesirables for absolutely nothing. capitalism please where you pay your own way or die off, as this socialist state has ruined people. given the choice i would close the welfare department overnight and to hell with anyone getting freebies
    You sir, are a fart-knocker.
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    Quote Originally Posted by irish_bob View Post
    complete crap , the GOP in america are worlds apart from FF/FG , unappologetic conservatism is seen as an evil in ireland
    So you have bought the spin then? Can you explain besides Health care one major difference between the GOP and the democrats? I didnt mean to imply that our conservatism is the same as theirs ,only that their two major political parties are interchangeable-just like ours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wherethelady View Post
    fair play to romney. people have this assumption that we should care about the poor. they 100% chose to be poor throught their own lazy ways and poor decision. i couldnt care less about them either, what does bother me is that my good money is being handed to these undesirables for absolutely nothing. capitalism please where you pay your own way or die off, as this socialist state has ruined people. given the choice i would close the welfare department overnight and to hell with anyone getting freebies
    Senor Juan percent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by riker1969 View Post
    So you have bought the spin then? Can you explain besides Health care one major difference between the GOP and the democrats? I didnt mean to imply that our conservatism is the same as theirs ,only that their two major political parties are interchangeable-just like ours.
    my post doesnt deny thier is no gulf between the GOP and the democrats

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