BBC Panorama: Poor America - now on iPlayer

I watched most of it and yea its mental really is. The people cheering when they said they should just let someone uninsured die was mad! how can they claim to be the greatest nation on earth with ideas like that? ahhh well according to them we are close to be communist with our social healthcare i can live with that :lol:

Alvin Flummux wrote:
TigaSefi wrote:I don't think any American should be blaming for Obama for not moving things forwards. The obstacles he has to get pass were ridiculous.

Many take the view that he wasn't forceful enough, he tried too hard for too long to work with Republicans.

Doesn't he lack a majority too?

EDIT: Hmmm he does have a majority. Sounds like the hysteria by the republicans is overwhelming.

KKLEIN wrote:Clip used tonight:

What's the answer to the next bit where Ron Paul begins to say no? Is there a link?

Lucien wrote:America is one of the worst countries in the world.

It's also one of the richest, and complaints tend to go away when you have a pocket full of gold.

TigaSefi wrote:
Alvin Flummux wrote:
TigaSefi wrote:I don't think any American should be blaming for Obama for not moving things forwards. The obstacles he has to get pass were ridiculous.

Many take the view that he wasn't forceful enough, he tried too hard for too long to work with Republicans.

Doesn't he lack a majority too?

EDIT: Hmmm he does have a majority. Sounds like the hysteria by the republicans is overwhelming.

If he wins a second term, he needs to drop the bipartisan approach he has rather admirably stuck to his guns on thus far and ram through as many reforms as he can.

Ecno wrote:What's the answer to the next bit where Ron Paul begins to say no? Is there a link?

4:22 onwards

Just watched this. It's strawberry floating sickening that people are happy to let their neighbours suffer like that. They easily have enough money to go around and are instead using it chasing after internet pirates and tea towel terrorists :fp:

I really want to donate something to try and help. The family who eat rats :cry:

Yep, Americans are quite happy that the super rich are paying less tax than the cleaners they hire and many of them feel being poor is a lifestyle choice and that they can get out of if they just put some effort in.

This Paul Ron dude seems very with it and makes sense. Hope he gets voted

He's got no chance as he doesn't have the money and he's not conservative enough. The only way to get chosen as a republican candidate is to act like a complete git and be as right wing as possible. The fact that candidates can now have outside backing with unlimited funding (the superpacks) as long as they don't communicate with them has made the power of money in US politics almost complete.
I really hope they go down in flames big style at the general election as even though I'm not a particular fan of Obama the Republicans are about the most vile mainstream party anywhere.

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:This Paul Ron dude seems very with it and makes sense. Hope he gets voted

http://www.dailyfail.co.uk/news/article ... redit.html

And that's the Daily Mail calling somebody racist. :lol:

Moggy wrote:
No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:This Paul Ron dude seems very with it and makes sense. Hope he gets voted

http://www.dailyfail.co.uk/news/article ... redit.html

And that's the Daily Mail calling somebody racist.

The second highest rated comment on that article:

These videos only confirm what a genuine stand up guy Ron Paul is. Sorry mainstream media.

- simon, uk, 24/12/2011 2:11

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:If i was Canadian i would be worried that Yanks would soon be pouring over the border. In fact i'm surprised it already isn't happening

It is happening. They also buy most of their medicines and see doctors in canada.

U.S is slowly crumbling. I need to watch this episode.

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:This Paul Ron dude seems very with it and makes sense. Hope he gets voted

lol. You still believe in legit voting system. In iowa they said ballots didn't get counted because trucks were lost/late something along those lines.

The whole thing seems suspect. Ron paul is winning in every poll made but when comes to voting he is not.

Doesn't make sense.

BBC Panorama: Poor America - now on iPlayer

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