pdq, you seem to want to rail against things you don't like, but your ideas apparently can't stand having any light shed on them. Your only response to me when I asked for some pertinent clarification on your stated opinions was to say "This is going nowhere. I've heard all the talking points before".

All you're really saying there is that you don't have an answer so you'll pretend everyone else is brainwashed by some "talking points" and therefore don't deserve an answer. Are your ideas really so weak?

Just so you know, I don't listen to talking points. I'm not even sure what they are or where they come from. If you can't answer my questions, admit that you can't and move on. Otherwise, support your statements in a real way. Or, I suppose, continue to act like a petulant child.

Do you think we can balance the budget without any new revenue sources?

Do you think our government has a responsibility to see our health and safety?

Do you think the government has any business telling us who can and can't enjoy the legal benefits of marriage?

Do you think the government should regulate those who have power over our food supply, our power supply, our financial markets, and our environment?

Do you think it is OK that corporate executives get paid hundreds of times more than almost everyone else?

Do you think our military should lose funding?

Do you think our military should be used to stop genocide?

There's lots more, but I know you won't answer even this many.