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Originally Posted by Rochard
Years ago I worked for an Iranian family. The US government gave them millions of dollars in loans to come to the US. They opened up a dry cleaning business. They also imported a dozen family members, and paid them huge salaries to basically do nothing.
This is why foreigners own dry cleaners, and 7-11s. They get loans from the US government, go to school for a trade, and then run a business. I think it's great that people want to come to the US, but long before we are giving loans to foreigners we should be giving loans to Americans....
We are all immigrants to some degree, but no one gave my fucking family millions to come to the US. They came with only the shirts on their backs.
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They didn't wear shoes or pants, just shirts?
Thought you might like this:
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Originally Posted by 12clicks
I always wonder what it is about a fiscally responsible grass roots party that some people find to be "looney"
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CARLSON: Well, I think, you know, the Reform Party was too crazy even for Jesse Ventura. Let's pause and ponder that for a minute. I mean, the Reform Party, a fist fight broke out during their meeting...
BLITZER: Many fist fights.
CARLSON: ... it's unbelievable --- vindicating those of us who said for years this is the largest collection of wackos outside Star Trek conventions.
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Let's see, the Party's founder, Ross Perot quit in disgust, there were actual fist fights on the convention floor, there have been numerous lawsuits between Reform Party rivals, there have been various political fringe groups that have tried to infiltrate and take over the Party, and the result is that the Reform Party for all intents and purposes imploded in 2000 (after only 5 years) due to in-fighting between competing factions.
The Reform Party is no longer a political force of any kind in this country (they received all of 481 votes nationally in the 2008 Presidential Election).
Ex-Pro Wrestler Jesse Ventura, who was the most prominent Reform Party candidate to get elected, called the Party,
''hopelessly dysfunctional.'' when he quit the Reform Party in 2000.
Yup, you're right as always 12Clunks, nothing looney about any of that.
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