[jeffmo]

walker is a a koch bros. puppet,nothing more,nothing less.
The President became hated when he introduced Obamacare.
all of this talk about finding common ground is a smoke and mirrors job.
there's far too much fear mongering about how the president is gonna turn our nation into a socialist country.clue,it'll never happen.I remember hearing the same stuff from some of the ultra conservative groups when Clinton was elected.Ammo and gun prices went through the roof for a while because these people put the fear talk out then that everyone was going to lose their right to bear arms.it never happened just like this country turning into a socialist country will never happen!
The problem is that too many people have bought into the BS ultra left and ultra right fear mongering that media sources like MSNBC and FOX news have been putting out for far too long now.They do it because like so very many politicians,it's what they're being paid to do!
The Teaparty may in fact have started out wanting our politicians to be responsible and held accountable but they are now perceived as a far cry from that original intent.Obviously there are still many good members but they need to do some policing of the bad element within.
On the other side of the coin i beleive that the democratic party has lost face by playing to the poor who have taken advantage of our public assistance programs and they do it for the votes.My opinion on this will probably amaze some of you but welfare should be turned into workfare.We can provide jobs for people on public assistance who are able to work.they may not be great jobs but,instead of simply collecting gov't money each month,the able bodied would go to work each day and then they would recieve a paycheck and pay taxes on the money they have earned.They could also recieve job training so they could eventually find a better job and move out of public housing and into their own home.Those who refuse to go to work would be forced to live in a county poor house.they'd be fed,have a place to sleep and have a roof over their heads.Nothing fancy,bologna sandwiches and tomato soup,etc.,a large common bunk area and so on.Sooner or later MOST would figure that if they would simply go to work they would be able to move out of the poorhouse and have a job and a place of their own to live.
What would happen is that most of these people would get a sense the accomplishment that comes with work and earning a paycheck.