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Forum: USA
Oct 5th 2009, 8:28 pm
Replies: 374
Views: 21,601
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Is the US still a dream worth pursuing?

Unless the Church of England gets disestablished, legally speaking that's not true.
Forum: USA
Oct 5th 2009, 4:55 pm
Replies: 374
Views: 21,601
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Is the US still a dream worth pursuing?

Yes, but think how much less stress you have than having to deal with taking 28 days off :)
Forum: USA
Oct 5th 2009, 4:05 pm
Replies: 374
Views: 21,601
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Is the US still a dream worth pursuing?

Healthcare is the biggie imo. It's very difficult for someone who is young and healthy to grasp the possible ramifications of the insane system and cost of healthcare access here. And if you stay...
Forum: USA
Oct 5th 2009, 3:55 pm
Replies: 374
Views: 21,601
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Is the US still a dream worth pursuing?

If by boring you mean "now the thread will have the opportunity to have some rational discussion about the subject at hand" then, yes, it will be boring. Very boring.
Forum: USA
Oct 5th 2009, 3:47 pm
Replies: 374
Views: 21,601
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Is the US still a dream worth pursuing?

Insults are typically the last refuge of those that are without an argument. They help avoid actually having to posit a rebuttal.
Forum: USA
Oct 5th 2009, 3:46 pm
Replies: 374
Views: 21,601
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Is the US still a dream worth pursuing?

No surprise there. This is her standard modus operandi - rathole the thread, throw in a few dubious anecdotes and insinuate that that is generally what happens.
Forum: USA
Oct 5th 2009, 3:41 pm
Replies: 374
Views: 21,601
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Is the US still a dream worth pursuing?

So you're saying that that well known socialist bastion the WSJ is talking out of its a$$?

Nice strawman btw.
Forum: USA
Oct 5th 2009, 3:40 pm
Replies: 374
Views: 21,601
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Is the US still a dream worth pursuing?

Do you even understand the concept of social mobility and it's relation to the "American Dream"?
Forum: USA
Oct 5th 2009, 3:36 pm
Replies: 374
Views: 21,601
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Is the US still a dream worth pursuing?

I posited an argument that social mobility has declined in the US, hinting that it's now higher in Europe. Why is that negative? Any rebuttal to the argument?

Here's an article from the...
Forum: USA
Oct 5th 2009, 3:55 am
Replies: 374
Views: 21,601
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Is the US still a dream worth pursuing?

Here's a thought. Instead of resorting to your normal pathetic one-liners why not try and explain why I'm wrong about social mobility in the US?



Fortunately, I didn't need social mobility to...
Forum: USA
Oct 5th 2009, 3:41 am
Replies: 374
Views: 21,601
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Is the US still a dream worth pursuing?

In an attempt to rescue this thread from AmerLisa's normal modus operandi of sidetracking threads into ratholes, here's my take on the "American dream": it's far less obtainable than it was 25 years...
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