American Politics

[MarquisdeSade1]

"Why would you do that? They pay taxes but don't receive the benefits bestowed by the Federal government.

Oh. I forgot. Unless you're a politician or a farmer or a green energy entrepreneur or some other special interest you don't get squat from the federal government anyway.

Never mind.

I wouldn't take their citizenship away if I were dictator though. Making it more difficult for Tooms to vote is a good idea however."

If they renounce their citizenship by moving to another country and never coming back.

I would just codify it, no more SS checks or absentee ballots for them.

I seriously doubt either of them pay a penny of taxes, so it would be a net gain WIN WIN WIN for USA.

And lastly I would have the NSA block all ETs internet activity from USA websites jajajaja.

[MarquisdeSade1]

"We can stream the news, real news, see and hear the same sights and sounds in America from anywhere in the world just as well if not better than you do from your mom's basement, tracking the latest goofiness on Breitbart and Newsmax and booking your seemingly endless mongering vacations around the world apparently with no need to show up for work anywhere at anytime. LOL."

If you didn't hate the USA so much you wouldn't have left California and while your "crush" Barry Hussein was around no less?

Its like wishing to vote in the Condo Assoc elections in a bldg you haven't lived in, in over a decade? WTF gives?

Or stalking an old gfs FB page 24/7.

https://www.breitbart.com/2024-elect...sea-and-drown/

But nonetheless those CIS white male (maybe hetero maybe not) hating Californians thank you for exiting!!

And the rest of us say GOOD RIDDANCE.

[Spidy]

Democrats win big in election 2023, in key RED states! In Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia, wins materialized, largely due to movements against, Repub abortion bans, in the wake of Roe v. Wade and legalization of weed.

6 election night takeaways: Democrats win big, but GOP holds Mississippi
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/6-el...y?id=104696780

Gov. Youngkin in Virginia was HIT HARD, with a reality check, as Dems hold on to the Senate and TAKE the House. Virginia is now a Democratic-controlled legislature.

Silence from Team Youngkin after Democratic wins...Bad night for Virginia Republicans
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...tes-rcna121782

Why Democrats' big Virginia win is also a victory for Biden
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/1...biden-00126028

Finally, more real voting data, based on REALITY as to how Americans are really voting. Actual voting data that Dems can "hang their hats on" for the 2024 election, and not these fake-ass polls.

Yet another Biden victory!

[EihTooms]

"I judge USD through the lens of international exchange rates being given for currency in the countries I mainly operate in. Lately that has been: DOP, COP and THB. Over the last year results have been mixed.

THB: Up and down. Trend is up.

COP: Trend has been straight down.

DOP: Trend is up and holding strong.

A strong USD is good for me. And I do not care which party gives it to me. Got no love for the Donkey or the Elephant. ".

You don't live in the USA anymore and don't plan on returning.

Therefore if it was up to me I would revoke both your right to vote and citizenship for both of you.

Additionally your opinion on anything pertaining to USA politics is most certainly irrelevant.

We can stream the news, real news, see and hear the same sights and sounds in America from anywhere in the world just as well if not better than you do from your mom's basement, tracking the latest goofiness on Breitbart and Newsmax and booking your seemingly endless mongering vacations around the world apparently with no need to show up for work anywhere at anytime. LOL.

[EihTooms]

More GREAT economic gains for the working American man, as even non-union workers benefit from a Biden driven UAW supported pay bump. Yeah...that UAW union, the 2x impeached, 4x indicted on 92 felony charges, Trump, said shouldn't pay their union dues.

As polls have 71% of Americans supporting unions and approve of President Biden's show of support for unions.

Toyota Gives Most U.S. Auto-Factory Workers 9% Pay Bump Following UAW Gains in Detroit
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/t...troit-123664ff

This must be that "working man", that supposedly making "LESS".

Yet another GREAT Biden economic data point, like a dagger to the heart of our ISG resident so called Repub economist "eggheads".

That is where economic stewardship plays as important a role as economic policy in how and why Dems in the WH so consistently outperform Repubs by a wide margin on positive economic results.

And that is why I typically cite both policy and stewardship as the key factors in Dems producing no Great Depressions, no Great Recessions and produce historic jobs gains vs Repubs producing one Great Depression or Great Recession after another, all of them for the past 100 years or so, and every Massive Jobs Destruction in that time as well.

A POTUS is faced with dozens of decisions a day that will either promote jobs gains and improve wages for more Americans or won't. That is the stewardship part. It might not even reach the legislative stage, which is the policy part.

Repubs think it is all about policy; Cut taxes disproportionately high for the already wealthy, top income margins, ignore regulations and, bingo, they think their job is done. No concept of stewardship. Of course, their job is done if they see their job as Crashing the economy and wiping out millions of jobs.

Biden was probably in touch with UAW and the CEOs of the auto companies more than anyone will ever know to get that great deal for the auto workers that was naturally followed by non union auto makers who must now compete for workers, especially in this roaring Bidenomics Jobs Creation economy. And it will also trigger uptick in wages for jobs unrelated to the auto industry.

Trump railed against the whole thing. LOL. Naturally. He and his Repub concept of policy and stewardship is to do everything he can to Crash the economy and wipe out millions upon millions of jobs and then gripe about the inevitable increase in the rate of inflation during the Great Dem Recovery.

Well, Biden's endorsement and whatever else behind the scenes of that Labor negotiation just made life better in the midst of Trump's Pandemic Recovery Inflation, essentially "reducing" Inflation in the best and most positive way possible. Many times better than anything any Repub ever did to reduce Inflation, especially "Morning in America" Reagan. Unless plunging us into a Major Economic Downturn and Wiping Out Millons of Jobs is anyone's idea of a Great way to lower the price of everything.

History shows the Repub concept of economic stewardship after they promote, fight for and pass crap economic policy is to go fishing, shut down banks, play golf, compose an Enemies List, wear "WIN" buttons, ride their ponies, sleep, clear brush down at the ranch and play even more golf.

All of it adding crap stewardship followup to their crap policies and not surprisingly producing historically crap results.

[SubCmdr]

You don't live in the USA anymore and don't plan on returning.

You don't know my travel plans. You will not be getting the memo. To the USGOV it is irrelevant where I live. Taxes are due from the US citizens worldwide.

Therefore if it was up to me I would revoke both your right to vote and citizenship for both of you.

Well then I guess it is fortunate that it it is not up to you. All you have to do in order for that to happen is to petition your elected officials at the federal level and ask for a redress of your grievances. They respond to email. At least mine do. LOL!.

Additionally your opinion on anything pertaining to USA politics is most certainly irrelevant.

Sorry Charlie, we don't want tuna with good taste, we want tuna that tastes good.

Didn't the US get started because a bunch of mother fuckers who were rich decided to say "Fuck you" another mother fucker across the ocean because they didn't want to pay taxes? No taxation without representation. How much revenue would USGOV lose if it your policies were invoked against all individuals excising their right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"? Show me where it says that a US Citizen is required to live in the United States in order to vote or to retain their citizenship.

Checkmate!

[Tiny 12]

You don't live in the USA anymore and don't plan on returning.

Therefore if it was up to me I would revoke both your right to vote and citizenship for both of you.
.

Why would you do that? They pay taxes but don't receive the benefits bestowed by the Federal government.

Oh. I forgot. Unless you're a politician or a farmer or a green energy entrepreneur or some other special interest you don't get squat from the federal government anyway.

Never mind.

I wouldn't take their citizenship away if I were dictator though. Making it more difficult for Tooms to vote is a good idea however.

[MarquisdeSade1]

"I judge USD through the lens of international exchange rates being given for currency in the countries I mainly operate in. Lately that has been: DOP, COP and THB. Over the last year results have been mixed.

THB: Up and down. Trend is up.

COP: Trend has been straight down.

DOP: Trend is up and holding strong.

A strong USD is good for me. And I do not care which party gives it to me. Got no love for the Donkey or the Elephant. ".

You don't live in the USA anymore and don't plan on returning.

Therefore if it was up to me I would revoke both your right to vote and citizenship for both of you.

Additionally your opinion on anything pertaining to USA politics is most certainly irrelevant.

[MarquisdeSade1]

"Actually, no I didn't say that. I refer to RCP as "demonstrably Winger-leaning. " You can find polls there that favor Biden. But RCP is more likely to include polls from services known not to show advantages for Dems as often as those for Repubs in their listing and therefore in their concensus of polls results.

Historically, Emerson, Rasmussen and Harris come to mind although RCP is in a quandary about 1-2 of those lately because they have been coming up with Dem-advantage poll results every now and then.

Of course, a good showing by Biden or the Dems in an RCP concensus poll, a Winger-leaning service like RCP, would be more impressive than if it were not Winger-leaning.

And RCP is the more commonly quoted and cited polling service by most of MSM. Naturally, it being demonstrably Winger-leaning.

That's why I cite it too.

538 is rarely mentioned until perhaps weeks before an election. RCP and 538 do not include the same polls in order to arrive at a concensus and neither includes every known national poll available. Each one, any of them I presume, pick and choose the ones they want to list and exclude the ones they don't.

Nikki Haley probably gets bonus points from voters for whom "bipartisanship" is a big plus. She has been pretending that as a Repub potus she is going to abandon the same Repub policies and stewardship that produces the same disastrous Repub results they have been producing for 100 years or so and, you know, promote the Dem policies and stewardship that did not. LOL.

But I have seen polls "even on the demonstrably Winger-leaning RCP" (See how that works?) that show Biden beating Haley in Texas and such. She pulled down the Confederate flag from her statehouse. The Rrpub base will not gift her with the nomination. ".

Nor should we!! She's not one of us!!

[Tiny 12]

The (Dis)United States of America is not a democracy.

With all due respect, I was aware that "School" or "Prison" were forms of government. Now I could be wrong and if I am I welcome your correction. As seems there are so many experts on governments and politics posting here.

Apologies, I may have come off as flippant without intending to. My niece went to a school from fourth to twelfth grade that was a democracy. The students voted on what classes they took. They could vote out a teacher and have him fired although I'm not sure they ever did that. Anyway, she didn't get a good education.

I believe over the last 60 years the government of Singapore has done better than any at the national level, and Singapore's not exactly a democracy.

[SubCmdr]

I judge USD through the lens of international exchange rates being given for currency in the countries I mainly operate in. Lately that has been: DOP, COP and THB. Over the last year results have been mixed.

THB: Up and down. Trend is up.

COP: Trend has been straight down.

DOP: Trend is up and holding strong.

A strong USD is good for me. And I do not care which party gives it to me. Got no love for the Donkey or the Elephant.

[Spidy]

... Your lavish praise for Biden is unwarranted. He gave away a lot of money which should have produced a sugar high. Instead we ended up deeper in debt and inflation kicked off earlier in the USA than other places. And after adjusting for inflation, the working man is now making LESS than when Biden took office.

More GREAT economic gains for the working American man, as even non-union workers benefit from a Biden driven UAW supported pay bump. Yeah...that UAW union, the 2x impeached, 4x indicted on 92 felony charges, Trump, said shouldn't pay their union dues.

As polls have 71% of Americans supporting unions and approve of President Biden's show of support for unions.

Toyota Gives Most U.S. Auto-Factory Workers 9% Pay Bump Following UAW Gains in Detroit
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/t...troit-123664ff

This must be that "working man", that supposedly making "LESS".

Yet another GREAT Biden economic data point, like a dagger to the heart of our ISG resident so called Repub economist "eggheads".

[SubCmdr]

The idea that a billionaire has any interest in the plight of an individuals who cannot make ends meet is laughable. Some individuals are distracted by things unrelated to the real problems of the economy of the (Dis) United States of America.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/featu...-united-states

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econr...-20211022.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewd...h=5612b5b222a8

Not everyone is fooled by the smoke and mirrors of issues unrelated to economics. I follow the money. That is all it is about in the (Dis) United States of America.

A interesting set of articles. I do not see how it relates to the form of government in the (Dis) United States of America. Exactly what is the point you are making?.

"It definitely doesn't work well for schools and prisons."

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023...ot-any-better/

https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/d...06/id/1141209/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...lack-hispanic/

[EihTooms]

I'm confused. Didn't you say Real Clear Politics was a "Winger" organization that made it difficult to find polls that favored Biden? Why are you linking to the site? Did it change ownership or something?

Interesting that Nikki Haley is head and shoulders above the other candidates, in terms of the favorable / unfavorable spread, with a 9.8% advantage over Biden. She is a Neocon, but I'd vote for her anyway. She'd be the lesser of evils.

Actually, no I didn't say that. I refer to RCP as "demonstrably Winger-leaning. " You can find polls there that favor Biden. But RCP is more likely to include polls from services known not to show advantages for Dems as often as those for Repubs in their listing and therefore in their concensus of polls results.

Historically, Emerson, Rasmussen and Harris come to mind although RCP is in a quandary about 1-2 of those lately because they have been coming up with Dem-advantage poll results every now and then.

Of course, a good showing by Biden or the Dems in an RCP concensus poll, a Winger-leaning service like RCP, would be more impressive than if it were not Winger-leaning.

And RCP is the more commonly quoted and cited polling service by most of MSM. Naturally, it being demonstrably Winger-leaning.

That's why I cite it too.

538 is rarely mentioned until perhaps weeks before an election. RCP and 538 do not include the same polls in order to arrive at a concensus and neither includes every known national poll available. Each one, any of them I presume, pick and choose the ones they want to list and exclude the ones they don't.

Nikki Haley probably gets bonus points from voters for whom "bipartisanship" is a big plus. She has been pretending that as a Repub potus she is going to abandon the same Repub policies and stewardship that produces the same disastrous Repub results they have been producing for 100 years or so and, you know, promote the Dem policies and stewardship that did not. LOL.

But I have seen polls "even on the demonstrably Winger-leaning RCP" (See how that works?) that show Biden beating Haley in Texas and such. She pulled down the Confederate flag from her statehouse. The Rrpub base will not gift her with the nomination.

[MarquisdeSade1]

"It definitely doesn't work well for schools and prisons."

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023...ot-any-better/

https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/d...06/id/1141209/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...lack-hispanic/