American Politics

[QUOTE=RamDavidson84;3000729]You are a fascinating poster Subboicumman. I have always been intrigued by sociopath narcissists like yourself. Whats it like to have demons eat away at all you all day because you don't get enough attention? What it like to need attention so bad you have to constantly spew false claims of racism to get it? I appreciate how you go so over the top with your racist republican rants that it makes it clear to any reader you don't play with a full deck of cards and therefore there is no reason to take offense. I truly pity your soul my brother. Hope you get the help you need.

P.S. Did a certain event trigger your narcism or do you think you were born with it? I really am curious to know.[/QUOTE]Given your rabid [B]ad hominem[/B] attack you must be a Republic Racist. Instead of attacking me defend the policies of your party.

No one should be offended by the truth. If I have posted lies they you quote them RamDavidson84.

As for you layman's evaluation of my personality characteristics you must have a severe reading comprehension problem. I've said it once, I will say it again and I will keep saying it until you understand it. I do care what you think of me, what names you call me, what you think of where I live or what I do.

You are I are exactly alike. We are both [B]International Tricks[/B]! So even if you think you a better than me because you won the birth lottery and your mother pushed you out of her vagina in a country that gave your immediate privilege upon birth, you are doing the same socially unapproved activities as I am.

Remember, when you point your finger at me, three are pointed back at you. That is the nature of how Republican Racist work.

[B]Do you have anything to add to the discussion of [u]American Politics[/u] or will you simply continue your [i]ad hominem[/i] against me personally?[/B]

[QUOTE=Elvis 2008;2999721]The federal government also transfers general revenues to the Highway Trust Fund when necessary to cover funding shortfalls.

However, this is not a direct allocation from federal income tax revenues but rather from general government funds, which include various sources of revenue. [/QUOTE]
Splitting hairs over the accounting in gov't coffers, for the sake of this argument, is a fools errand. Gov't General Funds, is all fungible money!

The gov't aid/assistance or transfer, is not done, [b]"...when necessary"[/b] as you put it, but is a never ending $275+ billion dollar, eye-watering funding of the HTF, since 2008.
[LIST][i]"Due to spending being enacted at unsustainable rates for decades, the HTF has repeatedly faced potential sudden and significant spending reductions which could eventually be felt at the state level in the form of lower reimbursements from the federal government. Moreover, since 2008, Congress has approved a total of [b]$275 billion in general fund transfers from the Treasury to the HTF[/b]". [/i]

[URL]https://budget.house.gov/imo/media/doc/the_baseline_and_trust_funds.pdf[/URL][/LIST]The HTF by all accounts is bankrupt and has never had enough to fund the pipeline of projects, around the country. The HTF funded by "user fees" and "user taxes", is a fiscal illusion.

[QUOTE=Elvis 2008;2999721]FEMA was used to pay for housing for illegals, and I have never used their services.

I never used any ATF service, and I do not know why they even exist, and I have never used any service of the USA Marshall service.

Since the DEA was formed, drugs are more available, more potent, and cheaper than ever. I have never used any of their services and wish they did not exist.

The FBI launched a coup against the president I voted for. I have never used their services either.

How come you did not mention the TSA? Because those are people who have harassed citizens and have been proven to do no good at all? If you include being harassed by a government agency, then yes, you could say I have paid the TSA to harass me. Are you proud of yourself? LOL. ICE allowed millions of illegals in under Biden. My only experience with them is they are part of the same harassment group as the TSA. [/QUOTE] [i][b](...kkkk!)[/b][/i] You must live a very sheltered life, not to have used, benefited from directly or indirectly from ATF, DEA, FBI, ICE, U.S. Marshall, ICE and FEMA/U.S. Fire Administration.

You know the hardest part of answering an Elvis 2008 post, is wading through all that toxic American Fuhrer like, MAGA Gish Gallop, meant to obfuscate the FACTS, spin the truth and spread dis/misinformation. I had to go back and take another GOOD LOOK at your posts surrounding your lame, uneducated MAGA wise guy diatribe about, [i][b]"Two out of every three paid tax dollars does not go to any government service whatsoever",[/b][/i] and here's what I found:

Time and time again, in all of those posts, they highlighted, your inability, ineptitude or stubbornness, to clearly understand:[LIST] The role of good governance, government and taxation, towards forming and benefiting a well-run functioning democratic civilized society, is crucial to building and maintaining the kind of society we all want to live in.[/LIST]Hey, if paying no taxes is YOUR THING, may I suggest Somalia, Afghanistan, Monaco or Cayman Islands (for no "income tax" for the Paycheck Superheroes, like yourself), and let's not forget those failed states like Yemen and South Sudan.

[QUOTE=Elvis 2008;2999721]I will take my lemonade for free now, mo fo. You still got nothing.[/QUOTE]Not to worry, dude, I'm sure the 5th grade kids on your block, have that special brew of free "lemonade", for dumbasses on their block.

Drink UP that free "lemonade", now, ya hear boy! [i][b](...kkkk!)[/b][/i]

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3000494]I've been all over the world I've never met anyone that proclaims their love and / or gratitude for the cheap toxic products Asia produces with slave labor that floods every countries markets.

I don't know anyone that Thanks God for their Worthless CCP / Asia TV / electronics or anything they spew out so cheaply via slave factories.

Do you remember all the Foxconn suicides of slaves jumping off the roofs of their slave plantations, what was their response? They installed nets, so they could catch them.

And send them right back to the line ASAP I'm sure not w / o docking a few pennies from them for any time they wasted trying to kill themselves.

And US farmers will be just fine, we don't need that market, just grow something else and sell to someone else. BTW what will CCPland eat?

Maybe they can feed them the trash the container carriers are dumping overboard to dodge Our Lord and Saviors Tariffs.[/QUOTE]We've never met in person, but I'm your cyberfriend Marquesa! I love things that are made in Asia! How about Thai and Vietnamese shrimp? Yum yum! I love my IPhone! And I love my made-in-China electric vibrating lubricated inflatable pussy doll!

Anyway, don't fret. We're going to take away their factory jobs and send all those Asians back to the podunk, dirt poor villages where they came from! Those factory jobs are coming to America! Like Howard Lutnick said earlier this month, "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America!"

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/howard-lutnick-says-army-millions-023014445.html

Hopefully you'll do your part Marquesa, and sign up for Howard Lutnick's army of factory workers! Electricians, nurses, plumbers, scientists, lawyers, accountants, they'll all leave their jobs to screw screws for President Trump! To Make America Great Again!" And you can work shoulder to shoulder with them! It sounds like something out of one of your or Comrade Bernie Sanders' wet dreams!

[QUOTE=Spidy;3000755]Don't want to Pay Taxes, then consider a change of society...[/QUOTE]Hey Elvis, This is great advice from Spidy! If you don't want to pay taxes out the gazoo, like 100 X more than what you get back from the government in benefits, consider a change of scenery! Renounce your citizenship and move! That's what Trump correctly said that some successful, hard working Americans would do if their taxes were increased.

Tooms' Thailand has a territorial tax system, where you only have to pay on income you bring into the country. Costa Rica and Panama have some mighty fine hookers and they have territorial tax systems too. Yeah, you might not have the quality and value you get in Colombia, but you can pay for a lot of poontang with the taxes you'll save! Or rent an apartment and put some money in a bank in Monaco and you can live there completely tax free! So many options.

I'd advise against Spidy's picks Somalia, Afghanistan, Yemen and South Sudan. Yes, their individual tax rates are 0% or 10%, but the women are butt fuck ugly in three of those countries. And they might just slice your wiener off in Somalia if you're caught in a tryst with one of the local lasses.

[QUOTE=Sirioja;2999624]Probably not in Europe where we have much better quality for thermic cars. I laugh on free speed German autobahns. Not 60 miles.[/QUOTE]
[i][b](...kkkk!)[/b][/i]

More News for the EV and Battery haters...

CATL Qiling Battery II used in the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra, breaks track speed records at world famous Germany’s Nürburgring Ring.[LIST][i]Xiaomi’s prototype high-performance SU7 has set a record lap time at Germany’s Nürburgring track, according to the company. The SU7 Ultra completed the grueling circuit in just six minutes and 46.874 seconds, which takes the title of the fastest four-door car on the famous track.
[url]https://electrek.co/2024/10/29/xiaomi-suv-7-ultra-breaks-track-speed-records/[/url] [/i][/LIST]
I can only imagine, the driver of the Xiaomi EV, had a similar big smile and huge laugh on his face, as he shatters the Nürburgring track world record, in his non-polluting EV. [I][b](...kkkk!)[/b][/I].

[QUOTE=Tiny12;3000758]We've never met in person, but I'm your cyberfriend Marquesa! I love things that are made in Asia! How about Thai and Vietnamese shrimp? Yum yum! I love my IPhone! And I love my made-in-China electric vibrating lubricated inflatable pussy doll!

Anyway, don't fret. We're going to take away their factory jobs and send all those Asians back to the podunk, dirt poor villages where they came from! Those factory jobs are coming to America! Like Howard Lutnick said earlier this month, "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America!"

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/howard-lutnick-says-army-millions-023014445.html

Hopefully you'll do your part Marquesa, and sign up for Howard Lutnick's army of factory workers! Electricians, nurses, plumbers, scientists, lawyers, accountants, they'll all leave their jobs to screw screws for President Trump! To Make America Great Again!" And you can work shoulder to shoulder with them! It sounds like something out of one of your or Comrade Bernie Sanders' wet dreams![/QUOTE]Hey Tinydick or Bigclit, whatever the case may be.

You love the Communists so much and hate your fellow citizens and The United States so much, you really should move there with your other fellow Koch suckers.

(almost no taxes, labor laws, Environmental regs etc etc etc).

Like Chase the Gun with his.

Chase Oliver received 635,551 total votes and 0. 42% of the national vote.

600 k+ Ayn Randian evil American HATING scum.

[URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/well/phthalates-heart-disease.html[/URL]

[URL]https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/visualized-ocean-plastic-waste-pollution-by-country/[/URL]

[URL]https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/11/india/air-pollution-global-ranking-asia-india-intl-hnk/index.html[/URL]

[QUOTE=Tiny12;3000758]We've never met in person, but I'm your cyberfriend Marquesa! I love things that are made in Asia! How about Thai and Vietnamese shrimp? Yum yum! I love my IPhone! And I love my made-in-China electric vibrating lubricated inflatable pussy doll!

Anyway, don't fret. We're going to take away their factory jobs and send all those Asians back to the podunk, dirt poor villages where they came from! Those factory jobs are coming to America! Like Howard Lutnick said earlier this month, "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America!"

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/howard-lutnick-says-army-millions-023014445.html

Hopefully you'll do your part Marquesa, and sign up for Howard Lutnick's army of factory workers! Electricians, nurses, plumbers, scientists, lawyers, accountants, they'll all leave their jobs to screw screws for President Trump! To Make America Great Again!" And you can work shoulder to shoulder with them! It sounds like something out of one of your or Comrade Bernie Sanders' wet dreams![/QUOTE]Trump's Tariffs Are Not Your Great-Grandfather's Protectionism.

The usual chorus of critics has returned to form. As President Trump pushes ahead with a sweeping new round of tariffs, pundits, professors, and corporate lobbyists are once again declaring that America is veering into the ditch of economic ignorance. Their refrain is familiar: tariffs will stifle innovation, protect inefficient monopolies, and reward corporate rent-seekers.

But something is off. If Trump's tariffs are such a favor to entrenched business interests, why are those very businesses sounding the alarm? Why are they slashing forecasts, pulling guidance, and getting punished in the stock market? And if the tariffs were truly shielding corporate America from competition, why are valuations collapsing instead of soaring?

According to a recent survey by Bank of America, the sentiment among corporate executives hasn't been this gloomy since the financial crisis. The ratio of positive to negative comments on macroeconomic conditions during this earnings season is on track to be the worst since 2009. Companies that cut guidance are being punished severely, and many are opting to say nothing at all—a developing "information vacuum" reminiscent of the early pandemic. Nearly 27 percent of S&P 500 firms have cut their guidance for 2025; only nine percent have raised it. Automakers, in particular, have led the retreat.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 21,2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images).

This is not what rent-seeking looks like. What this suggests is a profound recalibration underway in the USA Economy—not to insulate firms from competition, but to compel them to restructure their cost bases, reorient their supply chains, and shift value creation back inside American borders.

Trump's Tariffs Will Not Stifle Innovation.

Critics also love to argue that tariffs will dampen innovation. But is that how innovation works in the United States today? Does anyone expect Google, Netflix, or Moderna to stop building world-changing products just because there are tariffs on imported goods? Hardly. These companies innovate because of domestic dynamism, competition, intellectual property protection, and access to capital—not because of open borders for imported washing machines or steel.

Even Apple—which does rely heavily on imports like the iPhone to enhance its bottom line—seems unlikely to cease innovating simply because tariffs may make other imported phones more expensive. It does not seem remotely plausible to argue that Apple would not have produced its paradigm-shifting smartphones or its tablets and laptops if there had been tariffs in place.

Or take carmakers. Traditionally, auto tariffs were seen as protecting domestic monopolies or oligopolies and therefore encouraging automakers to be "fat and lazy. " While this might have been true in the USA Before the 1970's or in many European countries in the aftermath of the Second World War—where consumer choice was limited and national governments actively promoted national champions like Renault or Peugeot—it's not true of America today. We have 20 different companies that operate 55 light assembly plants across the United States. You could ban imported cars altogether and there would still be vigorous domestic competition.

If anything, tariffs may enhance innovation by increasing the incentive to produce at home, improve productivity, and reduce over-reliance on foreign suppliers. In critical sectors like semiconductors, energy technology, and biomanufacturing, tariffs are acting less like crutches for old industries and more like catalysts for new strategic investment.

The model economists use to argue for tariffs as depressing innovation and competition typically begins with the assumption of a small, open economy that has little domestic competition. If you enlarge the economy and include vigorous competition by domestic producers, the classic case against tariffs falls apart. In other words, the map is not the territory; and when you apply tariffs to the actual territory of the USA Economy, the results are quite different than the models predict.

Even the stock market's reaction bolsters this view. The S&P 500 has fallen nearly 15 percent since February. If tariffs were a giveaway to big business, equity values would be rising in anticipation of protected profits. Instead, markets are adjusting to the fact that margins may shrink as companies invest more at home and pass fewer costs onto consumers. That's not corporate rent-seeking. That's a shift of power from capital to labor, from global supply chains to domestic production.

For decades, the dominant economic consensus treated tariffs as the first step on a road to decline. But the real story in 2025 is this: tariffs are not insulating America from the world. They are forcing America's largest corporations to stop relying on the world and start reinvesting in America. And they are forcing other countries to open their markets to USA Goods And for once, that looks like a policy whose benefits might flow not to Wall Street, but to the people who actually make things.

Nice to see you in agreement with all the other American HATING scum includ Rand Paul and the DNC puppeteers.

[URL]https://www.aol.com/news/senate-vote-measure-undo-trumps-181535374.html[/URL]

[QUOTE=RamDavidson84;3000729]You are a fascinating poster Subboicumman. I have always been intrigued by sociopath narcissists like yourself. Whats it like to have demons eat away at all you all day because you don't get enough attention? What it like to need attention so bad you have to constantly spew false claims of racism to get it? I appreciate how you go so over the top with your racist republican rants that it makes it clear to any reader you don't play with a full deck of cards and therefore there is no reason to take offense. I truly pity your soul my brother. Hope you get the help you need.

P.S. Did a certain event trigger your narcism or do you think you were born with it? I really am curious to know.[/QUOTE]

Not sure why you insist on outright attacking the messenger and not the message, but I think you can do better?

Dude, you do realize, that by focusing on the person delivering the argument, rather than the argument itself, you ignore the actual merits (or lack thereof), with regards to their position/argument.

Is what SubCmdr saying in the posts provided, or the evidence and FACTs, "untrue", "false" or "dis-misinformation" and out of character for the an American Fuhrer led, MAGA/Republican Party? [b]If so, by all means, state your case! [/b]

Sure, there are times, when we all poke fun at each other and there's always a bit of "mean spirited" ribbing, but in the end, delivered typically, within the context of the debate, discussion or argument.

Personally, I'm more interested in your rebuttal to his political argument or characterization of the Repubs, w/r to the intended purpose of this thread, which is to debate the political issues posed by other BMs.

C'mon man, show us your political gumption and wherewithal! As your [i][b]ad hominem post,[/b][/i] [u]doesn't really invalidate,[/u] SubCmdr's actual factual (or unfactual) claims, now does it?

[b]PS:[/b] Now I know, you're always a good solid candidate when it comes to providing your "OPINIONS", but what about the occasional FACTS and/or articles to substantiate your positions, in a debate?

[QUOTE=Spidy;3000791]Not sure why you insist on outright attacking the messenger and not the message, but I think you can do better?

Dude, you do realize, that by focusing on the person delivering the argument, rather than the argument itself, you ignore the actual merits (or lack thereof), with regards to their position/argument.

Is what SubCmdr saying in the posts provided, or the evidence and FACTs, "untrue", "false" or "dis-misinformation" and out of character for the an American Fuhrer led, MAGA/Republican Party? [b]If so, by all means, state your case! [/b]

Sure, there are times, when we all poke fun at each other and there's always a bit of "mean spirited" ribbing, but in the end, delivered typically, within the context of the debate, discussion or argument.

Personally, I'm more interested in your rebuttal to his political argument or characterization of the Repubs, w/r to the intended purpose of this thread, which is to debate the political issues posed by other BMs.

C'mon man, show us your political gumption and wherewithal! As your [i][b]ad hominem post,[/b][/i] [u]doesn't really invalidate,[/u] SubCmdr's actual factual (or unfactual) claims, now does it?

[b]PS:[/b] Now I know, you're always a good solid candidate when it comes to providing your "OPINIONS", but what about the occasional FACTS and/or articles to substantiate your positions, in a debate?[/QUOTE]I think your missing the point of my post. I am trying to help him. He clearly is in pain and needs emotional support. I write with sincerity, I pity him. Look at the endless posts in every single forum. And the constant racists rants, aka cries for help. Honestly I just want to see subboicumdoctor or how ever you spell his name just find peace in his soul. I offer him a prayer of peace at this very moment, "Lord bless Doctor submissive cum boi and remove the demons from his soul so he may preach the left's gospel in peace and harmony. LOL.

[QUOTE=SubCmdr;3000726][B]FBI reassigns agents from iconic photo of them kneeling during George Floyd protest[/B]

[URL]https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/30/politics/fbi-agents-blm-protest/index.html[/URL]

These agents were assigned to do a job they were not trained for. Out numbered, they managed to de-escalate a potentially violent situation using some very unique out of the box thinking. They are being punished for it.

[B]Republican Racists at work yet again in an effort to make the Dis-United States of America WHITE again![/B][/QUOTE]I am not being racist. This is my opinion of George Floyd based off the facts and endless arrest videos I see now on youtube. I think George Floyd is a worthless life sucking criminal. Fentanyl addict who counterfeits our currency and robs pregnant woman. A lifelong criminal of this magnitude got what he deserved. I am not the least bit sorry this guy overdosed on drugs while being ruffed up by cops and lost his life. To then go on to burn cities down in the name of George Floyd is one of the dumbest idiotic society destroying things I have ever seen.

Police brutality during the days of rodney king was a problem. I was the victim of it many times even as a white man. Sometimes I deserved that brutality, but not always. What should have happened is a peaceful protest and mandated body cameras. There was no need to burn the homes and businesses of innocent people.

Please choose real heros to protest in the name of, not drug addicts who rob pregnant woman. Please also do it peacefully. If you do those two things, I can guarantee you no one is going to be demoted for a taking a knee to honor the protest. When a farce, like g. Floyd, is pulled over the american public's eyes to make it seem like police brutality is a major issue which could sway a national election, when it dies down and people get all the facts, there will be repercussions. Order must be restored. Your putting it into the minds of people that if they act like george floyd they will end up a hero.

Long story short. It was not racist to demote those FBI agents because George Floyd is a bum who got what he deserved. I will always fight against real police brutality and equal rights for all citizens and I even support many DEI policies to make up for past transgressions against minorities. But def not going to cry about George Floyd.

Just saw this today. This is what cops go through on a regular basis.

[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E_GKW37vL0[/URL]

Should we really be turning these idiots into Martyrs? Please watch the video if your going to comment.

[QUOTE=Spidy;3000791]Not sure why you insist on outright attacking the messenger and not the message, but I think you can do better?

Dude, you do realize, that by focusing on the person delivering the argument, rather than the argument itself, you ignore the actual merits (or lack thereof), with regards to their position/argument.

Is what SubCmdr saying in the posts provided, or the evidence and FACTs, "untrue", "false" or "dis-misinformation" and out of character for the an American Fuhrer led, MAGA/Republican Party? [b]If so, by all means, state your case! [/b]

Sure, there are times, when we all poke fun at each other and there's always a bit of "mean spirited" ribbing, but in the end, delivered typically, within the context of the debate, discussion or argument.

Personally, I'm more interested in your rebuttal to his political argument or characterization of the Repubs, w/r to the intended purpose of this thread, which is to debate the political issues posed by other BMs.

C'mon man, show us your political gumption and wherewithal! As your [i][b]ad hominem post,[/b][/i] [u]doesn't really invalidate,[/u] SubCmdr's actual factual (or unfactual) claims, now does it?

[b]PS:[/b] Now I know, you're always a good solid candidate when it comes to providing your "OPINIONS", but what about the occasional FACTS and/or articles to substantiate your positions, in a debate?[/QUOTE]To be fair to RamDavidson he's spot on with regards to his characterisation of this unhinged lunatic. This unhinged lunatic may or may not be correct with regards to some of the things he stands for but that's not really the point. The point is it's difficult to have a meaningful constructive conversation with some batshit thin skinned narcissistic tool who descends to ape like innuendos of violence with his golf club or his swinging "his big black dick" and other miscellaneous inanities. When he loses a point he descends to downright lies or make believe (referring to a permanent resident as a "guest" pretty much the same as Trump. So it's actually ironic this fool dislikes the Republicans as he pretty much plays from the same rule book. He just doesn't like them because they don't like him. But hey, he's a first class citizen, in his batshit mind anyway.

[QUOTE=Spidy;3000755] You must live a very sheltered life, not to have used, benefited from directly or indirectly from ATF, DEA, FBI, ICE, U.S. Marshall, ICE and FEMA/U.S. Fire Administration.[/QUOTE]LOL. Yeah, unlike you who came from a sperm donor and IVF, I actually had a productive hard working father. Of course, you Democratic douches think big government is your daddy. It is amazing that you have never met anyone in your life who is not a fellow parasite.

Unlike your Democratic douche rewrite of history, the USA became the largest economy in the world without an income tax. Furthermore, our forefathers were greatly concerned that our republic woiuld end when people learned they could vote money for themselves.

The thing that was unique about the USA is that our forefathers were able to experiment with various forms of government and saw what worked and did not. While you are busy sucking up to the military, if you knew your history, our forefathers NEVER want us to have a large standing army as that was typical used to oppress the people.

Because they did not want parasites like yourself who would vote themselves money, the only people allowed to vote were landowners. It was not racism. They wanted people who had a stake in the long term outcome of the country.

[QUOTE=Spidy;3000755] Hey, if paying no taxes is YOUR THING, may I suggest Somalia, Afghanistan, Monaco or Cayman Islands (for no "income tax" for the Paycheck Superheroes, like yourself), and let's not forget those failed states like Yemen and South Sudan.[/QUOTE]I have got a better idea. How about you and all the other parasites actually go to work and earn a living and leave me and all the other productive people the fuck alone? For the millionth time, I do not object to the 1/3 of income tax going for government services but the 2/3 going to parasites like you so you can pay for hookers abroad.

What amazes me is that you so fucking selfish that you are driving the country into debt with your parasitism and consider yourself a patriot. Every country in the world wants people like me, and the only reason any country would want you is for your government check. If that stopped, they would not want anything to do with you.