I didn’t have “Mike lindell in disguise at the dnc gets schooled by a 12 yr old content creator” on my dnc bingo card.
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He's going to tell you it's ****ing retarded. If he doesn't, you should probably be looking for a different FA.
As a conservative and a veteran, I believe true strength lies in defending the vulnerable. It's in protecting your family. It's in standing up for our constitution and our democracy. That is the soul of being a conservative. It used to be the soul of being a Republican. But Donald Trump has suffocated the soul of the Republican Party.
- Adam Kinzinger, 2024 National Democratic Convention
- Adam Kinzinger, 2024 National Democratic Convention
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Great. So neither Pence nor Harris should be entrusted with the Presidency since they both ****ed up the main thing they were directed to handle.
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Swing and a miss:
Alaska was sold to the United States by Russia in 1867. The primary reasons for the sale were economic and strategic. After suffering a significant defeat in the Crimean War, Russia found it challenging to defend and manage its distant territories, including Alaska1. Additionally, Alaska was considered an economic liability due to its remote location and harsh climate2.
Woke up this morning and fried 3 pieces of JOY, had 2 JOYS over easy, and a big glass of JOY. What a way to start the day.
The most hilarious thing is I bet you barely beat @blazers who was going to poast this unironically.
Lol
www.foxnews.com
Democrats defend Harris’ lack of substance: Americans 'don't vote on policy prescriptions’
Democratic congressmen told CNN’s Manu Raju Thursday that they believe American voters aren’t focused on Vice President Kamala Harris’ specific policies.
If nothing else, Trump has proved that Dems vote based on emotion vs. policy.Lol
Democrats defend Harris’ lack of substance: Americans 'don't vote on policy prescriptions’
Democratic congressmen told CNN’s Manu Raju Thursday that they believe American voters aren’t focused on Vice President Kamala Harris’ specific policies.
According to CNBC Harris plans to tax long-term capital gains at 44.6%. Great idea!
I stopped watching after he said he'd vote for a corpse before voting for Trump and he also claimed to have learned so much by his wife getting railed by her black bf. But R's are weird.
It was a master trolling job by that guy. The BBC reporters bought all of it. I think he nailed the "White Dudes For Harris" act.
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1990 66 billionaries
2023 ~750 billionaires
Income inequality is getting greater and greater. The rich are getting richer, and they're often getting richer simply thru inheritance (esp the step-up). A wealth tax will help with our nation's debt.
And the quotes from our forefathers was interesting too.
Thanks for linking that, this article makes great points.
1990 66 billionaries
2023 ~750 billionaires
Income inequality is getting greater and greater. The rich are getting richer, and they're often getting richer simply thru inheritance (esp the step-up). A wealth tax will help with our nation's debt.
And the quotes from our forefathers was interesting too.
Democrats, always willing to reach into someone else's pocket.
Biden's plans, she has alluded to supporting, only impact 100 million and up. So like 10,000 people. What is 'tardy about a wealth tax on people worth over 100 million? Especially the inheritance oriented stuff.
The liquidity issue could be dangerous stock-market wise (if uber-rich were forced to sell stock), but perhaps this could be slowly scaled? This might be a big hiccup in the plan.
Consumption taxes would be better, but they're hard to implement in this global economy. But making a billionaire become an 800 millionaire isn't going to stifle our economy.
The rich are just getting richer while wages stagnate for everyone else. The main reason they're rich is because our great nation is a prosperous one due to many state/fed actions the last few hundred years (infrastructure and other investments), so we should all benefit.
Boy o boy were you spot on about this. 818,000 jobs gone. They never existed and they cooked the books. You'd think that Kamalanomics would be getting questioned about this. But you weren't just talking about this board, the media ignored it as well.
Of the three major networks, CBS and NBC completely ignored the report in their evening programming. ABC ran a whopping 19 seconds on it. Otherwise, it was wall to wall coverage of the coronation. Later, ABC brought it up again a second time on ABC News Live, the network’s free live-streaming channel which I'm guessing no one watches. They were interviewing democrat Gina Raimondo who was previously the governor of Rhode Island, but has served as the US SECRETARY OF COMMERCE since 2021. Here's what she said and they expect us to believe anything they tell us????? She's our freaking commerce secretary!!!!! Are you kidding me????
Sure, it'll only apply to the 10,000 wealthiest people in our country.
And, we'll all be able to keep our existing doctors as well.
You might as well be honest and tell all of us to drop our pants and bend over.
Americans not voting on policy, if true, is such a damning indictment on the electorate. I guess we'll find out in November how true that statement is. I'm generally of the belief that the average voter is a moron, so I can see this being true, but I'd love to be pleasantly surprised.Lol
Democrats defend Harris’ lack of substance: Americans 'don't vote on policy prescriptions’
Democratic congressmen told CNN’s Manu Raju Thursday that they believe American voters aren’t focused on Vice President Kamala Harris’ specific policies.
The United States of America...sponsored by Brawndo, the thirst mutilator.
I won't argue that the wealth gap isn't widening, but this needs to be adjusted for inflation. $1B today was $410M in 1990, so to be apples to apples we'd need to see how many >$410M 'aires there were in 1990.
Also, the amount of innovation that has occurred since 1990 and its impact on society is arguably greater and of more value than all innovation in the country prior to 1990. That innovation ramp up should naturally produce more individuals with many many times the amount of wealth of the average unskilled worker, or worse, lazy unemployed couch potato, who are largely unchanged in value-addedness since that time.
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The white guy we don't need to worry about but as for the black woman, it looks like Vegas has her as a two-touchdown favorite.
So is the intelligence gap among voters. Harris is up .2 more points today.
Harris lead over Trump
July 24 - +0.8
July 31 - +1.2
August 7 - +1.9
August 14 - +2.6
August 21 - +3.3
August 23 - +3.5
National : President: general election : 2024 Polls
The latest political polls and polling averages from FiveThirtyEight.
You got that right!So is the intelligence gap among voters. Harris is up .2 more points today.
Harris lead over Trump
July 24 - +0.8
July 31 - +1.2
August 7 - +1.9
August 14 - +2.6
August 21 - +3.3
August 23 - +3.5
National : President: general election : 2024 Polls
The latest political polls and polling averages from FiveThirtyEight.projects.fivethirtyeight.com
I know as one of the "not so testosterone-laden" bois, you probably don't know much about football, so I'll excuse the misunderstanding of what a two-touchdown favorite is. But certain books have Trump as the betting favorite, while others have Harris as the favorite, and in both directions it's at most ~52%-48%. That's what those of us males with more traditional amounts of testosterone, and those who actually understand what the F they're talking about in regards to betting markets, would call a "pick game".
Forcing Walmart heirs to be slightly less insanely rich isn't going to make them unable to buy megayachts and whatever other economic inputs they have.
And importantly, the poors will keep shopping at walmart.
Speaking of an intelligence gap... keep focusing on the national popular vote polling average. Something that means absolutely dick in terms of who is going to win the election.So is the intelligence gap among voters. Harris is up .2 more points today.
Harris lead over Trump
July 24 - +0.8
July 31 - +1.2
August 7 - +1.9
August 14 - +2.6
August 21 - +3.3
August 23 - +3.5
National : President: general election : 2024 Polls
The latest political polls and polling averages from FiveThirtyEight.
lol, I'm not sure you know how squarely you hit the nail on the head here. But I wholeheartedly agree.
That innovation is largely happening because of "America". Smart phones, 3d printing, EVs, genetic modification, etc are all great innovations, but our debt is ballooning.
And trickle-down sounded good in the Reagan years, but it's a myth.
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Fair point. But inflation-adjusted how many centi-billionaires were there? Or how many were there worth 10+ billionaires?
- The richest top 0.1% has seen its share of American wealth nearly triple from 7% to 20% between the late 1970s and 2016, while the bottom 90% has seen its share of wealth decline from 35% to 25% in that same period. And it greatly worsened after 2017 tax cuts for the rich.
- The richest 130,000 families in America now hold nearly as much wealth as the bottom 117 million families combined.
There are ways to prevent the stifle of innovation while also helping tackle national debt. Instead of taxing unrealized cap gains someone had the idea of taxing 6% annually of "wealth" over a billion, and 2% wealth over 50 million (this would be a million that someone would need to cough-up).
I have to agree. If you CAN take money from someone you SHOULD take it. It isn't fair otherwise. And what would they be missing? A slightly smaller yacht? A few less acres for that second home to sit on? A little less money to invest in this country? A little less incentive to make such investments? This is certainly progressive thinking.
here we go again. Too much in debt? Just get more money to pay a tiny bit of it off just to say you did. Don't do anything meaningful about spending. Acknowledge that the patient is bleeding to death, but just give give him more blood and don't try to stop the bleeding. There'll always be more blood, and the rich have too much anyway. You gotta love that progressive thinking.
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