POLITICAL THREAD

[SDC888]

This graph only has three years on it…

The target for inflation is 2%.

There's no reason the graph would need a wider axis.

I don’t care nearly as much about skin color and gender as I do about character, competency, and political conviction.

That's what a bigot would say.

Another alias for me: Plat !!

It's not like I care, one way or the other, but you (like them) have critical errors in your thinking you'd be wise to address.

They're complete fools, ngmi.

 

[SDC888]

 

[AustinTXCat]

Why don't those homeless veterans just pull themselves up by their bootstraps? Progressives are the ones advocating for help for the poor and downtrodden. Y'all call that socialism and fight against it every step of the way. You don't ever fight for assistance for the homeless, you just piss on people who aren't like you.

I consistently advocate for the poor and working class. Income inequality is the biggest problem in this country. You fix it by confronting the elites who are siphoning off our wealth, not by scapegoating already marginalized populations.

 

[Blue_2_the_bone]

The best part about your ignorance and stupidity is that you won't see your inevitable demise coming until it's too late.

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The tragic part is the damage your "dictating" does to others during the process.

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Yet we have posters here who support this for underage children. Disgusting.

 

[WayneDougan]

I blame everybody in power for inflation. There was zero reason to hand out as much money as we did during 2020. But both sides were pushing for it. They should have made sure people didn't lose their homes or not get evicted and had enough money to eat, but everything else was pretty much shut down. So dumb.

 

[Bill Derington]

Rates were decreased 3 times in 2019 after Trump kept pressuring the FED to do so. He argued we should have policy similar to Japan or German with zero or negative interest rates.

Open Market Operations

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.

www.federalreserve.gov

The problem about that is each country and their respective monetary policy is different. Wanting to mirror another country is asinine because they have different problems.


I didnt necessarily say tarrifs caused this inflation but tariffs, by their very nature, are inflationary. The cost of the good is passed down to the consumer or the country that has to pay that tariff takes their business elsewhere. Look at our soy farmers being hurt back when these tarrifs were being pushed.

There hasn't been enough study to show whether not they've contributed to the inflation we're currently experiencing. Even the WSJ has articles covering both viewpoints.

I agree inflation is due to monetary injection but most of this happened in 2020, under Trump. You cannot blame Biden for something that didn't happen under his administration.

Inflation would've happened regardless so it's dumb to even waste energy to blame a politician.

Blame the gas companies who can produce more oil but decide not to.

In 2018, the year you stated, interest rates were raised. In 2019 they were dropped barely a 1/4 point. That’s after rising up to 2.5 during Trumps first 3 years in office, after the longest period in history of being at zero under Obama.

It’s Biden’s policies causing the rise in oil price since he took office.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

I blame everybody in power for inflation. There was zero reason to hand out as much money as we did during 2020. But both sides were pushing for it. They should have made sure people didn't lose their homes or not get evicted and had enough money to eat, but everything else was pretty much shut down. So dumb.

.....that people like me and millions of others who didn't need it...didn't get the stimulus checks.

 

[azurricat2010]

In 2018, the year you stated, interest rates were raised. In 2019 they were dropped barely a 1/4 point. That’s after rising up to 2.5 during Trumps first 3 years in office, after the longest period in history of being at zero under Obama.

It’s Biden’s policies causing the rise in oil price since he took office.

I agreed with the raising of rates in 2017 and 2018. It didn't make sense to lower them in 2019 is all I was saying.

 

[TheFrontRunner]

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

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Obama from December '20....

“People like Anthony Fauci, who I know, and I’ve worked with, I trust completely,” Obama said. “So if Anthony Fauci tells me this vaccine is safe, and can vaccinate, you know, immunize you from getting COVID, absolutely I’m going to take it.”

 

[screwduke1]

 

[warrior-cat]

So, the country that Biden is trying to make a deal with and get oil from and the same one he and Obama gave pallets with billions of dollars on them is targeting Trump and some of his admin for death. Death squads or hitmen or whatever they are. Remember also that Hillary was the SOS at the time. Prepaid promises of taking out the opposition?

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Society can't stop people from being trans or gay. The vast majority are born with that predisposition. Good luck with that. Hitler tried and Putin is trying as well. Crushing the human spirit will always fail in the end. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness is guaranteed by our Constitution period.

So you are telling me what Jussie Smollette did is normal for a trans or gay or black in your world. You are OK with their making up stories in an attempt to start a race war or war on homosexuals.

What human spirit did society crush. Smollette is a psycho and should be in a mental institution. The sad thing is people like you believed him. You actually believed men wearing MAGA hats attacked him because he was black and a homosexual. Nothing you said above makes any sense and had nothing to do with the facts. Jussie Smollette is not in jail today because he is a homo. He is in jail because he made up a false story and tried to make Trump's followers look evil and cruel to people like him. All lies.

You should step forward and acknowledge you were wrong in judging people based on this story by a psycho.

 

[TheFrontRunner]

 

[screwduke1]

Lmao

 

[screwduke1]

Lmao. UK a 2 seed and Tennessee a 3 seed. Tennessee fans must be pissed lol

 

[TheFrontRunner]

Vlad will not survive this...

 

[screwduke1]

Vlad will not survive this...

This is a whopper...

 

[vhcat70]

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I"m sure he believes that. No doubt at all.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

I"m sure he believes that. No doubt at all.

well if he was white the whole ‘hate crime’ thing would’ve made no sense so in that aspect maybe he is right

 

[55wildcat]

Can’t wait to see Mush head fill out the tournament bracket

 

[sambowieshin]

So you are telling me what Jussie Smollette did is normal for a trans or gay or black in your world. You are OK with their making up stories in an attempt to start a race war or war on homosexuals.

What human spirit did society crush. Smollette is a psycho and should be in a mental institution. The sad thing is people like you believed him. You actually believed men wearing MAGA hats attacked him because he was black and a homosexual. Nothing you said above makes any sense and had nothing to do with the facts. Jussie Smollette is not in jail today because he is a homo. He is in jail because he made up a false story and tried to make Trump's followers look evil and cruel to people like him. All lies.

You should step forward and acknowledge you were wrong in judging people based on this story by a psycho.

Wtf are you even talking about? When did I ever say anything about defending Jussie Smollett??? He is a lying turd. I've never defended anything he's done after the truth came out about his lies. I don't think I've ever even commented on him specifically that I can recall at all.

 

[AustinTXCat]

final numbers for 2018. revenue grew 1.2%. inflation was 1.9%. debt grew 17%.
for those of you not math inclined, that's not good numbers.

* KA - BOOM *



You are again dismissed.

 

[55wildcat]

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Big Mike knows why Barry has a scratchy throat...

 

[vhcat70]

Wtf are you even talking about? When did I ever say anything about defending Jussie Smollett??? He is a lying turd. I've never defended anything he's done after the truth came out about his lies.

Prove it.

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

Big Mike knows why Barry has a scratchy throat...

funny how every democrat that gets Covid is “grateful for the vaccine”

Obama didn’t take the vaccine. He isn’t that dumb. He knows the vaccine is poison

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

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You are again dismissed.

so gotta be a huge portion of that “81 million” is pissed off

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

Got identity hacked by democrat liberals. Ran up about $8k in credit cards. Thankfully the cards aren’t going to make me pay.

democrat liberals did it. Scum of the earth

 

[55wildcat]

 

[JoeSwag]

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Lol what a stupid time this is.

First off, needing to announce you have a scratchy throat? 😂 And? Who gives a shit?

Second, you’re vaccinated and you’ve got covid and you’re telling everyone to get vaccinated...so they don’t get covid? 🙁

 

[sambowieshin]

Prove it.

How do you prove a non existent comment? Nothing to prove. Prove me wrong.

 

[JoeSwag]

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The ego for this mentally ill fool is huge. Most had absolutely no idea who this guy was until his hoax. The idea that anyone recognized him is hilarious. The idea that anyone gives a shit about him is amusing too.

 

[hmt5000]

Been using DuckDuckGo for a number of years now thinking that they weren't as 'woke' as the others. I know...wishful thinking.
Based on his tweet...think I'll change. Anyone know a good one that doesn't track you, etc?

Brave browser

 

[hmt5000]

@Dionysus444

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Trump promoting violence to combat CRT.

Crazy how the right are so against teaching CRT when it's mainly taught in places of higher learning and not as much in primary and secondary institutions.

Also funny how the right wants to ban CRT and other anti-racism lessons.

I could see it being a no no to teach any of the topics below should the right get their way. Oddly enough, most of these topics weren't even taught in primary or secondary school 20 years ago. The ones that were, 3/5 compromise and slavery were only briefly discussed.

Black people were 3/5s a person
Slavery
Segregation Era
Red lining
Tulsa Massacre 1921
East St Louis Riots 1917
Red Summer 2019
Baptist Street Church Bombing - Birmingham 1963

There are countless more events that people of color had to endure against racism amd in their fight for rights and even then they still face a different USA than what white America takes for granted.

All history should be taught, the good and bad, it's a teacher's job to do this. They just need to do it from a neutral position.

You don't even know why the 3/5 law was put in place do you? LOL.

 

[azurricat2010]

You don't even know why the 3/5 law was put in place do you? LOL.

Representation/taxation in the soon to be USA.

The South wanted their slave population to be counted while the North thought only free men should be counted because counting slaves would mean the South would be over-represented in the House.

The compromise became 3 free men to 5 slaves, i.e. the 3/5 compromise.

 

[WayneDougan]

Also funny how the right wants to ban CRT and other anti-racism lessons..... There are countless more events that people of color had to endure against racism amd in their fight for rights and even then they still face a different USA than what white America takes for granted.

All history should be taught, the good and bad, it's a teacher's job to do this. They just need to do it from a neutral position.

This is BS. Go to the DEA's page on anti-racism. The first line on the page is this:

1. For many educators, teaching through an anti-racist lens means helping students understand racism’s origins and guises, past and present, so they can act to disrupt White supremacy.

Calling someone a white supremacist is pretty much as bad as it gets. If people think you are one you'll lose your job - you'll be an outcast in society. It's awful. But the NEA isn't referring to the lowest of the low like klan members and Jim Crow stuff; they're saying the USA is set up on white supremacy and it must be fundamentally changed. And harping on the word white makes certain people a target. Put this together, students are being taught that at best, America is a terrible place and needs complete changing. And at worst - and more likely - it's all white people's fault.

So teachers - specifically creepy fat slob liberal teachers who are complete weirdos - are creating a bunch of people who think think that white people are the problem. That's not going to help race relations in this country. It's going to lead to violence.

And you hide behind the guise of, "we're teaching facts". Bullshit. I could provide a ton of "facts" to make black people look terrible. Things like the murder rate, the lack of education, the fatherlessness rate, and label it with some shit like "this is because of Black ignorance". Or I could point to historical events like "The French Massacre of 1804" when Dessalines (the black leader of Haiti) killed almost 5,000 white people (pretty much all of them incl. women and children) in Haiti, including even the ones that were supportive of him.

But doing that DOES NOT HELP anyone. It makes people take sides by race. And as we have seen, that always leads to conflict.

And one last note... DEI programs with the language you are pushing have been heavily taught in schools, businesses and governments - really picking up over the last 20 years. Did you know that blacks and whites both felt pretty good about race relations in this country 20 years ago? Look at it now. Tell me what changed.

 

[SDC888]

Ofcourse it's BS; they're worthless liars, the lot of them.

They redefine what white supremacy is, like they are want to do in everything with their deceptive wordplay.

This person is a white supremacist to them - not the kind of immigrants our treasonous left want. It's not like some of them don't know what they're doing.

Look at it now. Tell me what changed.

Look at the year things changed.

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

Ofcourse it's BS; they're worthless liars, the lot of them.

They redefine what white supremacy is, like they are want to do in everything with their deceptive wordplay.

This person is a white supremacist to them - not the kind of immigrants our treasonous left want. It's not like some of them don't know what they're doing.

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Look at the year things changed.

 

[JStaff2187]