Quote (thesnipa @ 29 Jul 2019 10:33)

My taxes are lower and my 401k is up up up.

i hereby welcome myself to the rich and powerful.

Quote (excellence @ Jul 29 2019 09:36am)

i too am in this scenario. career progression also accelerated. rich and powerful we are

Quote (fender @ Jul 29 2019 10:30am)

if by 'america' you mean almost exclusively the rich and poweful, and to some degree those that happen to be white, you're right.

he wants that part of 'america' win so badly, that he openly encourages hostile foreign countries to help him with it, while ironically calling people who stand up for the hundreds of millions of average americans 'unpatriotic'.


it's so funny how some people are so blind to how trump is exploiting them, just because at some point in their lives they decided to be in 'team (R)', and everything their side does is therefore good by definition...

Quote (bogie160 @ 29 Jul 2019 16:45)

Who wins from crippling regulation, urban corruption, and unregulated immigration?

Trump is a poor man's version of the type of leader we need, but he is at least posing some of the right questions. We don't ever want to go back to the Clinton-Bush era.

Quote (bogie160 @ 29 Jul 2019 16:45)

Who wins from crippling regulation, urban corruption, and unregulated immigration?

Trump is a poor man's version of the type of leader we need, but he is at least posing some of the right questions. We don't ever want to go back to the Clinton-Bush era.

Quote (thesnipa @ 29 Jul 2019 10:43)

i just mourn for my poor plebian comrades who have died 16 times now since PRESIDENT Donald Trump took office. Only impeachment can honor their memory now.

Quote (fender @ Jul 29 2019 10:58am)

"hey, i got some of the crumbs of the rich people's cake that blew a massive hole into the budget, that later generations will have to deal with! this anecdotal evidence clearly proves the cake was a good thing. also, as long as you don't literally die multiple times as a direct consequence of a specific policy, the person responsible can't be a shitty president whose main concerns are enriching himself and his millionaire buddies. i am very intelligent!"

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who wins from securing the financial markets and have the incredibly profitable fossil fuel industry do the bare minimum to protect the environment? so difficult to figure out, i guess it has to be no one.
the 'crippling regulation' talking point is just that, it's propaganda, an idea that has been mercilessly pushed on people too stupid or too loyal to critically think about it - just like the 'unregulated immigration' narrative. it was never the case, and no one actually supported it.

Quote (excellence @ Jul 29 2019 09:36am)

i too am in this scenario. career progression also accelerated. rich and powerful we are

Quote (fender @ 29 Jul 2019 16:58)

, it's propaganda, an idea that has been mercilessly pushed on people too stupid or too loyal to critically think about it - just like the 'unregulated immigration' narrative. it was never the case, and no one actually supported it.

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we cannot, as some Democratic candidates for president now propose, publicly embrace a policy to not deport those who enter or remain in this country illegally unless they commit a crime. This is tantamount to a public declaration (repeated and amplified by smugglers in Central America) that our borders are effectively open to all; this will increase the recent levels of monthly apprehensions at our Southern border — about or more than 100,000 — by multiples. For the same reason, we cannot formally decriminalize unauthorized entry into this country, though first-time illegal border crossers are in fact rarely prosecuted for that misdemeanor (except for last year’s disastrous “zero-tolerance” policy).

Quote (fender @ Jul 29 2019 09:58am)

"hey, i got some of the crumbs of the rich people's cake that blew a massive hole into the budget, that later generations will have to deal with! this anecdotal evidence clearly proves the cake was a good thing. also, as long as you don't literally die multiple times as a direct consequence of a specific policy, the person responsible can't be a shitty president whose main concerns are enriching himself and his millionaire buddies. i am very intelligent!"

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who wins from securing the financial markets and have the incredibly profitable fossil fuel industry do the bare minimum to protect the environment? so difficult to figure out, i guess it has to be no one.
the 'crippling regulation' talking point is just that, it's propaganda, an idea that has been mercilessly pushed on people too stupid or too loyal to critically think about it - just like the 'unregulated immigration' narrative. it was never the case, and no one actually supported it.

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DIAZ-BALART: We had a very spirited debate on this stage last night on the topic of decriminalization of the border. If–if you would be so kind raise your hand if you think it should be a civil offense rather than a crime to cross the border without documentation? Can we keep the hands up so we can see them?