Hmm...

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Santara Racist

Ty mens

I'm relatively neutral on DACA, but my big gripe with it is the fact that Obama was able to create it through an EO, but Trump couldnt end it with an EO of his own. Like.. what the actual fuck?




The problem in Europe does not lie with austerity itself, it lies with the fundamental misconstruction of the Eurozone:

The economies within the Eurozone are just too different in their size, productivity, orientation and fiscal culture. The Euro is far too soft for countries like Germany or the Netherlands, while it is far too strong for countries like Greece or Italy. Removing the ability for Southern Europe to devalue relative to Northern Europe creates a total gridlock: internal depreciation in Southern Europe through austerity, cuts to unemployment benefits and so on, is brutal on their population and only politically feasible to a limited degree. The establishment of a permanent tranfer union from the North to the South would be a scam for the Northern European population and hardly politically feasible there. Acknowledging defeat and going for a controlled unrolling of the Euro is not feasible for political reasons. And the ECB jumping in and keeping the Euro alive with ridiculously low interest rates and expansion of its balance sheet is something that cannot be kept up indefinitely. On top, the interest rates at around zero mean that the Eurozone is in for a very rough buttfucking when the next recession hits.

None of these issues apply to the U.S., and the Federal Reserve basically handled the Great Recession as good as it could. The recovery was gonna come sooner or later anyway, so not passing an even larger stimulus imho was the right call.

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That movie was almost prescient. Although I sometimes wonder if reality didnt already surpass fiction even back then...




Wasnt Obama known for micromanaging military operations to an unprecedented degree? What makes you think he applied less micromanagement to other departments?




She's the worst of them all. She's the agent of the donor class. Neoliberal economic policies coupled with toxic, divisive identity politics on steroids.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/09/kamala-harris-2020-president-profile-san-francisco-elite-227611





What about Libya? Syria had turned into a clusterfuck very quickly. Within the blink of an eye, there were only horrendous options left in Syria.
But the intervention in Libya really wasnt necessary, and destablized the entire region needlessly. The European refugee crisis was exacerbated a lot by destabilizing Libya, and led to right-wing populists taking over many governments since 2015.




Imho, Obama's first term was ok, but the second term was terrible and full of bad decisions.

The Iran-nuclear deal sounded good on paper: lift sanction in return for nuclear control. The idea was that the lifted sanctions would spur economic growth which would help the suffering Iranian people and lead to a democratization. Back when the deal was signed, I also supported it and found this logic convincing. But reality proved the Iran nuclear deal to be an unmitigated failure: the conditions were such that true nuclear arms control wasnt possible, and the Iranian regime became even more oppressive and used all the freed-up money to fund its proxy wars in Syria and Yemen, further destabilizing the region.

The Paris Climate Agreement is a well-sounding piece of paper, but entirely ineffectual. It's main purpose is to silence the conscience of the "ecologically woke" voters in the West.

The Cuban regime has gotten more oppressive in recent years, so toughening up the diplomacy again is justified.

The TPP would have caused additional harm to American workers, and whether it could have achieved its inofficial but true goal of containing China is highly questionable.




No offense, but if you still felt that way in 2016 , you werent paying attention. The coming storm was clear to see by then.




Not surprising after a decade-long economic expansion. Trump's trade war with China and the struggles in Europe of course contribute to the worsening economic outlook, dont get me wrong, but even without Trump, a recession would have been due by now. I actually think that it would have happened 2 years earlier without the Trump tax cuts.




Your main interest rate is still above 2%, lol. Here in Europe, we're still at 0%...




The bitter truth is that the amount of change and sacrifice necessary to really prevent climate change will never ever be able to attract enough public support in democracies. The actions which would be necessary for truly stopping climate change will never be politically feasible. Particularly not simultaneously in dozens of key countries across the globe.




The crucial difference between the GOP 2017-2018 is that the GOP didnt have a filibuster-proof supermajority of 60+ votes. From 2009-2010, the Democrats did have 60 votes, and that's the sole reason they were able to pass Obamacare.
No matter how many times political commentators keep repeating this talking point, the GOP did not have the necessary majorities in 2017-2018 to pass major non-fiscal legislation on their own without Democratic support.

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Fuck wiggerbama

Obama Socialist

Because I'm racist I feel like I should comment but I actually loved Obama.
Theres no way he's involved in the trump/clinton pedo rings, nor is he gay, because he's a Muslim.