2020 Politics Thread - Enter At Your Own Risk - RULES IN OP

[TheHeel]

Originally Posted by discostu

I'm curious to see if a lockdown is announced tomorrow and who delivers the news...President Trump or the appointed Coronavirus Czar, Vice President Pence. My assumption is that Pence will probably take that one.

Maybe chezball's crackpots know. Surely Qanon's "Donkey Dozen" (or whatever these weirdo fanclub members call their silly leaders) will actually make a valid, timely prediction for once. You know...before the storm.

Brutal.

[fulltritty]

Originally Posted by Siberian13

Popular vote is the participation trophy. It makes people feel better even though it means nothing.

You mean it makes liberals feel better. I'm not sure I ever remember conservatives gloating over popular vote totals.

[fulltritty]

Originally Posted by free2131

You wanna see some real fun, go back to when the person with the most electoral votes was President and the one with the 2nd most was Vice President.

Can you imagine Trump and Hillary working together?

I think this was discussed earlier in the thread. It would be a hoot to see but probably not very workable in today's society with how polarized the two political parties are against the other.

Besides if Hillary was VP, I'm sure Trump would end up like Epstein and Vince Foster.

[fulltritty]

Originally Posted by Boo

Yea, why would he want to try to steady economic markets? Let's just have that market collapse completely and add to the issues.

That's exactly what the Democrats are praying for though. Tough to beat an incumbent President with a great economy.

[fulltritty]

Originally Posted by jdandns

Sure, but how 'bout even one line of sympathy for the sick and the dead, at any point during his remarks? I honestly think he's mad at them for tanking "his" markets. He encouraged the worried to calm down, in his shabby way, so that was something approaching empathy, I suppose. Baby steps.

So would you like for the President to come on TV every night and speak appear sad for all Americans who died of everything that day? Corona, gunshots (self inflicted or otherwise), heart disease, etc.

[rman112]

Originally Posted by fulltritty

So would you like for the President to come on TV every night and speak appear sad for all Americans who died of everything that day? Corona, gunshots (self inflicted or otherwise), heart disease, etc.

Well, about 7500 people die every day in the US, so..

[jdandns]

Originally Posted by fulltritty

So would you like for the President to come on TV every night and speak appear sad for all Americans who died of everything that day? Corona, gunshots (self inflicted or otherwise), heart disease, etc.

What else is he doing?

[fulltritty]

Originally Posted by jdandns

What else is he doing?

Making liberals like you go crazy.

[Astros19]

Originally Posted by RedSoxFan28

"The Roosevelt Institute found that adopting an annual $12,000 basic income for every adult U.S. citizen over the age of 18 would permanently grow the economy by 12.56 to 13.10 percent—or about $2.5 trillion by 2025—and it would increase the labor force by 4.5 to 4.7 million people.



This is because putting money in people’s hands grows the economy, particularly when those people need the money and will spend it. Imagine a small town in Missouri with 5,000 qualifying residents. A guaranteed income of $12,000 would bring an extra $60 million of additional income into the community, most of which would be spent locally. Then imagine that playing out in every community in the country, big and small. Communities everywhere will have more vibrant local economies, creating more jobs and leading to new businesses."





"Decades of research on cash transfer programs have found that the only people who work fewer hours when given direct cash transfers are new mothers and kids in school. In several studies, high school graduation rates rose. In some cases, people even work more. Quoting a Harvard and MIT study, “we find no effects of [cash] transfers on work behavior.”



In our plan, each adult would receive only $12,000 a year. This is barely enough to live on in many places and certainly not enough to afford much in the way of experiences or advancement. To get ahead meaningfully, people will still need to get out there and work."

A quick Google search shows there are 209,128,094 Americans over the age of 18.
209,128,094 × $12,000.00 a year comes out to $2,509,537,128,000.00.
Yea, 2 and 1/2 Trillion dollars.
Forgive me if I somehow got the math wrong.
There's a multitude of different websites regarding guarantee income, some positive and some negative depending upon the websites leanings so I won't bother linking any of them. We both could, but it's pointless.
I'll address more of my feelings toward this ridiculous idea if you want to engage in a conversation but I'm at work and can't stand typing on my phone so don't expect a reply right away.
My biggest takeaway is that applying any such program would mostly take money's away from those who need it most.

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[jdandns]

Tritty's gonzo post-padding be like:



You do know that's the thumb on this little guy () you use, right?

[Brobocop]

Can we all agree that ALL debates going forward are carried out without a live audience? This is so nice to watch. They are answering questions directly. They're not going over their time too much. It's just a conversation. The audience is so dumb. It's like a laugh track and everyone hates those.

[xbignick]

I just put it on and they're talking about ebola? Apparently I missed a lot.

[jewcer2k5]

Originally Posted by xbignick

I just put it on and they're talking about ebola? Apparently I missed a lot.

Bernie is losing badly.

[TheHeel]

Originally Posted by Brobocop

Can we all agree that ALL debates going forward are carried out without a live audience? This is so nice to watch. They are answering questions directly. They're not going over their time too much. It's just a conversation. The audience is so dumb. It's like a laugh track and everyone hates those.

Excellent point!

Originally Posted by xbignick

I just put it on and they're talking about ebola? Apparently I missed a lot.

Comparing how the situation was handled then vs. now.

[discostu]

Originally Posted by Brobocop

Can we all agree that ALL debates going forward are carried out without a live audience? This is so nice to watch. They are answering questions directly. They're not going over their time too much. It's just a conversation. The audience is so dumb. It's like a laugh track and everyone hates those.

I've been of the belief that debates should simply be questions answered in a vaccum. No way to know who said what, just answers. If you choose to attack a fellow candidate, you may come off petty or attacking and waste time selling why you're the candidate to choose.

Same questions to all candidates...easy to compare answers, preperation and perceived acumen.

If you take out the bickering and cock measuring, you'd quickly see the adults in the room.

[TheHeel]

Ugh -

Futures -1100

[xbignick]

Twitter did not like the use of term "alien."

[Soxfanguy]

Originally Posted by xbignick

Twitter did not like the use of term "alien."

Twitter hates everything Biden says because he’s not Bernie

[Brobocop]

Go to The YouTube!!

[Siberian13]

Originally Posted by TheHeel

Ugh -

Futures -1100

Roller coaster ride!!!!

[TheHeel]

I am thinking Biden, if elected, will have Harris in the Supreme Court. He said he will appoint the first black woman to the Court.

[CoolG]

Biden is getting waxed by Bernie.
Won’t win him the nomination but making Biden red faced

[TheHeel]

Originally Posted by Siberian13

Roller coaster ride!!!!

Agreed.

The end of the ride is crashing down, unfortunately.

[rcmb3220]

Originally Posted by fulltritty

Making liberals like you go crazy.

That’s cute considering you have the most leftist economic ideals in this thread.

[coltsnsox07]

The two panderers Bernie & Biden said they'll both pick female VP candidates...
Are there any disabled ethnic gay females to pick so they really really cover all the bases..