Presidential Election 2024

[ab2cmiller]

Which of the following is undermining the election:
A) Limiting votes to US Citizens
B) Requiring Identification
C) Hand counting ballots

Curious?

They've already said that the first two are racist. I'm just waiting for the racist hand counting declarations to start flying.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I agree with so much of what the Republican platform is vs the Democrat one, but the tax and economic suggestions are totally insane. As presented, they would add trillions to the debt AND drive prices up.

Make a bunch of shit up and be mad about it?

I'm sure all the Evangelicals having affairs on their wives won't have any issues paying crazy prices for dildos and dominatrix outfits they need for their trysts.

 

[Irish#1]

I do think it's funny when people talk about "lowering prices" and the implication is that Trump-Vance will be better when they are explicitly pro-tariff and pro-raising prices.


I agree with so much of what the Republican platform is vs the Democrat one, but the tax and economic suggestions are totally insane. As presented, they would add trillions to the debt AND drive prices up.

His goal is to try and make the U.S. independent from foreign trade as much as possible. That won't happen without prices going up. The key is keeping them from going up too much.

 

[Bluto]

I agree. The Christian right is pretty dangerous.

 

[ulukinatme]

Democrats: "You're not allowed to go in anywhere without your vax papers!"
Democrats at voting time:

Gotta wonder why they do it like that...

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/20/dewine-nytimes-springfield-haitian-migrants-trump-00180238

 

[ulukinatme]

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/20/dewine-nytimes-springfield-haitian-migrants-trump-00180238

DeWine, who received Trump’s endorsement for reelection in 2022, wrote that Springfield has come to depend on Haitian migrants as dependable workers who “are fitting in with co-workers,” adding that some businesses “would not have been able to stay open after the pandemic but for the Haitians who filled the jobs.”

Translation: we laid off a bunch of people during the pandemic and brought in cheaper labor.

 

[Bishop2b5]

1984 and half the country can't wait.

1984...

 

[TorontoGold]

I agree. The Christian right is pretty dangerous.

"stop trolling"

 

[TorontoGold]

Translation: we laid off a bunch of people during the pandemic and brought in cheaper labor.

TBF this is literally capitalism 101. The proliferation of cheap labor is essential to the core belief.

 

[ulukinatme]

TBF this is literally capitalism 101. The proliferation of cheap labor is essential to the core belief.

Yeah, not always of course, but more or less. Springfield isn't exactly a bustling metropolis of abundance, it's a bit of a shithole. I can't imagine they were paying much for their labor to begin with.

 

[TorontoGold]

Yeah, not always of course, but more or less. Springfield isn't exactly a bustling metropolis of abundance, it's a bit of a shithole. I can't imagine they were paying much for their labor to begin with.

Yeahhhh would be great for the companies to hire local talent but if they can't get it this is the next best.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

I do think it's funny when people talk about "lowering prices" and the implication is that Trump-Vance will be better when they are explicitly pro-tariff and pro-raising prices.





I agree with so much of what the Republican platform is vs the Democrat one, but the tax and economic suggestions are totally insane. As presented, they would add trillions to the debt AND drive prices up.

Democrats and Republicans can't lower prices of goods. This is pandering to morons on both sides. If they did try to, we would be in a shitstorm like no other.

What would be rational is to show inflation numbers from 2017-2020 and inflation numbers from 2021-present.

 

[drayer54]

Democrats and Republicans can't lower prices of goods. This is pandering to morons on both sides. If they did try to, we would be in a shitstorm like no other.

What would be rational is to show inflation numbers from 2017-2020 and inflation numbers from 2021-present.

Well, we have seen which side does one hell of a job raising prices and then proposes price controls to fix it.

 

[Bluto]

1984 and half the country can't wait.

Yeah the government has never regulated “media” like the radio, TV, movies, comic books, recordings…

One would think conservatives would applaud reigning in big tech firms made up of coastal elites and the insane ecosystems that social media platforms have become.

 

[drayer54]

One would think conservatives would applaud reigning in big tech firms made up of coastal elites and the insane ecosystems that social media platforms have become.

One would think that if they had zero bearing on conservatives and the dangers of allowing the government to be the arbiter of truth.

 

[Bluto]

One would think that if they had zero bearing on conservatives and the dangers of allowing the government to be the arbiter of truth.

Huh?

 

[drayer54]

Huh?

Your post is wildly flawed.
1- Limiting free speech is not reigning in big tech.
2- Conservatives have not supported the executive branch determining truth.
3- The Biden admin has leveraged social media to censor the truth- an interesting concept for folks accusing others of being a threat to democracy.
4- A judge rules that yes, the Biden administration was trying to censor people online

 

[drayer54]

Ideas so good, they should not be shared

 

[Bluto]

Your post is wildly flawed.
1- Limiting free speech is not reigning in big tech.
2- Conservatives have not supported the executive branch determining truth.
3- The Biden admin has leveraged social media to censor the truth- an interesting concept for folks accusing others of being a threat to democracy.
4- A judge rules that yes, the Biden administration was trying to censor people online

What?

 

[Bluto]

"stop trolling"

Haha.

It is interesting how easy it is to project onto and come away with whatever conclusion you want from that small clip and frame it as such.

Right wing media and the GOP have been pushing for a return to “godliness” and how we need to be a “Christian nation once again” for as long as I can remember.

Not surprised that the idea that forced obedience to right wing law makers interpretations of Christian teachings is a type of authoritarianism is lost on many posters here.

Authoritarianism as it relates to oligarchy, kleptocracy and neoliberal economics is a discussion for another time I suppose.

 

[Bluto]

Democrats and Republicans can't lower prices of goods. This is pandering to morons on both sides. If they did try to, we would be in a shitstorm like no other.

What would be rational is to show inflation numbers from 2017-2020 and inflation numbers from 2021-present.

You seem to be arguing that governments only have a negative impact on markets when they get involved. That doesn’t make any sense.

If you wanted to have a serious discussion about inflation you would have to look at the effects of the pandemic on supply chains as well.

 

[TorontoGold]

Haha.

It is interesting how easy it is to project onto and come away with whatever conclusion you want from that small clip and frame it as such.

Right wing media and the GOP have been pushing for a return to “godliness” and how we need to be a “Christian nation once again” for as long as I can remember.

Not surprised that the idea that forced obedience to right wing law makers interpretations of Christian teachings is a type of authoritarianism and that this is lost on many posters here.

Authoritarianism as it relates to neoliberal economics is a discussion for another time I suppose.

Not to even mention Cernovich, who if he's popping up in your timeline is probably a time for self reflection. Of course, nobody knows who he is, nobody knows who Benny Johnson or anyone from Tenet Media is.

Seperation of church and state!*
*except if it's my church, then fuck yeah.

 

[IrishLax]

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

You seem to be arguing that governments only have a negative impact on markets when they get involved. That doesn’t make any sense.

If you wanted to have a serious discussion about inflation you would have to look at the effects of the pandemic on supply chains as well.

It's not an argument. It's reality.

Politicians can't control the prices of goods and services in the US. They might pass legislation to impact those goods and services, but politicians don't determine what companies charge for their products. This is pandering to the low IQ voter.

 

[NDVirginia19]

Lmfao. I don’t think we will ever see a campaign as manufactured as hers ever again

 

[Bishop2b5]

 

[Bluto]

It's not an argument. It's reality.

Politicians can't control the prices of goods and services in the US. They might pass legislation to impact those goods and services, but politicians don't determine what companies charge for their products. This is pandering to the low IQ voter.

If said politicians set policy that influences prices doesn’t that in turn help determine the final price for said product?

 

[drayer54]

Lmfao. I don’t think we will ever see a campaign as manufactured as hers ever again

The idea that Trump is the end of times and she doesn't need to explain an agenda or any policy position is just absurd.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

If said politicians set policy that influences prices doesn’t that in turn help determine the final price for said product?

Passing legislation, mainly on spending, can influence the cost of products. Some messaging we've seen from Trump and Harris make it sound like on day one they can make eggs $2 a dozen again, and that aint happening.