Politics

[spike.t]

Ohoo they send em off to Africa to clean up there messes there

Doubt it.....too many cheap ones here already

 

[spike.t]

CIA given the green light to operate in Venezuela.
I think Maduro and his gang of thugs are well on the way out.

Mmm...I read that about 3 or 4 days ago...just saying.....

 

[Brent in Az]

I thought being to the right of Genghis Khan was a compliment. I've used it as such.

Being to the right of Genghis Khan would be considered more radical, yes?
Khan was a ruthless slayer.

 

[Ray B]

I can agree with about 40 percent of what the Democrats want to do.

Please note what 40% of what Democrats want that a "normal" person also wants.

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Please note what 40% of what Democrats want that a "normal" person also wants.

I also can't think of why a "normal person" would be opposed to 60% of what Trump wants to do.

 

[steve white]

Being to the right of Genghis Khan would be considered more radical, yes?
Khan was a ruthless slayer.

It's not meant to be taken literally. lol

 

[Frostbite]

Please note what 40% of what Democrats want that a "normal" person also wants.

A normal person wants a more balanced tax system........one where I don't have to pay a higher percentage of my income than a billionaire.

Democrats want a more balanced system........I agree.

Democrats want an improved health care that will prevent us from being overwhelmed (usually in old age) by medical bills.

I support that.

Democrats want to protect social security.

I support that.

Democrats reject tariffs as just a hidden new tax on all of us that cause trade wars that especially hurt farmers.

I agree.

Did I hit forty percent yet?

It's hard to know.

 

[Frostbite]

I also can't think of why a "normal person" would be opposed to 60% of what Trump wants to do.

There were millions in the streets today that are opposed to 90% of what he wants to do.

Can we ignore that fact?

 

[Brent in Az]

There were millions in the streets today that are opposed to 90% of what he wants to do.

Can we ignore that fact?

Yes. We can ignore the angry leftist lemmings, who lost the election, and have been brainwashed by the leftist mainstream media, and Democrat gaslighting.
These brainless idiots don't realize that NOTHING has come closer to kingship, totalitarianism, and authoritarianism, then what we saw during the Biden administration.

 

[Doug Hamilton]

There were millions in the streets today that are opposed to 90% of what he wants to do.

Can we ignore that fact?

Millions? Not hardly. A couple of thousand spread over a few highly publicized cities.

A majority of citizens voted for Trump to do exactly what he is doing. Any rational person can see the advantages for the country.

 

[Doug Hamilton]

A normal person wants a more balanced tax system........one where I don't have to pay a higher percentage of my income than a billionaire.

Democrats want a more balanced system........I agree.

Democrats want an improved health care that will prevent us from being overwhelmed (usually in old age) by medical bills.

I support that.

Democrats want to protect social security.

I support that.

Democrats reject tariffs as just a hidden new tax on all of us that cause trade wars that especially hurt farmers.

I agree.

Did I hit forty percent yet?

It's hard to know.

Put the ladle down! Step away from the Kool-Ade!

Billionaires carry a disproportionate share of the tax burden. Fact.
Billionaires have the businesses that employ people. Fact.
No one is trying to end Social Security. Fact.
Republicans want to protect the health care of citizens. Fact.
Democrats want to destroy health care as we know it on order to pay for health care of illegal aliens. Fact.

 

[Brent in Az]

Millions? Not hardly. A couple of thousand spread over a few highly publicized cities.

A majority of citizens voted for Trump to do exactly what he is doing. Any rational person can see the advantages for the country.

Key word = rational

 

[Flewis]

Put the ladle down! Step away from the Kool-Ade!

Billionaires carry a disproportionate share of the tax burden. Fact.
Billionaires have the businesses that employ people. Fact.
No one is trying to end Social Security. Fact.
Republicans want to protect the health care of citizens. Fact.
Democrats want to destroy health care as we know it on order to pay for health care of illegal aliens. Fact.

You know you can’t use facts when you talk to a liberal, wait why are you even talking to one?

 

[Brent in Az]

Someone who gets it.

 

[Ray B]

@Frostbite
I realize you are from the state that elects things such as Timmy Walz and that Bozo Ellison. You've fallen far from the glory days of HHH, so I will keep it to your grade level.
1. A Balanced Tax system- first of all, it would need to be determined on what is going to be taxed: Income and or expenditures. The tax code is thousands of pages and every one of them was written with intent to cause someone else to pay the tax. Both parties support this convoluted tax system because their donors want various parts of it. The only Balanced tax is a flat tax on income and if a welfare system is wanted having the tax start at a negative number (which was Milton Friedman's idea) would solve both the tax and the welfare problem. No Democrat supports that.
Improve healthcare- healthcare is fine with the exception that the govt has promoted/ subsidized/allowed unhealthy habits. What you are saying is that you want CHEAPER healthcare. the biggest jump in healthcare costs resulted from ObamaCare. Other costs result from the consolidation of services. You no longer see private practice doctors. Why? Because ambulance chasing attorneys and their ridiculous judgments have required doctors to have malpractice insurance. So now doctors are employees of large hospital corporations that have layers of bureaucracy causing increased costs.
Social Security- As set-up the system was an income tax that funded an account that paid a retirement benefit. Eligibility was at age 65 and the average life expectancy at the time was 72. So the idea was you paid in from about age 20 - 65, 45 years and you got a benefit for 7 years. Funds accrued because a lot more was initially being paid than being drawn. Other govt agencies "borrowed" these funds with the promise to repay with interest. However, the debt became part of the national debt. With inflation and longer lives, the original plan is going bankrupt. the Democrats propose to "save" it by printing more money to offset the debt. If you know anything about economics, you know this leads directly to inflation- which is the same as a tax.
Tariffs- Have three functions- They produce income for the government because you are right, it is effectively a sales tax. Secondly, they increase the price of foreign goods relative to domestic goods- so the tariff "protects" local industry. Third- the tariff is used to offset a tariff placed on US goods by foreign countries. This is the main reason for Pres Trump's tariffs. He is trying to get other countries to remove or lower their tariff/quotas against US goods to open their markets. In so doing crops from Minnesota would have a larger market and the higher price from increased demand.

Anything else that you've heard on the Prairie Home Companion that you think is counter to what the Republicans are trying to do?

 

[Ray B]

Looks like putin got what he wanted.....playing his standard game again with the the Donald.......

I think Trump realizes the potential for significant worldwide problems of an expanded war so he is moving cautiously, keeping the European countries involved and giving Putin face saving opportunities. But that said, it doesn't mean that Putin is going to receive unlimited extensions. My thoughts o it are that Putin has just about reached the end of the rope. I suspect trump will tell Ukraine that this is Putin's last chance to make a deal and if the trip to Hungary doesn't end the war, the tomahawks, via Europe will be on the way.

 

[cwpayton]

There were millions in the streets today that are opposed to 90% of what he wants to do.

Can we ignore that fact?

naa I think if they didnt get a check for showing up that would diminish their interest, I ignore them like bad breath. however I support their right to protest as long as no harm done and dont block my right of way.

 

[luger6]

Millions? Not hardly. A couple of thousand spread over a few highly publicized cities.

A majority of citizens voted for Trump to do exactly what he is doing. Any rational person can see the advantages for the country.

Millions join anti-Trump 'No Kings' protests across US

The demonstrations against the US president - which Republicans had called "hate-America rallies" - were boisterous but peaceful.

www.bbc.com

 

[spike.t]

 

[gearguywb]

I am voting for whomever has the intestinal fortitude to overhaul the tax code.

Make it simple...

3x5 card. I made XXXX, paid YYYY, tax is ZZZZZ. I either owe or are refunded some amount.

I know, crazy talk since we are at the tipping point of more not paying than are.