2014 American Elections
2014 American Elections
The USD is an interesting animal. Consider there is nothing really backing it but air. The higher the deficit, the less real money and the more air. Eventually the rest of the world will get tired of it and the $ will bust. The only thing that will make a difference is if America goes back to being a capitalist society instead of following most of the others into socialism. The only way socialism works is if the majority of the people under it are willing to fund it. When you run out of people to take money from, it fails.
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That has more to do with congress than the puppet in chief. Had to laugh at the idea that obummer is not an "ideologue". He's the most blindly partisan muppet we've ever had pretending to be presidentJimboPSM wrote:Perhaps it is time to reflect on what has happened to the USD when the ideologues run the show.
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Trickle down economics doesn't work, neither does the current trend of trickle up poverty. Middle class gets screwed either way
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Things are NOT balanced.
With luck, the GOP may be able to generate some... Not likely though with the billies bein so ideologically challenged. Patently hypocritical, the billies whingin about ideologues, doncha know.
I think da Big O's comments, on these matters, were excellent... Sadly, dead right.
GOP's gotta put up now. It'd be real easy for the Dems to play obstructionist, same as the GOP has for the last 6 years... And, then, as the GOP did, claim "do nothing" Congress...
But, that would not be a good thing.
With luck, the GOP may be able to generate some... Not likely though with the billies bein so ideologically challenged. Patently hypocritical, the billies whingin about ideologues, doncha know.
I think da Big O's comments, on these matters, were excellent... Sadly, dead right.
GOP's gotta put up now. It'd be real easy for the Dems to play obstructionist, same as the GOP has for the last 6 years... And, then, as the GOP did, claim "do nothing" Congress...
But, that would not be a good thing.
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Harry Reid has personally stopped 380 bills from seeing light, but I'm sure that's not obstructionist from your partisan viewpoint, it's par for the course
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The only real problem, moving ahead, is that Obama and the new Congress, are polar opposites. When Congress writes almost any new bill it will be vetoed, and when Obama writes any new Ex. Order, Congress will do their best not to fund it. That is the next 2 years in a nutshell.
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Going to be a rough two years for lower middle class bread winners
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It's kind of scarey looking at US politics particularly since you guys often lead on trends.
I'm concerned we in New Zealand will end up with as nutty politics as yours in the next decade or two. Hopefully for us differences in electoral systems will make this unlikely.
I think some posters are overlooking what a divided house the Republican politicians are. They're not really on the one team. Hopefully the nut jobs in there won't be too influential. You want main street running the US and not the lunatics.
I'm concerned we in New Zealand will end up with as nutty politics as yours in the next decade or two. Hopefully for us differences in electoral systems will make this unlikely.
I think some posters are overlooking what a divided house the Republican politicians are. They're not really on the one team. Hopefully the nut jobs in there won't be too influential. You want main street running the US and not the lunatics.
Lock 'em up - Eastman, Giuliani, Senator Graham, Meadows and Trump
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GOP is so out of touch it's ridiculous. Refusal to budge on the war on drugs is the main reason they can't resonate with young people. Trend is absolutely going to legalized marijuana across the globe but they (GOP) are willing to go down with the ship.
I don't think any kiwi should mock American politics, you need to verify your child's name is on the govt approved list.
I don't think any kiwi should mock American politics, you need to verify your child's name is on the govt approved list.
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This isn't correct. There isn't a list in NZ but it's true Mr. and Mrs Smith can't name their daughter Blowjob Smith. Hopefully that can't happen in the US as well.JoeThrows wrote:I don't think any kiwi should mock American politics, you need to verify your child's name is on the govt approved list.
We're watching the US law changes on drugs with great interest. Our war on drugs isn't as fierce as the US's. We have a few loons in politics here but they seem particularly attracted to politics in the US. One of our Green MPs recently suggested homeopathic treatment for Ebola. 555+ The Green leaders dumped on him big time as it damages the party.
One price of being a cultural and political superpower is the US is going to get foreigners opining on the US. We try to learn from your strengths and weaknesses. The state of your federal politics seems to have gone downhill big time over the last decade. The question is can it improve? Hopefully yes.
Lock 'em up - Eastman, Giuliani, Senator Graham, Meadows and Trump
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Sure it can improve, as soon as we limit lobbying, impose term limits and get rid of the financial perqs such as ability to profit from inside information, separate insurance plans from ordinary Americans etc. it's structured now to encourage profiteering not public welfare.
More government is not the solution.
More government is not the solution.
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It's spelled B'lowJawbGT93 wrote:This isn't correct. There isn't a list in NZ but it's true Mr. and Mrs Smith can't name their daughter Blowjob Smith. Hopefully that can't happen in the US as well.JoeThrows wrote:I don't think any kiwi should mock American politics, you need to verify your child's name is on the govt approved list.
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Let's be nice to all our foreign friends, we don't have many of them left.
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"If you like your foreign friends, you can keep them. Period"
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JT: Do you know where I can find a list of these bills?JoeThrows wrote:Harry Reid has personally stopped 380 bills from seeing light, but I'm sure that's not obstructionist from your partisan viewpoint, it's par for the course
And:
You got this one half right -
The GOP let the Dems blow their foot off this round....http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/06/polit ... ?hpt=hp_c2JoeThrows wrote:Interesting to note that no democrat candidate would ally themselves with Obama. In fact, they were all running ads shooting guns and basically trying to show themselves as masculine again after 6 years of being emasculated by liberal brainwashing
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Can't link from my phone. Lynnjenkins.house.gov it was 352 bills at the time, July 2014
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I do like my foreign friends, esp. the ones who stood by America when we needed them. Just because some countries haven't been so nice is no reason to paint the whole world as bad.