Originally posted by Sour Masher
View Post
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
2024 Election Thread
Collapse
X
-
Originally posted by Sour Masher View PostMusk bribing people in swing states with a $100 if they sign a pledge saying they support the 2nd amendment and register to vote is concerning. Both candidates have an absurd amount of money backing them, but the billionaires backing trump must really want to make sure the unrealized capital gains income loophole continues to make sure they pay next to no taxes while middle-class workers continue to foot the bills for this country. The wealth concentration has gotten so absurd (the top 1% control over 10x more wealth than the bottom 50%) and somehow all that ad money has convinced millions of relatively poor Americans that a modest tax restricted to only those making over $100 million that would still leave them paying less as a percentage than many poorer Americans is a big threat to capitalism. And despite this, we have about half of all union workers supporting trump/musk, as they laugh about abusing and firing workers who won't commit to working more for less. It boggles the mind.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by onejayhawk View Post
Are you saying that Trump will defeat Trump?
If so, let me get $100 on Trump to win.
We just have to wait for election week, since it is no longer just one day anymore. Only because PA legislators can't agree to start counting mail-in votes ahead of time like other states, which prolongs the count for several additional days and opens the Pandora's box of election fraud conspiracy theories.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by madducks View PostI think Hillary was a big favorite too. And we know how that one turned out.
If so, let me get $100 on Trump to win.
Leave a comment:
-
I think Hillary was a big favorite too. And we know how that one turned out.
Leave a comment:
-
-
It's two weeks til the election. I wanted your sentiment about Trump pulling ahead in the final turn. The betting odds are
image.png
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by madducks View Post
Republicans seem to consider anything that benefits the middle class or the poor as socialism or communism. Middle class and poor Republicans must think they actually have a chance to join the top 1% and are voting to secure their future lol. Either that or they just simply worship billionaires and want to help them out as much as they can.
And speaking of ad money, as Bernie Sanders says, there needs to be limits placed on campaign spending. The number of political ads on TV, radio, and internet has gotten ridiculous. That's not even mentioning all of the flyers that fill my mailbox every day.
The rich republicans sell to the poor ones that they are the same--they just want to keep what they earn, but the rich earned what they have on the backs of the poor and with huge government aid. Asking them to give a little of that back for the greater good doesn't undermine capitalism, it makes it work better, and it should appeal to poorer republicans sense of fairness, since many of them are paying a higher effective tax rate than the .1%. These folks are still going to have more money than any human needs or should want. All they are doing is giving a fraction back to the society that made their vast fortunes possible. They still get to be rich beyond most people's comprehension--plenty of incentive to keep earning and pushing the capitalist machine forward. But even very modest moves to address this ever growing wealth gap gets labeled as communism or socialism.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by Sour Masher View PostMusk bribing people in swing states with a $100 if they sign a pledge saying they support the 2nd amendment and register to vote is concerning. Both candidates have an absurd amount of money backing them, but the billionaires backing trump must really want to make sure the unrealized capital gains income loophole continues to make sure they pay next to no taxes while middle-class workers continue to foot the bills for this country. The wealth concentration has gotten so absurd (the top 1% control over 10x more wealth than the bottom 50%) and somehow all that ad money has convinced millions of relatively poor Americans that a modest tax restricted to only those making over $100 million that would still leave them paying less as a percentage than many poorer Americans is a big threat to capitalism. And despite this, we have about half of all union workers supporting trump/musk, as they laugh about abusing and firing workers who won't commit to working more for less. It boggles the mind.
And speaking of ad money, as Bernie Sanders says, there needs to be limits placed on campaign spending. The number of political ads on TV, radio, and internet has gotten ridiculous. That's not even mentioning all of the flyers that fill my mailbox every day.
Leave a comment:
-
Musk bribing people in swing states with a $100 if they sign a pledge saying they support the 2nd amendment and register to vote is concerning. Both candidates have an absurd amount of money backing them, but the billionaires backing trump must really want to make sure the unrealized capital gains income loophole continues to make sure they pay next to no taxes while middle-class workers continue to foot the bills for this country. The wealth concentration has gotten so absurd (the top 1% control over 10x more wealth than the bottom 50%) and somehow all that ad money has convinced millions of relatively poor Americans that a modest tax restricted to only those making over $100 million that would still leave them paying less as a percentage than many poorer Americans is a big threat to capitalism. And despite this, we have about half of all union workers supporting trump/musk, as they laugh about abusing and firing workers who won't commit to working more for less. It boggles the mind.
Leave a comment:
-
Reading through the released Jack Smith case file shows just how corrupt, unhinged and hellbent on performing a coup the clown was just after the '20 election. Griffey's too stupid to understand this, for sure, but how anyone else can even think of voting for that traitor only proves they'll look past everything because they hate what he hates (i.e. blacks, browns & females). Racism and misogyny cure all.
Leave a comment:
-
Sleepy Don?
"A Trump adviser told The Shade Room producers that Trump was “exhausted and refusing [some] interviews."
Sounds like we have another elderly politician incapable of fulfilling the rigorous demands of being President due to declining health.
Leave a comment:
Leave a comment: