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"In northern Minnesota, a region hit hard by the steel slump and layoffs in the iron mines, 70 percent approved of the way Trump is handling the economy and job policy." - Star Tribune, 1/14/18
Red Alert:
The Florida State Legislature has just approved Amendment IV - The Right for Felons to Vote Act to be on the November ballot after the nigger rights supporting the measure claimed it got around 800k signatures on its petition. The GOP-controlled State legislature is thinking of passing a bill that will restore the nigger's rights only if jewdge grants his/her approval. If not, this amendment requires, I believe, a two-thirds majority (if not just sixty percent) to officially pass so it's a tough sell, but it's Florida - there's enough cucked-up people down here for it to pass.
NEWS: Per a GOP aide (via a member on the train), the train carrying members of congress to the GOP Retreat just had some kind of accident.
wow
this could be maybe the large GOP bill you said they would need
indeed
A thing about it is that Dems would most likely join in to vote, which would make it less of a GOP achievement.
The way I see this working out like the tax bill is if they're so obstructionist they don't vote for infrastructure
Well, it's official, the stock market is now 100% irrelevant
He cannot be crashed
Lol
Yeah since the election djia was up 45% now it's up 43% so lol whatever
The collapse wasn't as big in perspective
It'll be back up
I think that the subtext is far more interesting
Because you had MSM report on this, the 1000 point fall, it seems to have done nothing.
I think it's a huge deal, if they try something like this which I'm not sure they can do in many other sectors, it won't affect Trump's popularity whatsoever or even the confidence of the economy.
Some really great news sites:
I think this section is for providing news, not news sites lol
lol
but da illegals are good for muh gdp
that's something people are going to get triggered by
when we deport the illegals the GDP will decline
but GDP per capita will increase bigly
current GDP per capita is 60k
without illegals it would at least hike to 62k
Dershowitz on the Libertarian ticket, huh?
Well, in a state like NJ, that may be our best bet
I don't know, it just may work
Menendez is a crooked enough figure,
NJ and the vacant MN seat could serve as a path to 60
I think having some 3rd party blood in congress would be interesting
Dershowitz is old and I know he's not /ourguy/ by any definition of the word, but it would be interesting and better for us to have him over Menendez.
a libertarian would likely caucus would Republicans
Perhaps, Dershowitz has been making more inroads w/ the Fox crowd, I know that
The NJ Republican party isn't in good shape after Christie
I'm open to this
This is of course, all theory and speculation, Dershowitz himself I don't think's displayed any interest in running and I'm not sure the Libertarians are the first thing he'd have in mind.
But it's an interesting thought.
I'm not sure if he could win on the Libertarian ticket
people generally aren't willing to vote for a 3rd party candidate in large numbers
If there was a way to do it, that would be it, IMO
heh
A new bill proposed by Todd Rokita, US Rep and candidate for US Senate would make most bonuses resulting from the Trump tax plan completely tax free, this bill would be named the 'Creating Relief and Useful Middle-Class Benefits and Savings Act' or CRUMBS Act, a swipe at Nancy Pelosi's comment after the bill was made that bonuses obtained from the tax cuts were simple crumbs.
I hope it passes, it'd be another successful piece of GOP legislation, which would help their image overall, and would specifically help Rokita's campaign for Senate in Indiana immensely.
Also, it's some good bantz tbh
that's a good PR stunt too
@๐Boo-ton๐ that's good news
I wonder if it'll have much of an effect on Romney's senate run though
HAHAHA
YES
You know what this means?
The Bushite/McCain Republican wing is now officially dead.
They cannot even show their faces anymore, this is now the Trump party.
The only major mormon presidential candidate in history cannot even get backed in fucking Utah.
That speaks volumes about the state of the neocons, there won't be any new ones, only nationalists from here on out.
This is incredible economic news
He cut taxes and then the next month ran a SURPLUS
Holy shit
makes sense
as businesses invest more of the money they save, their profits go up and they end up with more in percentage to give to the fed
It's going to bode very well if it keeps up
Democrats may have shifted the American mindset on healthcare,
The only negative people have on the tax cut is how much it'd drive up the deficit
but Republicans have now forever changed how Americans think about taxes
If the deficit for fiscal year 2018 really will be only $176 B like the treasury report says it is, the we've got some amazing news on our hands
I think the federal shutdown may have had something to do with the surplus
Anyways, if stuff like this keeps up alongside the bonuses and the cuts in taxes, CRUMBS act, then there's absolutely nothing they can do with the stock market to fuck over Trump.
I'm having a good day
@FLanon when was the last time we ran a surplus ?
under Clinton
so, on a month by month basis, it's never been a surplus since then ? I know it was a surplus on a yearly basis under Clinton
@๐Boo-ton๐ I'm not sure about that on a month to month basis
Yearly, yeah, it was Clinton. I think between then and now we must have had one month which was a surplus.
Trump's not really fiscally conservative tbh
he thinks the debt can go away by increasing revenue,
but it will never enough for that, he'd have to make significant cuts to the healthcare programs
Unfortunately
Looked it up, Sept. 2017 was a surplus month
We definitely have to be much more efficient on healthcare programs, that's the main issue with the system
Medicare Part D bars the government from negotiating with drug companies to lower prices
I wish Trump would look more at these kind of budget issues more closely, and cut in the military as well, but it's a small issue for me.
Probably going to get shat on for this, but running a federal surplus is going to be very harmful to our economy
Clinton helped set up the stage for the financial crisis by running up huge surpluses, leaving the private sector to run a deficit. Bush brought that back down when his deficit helped us grow like around 5% of the GDP, but the private sector moved back to taking on deficits due to lender fraud.
You have to look at this politically. Even if your theory is correct, the thing is the idea of a tax CUT making the debt lower is optically a victory. I personally don't believe in the idea of having large debt being okay because I don't trust the fed to handle our money and interest benevolently. We can theorize all we want about this, and I'll read more about economics to make myself more educated on this kind of stuff, but as it stands, I'm in this for the social and political issues. My idea of winning the economics battle is making it so where single-income families can be viable again so someone can stay and take care of the kids.
Politically, having large public debt isn't the problem. Having large private debt is. If you want single-income families or double-income families to be viable, then you want them to save and invest more. I agree that tax cuts on the lower and middle income class is great but so is increasing government spending.
@snickers one of the big drawbacks of having the Government spending stimulate the economy is that the government wastes more so it's not as effective.
Waste on what
Stimulating the economy
No like what does the government waste money on
Like everything it does is usually more expensive then the private sector. Money is also sent to thing with very low return on investment
Either way, my point is that government spending into the economy is what helps drive the private sector savings, and it is up the congress to appropriate the budget so that the money is used for the public good rather than just a few people
Like when Obama gave tens of billions of dollars to that Solaris (Spelling?) company and it was all embezzled or waisted then shut down a year or so later
@Snickers you have a very interesting theory. I never heard it before. There may be something to it
It's not a theory really
But if you're interested in it, search up Modern Monetary Theory
What about inflation though? Since the government is just printing money doesn't this result in $ being worth less?
Inflation is a problem and that's what we should be focused on, not deficits or balancing the budget. However, inflation usually isn't a problem if the money being spent out in the government is used to reinvigorate idle capacity like human resources, goods, services, etc.
That's a quite simple explanation but if you want to read up on what MMT thinks of inflation, just read this article (unfortunately its kind of long) http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=10554
I'll talk to you more about this later since I am busy atm
>Republicans have the wrong agenda
what the fuck does that even mean
no free gibs
It means they aren't fighting for the right stuff?
gibs??
If the media weren't actively against us, and both parties acted the same, we'd have 75% of the vote
This is bullshit
Republicans are still pretty cucked
Even though Trump is leading them
probably the scariest thing for the dems about trump when he was running is that he doesn't exactly "belong" to any party
he can't be bought and sold like other people
he's pre cool
Ugh
This is why I prefer Republicans over Democrats.
wh
what
wait
***what***
can I get a quick rundown
of
***what***
just
jus
WHAT
This year is a battle for America's soul.
can I inform you about something called freedom of religion
and why this is a direct violation of that on many levels
I help run news channels on several servers
Ill keep this updated with all my sources.
Holy moly
In other news, AfD overtook SPD as the second largest political party in Germany by popular support today.
The Afd really got popular
Merkel should be worried
especially as no one wants to coalition with her
Once the CDU/CSU-SPD coalition falls apart, I see AfD dominating the power vacuum
Holy shit, they're polling better than the SP fucking D?
Do you recognize the significance of that?
I remember when they didnโt even break the 5% threshold just a couple years ago
They were one of the OG parties when Germany lost WWI and they got their worst election result since Hitler last year, and now they've been beaten by a party that is barely half a decade old.
What are the chances CSU breaks away from CDU and forms a coalition with AfD in the next election
It depends if the migrant crisis worsens
I hear the SPD is voting internally on whether or not to partner with CDU-CSU
If they don't, Merkel's fucked
If the coalition fails theyโll have to hold another election, and the SPD is absolutely fucked
I mean, Merkel may have to step down if that happens, she'll either do that or have to go through 4 excruciating years of legislative gridlock in a minority parliament which could have the AfD be the winning party
Then the only other options are the Jamaica coalition (dead on arrival) or a reluctant coalition with AfD
Merkel appointed a successor today, the so-called โmini Merkelโ
CDU is spiraling
I think eventually they may have to do what the รVP did in Austria and pick someone who would appeal to that crowd instead of a conservacuck
The รVP was basically just "CDU but in Austria" and then Strache came along, I think that same thing could very well happen in Germany.
In any case, Godspeed to them.
Haha
Pathetic
as was expected
>LATimes
they're the only outlet that showed Trump leading in the polls in 2016
uh huh
alright note to self: eradicate all the Mexicans in Texas before the end of the decade or America is going to collapse into a nuclear hellscape
^dis tbh
Mhm
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