Oh yeah definitely. Cardin is a shill to Israel and expanding NSA surveillance

I said earlier I was socially and fiscally liberal

a lot or more programs but less taxes and more government spending

taxes don't fund government spending

whats wrong with the debt? what's wrong with the deficit for that matter

When interest rates go up, the government pays more into the debt by increasing the deficit. And because the federal deficit is private sector savings, it will stimulate the economy depending on who is holding the bonds

Also with regard to the interest rates, we don't really know whether or not it will speed up or slow down the economy

I guess I would fall more towards Keynes, but I guess I would be a post-Keynesian, more specifically someone who follows MMT

Also with regard to whether or not a debt level is sustainable or not, just know that we can never go bankrupt with our own money, since we the US gov is the currency issuer, not the user.

That's why we have taxes

One main function of taxes is to regulate our spending power

But regardless, if you mean "devaluing" as in inflation, then I think its a bit exaggerated

It's poorly understood is what I meant to say. Inflation isn't always caused by government spending

I would say unemployment is a way bigger problem tbh

Right

I would agree with that; It would certainly cause an inflationary crises if we all just went and funded free college, medicaid, etc. in one night

In general the government should be held responsible to avoid any price inflation when competing for scarce resources, but at the same time make sure we have decent living standards and full employment

There are constraints that we should be worried about; inflation and resources are two of them. But whether or not we can pay for it is not one of them

IE the problem with social security isn't whether or not we will run out of money, but it is if there are enough labor output and resources for everyone on social security to buy what they want without any scarcity. This is why full employment is essential

Not as well versed on social issues as I am on other issues, but I'm socially liberal.

progressive kind of liberal i guess

I don't mind people taking pride of their country, but when it just outright distracts people from issues facing the country then I would have to be against that.

What do you mean globalism

Oh yeah.

I think I know what you mean by globalism. I think of it as neoliberalism

Yeah, neoliberalism is disastrous

Oh that's not what I was thinking of. I was thinking more along the lines of putting the elite's interest over that of the people

I don't know much about it, but I guess I'm fine? Don't really have an opinion on it other than as long as you respect others I respect you

Again, with regard to welfare, just know that your tax money is not going towards government spending. We don't have a scarce amount of money, so it doesn't really matter if that latino immigrant takes more welfare money than an another person

Jesus I missed a lot apparently

Oh yeah I was going to say that Manchin looks like he won't be running for Senate again this year

Ehh I'm ambivalent

Manchin isn't progressive by any means and he might have not voted blue all the time, but he still leaned quite Democratic. The only reason Manchin won was because he ran on coal

And to be honest, Manchin is probably the only WV Democrat who could beat WV Republican. IDK about the progressive alternative, Paula Swearengin

And it doesn't look like Swearengin isn't running on coal, since it is quite anti-progressive

tbh the best way to avoid the press if you were an elected official is to be a typical Republican or a Democrat who always votes party line, preferably in a state that few people care about.

but where's the fun in that

Jesus this discord grew quickly

TX

Thoughts on Bachmann not running for Senate?

whoops wrong channel

Thoughts on Bachmann opting out of running for the Senate?

Is Minnesota going to be a safe blue, or is there a really good Republican

Also is Ohio going to be a safe blue, since Mandel dropped out and that filmmaker isn't running?

When I mean safe I mean safe in terms of the Senate just in case you got confused

I don't really follow the House

Daily reminder that Clinton is literally the worst candidate that the Democrats had to offer

So it would probably make sense why a district that dramatically voted for Trump in the 201 election went for a moderate Dem to represent their district this year

What's going on? Why isn't Rick Scott running as senator for Florida yet?

just curious

is AZ going to become blue since Flake isn't running again and McCain's probably going to die from brain cancer

😦

how do you guys feel about leftists like me just curious

or just left wingers in general

So as long as they have a moderate-right stance on immigration (they can have a hardcore left stance on every other stance), you're fine with that?

ha

well I'm not too educated on immigration beyond making sure that both immigrants and citizens are protected. Pretty sure most of the Mexicans are fleeing Mexico from the War on Drugs but I could be wrong

tbh the only reason im in this discord is because im interested in what you guys have to say about the midterm elections coming up.

@🎃Boo-ton🎃 Nah. IDK what to do with all the info in the midterms thread.

@Red Storm (in NYC) yeah

TBH I think it's the actions abroad that destabilize their cities is what makes people migrate to other countries. The most glaring example being the wars going on in the Middle East

Neoliberalism and Neoconservatism are both cancer

lol are you talking about Paul Nehlen?

what does each pic represent

I assume the bottom picture is what it looks like if Maryland was redistricted?

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.

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.

Waste on what

No like what does the government waste money on

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

It's not a theory really

But if you're interested in it, search up Modern Monetary Theory

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

Who is the GOP candidate for Maryland

So a whistleblower vs a CIA officer. classic

If Manning wins the primaries somehow, she does have a shot against the CIA boi if she exposes what our government is doing

^^^

I mean, it's pretty much a given if I was in Maryland I would vote Manning, but if I was someone who voted for Trump I would not vote for a neocon

Neocons like McCain, Cotton, Graham and Rubio need to gtfo

The dude is very hawkish when it comes to Iran

Ok so for you guys your main focus is on immigration. Are there any other issues you are focused on or is it just immigration

So economy and immigration?

tfw no lefties

I need to find a leftypol discord since I can't really connect with you guys

Other than just talking about midterms

lol

I'm not as heavily invested in the midterms as you guys are, just interesting to have a discussion

it?

I don't even have reddit

And I've even stated that I was a lefty several times now lol

lmao I mean it doesn't really matter. I was hoping to talk about midterms and politics really.

All I'm going to do that is remotely "blue wave" is just vote for Dems in the midterm elections

I'm not really a Democrat as I find most democrats to be corporatist neoliberals, but it there is a candidate that I think is worth voting for I'm voting for him or her

Also Texas District 07

So Houston Area

lmaoooo

wut