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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

[bankshot1]

But you are asking him to defend his views, Bank, thinking he is looking at the issue/events from your perspective

His opinions are born of deep seeded beliefs after many a battle.

You can't speak to a grown man the same as a child that hasn't been through much

Open your eyes, that he may open his a bit wider.  Yet expect that he may not - and be ok with that.

I'm not asking knicks anything other than to define and be specific about what he means by GO BIG in 2020.

I want his perspective.

At that point i could agree or disagree.

[Echo4]

Here's a thing that I hate:
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/desantis-slams-media-for-waxing-poetically-about-impending-florida-outbreak-that-never-materialized/?fbclid=IwAR1MKazwrl87HIAKGeMZlaLiIkbKglRLWGUqJpcXw5AfmJ0Qlhj8Vbj0Ma0

I hate that just like you and Ward, DeSantis will never admit to having been wrong and certainly won't apologize for slamming the media in error. I hate that Trump will never see the error of his ways. I hate that Ward cannot admit to even a formatting mistake or spelling error.

And I hate that you are all insensitive pricks and there is almost no chance that will change.

[bambu.]

Many of the White protesters in the streets could be  leftists cheering for Biden's promise of
 "100% renewables by 2050".
Biden maybe won't even be alive in 2050, let alone be having anything to do with running the country then.
So any promises he makes like that are basically hollow.

Just like JFK's empty promise to reach the moon by the end of the decade.

Bambi is a racist troll.

100% renewables in America by 2050....is simply not possili?  it

Many of the White protesters in the streets could be  leftists cheering for Biden's promise of
 "100% renewables by 2050".
Biden maybe won't even be alive in 2050, let alone be having anything to do with running the country then.
So any promises he makes like that are basically hollow.
Many of them seem like they might never have spent a day in the workforce.
When they find our how much it's all going to cost them they might not see things in the same light.

In America, there seems to be an idea that most White people, in some form of guilt trip over slavery, White privilege etc...are   are going to be selling all their assets and giving the proceeds to Black people.
It's wishful thinking...fantasy even.

Nobody but you has that notion.

And you're a racist, who makes up shit to argue against.

It's called "redistribute the wealth"...one of Marx and the leftists' favourites.
Death duties, but one segment of the manifesto.

[bambu.]

Elizabet Warren's "wealth tax" for example.

[Echo4]

Many of the White protesters in the streets could be  leftists cheering for Biden's promise of
 "100% renewables by 2050".
Biden maybe won't even be alive in 2050, let alone be having anything to do with running the country then.
So any promises he makes like that are basically hollow.

Just like JFK's empty promise to reach the moon by the end of the decade.

Bambi is a racist troll.

100% renewables in America by 2050....is simply not possili?  it

Many of the White protesters in the streets could be  leftists cheering for Biden's promise of
 "100% renewables by 2050".
Biden maybe won't even be alive in 2050, let alone be having anything to do with running the country then.
So any promises he makes like that are basically hollow.
Many of them seem like they might never have spent a day in the workforce.
When they find our how much it's all going to cost them they might not see things in the same light.

In America, there seems to be an idea that most White people, in some form of guilt trip over slavery, White privilege etc...are   are going to be selling all their assets and giving the proceeds to Black people.
It's wishful thinking...fantasy even.

Nobody but you has that notion.

And you're a racist, who makes up shit to argue against.

It's called "redistribute the wealth"...one of Marx and the leftists' favourites.
Death duties, but one segment of the manifesto.

No, that is not what it is called and that is not what any redistribution suggestion looks like.

Nor are "death duties" on inheritances over $11,800,000 dollars at all that. It impacts fewer than 1 in 1000 families. And it ranges from 15-40%, which is still not going to leave any of those poor beleaguered millionaires out in the cold.

[Echo4]

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/if-youve-been-to-a-south-carolina-beach-health-officials-say-you-should-get-tested-for-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR21VQ-t0i23PEVBMzKzax6Aw2WaMEZMtk6kr7fBRBT8NPQvawY_1eecsqE

[kidcarter8]

Echosh

You need to find a cure for your obsession.

Deep breath.  Be willing to start from scratch.

[Echo4]

Elizabet Warren's "wealth tax" for example.

Start posting facts, Bambi, not just drivel.

Do you know what Warren has proposed? Do you know how it would impact people? Would it result in equality? Would the money be given to the poor?

Do you have the FOGGIEST what it does?

Answer first. Then go look it up. Then come back and maybe you will have something to discuss.

[Echo4]

Echosh

You need to find a cure for your obsession.

Deep breath.  Be willing to start from scratch.

You need to learn to give a damn about people other than yourself and your immediate family. And Donald Trump.

And you need to stop giving gratuitous advice to people you have just told to fuck off while lying about them.

[bambu.]

Many of the White protesters in the streets could be  leftists cheering for Biden's promise of
 "100% renewables by 2050".
Biden maybe won't even be alive in 2050, let alone be having anything to do with running the country then.
So any promises he makes like that are basically hollow.

Just like JFK's empty promise to reach the moon by the end of the decade.

Bambi is a racist troll.

100% renewables in America by 2050....is simply not possili?  it

Many of the White protesters in the streets could be  leftists cheering for Biden's promise of
 "100% renewables by 2050".
Biden maybe won't even be alive in 2050, let alone be having anything to do with running the country then.
So any promises he makes like that are basically hollow.
Many of them seem like they might never have spent a day in the workforce.
When they find our how much it's all going to cost them they might not see things in the same light.

In America, there seems to be an idea that most White people, in some form of guilt trip over slavery, White privilege etc...are   are going to be selling all their assets and giving the proceeds to Black people.
It's wishful thinking...fantasy even.

Nobody but you has that notion.

And you're a racist, who makes up shit to argue against.

It's called "redistribute the wealth"...one of Marx and the leftists' favourites.
Death duties, but one segment of the manifesto.

No, that is not what it is called and that is not what any redistribution suggestion looks like.

Nor are "death duties" on inheritances over $11,800,000 dollars at all that. It impacts fewer than 1 in 1000 families. And it ranges from 15-40%, which is still not going to leave any of those poor beleaguered millionaires out in the cold.

It reverts to $5m estates in 2026.
There go many farms having to be sold to pay the death tax.
Trump should be going hard on that.

[kidcarter8]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/27/business/loreal-removes-word-whitening-fair-skincare-products/index.html


Heh

[facilitatorn]

In America, there seems to be an idea that most White people, in some form of guilt trip over slavery, White privilege etc...are   are going to be selling all their assets and giving the proceeds to Black people.
It's wishful thinking...fantasy even.

Just the type of #2 that gets spread through your radio.

[bambu.]

The OECD report observes that the decline of wealth taxes has been driven both by “administrative concerns and by the observation that net wealth taxes have frequently failed to meet their redistributive goals.”

More broadly, the overall trend in tax policy over the past several decades has been for countries to compete with each other to become investor-friendly with lower top marginal income tax rates, lower corporate income tax rates, and the elimination of wealth taxes. The general idea has been that while such policies might increase inequality they will also, by attracting investment, ultimately boost economic growth and make everyone better off.

In practice, while inequality has risen economic growth rates in the developed world have slowed. That doesn’t prove that the tax policy changes were a mistake — perhaps growth would have slowed even more without them. But in the wake of the Great Recession, the observation that the promised growth boom did not occur has spurred growing intellectual interest in a change of approach. Warren’s proposal — like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Saez-inspired call for a 70 percent top marginal income tax rate — is a sign that the intellectual backlash is now reaching into the realm of practical politics.

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Intellectual backlash?
Nice.
Best to make sure it doesn't kill off incentive.
Why work like a dog 18 hours a day if you're not gonna end up rich?

[facilitatorn]

Important to note who he was dealing with in Congress during most of his tenure---puts those accomplishments in proper context. Also, he was the first scandal free Prez since Ike.

Hugely embarrassing that Dems lost the Senate two years after taking over the disastrous Bush who crashed the economy and got us into 2 endless wars.
Actually they lost a Senate race in MA before that which is inexcusable.

Have to credit candidates on both side.  The issues of the day were not so evident - as far as tilting one way or the other

This year you hope the Trump hate boils over to the other races.  But US citizens as a whole are wiser than you imagine, don't just get led by slogans and marches when it comes time to vote their livelihood (away).

Yup. With more than 40 million Americans out of work nothing trump or any republican says should be much help to them. For livelihood’s sake they should be drummed out of office and turned into fertilizer, one and all.

[facilitatorn]

I don’t hate you Kiid. I pity you and understand that you are an ever present danger to yourself and others, but mostly others.

Some of it is because you are badly educated and let grifters make a fool of you constantly, but mostly you are just a bad person revelling in having gone terribly wrong.

I understand the attraction of living worthlessly to you. Wallowing in your own bullshit is much easier for a lazy worm like you than doing anything to fix yourself.

Fortunately your kind is dying off and being replaced by whole generations of mostly better people.