Our leftwing valued posters on here are in the minority and it just get smaller everyday!!

[bb1961]

Tell my why the democraps running in the midterm don't want anything to do with brandon, could it be that they find him toxic to their election chances. There is plenty of stories out there about the infighting in their party in regards to unpopularity of brandon and the albatross he puts are around their necks.
Make no mistake about it his polls are headed in the same direction the economy is.
The Republicans had a million people register from the democraps to the Republican Party that isn't coincidental.

The abortion issue isn't as big as the LSM makes it out to be.
You don't think that average voter is turned off by the attacks on the justices and the vandalism that has been perpetrated on the pro-choice people's places of worship?

[Why_Yes_I_Do]

Originally Posted by Grace Preston

...which policies are you pointing at that is destroying your life...

Open boards policy is treasonous - IMHO. The numero uno job of the Federal government is protecting this very country from invasion. Maybe after you or your children or other friend or relative die as a result, one might get an inkling. Of course, it will be far too late by then.

Ben Bergquam from Real America’s Voice Explains How Leftist Policies Are Killing People While Destroying This Country

Ben Bergquam from Real America’s Voice is a warrior reporting the truth about the deadly leftist border policies and their destruction of America.

After watching Bergquam’s reporting on the border you’ll want to scream out “WAKE UP AMERICA!”

Bergquam has been reporting on the border for some time. He’s a good man as can be seen from this interview at a Trump rally.

1 min
https://twitter.com/i/status/1190746307096387584

Bergquam through his travels shows the absurdity and insanity of the left. While they claim to be righteous by claiming to care for the environment their policies are destroying the environment and America.

[HedonistForever]

Would love to see the Republicans run on education.

They already did in Virginia and beat one of the most savy ( to hear Democrats tell it ) Democrat politicians in the party and it was 100% about education and McCauliff telling voters that parents have no say in what their children are taught in school. The moment I heard him say that, I said "you just lost smart ass".

[Why_Yes_I_Do]

Originally Posted by Grace Preston

...which policies are you pointing at that is destroying your life...

Wayne Allyn Root lays it out succinctly.

When Will GOP Leadership Come Out and Say It? Biden is a Traitor. He Must be Impeached, Then Indicted for Treason.

It’s all out in the open now. We have a traitor and suicide bomber in the White House.

No one is even bothering to hide it. Biden is clearly a suicide bomber, owned by the Chinese Communist Party and the Mexican Drug Cartel, and put in place to destroy America, American exceptionalism, capitalism, and most importantly, the great American middle class.

I learned this plan at Columbia University, Class of ’83, alongside my classmate Barack Obama (who was never actually seen in any class at Columbia- but that’s a story for another day). The plan we learned at Columbia was called “Cloward-Piven.” The goals of Cloward-Piven were about overwhelming the system, collapsing the US economy, destroying capitalism and turning America into a socialist/communist country.

It’s happening right now- with Biden as the frontman and brain- dead puppet, and Obama as the real president, lurking in the shadows, pulling all the strings.

Except now Obama has updated Cloward-Piven to include open borders and massive inflation to bankrupt the middle class.

First, open borders.

Biden is destroying America by opening the borders to millions of illegal aliens and worse, criminals from all over world. This is about bankrupting our country, raising the national debt to levels that overwhelms the system and collapses the economy.

Biden denies this is all about the “Great Replacement.” But this isn’t about replacing white voters. It’s far worse than that. All American citizens are a threat to Biden’s agenda. This is about replacing all American citizens- white Americans, black Americans, and Latino Americans. We all need to be replaced, or at the very least over-whelmed and out-voted to usher in a socialist-communist government and economy.

Biden’s actions since day one of his presidency have been open treason. But in just the past few days, he has escalated to levels never thought possible…

*Biden’s DOJ actually sued Arizona to block Arizona’s law that requires voters to prove they are US citizens.

*Biden is refusing to arrest, detain or deport illegal aliens convicted of certain crimes and ordered deported by a court of law. This is the hallmark of a communist attack- courts and laws no longer matter to the Biden administration.

*Biden is making DEPORTED illegal aliens eligible for US citizenship. Yes, I said deported. He doesn’t just want to invite every illegal alien into our country, Biden wants to also bring back the worst of the worst who’ve already been kicked out.

*Biden is flying and driving pregnant illegal alien minors from Texas shelters to blue states, provide them free abortions.

Now add in what I call the “Biden Inflation Pandemic.” The Covid pandemic was so exaggerated. Yes, it hit some victims badly, but 99.9% of Americans survived. But the Biden Inflation Pandemic is much worse- it’s deadly for 100% of the middle class American it touches. Inflation is a much worse threat than Covid. Not even close.

This “inflation pandemic” includes the intentional destruction of the oil, gas and energy industry, as well as our farmers and the trucking industry. All done to produce massive levels of
inflation with gas, home heating oil, groceries and virtually every product brought to market by truckers. This is the purposeful bankruptcy and destruction of the middle class.

Then only hours ago, Biden signed an Executive Order protecting abortion at the federal level- something the US Supreme Court just struck down. No president can overrule the Supreme Court. Joe Biden just knowingly committed a crime against the US Constitution.

They aren’t even hiding it anymore. What does all this tell you?

A) This is a communist takeover of the United States, aided and abetted by open borders and intentional voter fraud.

B) They don’t care who knows. What else could explain why Biden and Democrats don’t care if the entire middle class hates their guts? This is a sign Democrats know elections are rigged and stolen. They don’t even care if you hate them, or not. Your vote no longer matters.

Biden is escalating. This is treason on a grand scale never before imagined in the history of the United States. We have a suicide bomber in the White House out to destroy our country and make our own citizens into serfs and slaves dependent on a tyrannical socialist/communist government.

It’s time to impeach Joe Biden, and then remove him on grounds of treason. Then he must be indicted for his crimes against America and the American people.

The trillion-dollar question is- when will the GOP leadership step up and publicly denounce Joe Biden as a traitor?

Not so sure we can afford to wait until 2024.

[HedonistForever]

Originally Posted by Grace Preston

I don't see a historic red wave coming. I can possibly see the Senate flipping back to red.. but I don't see the House flipping-- sorry guys, I just don't.



Here's the thing--- the problem with the way some Republicans are choosing to run-- is that they are focused on "Running against AOC" or "Running against Biden".... rather than running against their actual opponent in their race.. and none of em are telling people what they WILL do rather than what they want the other side to stop doing.


I'll vote for the person who tells me exactly what they will do over someone who continually points at "that other guy" every time (assuming their plans line up with my beliefs, of course).



Too many people on both sides are too busy running against "that other guy" to tell me WTF they plan on doing for the country. We don't need any more AOC's or MTG's--- too much talk and not enough actual work being done for their constituents.

Of course Republican candidates are telling voters what they will do. They will return to energy policies that make America energy independent and bring jobs back to the oil and gas industry. They will crack down on crime and return to keeping violent offenders in jail as long as possible and then concentrate on the very few repeat offenders. They will return what children are taught in school to basics and leave cultural issues up to parents where it has always been. And they will recognize China for what it is a formidable opponent not the "China can't compete with us", Joe Biden statement.


Grace, putting aside the issues, the party in the White house, has gained seats in only 2 of the last 21 mid terms. History is in favor of Republican taking the House and I believe the issues are in favor of Republicans. Look at what is happening in former Democrat strong holds with the border high on the list of priorities. Republicans in House races are doing better than Democrats. Look what happened in Virginia Governor's race with education favoring Republicans. This issue is sweeping the nation because the left has gone to damn far with CRT and gender bullshit.


But as always, I could be wrong......... but I don't think I am.


And my goodness, talk about a party that can't concentrate on anything other than the last Republican that isn't running in the mid-terms, doesn't sound like a winning strategy to me. "Remember Trump", in a border town doesn't sound like a winning strategy to me.

[Grace Preston]

Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do

Open boards policy is treasonous - IMHO. The numero uno job of the Federal government is protecting this very country from invasion. Maybe after you or your children or other friend or relative die as a result, one might get an inkling. Of course, it will be far too late by then.

Now see.. I can support that notion-- but its important to note that many of my ancestors were killed by foreign invaders (I have a lot of Sioux in my family tree). So... I probably view the notion of "dangerous invaders" a bit differently than you do.



I have two murder victims within a generation of me... both were killed by white men. I'm confident that the Mexicans/Latinos do not have the market cornered on murderers.



Now--- tell me how the mentioned policy has impacted you directly-- because that is what I asked. What policies are directly impacting you and to quote the earlier poster "ruining your life".

[Grace Preston]

I guess I should explain myself....


This forum demonstrates a lot of the problems with the political system in the US. People are ready to fight over who gets into office in Washington DC.. and totally ignore the local races (and to a lesser degree, the state races). Those local and state races have a far greater impact on your day to day life.. and a far greater chance of "ruining your life" than the chucklefucks in DC do.



This is why I always ask people how they feel that they are directly impacted-- because often times, those direct impacts aren't coming from DC as much as they are coming from the state and sometimes (particularly when it comes to education) the local level.



You want to affect lasting change? Focus smaller. The Feds didn't mandate masks at the grocery store-- the states and cities did. The Feds don't account for the lions share of gasoline taxes... the states do. The Feds don't restrict the ability to grow food, collect rainwater, etc... the states and counties do. For those of you who feel that we're close to collapse-- you are the ones who should be HYPER focused about what is happening locally as opposed to Federally. Not that DC doesn't matter at all-- but people trip over dollars to pick up dimes sometimes....

[Yssup Rider]

But but but...

that would mean leaving the basement!

(Good post, GP)

[Tiny]

Originally Posted by Grace Preston

I guess I should explain myself....


This forum demonstrates a lot of the problems with the political system in the US. People are ready to fight over who gets into office in Washington DC.. and totally ignore the local races (and to a lesser degree, the state races). Those local and state races have a far greater impact on your day to day life.. and a far greater chance of "ruining your life" than the chucklefucks in DC do.



This is why I always ask people how they feel that they are directly impacted-- because often times, those direct impacts aren't coming from DC as much as they are coming from the state and sometimes (particularly when it comes to education) the local level.



You want to affect lasting change? Focus smaller. The Feds didn't mandate masks at the grocery store-- the states and cities did. The Feds don't account for the lions share of gasoline taxes... the states do. The Feds don't restrict the ability to grow food, collect rainwater, etc... the states and counties do. For those of you who feel that we're close to collapse-- you are the ones who should be HYPER focused about what is happening locally as opposed to Federally. Not that DC doesn't matter at all-- but people trip over dollars to pick up dimes sometimes....

I'll take the bait. I don't worry about my city, county and state governments. They actually provide worthwhile services that positively affect my life, and my friends' and neighbors' lives. And they do it efficiently. They provide roads, water, sewers, schools, police, firefighters and the like. They don't charge me an arm and a leg. I have no problem with the Texas sales tax or local property taxes.

As to some of your specific points, my city refused to enforce the mask mandate when it was in effect. At the time, I kind of wished they would have. But I didn't really give a crap. I could carry on wearing my N95 masks and be well protected. Nobody here restricts my ability to grow food or collect rainwater. In 2020 however, many of my friends and neighbors were nervous about whether a Democratic administration would cut off their livelihoods by banning fracking and drilling on federal lands, via the EPA and presidential mandates. A lot of people here make their money one way or another from oil and gas. There are more Hispanics than whites in my county. And people of color comprise the majority. Yet Trump won by 60 percentage points! I didn't vote for the man, but I understand why most of my friends here did. They didn't want to lose their jobs.

As to the Feds, they make it their mission to make my life miserable. I pay on average about 33% of my gross income in income tax. And that doesn't include self employment tax (social security tax), as purportedly I'll be getting that back some day when I retire.

And it's not just the 33% of my income they take. I also have to spend a man month or two man months a year just doing the work to pay my taxes, the accounting and the like. And pay accountants and from time to time a tax lawyer. The bastards in Washington have created a system that's impossible to understand. I'm pretty good at deciphering regulations and the like. But I could spend a couple of months trying figure out Subpart F income or the GILTI tax or changes in partnership basis and still not "get" it. I highly suspect that many of the accountants don't get it either.

And what do I get for my tax money, and my time, and the fees I pay to professionals? Well, jack shit. Yeah, the Feds pass money onto the states, but often inefficiently. I guess they pay for air traffic controllers. And protection from all the Russians and Chinese and Iraqis and Afghans and North Koreans who want to kill me. (It's curious they're not trying to kill people in Singapore and Switzerland.)

The power of the purse, as well as governmental power, is best exercised closest to the people.

[Grace Preston]

So I'm assuming that 33% is an average of the brackets.......



While the US Tax system is incredibly unnecessarily complex-- I'd also think that it would be hard to argue that your life is ruined while you simultaneously point out that you are well into the 6 figures as far as income goes....



Your argument here is also akin to the argument many make in regards to universal health care. Yes-- countries that have it pay more in taxes... but not by much and they get a lot more for their money. Mind you--- I'm not necessarily arguing for that I'm just stating that its a common argument made.



So where DO those dollars go?


These are approximations and do have variance of plus or minus a percentage point:


Defense-- 16%
Social Security-- 22%
Health Programs (Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP)-- about 25%-- with 2/3 of that being Medicare as states are required to match money for the other two programs
Safety Net Programs (unemployment, food stamps, public housing, cash assistance, foster system)-- 9%
Interest on the National Debt-- 8%
Federal Retirees and Veterans-- 7%
Other (Scientific research, medical research, transportation, infrastructure, education, non-security international spending and "all other categories)-- 12%


A side note about social security. Aside from the biggest problem being that the govt. continually treats it like their own personal piggy bank... one of the problems is the cap. If you live more than 7 years past retirement.. you will have spent everything you put into the system. High wage earners are capped at a certain point and its relatively low. As wages increase-- there needs to be some consideration given to raising the cap Current cap is 137k.

[Tiny]

Originally Posted by Grace Preston

So I'm assuming that 33% is an average of the brackets.......



While the US Tax system is incredibly unnecessarily complex-- I'd also think that it would be hard to argue that your life is ruined while you simultaneously point out that you are well into the 6 figures as far as income goes....



Your argument here is also akin to the argument many make in regards to universal health care. Yes-- countries that have it pay more in taxes... but not by much and they get a lot more for their money. Mind you--- I'm not necessarily arguing for that I'm just stating that its a common argument made.



So where DO those dollars go?


These are approximations and do have variance of plus or minus a percentage point:


Defense-- 16%
Social Security-- 22%
Health Programs (Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP)-- about 25%-- with 2/3 of that being Medicare as states are required to match money for the other two programs
Safety Net Programs (unemployment, food stamps, public housing, cash assistance, foster system)-- 9%
Interest on the National Debt-- 8%
Federal Retirees and Veterans-- 7%
Other (Scientific research, medical research, transportation, infrastructure, education, non-security international spending and "all other categories)-- 12%


A side note about social security. Aside from the biggest problem being that the govt. continually treats it like their own personal piggy bank... one of the problems is the cap. If you live more than 7 years past retirement.. you will have spent everything you put into the system. High wage earners are capped at a certain point and its relatively low. As wages increase-- there needs to be some consideration given to raising the cap Current cap is 137k.

I didn't say my life is ruined. I said the Feds try to make my life miserable. I figured that's exactly where you were going to take this when I answered your question. And was pleased you didn't dwell on that, and had substantive points to add.

Let's look at your list.

Defense - We spent $778 billion on military expenditures in 2020. The next nine countries, being China, India, Russia, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France, Japan and South Korea, spent $610 billion combined. WTF?

Social Security - I already dodged this by not including social security tax in my calculation of my 33% federal income tax burden, as presumably I'll get part of it back someday. But since you bring it up... We should copy the Superannuation scheme in Australia or the Central Provident Fund in Singapore. Instead of Social Security, use employer and employee contributions to contribute to real retirement plans, not a Ponzi scheme.

Health Programs - The USA spends 17% of GDP on health care. The second highest in the developed world is Germany, clocking in at 12%. Many countries have health care outcomes far superior to ours, in terms of longevity and and the like, at far lower cost. Costa Rica knocks our socks off. Singapore, which spends 4% of GDP, has a system that provides universal health care and makes hospitals and providers compete, based on quality and price. If only we were so lucky. The federal government is a big part of the problem. Not only does it fund the largest share of the system through Medicare and Medicaid and Obamacare and the like, it's done little to control the overall costs of the system. How about doing something about prescription drug prices? Why are they so much higher here than other countries?

Safety Net Programs - These probably need to be run more efficiently. We need to stop allocating welfare to the middle and upper classes and start helping poor children and the like more. We need better school systems. Americans from the 50th percentile of income upwards are pretty damn close to the most prosperous people in the world, when you kick out petrostates like Kuwait and tiny places like Monaco. Switzerland is in the same ballpark, but like the USA Switzerland has small government and, overall, low taxes. Anyway getting back on point I see the point in safety net programs. And believe they're most efficient and effective when they're run by state and local governments.

Interest on the national debt - Well, there's not much we can do about that. The politicians have run public debt above 100% of GDP, and we're damn lucky interest rates are low. If they go way up and stay way up we're screwed.

I'll stop there, I'm tired of writing. Our federal government is woefully inefficient. It wastes lots of money.

[bb1961]

Like President Reagan said..."the gumment is the problem not the solution"
"the closest thing to eternal life is a gummet program"
"if the gumment says to you I'm here to help run like hell"

[ManSlut]

Please Mr. Trump, run again in 2024, and make Majorie Taylor Greene or Rudy Giuliani or Mike Lindell your VP running mate! Your fan base, The Trumpers, need another reality check why you were voted out in a LANDSLIDE, because you were the worst U.S. President of ALL TIME!!

Of course the OP’s polls are correct that the Nation is going in the wrong direction, it has been for decades, that’s just the plain simple truth, but the real truth is Trump is hated and mistrusted by a larger percentage of voters than anyone ever will be that could run against him in 2024 (but that coward won’t run, too afraid of being a two time LOSER)...The proof is in the pudding, no matter who gains what in the midterms, if Trump runs again against Biden in 2024, he loses again by a mother fucking landslide...Get someone to make a poll asking that fucking question, RETARD!!

[lustylad]

Originally Posted by ManSlut

...if Trump runs again against Biden in 2024, he loses again by a mother fucking landslide...Get someone to make a poll asking that fucking question!!

You need to wake up. They're asking "that fucking question" almost every time they take a poll... Here's a recent one:

https://news.yahoo.com/poll-biden-di...090021657.html

[ManSlut]

Originally Posted by lustylad

You need to wake up. They're asking "that fucking question" almost every time they take a poll... Here's a recent one:

https://news.yahoo.com/poll-biden-di...090021657.html

LMAO- 1,541 U.S. adults polled, Trump getting (44%), China Joe (42%)...I can remember when all Republicans felt polls were left-winged rigged!...Rotflmao

Like I said, let the coward throw his fucking hat into the ring for 2024 and Trump will be a LOSER AGAIN!