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Nope, he doesn't worry me because I'm retired, I'm not working everyday and forced to pay $5.00 a gallon for gas. I can stay in and not worry about having contact with illegals who might be sick entering the country. I'm not forced to get a poison vaccine in my system to keep a job. I can stay in and not have contact with criminals who might attack me and then get let go with no bail. I can keep my old cars (so far) and not buy electric, or not buy anything to add economically to this administration. The only thing I have a problem with is the high, winter heating oil prices, but by not spending money, I'm making up a little bit for that expense.
I do worry about everyone who didn't vote for Biden and are caught in this mess of a country we have now, the others deserve to get what they voted for.
What frightens us about the reality of a shadow government running the country.
What brings joy to china, russia, iran and NK is Biden.
do you really think, for the first time in history, the American people actually put Biden in the oval office?????? fist ever a candidate who demonstrated diminished mental capacity was allowed by the media to continue campaigning when previously even a hint mental instability brought down the curtain on Perry, Dean and Dukakis. Dem voters even rejected biden in the must win dem primaries.
Trump slips on a steep ramp and right away dems and media claim he had a stoke and should not continue as president.
For those who mock the thought of a rigged election, the facts surrounding the election defy the validity of the 2020 election.
So how did biden get inthe oval office when precedent and dem voters rejected him?????
The shadow government now in place, biden's traitorous collusion with the socialists, treasonous democrats like schiff schumer and pelosi walking free, loss of the free press and corruption of the doj and its agencies frighten America.
none of this would have been possible if we had a free press.
It outrages me that the world is laughing at the supposedly leader of a super power, who is a bumbling idiot with a VP that is beyond inept. I fear the election will be wrought with fraud and they will continue to destroy America.
The keyhole observance of "no more mean tweets" may actually cause the downfall of civilization, but it's considered 'crazy' to suggest that this sort of zealous denial of reality is reminiscent of a death cult.
You are so attached to your narrative you can’t acknowledge data and facts. Worker productivity and hours worked are up yet wages have been stagnant. Relative economic mobility in the U.S. is low compared to other countries, we work longer hours than many other industrialized countries, get less vacation, and our taxes on the wealthy are much lower than other countries (your fantasy). Life expectancy lower. Healthcare costs higher. Infant mortality higher etc. most Western European countries Australia, Japan and Canada beat us in most of these metrics and they are not socialist. If you call them socialist you do not know what socialism is.
False. Anyone with marketable skills makes more money and pays less taxes in THIS country than any other advanced country.
I have lived in those other countries. I paid MORE taxes, earned LESS money, paid MORE for healthcare and paid MORE for everything else than I do here. Oh, and I have ZERO issues taking vacation time here.
What makes you think if you give more of your money to this government, they'll somehow not waste it, when there's a 75-year-long pattern of government waste? Seems YOU are so attached to your narrative that you can't see facts.
The FACTS are that Government spending is already FORTY SIX PERCENT of GDP. Government, as a singular entity, spends MORE MONEY than any other entity in this country. Yet it can't give you the cradle to grave welfare state that you so desperately want. The Federal Government alone spends more than the entire GDP of Germany and Japan COMBINED. That is EVERY SINGLE PENNY OF VALUE ADD that BOTH countries produced. Yet it can't even keep you safe inside your own country. What makes you think making them even bigger and even more bloated is going to somehow make them less incompetent and less corrupt?
By the way, ALL infrastructure was built with private money until socialist FDR hijacked the free markets and took it over. And the quality of our infrastructure is inversely related to the size of our government. So spare me. YOU are so blinded by your own big government ideology that YOU can't see the facts.
We can have a perfectly functional government that is 1/4 of its current size, and still have national defense, public safety, a dispute resolution system, and defense of private property rights. 1/4 is MORE THAN enough to perform all of those functions.
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You are right on one thing. Tax season is an overcomplicated waste. Close the loopholes but the IRS should be able to go after money hidden overseas. Which has not been a priority of any administration.
WRONG. Taxes need to be cut so low and the tax code simplified so much that it's a waste of time to avoid taxes, and the IRS needs to be automated out of existence.
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….and for the record. I have the data. I know the revenue I have generated for my employers over the past decade. It is roughly 4 times my pay. If I was paid a fair share of what I generate so could retire by now. I can’t because worker power has been reduced by big money. I am subsidizing the lifestyle of others and am tired of it. How can I get the power to get the money I have generated from my employer who has a lot more money and resources than I do?
You're more than welcome to start your own business and offer the same services to your employer as an independent contractor or negotiate for a greater share of what you produce if you don't feel you're being fairly compensated. Or go somewhere else that you feel compensates you better. Free markets at work.
There is ONE employer that DOES NOT negotiate pay though, and constantly spews anti-free-market rhetoric - oh yeah, GOVERNMENT.
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False. Anyone with marketable skills makes more money and pays less taxes in THIS country than any other advanced country.
I have lived in those other countries. I paid MORE taxes, earned LESS money, paid MORE for healthcare and paid MORE for everything else than I do here. Oh, and I have ZERO issues taking vacation time here.
What makes you think if you give more of your money to this government, they'll somehow not waste it, when there's a 75-year-long pattern of government waste? Seems YOU are so attached to your narrative that you can't see facts.
The FACTS are that Government spending is already FORTY SIX PERCENT of GDP. Government, as a singular entity, spends MORE MONEY than any other entity in this country. Yet it can't give you the cradle to grave welfare state that you so desperately want. The Federal Government alone spends more than the entire GDP of Germany and Japan COMBINED. That is EVERY SINGLE PENNY OF VALUE ADD that BOTH countries produced. Yet it can't even keep you safe inside your own country. What makes you think making them even bigger and even more bloated is going to somehow make them less incompetent and less corrupt?
By the way, ALL infrastructure was built with private money until socialist FDR hijacked the free markets and took it over. And the quality of our infrastructure is inversely related to the size of our government. So spare me. YOU are so blinded by your own big government ideology that YOU can't see the facts.
We can have a perfectly functional government that is 1/4 of its current size, and still have national defense, public safety, a dispute resolution system, and defense of private property rights. 1/4 is MORE THAN enough to perform all of those functions.
WRONG. Taxes need to be cut so low and the tax code simplified so much that it's a waste of time to avoid taxes, and the IRS needs to be automated out of existence.
You're more than welcome to start your own business and offer the same services to your employer as an independent contractor or negotiate for a greater share of what you produce if you don't feel you're being fairly compensated. Or go somewhere else that you feel compensates you better. Free markets at work.
There is ONE employer that DOES NOT negotiate pay though, and constantly spews anti-free-market rhetoric - oh yeah, GOVERNMENT.
There was rural electric, municipal water, highways before FDR? What happened after FDR? Life expectancy went up so did vacations. Work weeks shortened.
All you have offered is your own anecdotes and complaining about government waste. The private sector wastes plenty on stock buybacks and is currently using inflation as an excuse to gouge and redistribute wealth to the uber wealthy.
Then you wont mind demanding a psych/medical evaluation like you did with trump then, right?
Id even argue that we need something actual functional. Know what Trump got? He described it. Its used to check for SERIOUS brain damage. People having strokes where massive brain damage is done can still sometimes pass it. Its insulting that Trump tries to claim that was at all useful.
Same with the health stuff...although we got to see that corrupted under Trump as well. Notice that dr is now running for office with Trumps help? yeah.
But yeah 100% lets do it. But something better then the garbage Trump used.
Hes shown less issues then Trump. And whenever I take the time to look at one from folks here, I get the actual context and suddenly...its a whole bunch of nothing.
Now could that hide a actual issue amongst all the political propaganda nonsense? Yup. Its why I say these false accusations are so dangerous.
But yeah. Hes doing fine. Maybe take a closer look at a episode where you think he hasnt. But the guys OLD. I cant say this enough. Parties need to stop selecting these older out of touch guys in the primaries. Trump was too old too. I get the need for a minimum age, but given how much longer people live these days, we also need a maximum.
Id even argue that we need something actual functional. Know what Trump got? He described it. Its used to check for SERIOUS brain damage. People having strokes where massive brain damage is done can still sometimes pass it. Its insulting that Trump tries to claim that was at all useful.
Same with the health stuff...although we got to see that corrupted under Trump as well. Notice that dr is now running for office with Trumps help? yeah.
But yeah 100% lets do it. But something better then the garbage Trump used.
No, it isn't. Trump took a test called the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. It's used to detect early stages of cognitive impairment.
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MoCA, also known as Montreal Cognitive Assessment or The MoCA Test, is a brief, 30-question test that helps healthcare professionals detect cognitive impairments very early on, allowing for faster diagnosis and patient care. MoCA is the most sensitive test available for detecting Alzheimer’s disease, measuring executive functions and multiple cognitive domains which are important components not measured by the MMSE.
Studies have found MoCA to be about 94 percent accurate in telling whether a person has dementia or not. This means 94 percent of people who have dementia scored less than 26 out of 30 on MoCA (25 and under is considered at-risk). MoCA is therefore a useful and mostly accurate tool for identifying dementia.
If you know of a test that's more accurate than the "garbage" MoCA that Trump took, I'm sure doctors all over the world would love to hear about it. Because as of now, this is the best they have.
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