Global Events & Politics Überthread

[57Brave]

Enacted protectionist tariffs
Incredible economic growth
Restored military readiness to highest point since Cold War
Eliminated bigoted Critical Race Theory trainings in federal government
Appointed 3 Constitutional literalists to Supreme Court
Remade GOP from a Chamber of Commerce party to a blue collar party
Exposed leftist partisans throughout bureaucracy and media
Drew out unprincipled Lincoln Project types of Republicans
Motivated highest voter turnout in a century
Drew higher share of minority vote than any Pub in decades
Lowered prescription prices more than ACA
Drastically reduced cost of diabetic supplies

I could get into the foreign policy stuff, the historic, never before seen Middle East peace deals, the complete reversal to deterring Chinese aggression instead of the previous administration's bowing to them, the strengthened ties with China's natural enemies, the lack of Russian aggression after it was plentiful during the previous administration, the increased defense spending of our NATO partners, our withdrawal from the terribly unfair Paris accord, the improvement over NAFTA. But there probably isn't much point in that.

1) we are subsidizing midwest farmers for these "protectionist tarifffs"
at the cost of ... we dont know yet

2) military readiness really ? against who, invading hordes at the southern border

3) “I ended it because it’s racist. I ended it because a lot of people were complaining that they were asked to do things that were absolutely insane, that it was a radical revolution that was taking place in our military, in our schools, all over the place,” Trump said, though he did not directly answer moderator Chris Wallace’s question about whether he believes that systemic racism exists in the U.S. “We were paying people hundreds of thousands of dollars to teach very bad ideas and frankly, very sick ideas. And really, they were teaching people to hate our country, and I’m not going to allow that to happen."
I would disagree with that as a policy and even further as an accomplishment

4) Constitutional literalists? Who follow literally a script/ doctrine written before the Industrial Revolution, women's vote and the 3/5's a human
not to mention 250 years of human progress
Good lord DArwin fer Chrisesakes

5) You can have that wing of " blue collar" thank you Trump. "Deplorables" is I think the word you are looking for
formerly the Wallace (D) or what we like to call um, the Klan

6) I dont know what that means. Outside of if one didnt bow or suck his cock one caught MAGA ire

7) whatever, my thoughts are since Reagan we have been living in a (R) civil war. Ask Boehner or Paul Ryan

8) yes, he did do that, not quite the way you frame it though
Kinda like bragging we " may have finished in 3rd place but, we scored more runs than anyone else"
No, doesn't hold water

9) again, whatever

10) you owe me a laptop

11) see #10

[Jaw]

Interesting tactic Hungary is taking. Instead of relying on immigration to combat low birth rates like most of Europe, they are encouraging and financially incentivizing their citizens to have more children. It's way past time we do the same.

[sturg33]

I saw that a half million less US babies expected after pandemic.

Killing the future

[thethe]

Interesting tactic Hungary is taking. Instead of relying on immigration to combat low birth rates like most of Europe, they are encouraging and financially incentivizing their citizens to have more children. It's way past time we do the same.

Ticket had a segment on this almost a year ago.

But promoting the nuclear family goes against progressivism and communism.

[The Chosen One]

I saw that a half million less US babies expected after pandemic.

Killing the future

Maybe it's just younger folks realizing how expensive it is to have one kid let alone multiple, and some actually don't want to bring a child into this world knowing how much humans are destroying the planet without care.

[Tapate50]

Yeah lot of folks don’t want the responsibility or cost. That said- having kids or a family can be an awesome motivator to get your ass in gear to be successful

[thethe]

Yeah lot of folks don’t want the responsibility or cost. That said- having kids or a family can be an awesome motivator to get your ass in gear to be successful

New generation of whiny babies don’t want to shoulder the responsibility and are just lazy AF. Not hard to succeed in this world with a little hard work and perseverance.

[sturg33]

Maybe it's just younger folks realizing how expensive it is to have one kid let alone multiple, and some actually don't want to bring a child into this world knowing how much humans are destroying the planet without care.

Whatever the reason, a declining population is very bad for our future

[Tapate50]

Whatever the reason, a declining population is very bad for our future

Gonna need that tax base to subsidize!

[cajunrevenge]

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UN finally admits marijuana has medicinal purposes and removes it from list of most dangerous drugs that have no medicinal value.

[Jaw]

The ever increasing cost of raising children is certainly a major factor, which is why borrowing Hungary's plans to lower that cost would make sense here. We wanted to have 4. Realizing that just the cost of childcare for 4 kids would offset an entire income at our house changed that.

[thethe]

The ever increasing cost of raising children is certainly a major factor, which is why borrowing Hungary's plans to lower that cost would make sense here. We wanted to have 4. Realizing that just the cost of childcare for 4 kids would offset an entire income at our house changed that.

3 kids eh?

God bless you. 3.5 months till my first. Spending so much money right now but I assume the first is always the most expensive.

[Jaw]

No, stopped at 2 so we could afford for the wife to stay home with them. I wish we had kept going and just figured out the finances. They grow up far too quickly.

[thethe]

No, stopped at 2 so we could afford for the wife to stay home with them. I wish we had kept going and just figured out the finances. They grow up far too quickly.

Well if we are fortunate enough to have a girl the second time I suspect we will stop but I’m all for more. Have to convince the Mrs on that. Have confidence in the financial aspect but damn it ain’t cheap.

[sturg33]

As we know, the nuclear family is racist and must be destroyed.

Yall are bad people for wanting children.

[nsacpi]

The childless are one of the most disadvantaged groups in terms of tax and spending policy. A very large chunk of their tax dollars goes towards benefits received by families with children. There is an argument to be made, however, that there are some social benefits from a growing population. To put it another way, the free market might not generate a socially optimal outcome as far as fertility goes. This would justify to some extent transfers from the childless to families with children.

There is a similar argument with respect to education. The benefits of education mainly accrue to the people who receive that education. However, there are some benefits from having a well educated population that accrue more widely to society as a whole. This justifies some subsidization of education. Some of this happens in the form of the above referenced transfers that occur from childless people to families with children.

There is a form of folk libertarian argument, however, against both transfers. It runs like this. Having a child is a personal decision and society should respect individual liberty on such matters and take a laissez faire approach. Sorta like letting people decide for themselves whether to wear a mask and social distance. Similarly, getting an education is a personal responsibility. There is something to both arguments. But like many similar libertarian arguments they can become absurd when taken to their logical conclusions. A really absurd example has to do with whether the handicapped, the very young (even fetuses), the very old, and other vulnerable people should be left to their own devices (taking responsibility for themselves as libertarians are fond of saying). I don't think any of us believe that. We want those groups to be protected. We even fund very expensive special education programs that involve very large transfers from people without special needs children to families with special needs children. All of these issues involve tradeoffs that are what public policy and politics are all about.

[Jaw]

As we know, the nuclear family is racist and must be destroyed.

Yall are bad people for wanting children.

We check a non-white box in the Race column on my kids'demographic forms, ergo I'm helping destroy the white patriarchy.

[thethe]

Families are the backbone of the country and western civilization. It should be encouraged for the betterment of the world.

[nsacpi]

Families are the backbone of the country and western civilization. It should be encouraged for the betterment of the world.

Do you have a position on endogamy vs exogamy?

[thethe]

Do you have a position on endogamy vs exogamy?

Whoever you fall in love with is who you should marry.