The Trump Presidency
- Thread starter The Tariff King
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The more people realize they don't need the government the better we are.
I'm unclear on your commentary, but if you're suggesting I'm misstating Jeff Flake's opinion due to loyalty to Trump, I'll refer you to my posting history.
Jeff Flake himself has come out and said he's not actively comparing Tump to Stalin, simply that he's attacking the Free Press in a way that Stalin would.
Or maybe those that aren't listening to the American people have an irrational view of how to fix immigration. Like it or not a large portion of this country want a harder stance against it just like there is a large portion that want to be more welcoming. But when you win an election then those views should be more prevalent in future policy discussion.
sturg33
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On mobile so. Can't reply in detail, but, how on earth could you possibly pay for all that without businesses and individuals greedily pursuing profitable ventures?
57Brave
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there were 2 or 3 comments on what I considered a throw away post.
the loyalty nod was intended to other posters
Yes, to your history.
What I saw pointed out , Flake after voting for all of Trumps agenda shakes his fist after for all intent and purposes acting the rubber stamp.
However a (R) bringing up Stalin in this context is new
Depending on the meaning of "compared" I guess
Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
Too bad, Senator. That irrational view on how to fix immigration got the people in charge at the White House elected.
Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
http://beta.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-california-poverty-20180114-story.html
Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country? Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor. That's according to the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities and clothing, and which includes noncash government assistance as a form of income.
Given robust job growth and the prosperity generated by several industries, it's worth asking why California has fallen behind, especially when the state's per-capita GDP increased approximately twice as much as the U.S. average over the five years ending in 2016 (12.5%, compared with 6.27%).
It's not as though California policymakers have neglected to wage war on poverty. Sacramento and local governments have spent massive amounts in the cause. Several state and municipal benefit programs overlap with one another; in some cases, individuals with incomes 200% above the poverty line receive benefits. California state and local governments spent nearly $958 billion from 1992 through 2015 on public welfare programs, including cash-assistance payments, vendor payments and "other public welfare," according to the Census Bureau. California, with 12% of the American population, is home today to about one in three of the nation's welfare recipients.
The generous spending, then, has not only failed to decrease poverty; it actually seems to have made it worse.
...
Apparently content with futile poverty policies, Sacramento lawmakers can turn their attention to what historian Victor Davis Hanson aptly describes as a fixation on "remaking the world." The political class wants to build a costly and needless high-speed rail system; talks of secession from a United States presided over by Donald Trump; hired former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. to "resist" Trump's agenda; enacted the first state-level cap-and-trade regime; established California as a "sanctuary state" for illegal immigrants; banned plastic bags, threatening the jobs of thousands of workers involved in their manufacture; and is consumed by its dedication to "California values." All this only reinforces the rest of America's perception of an out-of-touch Left Coast, to the disservice of millions of Californians whose values are more traditional, including many of the state's poor residents.
With a permanent majority in the state Senate and the Assembly, a prolonged dominance in the executive branch and a weak opposition, California Democrats have long been free to indulge blue-state ideology while paying little or no political price. The state's poverty problem is unlikely to improve while policymakers remain unwilling to unleash the engines of economic prosperity that drove California to its golden years.
I found his points about self-interest particularly apt. That is something I encounter daily in the non-profit customers I work with.
Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country? Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor. That's according to the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities and clothing, and which includes noncash government assistance as a form of income.
Given robust job growth and the prosperity generated by several industries, it's worth asking why California has fallen behind, especially when the state's per-capita GDP increased approximately twice as much as the U.S. average over the five years ending in 2016 (12.5%, compared with 6.27%).
It's not as though California policymakers have neglected to wage war on poverty. Sacramento and local governments have spent massive amounts in the cause. Several state and municipal benefit programs overlap with one another; in some cases, individuals with incomes 200% above the poverty line receive benefits. California state and local governments spent nearly $958 billion from 1992 through 2015 on public welfare programs, including cash-assistance payments, vendor payments and "other public welfare," according to the Census Bureau. California, with 12% of the American population, is home today to about one in three of the nation's welfare recipients.
The generous spending, then, has not only failed to decrease poverty; it actually seems to have made it worse.
...
Apparently content with futile poverty policies, Sacramento lawmakers can turn their attention to what historian Victor Davis Hanson aptly describes as a fixation on "remaking the world." The political class wants to build a costly and needless high-speed rail system; talks of secession from a United States presided over by Donald Trump; hired former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. to "resist" Trump's agenda; enacted the first state-level cap-and-trade regime; established California as a "sanctuary state" for illegal immigrants; banned plastic bags, threatening the jobs of thousands of workers involved in their manufacture; and is consumed by its dedication to "California values." All this only reinforces the rest of America's perception of an out-of-touch Left Coast, to the disservice of millions of Californians whose values are more traditional, including many of the state's poor residents.
With a permanent majority in the state Senate and the Assembly, a prolonged dominance in the executive branch and a weak opposition, California Democrats have long been free to indulge blue-state ideology while paying little or no political price. The state's poverty problem is unlikely to improve while policymakers remain unwilling to unleash the engines of economic prosperity that drove California to its golden years.
I found his points about self-interest particularly apt. That is something I encounter daily in the non-profit customers I work with.
57Brave
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Paul Krugman
Verified account @paulkrugman
7h7 hours ago
So two members of the world's greatest deliberative body claim
that the president of the world's greatest nation isn't a racist because he said
"****house", not "****hole".
The descent of the GOP is now beyond parody.
3-2-1
Hawk chimes in not refuting what was said but with a nonsensical comment about the writer.
This is how we get Donald Trump's in positions of authority
Verified account @paulkrugman
7h7 hours ago
So two members of the world's greatest deliberative body claim
that the president of the world's greatest nation isn't a racist because he said
"****house", not "****hole".
The descent of the GOP is now beyond parody.
3-2-1
Hawk chimes in not refuting what was said but with a nonsensical comment about the writer.
This is how we get Donald Trump's in positions of authority
But immigration is such a positive for Americans! Everything the left stands for just defies any reason and logic. That is what happens when you build your platform on strictly emotion and identify politics.
I'm still waiting for responses on how polling data that are used to evaluate things like DJT approval ratings and American feelings on DACA that greatly oversamples Democrats.