President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

All what? Life as we know it?

 

The other side's pretty well critiqued, for one. For two, I see the nation moving hard left, so examining what's past isn't as material to me as what's to come.

But, at any rate, happily voted for Clinton. I would have been quite fine with her.

 

A friend of mine posted about the Laffer Curve on FB and it made me laugh. The idea that any politician would OK a 50 percent tax to maximize revenues is funny. But the curve is so antiquated with the various ways taxes are avoided, how capital gains are taxed etc.

 

Yep. Clearly what I meant.

 

I suspect it might, and have thought so for awhile.

I also suspect the emotion is close to hate. I also think the idea of "rich" is really just a synonym for power. For the haters, anyway.

I think it's only fair to take AOC and her supporters as seriously as they intend, at face value. I like her fire, actually. I just think she thinks the shit rolls only one way. It don't.

 

Well, what's all that then?

My two posts on the Green New Deal were longer than a sentence.

 

That "other" side runs the government. Still worth critiquing and talking about.

In fact, the conduct of that side is going to determine how far left things move.

 

Your second post was the one I quoted, and it was 95 percent material written by others. I was quoting your actual contribution and was wondering why "AOC is just a vessel for mean people" was your takeaway from her proposal.

 

... That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. ...

 

The "or unwilling" part of guaranteeing "economic security for all who are unable or unwilling to work" may not be popular with a majority of the country (or with me), but I doubt it was a mistake that just slipped by everyone. Seems to me to be pretty consistent with progressive views. This will give the Trumpists something to be upset about that's more substantive than the video of AOC dancing.

 

I worry Ocasio-Cortez is becoming a well-meaning Palin. At the moment she is overexposed.

 

Like they need a reason? They've been trotting out the "welfare queens" bullshit since Reagan.