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Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by SnarkShark, Jan 22, 2016.

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  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    "A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers."
     
    The Big Ragu, Nov 10, 2016
    #42829
  2. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    Actually, fewer of those are crazy than I expected.
     
    Guy_Incognito, Nov 10, 2016
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  3. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    playthrough, Nov 10, 2016
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  4. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    How do you think such governments come to be?
     
    Alma, Nov 10, 2016
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  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Newt Gingrich proposed it. He also wants to bring back the House Un-American Activities Committee.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Nov 10, 2016
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  6. DanielSimpsonDay

    DanielSimpsonDay Well-Known Member

    But in no way attainable. I'm sure the GOP majority / career politicians that he completely shit on would love to self-impose term limits on themselves and then happily continue to do his bidding.
     
    DanielSimpsonDay, Nov 10, 2016
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  7. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    Term limits are a bad idea but won't pass.

    Defunding climate change has a non-zero chance of causing extinction, but at least probably not in the next 75 years. Hope they are right for your kids' kids' sake. The "fuck everyone, getting ours" of the boomers will never end until they die.

    The wall is still completely fucking stupid.

    Getting rid of two million illegal immigrants is going to involve going door to door and armed police putting children into vans. Have fun owning those images, Republicans.

    The rest is just shuffling money around. I'm sure rich people will end up with most of it, same as always
     
    RickStain, Nov 10, 2016
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  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The China / currency manipulator thing is nuts. I have found it difficult to believe how few people have stood up to point out reality. It is one of those things that must sound good to people, because it flies in the face of any reality.

    Maybe once upon a time. We have gone years now in which the U.S. has done way more to try to create its false growth via currency creation than China has done with the yuan. Until a relatively recent period, in which things started to implode on them, they were downright restrained compared to the U.S., Japan and Europe. If anyone should be pissed, it would be them, except they are smart enough to realize that they need us to export to as much as we need their cheap goods. So they have mostly gave and taken (in concert with us) to try to find a balance between beggaring us and letting us beggar them.

    It's about the most meaningless promise possible, too. Let's say we label China a currency manipulator. The Chinese will laugh, and then each side will need to decide whether it wants to be in a trade war that hurts both equally. What would be the actual end game of that, aside from the optics in Flint, Michigan?
     
    The Big Ragu, Nov 10, 2016
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  9. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Hmmm ... now do the whole "higher marginal benefit" bit with regard to two completely unskilled potential employees. Smith is barely hanging on to his job; Jones would just about kill to get one. Who would benefit more from the elimination of the minimum wage?
     
    doctorquant, Nov 10, 2016
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  10. Doom and gloom

    Doom and gloom Active Member

    Well, it seems that "deplorables" are carrying the market. Look up.....
     
    Doom and gloom, Nov 10, 2016
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  11. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Proposed what?
     
    da man, Nov 10, 2016
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  12. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Morons thinking they're a good idea?
     
    doctorquant, Nov 10, 2016
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