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04-18-2023, 10:02 AM | #691 | |
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"oh well I didn't know I had to live somewhere I'm happy and everyone thinks like me?" "How would I be productive and add to society by complaining about everything I give absolutely no input or influence to other than on message boards or the internet." You know shit like that. We love super opinionated people who just complain about everything and the best part is this one. "Why would I even bother voting I'm not going to get the candidate I want, the law passsed that I want, the lower gas prices I want, the homeless to magically disappear, meanwhile my business is drowning due to inflation I have no say on, etc etc etc." |
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04-21-2023, 12:07 PM | #692 |
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So can we all agree that this deluge of Clarence Thomas lawlessness is what we need to start pushing for term limits in the Supreme Court?
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04-25-2023, 10:41 PM | #693 |
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I mean they should do that anyway. Average life expectancy isn?t 36 like it was when the constitution was written anymore. Just seems lazy to give people life terms at this point.
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man i'm not one to simp for Disney, but i'll gladly watch Desantis get bent over by their army of lawyers. Dude loves to bite the hand that feeds, and then wonder how it happened. |
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04-27-2023, 08:27 PM | #697 |
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Man, those local people can make your life a living hell and can be HARD to remove if they're popular because most people just vote for familiar names in local elections if they vote at all. DC local/city government is full of powertripping assholes! For example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_E....,_politician) This guy, he was on the DC council for 29 years before being forced out in a scandal. He was notorious for being the kind of guy who threw his title around to do whatever the hell he wanted, including petty shit like, just parking on the sidewalk wherever he wanted haha. But he was impossible to remove electorally because he was popular with the right people. |
05-08-2023, 01:18 PM | #698 | |
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2024 so far is shaping up to be quite the snooze fest.
So far Trump and Biden again is what it seems like. Two 80 year old men vying to lead the country. yay Larry Elder (R), a talk radio host and 2021 California gubernatorial candidate, announced his candidacy on April 20, 2023.[4] Nikki Haley (R), former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor, announced she would run on February 14, 2023.[12] Asa Hutchinson (R), former Arkansas Governor, announced he would run on April 2, 2023.[8] Vivek Ramaswamy (R), entrepreneur and political commentator, announced his campaign on February 21, 2023.[11] Corey Stapleton (R), former Montana Secretary of State, announced he would run on November 11, 2022.[15] Donald Trump (R), former U.S. President, announced he would run on November 15, 2022.[14] Joe Biden (D), incumbent president of the United States, announced he would run for re-election on April 25, 2023.[3] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (D), a lawyer and author, announced he would run on April 5, 2023.[7] Marianne Williamson (D), 2020 presidential candidate and author, announced she would run on February 23, 2023.
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05-09-2023, 10:54 AM | #700 |
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How do you fix something as fundamentally broken as the United States?
You can't fix a spun rod bearing while the engine's running, but stopping the engine may kill those who are most needy. |
05-09-2023, 02:21 PM | #702 | |
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https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...ic-republican/
Also, no surpsie here https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...l/70192303007/
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05-10-2023, 12:27 PM | #703 | |
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have you dealt with the legal system recently? have you dealt with the healthcare system recently? have you seen the cost per capita for US healthcare compared to other countries? have you tried to get mental health care recently? have you been in poverty recently? have you been following water issues in the Southwest? are you aware that those water issues are creating a potential issue with food insecurity and cost, which is a national security issue that almost no one is talking about? are you aware how many people die in automobile accidents? are you aware how many people get unnecessary amputations in the South? are you aware how many waterways are so polluted that you should eat very few to zero fish from them? do you know how many meaningful bills are passed each year? do you know how big the pay gap is between employees and CEO? have you seen how absolutely fucked our transportation infrastructure is? have you seen how many pages the IRS tax code requires? have you seen how wasteful the military is? are you aware of the lack of Supreme Court oversight? This is one of the absolute biggest differences between conservatives and progressives- conservatives bristle when anyone says "the United States has problems" and respond with, "it's the best country on the planet, if you don't like it, you should leave," and progressives respond with, "yes, and we should make the United States better." |
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05-10-2023, 01:48 PM | #704 |
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Thoughts on the Restoring Faith in Government Act?
Will it actually go through? TBH it seems insane to me that this hasn't already been a thing.
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05-10-2023, 02:05 PM | #705 |
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lol, only real problem i see there is healthcare. having to pay 10k without insurance for a few stitches on your head is a real joke, we gotta make that shit affordable, not free.
and that was pretty much half the point of that ^ guy. the rest of that is beautiful good old capitalism and todays lazy gens. If only they put as much effort into working as they do with protesting for junkies and looting stores, maybe the other half of that guys^ list wouldnt sound as bad btw, how are them 1.5m reparations going in CA ah? "reparation task force"rotflmfao xD
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I'll try to answer these honestly but your questions are loose, vague and I assume you already have made up your mind on the topics.
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'Progressives' said they were going to move to Canada if Trump was elected. Why wouldn't they want to move to Mexico? The weather is nicer there. When compared to all the countries on this planet, I choose the USA (I was born in the beautiful Pacific Northwest so I may be biased..) It's not that there aren't other places that are nice and it's not that we don't have problems/issues but, there's a fundamental difference in what we believe we need to do to fix the problems, how we can solve the issues or what is important to us. Not really fuck all you can do about it anyway. I'll just continue to vote for candidates that I believe align with my views and that 'say' they'll address the issues that are important to me. Have a good one! Trump CNN town hall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvWFnkJ6s40
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You know this time when America was "great," that they refer to was? The 1950's or some shit right? Back then the CEO to worker wage ratio was 20:1. Now it's supposedly as much as 350:1. That's fucking insane. That's where the middle class has gone - into the pocket of fortune 500 CEO's. You want America to be great again? Make that middle class nice and fat. People being able to live comfortably and afford a home while working an "average" job is far better for the economy than having to pick up a side hustle just to afford rent. Unchecked greed is just as dangerous as communism and at this point the latter is far less of a threat. Pick your poison.
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05-11-2023, 01:32 PM | #708 |
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That's a good point though. How DO you check greed? Positions that high up seem to be above everything, including the law, nowadays.
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Nope, society is black and white, rich and poor, have and have-nots, snowflakes or republicans, any in-between is communism. What a sad, dark, little life you live.
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This argument of 'rich vs poor' is so corny. You assume everyone is just born into wealth or prosperity when in reality it's people that came from very little that simply want to keep more of what they worked for. Why should we have to pay for the people that complained while we did something about it? I get it: compassion for others...but why would I be compassionate about someone that has a work ethic unlike mine and is content with waking up at 1000, bitching about unfairness on social media by 1200, at a low-level job until 2000, and out at the bars until 0200 spending the little money they have while waxing poetic about revolution to anyone that would listen? Meanwhile, I'm up by 0530, at work for 8-9hrs, then home and ready to do the same thing 5 days a week. Honestly man why in the FUCK would I care about someone not helping themselves.
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My wife and I were involved in a civil suit that was filed against her father, who was part of our business. Without saying too much, we drained all of our savings fighting a wealthy opponent who could afford constant legal bullshit- despite us having a solid case. It's neither fair nor just to have a system that is pay-to-play. Quote:
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(yes i know you're in japan) those days are gone. Currently, 40hrs isn't enough to cover rent, and the solution "just move to the middle of nowhere" isnt a solution at all. its a cop out. |
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Society has been so indoctrinated that now they think only those who work 60 hour weeks in upper management or the c-suite deserve to enjoy financial freedom and those who enjoy having good work/life balance while working a middle-management job, which used to be enough to buy a house and support a family, are lazy snowflake losers just looking for a handout.
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back in the day on this very same forum, we used to rag on floridians but damn, yawl flipped the script and californians are stuck-on-stupid, straight S.O.S. |
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It seems like (and tell me if I am wrong) you are saying that people who barely get out of high school, have no marketable skills, and work at WalMart as overnight stockers should be able to afford a 4 bedroom home in CA. That's apartment-in-a-not-so-nice-neighborhood money at absolute best. Moving to the middle of nowhere is another one I love to hear. No one is saying to move to the middle of nowhere, but as Californians that's what it FEELS like to think about leaving our glorious mecca. No one is saying move to the middle of nowhere, we are saying that you should leave CA. My family finally did and they seem to enjoy life more. Quote:
I will never scoff at someone that has worked their way up from the entry-level job to 'middle-management but I will always understand that the supervisor with the college degree makes more. If you want to keep talking about the 'rich daddy got me a job' cases, I will always agree with you...but in my life experience I have always been paid less than someone who actually took the time to get a degree.
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For the record, I have my BS, own my own business, and am comfortably middle-class. I'm not looking at anyone else's plate and wishing I had more. If I want more, I can get more, but not spending 1/3 of my life staring at a screen is far more appealing, and allows me to be highly productive for the hours I do spend working. I just think my situation should be the norm (not the exception), and if it were, we'd see less burnout, depression, homelessness, violence, drug usage, and fewer people asking for handouts.
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-FDR, the dude who implemented min wage in the USA. Interpret that how you will, but its not hard to see that a working mans salary in mid 80s was enough to PURCHASE a home, now it takes 3 of those salaries just to afford rent. In the 70s, those wages went even farther towards affording a comfortable living. Instead we've stripped those wages and funneled the profits all the way to the top, hoarding wealth, hoarding resources. This current generation is the first in american history to be LESS well off than the one preceding it. 2: i see it posted regularly, the "why don't you just leave" argument. I'm not trying to put words in YOUR mouth, but its still thrown around as a talking point. 3: my personal work / life balance is fantastic. I put my 40-50 hrs a week in and then go home and work on car shit for another 20-30, but thats my hobby as well as my side hustle. Should EVERY person have to? Nah. We shouldn't have to manage the equivalent of two full time jobs just to cover the BASICS. I'm not sure why americans are so hung up on this idea that "oh i'm better because i work 90 hrs this week, with zero days vacation this year, i'm so tough". Plenty of other nations look at us in shock for things like this. 4: what are your thoughts on the entry level positions that require college degrees, for barely entry level wages? How many thousands of college grads are there who aint making middle management wages but still made the same sacrifices and have the same debt? |
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2. Ty, but mounting these arguments from CA is still silly to me. I miss things about CA now but I am not going to return (if I can help it) anytime soon. 3. How would you fair at only the 40-50hrs? What skills do you have for this main source of income? 3a. Yep. I am not advocating for OVER 40hrs a week. If I had it my way, I would work 4 10hrs shifts and have a three-day weekend every week. 4. I guess I would counter with: what are these degrees in? I'll supplement it that question by saying that I do not think a degree should arbitrarily be required to 'show commitment' for a job. A degree should be required if it pertains to the field you are working in (finance for a bank, information systems tech for IT, etc.) and that's that. I wanted to be a Marine Biologist as a kid. After that, I got into cars. I'm sure it's just my self-esteem, but I assumed I would never be creative enough to prosper in automotive design so at some point I chose to join the military. My parents never pushed me to be a 'drone' but I also didn't want to have to worry about money...so I chose a career path that would accomplish that. ...and I would expect someone that has a degree in the Arts to know that they will be on a high school teacher's salary at best. I am truly happy/envious for people that currently have the 'perfect balance' with their work and play...but I have no pity for those that want to put in minimal effort for non-skilled job while wondering why they can't afford to play.
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