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The left has jumped the shark.

Was going to vote straight ticket Dem on a Trump protest vote.

Reconsidering now.

Kavanaugh is obviously qualified to sit on the SC. My only concerns would his expansive position on Presidential power. Normally, I agree with his view on this, but we’ve never elected a corrupt, amoral, cartoon character before. One has to wonder if there were promises made for the nomination since we’re talking about Trump.

My biggest concern with Kavanaugh, however, is his time with Ken Star and his inconsistencies regarding the “stolen” democratic documents. I’d probably vote aye, after all is said and done. I trust McGahn, and he’s been all in on Kavanaugh from the beginning. And in my gut, I don’t think Kavanaugh would protect Trump if a case involving him came before the court. He’s an establishment conservative, not a #NewGop doofus. He would do what’s right.
 
The one positive thing about DJT being President is that this drunk woman isn't.

Seriously....WTF?

https://reason.com/blog/2018/09/12/clinton-pushes-fake-news-about-kavanaugh


Why can't our nation find non-mentally deranged people to run for POTUS? Is that too much to ask?


(FWIW she'd be better than the current clown by a mile....but she's still doesn't make the long bus).

You brought back a great meme with this post


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The left has jumped the shark.

Was going to vote straight ticket Dem on a Trump protest vote.

Reconsidering now.
The real problem going forward is jobs and our economy. Neither party has a solution because if they did, that's all they'd talk about and they'd win in a landslide and fix the problem. The House Pubs are now planning to put forth a campaign tax-cut legislation that would add $2T to the debt. They know it won't pass the Senate but they hope it will get them votes. That's after creating an almost $1T deficit for this year and $1T deficit for upcoming years. The Trump Machine is ruining our environment and sabotaging the EPA and as much science in the Government as they can. They're not really doing anything useful. They acclaimed by conservatives for their SC appointees but big deal, what does that really do for the country? All it does it score them points in the disingenuous political tit-for-tat game of who-cares-if-we-ruin-the-country?

In short, vote for anyone you can find who actually cares about the future of this country.
 
The left has jumped the shark.

Was going to vote straight ticket Dem on a Trump protest vote.

Reconsidering now.
In this day and age of outright lying and selling it to the entire country, taking something out of context barely seems a blip on the radar. I’m mainly concerned about him eventually ruling on Trump . Also interested in the alleged perjury charges, but haven’t investigated those enough to know of there is any validity.
 
The real problem going forward is jobs and our economy. Neither party has a solution because if they did, that's all they'd talk about and they'd win in a landslide and fix the problem. The House Pubs are now planning to put forth a campaign tax-cut legislation that would add $2T to the debt. They know it won't pass the Senate but they hope it will get them votes. That's after creating an almost $1T deficit for this year and $1T deficit for upcoming years. The Trump Machine is ruining our environment and sabotaging the EPA and as much science in the Government as they can. They're not really doing anything useful. They acclaimed by conservatives for their SC appointees but big deal, what does that really do for the country? All it does it score them points in the disingenuous political tit-for-tat game of who-cares-if-we-ruin-the-country?

In short, vote for anyone you can find who actually cares about the future of this country.

I think the real problems are the long term deficit and entitlement problems. The economy and jobs are actually getting a temporary boost thanks to tax cuts and regulation cuts, but the long term forecast looks troubling.
 
I think the real problems are the long term deficit and entitlement problems. The economy and jobs are actually getting a temporary boost thanks to tax cuts and regulation cuts, but the long term forecast looks troubling.

You may be right on the expense side. However the tax cut created a significant revenue problem.
 
I think Kavanaugh may have perjured himself multiple times in the Senate so that's plenty to disqualify him from the court.

The "plan B" pill being birth control/abortion is a common point of disagreement between pro-choice/pro-life folks. I don't think the description by either group is accurate.
 
I think the real problems are the long term deficit and entitlement problems. The economy and jobs are actually getting a temporary boost thanks to tax cuts and regulation cuts, but the long term forecast looks troubling.
Of course. The deficit and debt are the problems that tax revenue from the economy and jobs need to fix. The debt and deficit can't be wished away. The stimulus from the tax cuts is limited in comparison to the ballooning deficit. We'll know the problem is getting solved when tax revenues outpace the government expenditures. The solution has to be a modern economy with modern jobs. That's what Hillary told West Virginians. Trump told them he'd bring back jobs from the 50s. They voted for the past rather than the future. The question is, do Democrats actually know how to create modern jobs? I see no indication they do but if they do, they've got a serious messaging problem. I know for certain Republicans are clueless on modern jobs.
 
Of course. The deficit and debt are the problems that tax revenue from the economy and jobs need to fix. The debt and deficit can't be wished away. The stimulus from the tax cuts is limited in comparison to the ballooning deficit. We'll know the problem is getting solved when tax revenues outpace the government expenditures. The solution has to be a modern economy with modern jobs. That's what Hillary told West Virginians. Trump told them he'd bring back jobs from the 50s. They voted for the past rather than the future. The question is, do Democrats actually know how to create modern jobs? I see no indication they do but if they do, they've got a serious messaging problem. I know for certain Republicans are clueless on modern jobs.

Modern jobs require training and brain power rather than muscle power. Unfortunately for workers, owners can invest in technology which has artificial brain power along with being able to perform repetitive tasks at far less cost over the long pull than humans.

Over time even Chinese and Mexican workers will become too expensive as is already the case in the US.
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I think the real problems are the long term deficit and entitlement problems. The economy and jobs are actually getting a temporary boost thanks to tax cuts and regulation cuts, but the long term forecast looks troubling.

This speaks to the issues hoot. It is unequivocal that the tax cuts were stimulative:

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But, our fiscal decisions caused an increase in projected deficits, a stupid decision at this point of the economic cycle.

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Is it a revenue problem or income statement problem? Stupid fiscal policy decided to give tax cuts while dramatically increasing spending. I'd call it a mismanagement problem.

Probably a little of all the above. Borrowing money for the tax cut was asinine. It both cut revenue and increased the debt. I would agree that it is stupid fiscal policy.
 
I think Kavanaugh may have perjured himself multiple times in the Senate so that's plenty to disqualify him from the court.

The "plan B" pill being birth control/abortion is a common point of disagreement between pro-choice/pro-life folks. I don't think the description by either group is accurate.
There was no perjury. The Democrats need to brace for the inevitable confirmation - with a few Democratic yes votes as well.
 
This speaks to the issues hoot. It is unequivocal that the tax cuts were stimulative:

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But, our fiscal decisions caused an increase in projected deficits, a stupid decision at this point of the economic cycle.

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I’m asking this because I don’t know the answer. Are the long run capital stocks where we see the share buybacks? Share buybacks will total about $1t in 2018, up about 80% over 2017. However the small m market has been flat. Where do those transactions show?
 
I think Kavanaugh may have perjured himself multiple times in the Senate so that's plenty to disqualify him from the court.

The "plan B" pill being birth control/abortion is a common point of disagreement between pro-choice/pro-life folks. I don't think the description by either group is accurate.
There was no perjury. The Democrats need to brace for the inevitable confirmation - with a few Democratic yes votes as well.
Sorry if I don’t just take your word as gospel. I’ve assumed all along he would get confirmed. And then Trump will have every wing of government supporting , aiding and abetting his corrupt administration. History will not look kindly on the Trump era and the spineless ones that went along with it.
 
I’m asking this because I don’t know the answer. Are the long run capital stocks where we see the share buybacks? Share buybacks will total about $1t in 2018, up about 80% over 2017. However the small m market has been flat. Where do those transactions show?

Here is their answer.
 
Sorry if I don’t just take your word as gospel. I’ve assumed all along he would get confirmed. And then Trump will have every wing of government supporting , aiding and abetting his corrupt administration. History will not look kindly on the Trump era and the spineless ones that went along with it.
You need to separate this from the Trump administration. Kavanaugh could be the nominee of any Republican President. This issue isn’t about Trump.
 
Modern jobs require training and brain power rather than muscle power. Unfortunately for workers, owners can invest in technology which has artificial brain power along with being able to perform repetitive tasks at far less cost over the long pull than humans.

Over time even Chinese and Mexican workers will become too expensive as is already the case in the US.
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Maybe your "owners" aren't part of the solution. I'm defining modern jobs as jobs that fit the modern situation. Society needs to adapt to automation and the global economy and create jobs to employ people and boost our economy to cover our debt, whether current "owners" help or hinder. The next politician who solves this riddle will be the first.
 
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You need to separate this from the Trump administration. Kavanaugh could be the nominee of any Republican President. This issue isn’t about Trump.
And under a normal situation it wouldn’t be about the person that nominated him. But under a normal situation, that judge wouldn’t likely be ruling on the President ‘s breaking the law or not either. That’s a pretty big difference.
 
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Maybe your "owners" aren't part of the solution. I'm defining modern jobs as jobs that fit the modern situation. Society needs to adapt to automation and the global economy and create jobs to employ people and boost our economy to cover our debt, whether current "owners" help or hinder. The next politician who solves this riddle will be the first.

JBM,
Trust you don't mean "socialism" as in government ownership when you talk about society needing to adapt.
 
JBM,
Trust you don't mean "socialism" as in government ownership when you talk about society needing to adapt.
Of course not. Exact opposite. Take West Virginia for example. How to replace lost coal jobs? Maybe create a solar-panel-building industry? How to do that? Re-train the workers there, provide incentives for the industry, and so on. Or maybe create much more entrepreneurial activity and know-how there, to create smaller companies.

My hunch is that as a nation we need to increase the % of innovators and entrepreneurs. How to do that?
 
innovators and entrepreneurs. How to do that?
Start teaching reasoning and creative thinking in our useless public schools again. Also, return the concept of apprenticeship, and introduce a method of exposure. How do you know if you are inclined or gifted toward something if you are never introduced? Guarantee there are geniuses among us that would thrive in mutiple sectors but how would they rise above obscurity in our cookie-cutter robot-styled classrooms?
 
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And under a normal situation it wouldn’t be about the person that nominated him. But under a normal situation, that judge wouldn’t likely be ruling on the President ‘s breaking the law or not either. That’s a pretty big difference.
It's exacerbated by Kavanaugh's views on the Unitary Executive and the wisdom (if not the legality) of the President being "off limits" (my phrasing) with regards to subpoenas and investigations. Kavanaugh has made his views clear, that he would defer to the President in the sort of cases one can imagine could/will arise from the Mueller investigation. It's unprecedented that a SC Justice be nominated in the middle of an investigation where the President himself is under a cloud of suspicion and that case is likely to come before the Court.
 
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It's exacerbated by Kavanaugh's views on the Unitary Executive and the wisdom (if not the legality) of the President being "off limits" (my phrasing) with regards to subpoenas and investigations. Kavanaugh has made his views clear, that he would defer to the President in the sort of cases one can imagine could/will arise from the Mueller investigation. It's unprecedented that a SC Justice be nominated in the middle of an investigation where the President himself is under a cloud of suspicion and that case is likely to come before the Court.
And Mitch warned him that Kavanaugh could be one of the hardest judges on the list to get through. But for some reason, Trump picked him anyway.
 
Of course. The deficit and debt are the problems that tax revenue from the economy and jobs need to fix. The debt and deficit can't be wished away. The stimulus from the tax cuts is limited in comparison to the ballooning deficit. We'll know the problem is getting solved when tax revenues outpace the government expenditures. The solution has to be a modern economy with modern jobs. That's what Hillary told West Virginians. Trump told them he'd bring back jobs from the 50s. They voted for the past rather than the future. The question is, do Democrats actually know how to create modern jobs? I see no indication they do but if they do, they've got a serious messaging problem. I know for certain Republicans are clueless on modern jobs.

A Chinese investor might take some of his US dollars accumulated via the trade deficit and build those solar panels in West Virginia.o_O
 
Maybe your "owners" aren't part of the solution. I'm defining modern jobs as jobs that fit the modern situation. Society needs to adapt to automation and the global economy and create jobs to employ people and boost our economy to cover our debt, whether current "owners" help or hinder. The next politician who solves this riddle will be the first.

And in the meantime we just let those people who are not ready for these future jobs languish? Or do we stimulate our current economy to employ them and make every effort to ensure that while they are employed, their children are being trained for these future jobs that nobody has come up with yet?

I choose the latter.

You want to argue that we did not need the personal income tax cut, I am sympathetic. However, I believe the corporate tax cut was a good idea. The economy appears to be bearing that out right now. Trump getting tough on some trade partners is a bit more murky at this point, early returns have been positive but I have seen rumblings for future problems. I credit him with trying something a bit different then his predecessors by borrowing from both of their orthodoxies.
 
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