A Question For Trump Supporters

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by CourtJester, Oct 15, 2018.

  1. Kevo3

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    That's exactly the kind of bias I was referring to, it's ok for party A to do it, but when party B does it, it's a foul.

    You can't really think we were in an economic crisis the entire 8 years of Obama and it required to run up the deficit in record amounts, can you?

    I guess I'm rich, because I'm getting over $2K more a year due to tax breaks (crumbs?). I need to start shopping for a mansion & a yacht.
     
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    WTF?

    Sock puppet much?
     
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    And to blame Bush for something that was initiated and passed by the 96th Congress, a Democrat majority in both Houses 277:158 and 58:42, and signed by Carter, the "Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980", deregulating banks and providing the Fed with more powers.
    While I'm unable to attribute the following quote to anyone with certainty, "Give me control of a nation's currency and I care not who runs the government.", it most certainly states an undeniable truth.
     
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    CourtJester Well-Known Member

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    It is ignorant to assume that there are not good and bad reasons for performing an action.
     
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    CourtJester Well-Known Member

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    Things to like in the fifties? There are many of course but putting in Conservative Supreme Court judges forr the purpose of overturning Roe v Wade isn't going to return us to the days where you could suceed without a college degree and families could have a ggod life without both parents working.

    But why don't you tell us what you are going to like that will result from a more Conservative court.
     
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    How about they won't support giving the country away to please those who think it's not worth anything?

    And in the fifties... both my parents worked. You won't believe it, but they worked 14 hours a day 7 days a week for three years without a day off.
    My brother and I worked as well, after school. I have no idea where that kind of drive came from, but they both had it and didn't complain.
     
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    Agreed.

    It's more than coincidence for some that everytime the Dems are in office it's for a good reason and everytime GOP is in office it's for a bad reason.
     
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    I don't believe either Obama or Trump are personally responsible for the type or quality of jobs that are created during their administration. The generally poor quality of jobs available today in our economy is due to a web of complex causes that have accrued over several decades. The "fix" would require some complex legal maneuvers by Congress. But they aren't in the mood to tackle that level of complexity, and haven't been for a long, long time.
     
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    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Well because when clearly as many as 1 in 6 don't have auto insurance it doesn't support your argument that people have to have insurance.
     
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    But that is by their choice. Just as it's the choice of people to not have health insurance.
     
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    Wrong.

    US handouts for all it's welfare programs total over $2.3 trillion dollars.

    That's nearly 2/3rds of the total yearly budget.

    The POTUS travel costs :roll:

    Always fun to watch the left try to do math.
     
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    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So it's not mandatory?

    You're running towards the wrong goal, by the way.
     
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    You're confused. People can still not do things that are mandatory. It doesn't mean it's not mandatory.
     
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    When my granddaughter doesn't have to share a locker room with boys.
     
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    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Would you like me to explain "choice" and "mandatory"?
     
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    I've wondered about that. I long thought it meant something to do with the philosoht existentialism but people seem to use it as if it meant "threatening one's very existence."

    What do you think it means?
     
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    My lord...hahahahaha. You can’t be THIS dense.
     
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    " . . . people seem to use it as if it meant 'threatening one's very existence.'"

    When it's truly like that there's no time for thoughts or words.
     
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    Let's check.

    Am I the one that said people can't drive without insurance because it was mandatory, then said the reason so many people don't have insurance is because they choose not to buy it.

    The denseness isn't on my side of the argument.
     
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    I was referring to the welfare program for single parents with children. What welfare programs are you referring to? And don't include Social Security, because it's NOT a welfare program.
     
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    I never said people can't drive without insurance. Never uttered those words. I said car insurance is mandatory.

    Let me explain this slowly for you...even if something is mandatory....people can still try to skirt the law and go without. For example, by law it's mandatory that people don't rob banks...yet people still choose to. See the difference? I'm guessing you won't admit to it as all you're doing is trolling.
     
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    Oh you were ignoring the $2.3 trillion dollars of welfare and focusing on what, WIC?

    Yes, Social Security IS a welfare program.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/carrie...s-do-abuse-federal-aid-programs/#79d2eab468a2
     
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    I get it.

    Your original argument that mandatory meant they couldn't drive without insurance was incorrect.
     
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