Suspicions …
Matt Underwood
Matt Underwood So you mean all those forgone avocados were for nothing?!
you commented about how nobody forces us into debt, and we all made a choice to take on our debt.
I want to help you, and anyone else browsing this thread who thinks that way, understand why that line of thinking is both wrong and unhelpful.
With the obvious disclaimer that my situation doesn’t apply to 100% of student loan borrowers, I’m willing to bet that what I’m about to describe is an extremely common thread among the majority of us, especially those of us who are a little older and who started college in the early 2000s when things were just getting worse.… Continue reading
Capitalism isn’t much fun
It boggles my fucking mind how we lost gamers to the right. Capitalism is the biggest cause of the decline of gaming. Microtransactions, gambling addiction loot crates, pay to win, selling games in piece meal snipets, charging full price for flawed garbage that will “get fixed later”, relying on the community to fix their shit for free(looking at modders and Bethesda), monopolistic growth removing competition and thus reducing quality and innovation, etc… Like gaming is a microcosm of the absolute failures of Capitalism. Everything wrong with Capitalism shows up in the gaming world. And all gamers think is “Look how feminism and diversity is ruining my video games!”… Continue reading
You gotta listen to the medical experts
Too many people – especially the “free-thinkers” – don’t stay in their lane. I do not profess to have enough knowledge of immunology to read the studies and understand them. However I am in a lucky position to have access to well trained medical doctors that do have an in-depth understanding, read these studies, and are up-to-date on the latest information. I trust these experts and ask them questions to help guide my actions concerning the vaccine, wearing masks, etc. I wouldn’t trust my dentist to tell me how to fix the transmission in my car. I trust my mechanic to do that.… Continue reading
Suddenly, it made sense that Trump went to Wharton.
Average isn’t even the number you should look at.
The median number is 34,000.
The median is lower than the average because the top earners earn more than a normal distribution.
What’s even more fun is that billionaires and top “earning” millionaires won’t even be on this list because they record $0 income. The average would be even higher with total earnings.
They make their money (or just support their life style) from moving around assets and selling assets which is not taxable income, it’s “capital gains”. And a lot of times shell companies are used to avoid taxable events. It’s all a big “legit” scam.… Continue reading
Trump White House records are now in the hands of Jan 6 committee
It’s an absolute travesty they were able to delay this for as long as they did and it had to involve the Supreme Court to issue a ruling your average joe could have figured out.
SC never ruled on the merits per se, they just blocked a stay of the lower courts ruling, in effect not taking up the case. The lower court had essentially issued a scathing opinion that who is Trump to try and exert Executive privilege opposite to that of the current Executive branch. Roberts agreed at its ridiculousness. Trump never stood a chance and it only took a few months overall, which is lightning quick.… Continue reading
Trump’s tax cut overwhelmingly helped the middle class.
What’s funny is you’re right. Trumps tax overhaul (while OVERWHELMINGLY helping the rich, especially by lowering the corporate tax rate to 21%).
It did also help middle class people by raising the standard deduction and reduced tax brackets somewhat.
But oh no, the business benefits are permanent while the middle class benefits expire in 2025.
What’s that? The only reason the middle class got anything at all was that Democrats threatened to filibuster at the time.
Again what have republicans done for the middle class that you or anyone would believe they are on anyone’s side but the very rich?
When lower class people get money, they spend it.… Continue reading
Joe is concerned about creeping authoritarianism from the left by not the right?
Right wing authoritarianism doesn’t creep. It’s overt.
Left wing version pretends to be something it isn’t. Either on purpose or lack of understanding. I think it’s mostly the latter, but there are certainly grifters on the left as well.
The authoritarian portion of both sides are non starters for me. The media amplifies these voices because it creates conflict.
Yeah. Left wing authoritarianism is just infantilization run amok rather than some strict desire to centrally control everything. Rent control, minimum wage, wokeness, gun control, it’s all very much like “you can’t seem to play nice so we’re going to make you play nice.”… Continue reading
A Day in the Life of Joe Republican
Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer’s medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance – now Joe gets it too.
He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs.… Continue reading
US election: Biden event in Texas cancelled as ‘armed’ Trump supporters threaten campaign bus
To the many of us who have been paying attention none of these fascist tactics come as a surprise. President Trump’s words & actions over the summer months were horrifying. He has incited and supported violence several times.
- He shared a video that said “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”[1]
- He tweeted a video of a Trump supporter yelling “White power.”[2]
- He tweeted that “when the looting starts the shooting starts.”[3] A saying that is historically tied to a racist Miami police chief from the 60’s.[4]
- Police in Washington, D.C. brutally dispersed an entirely peaceful crowd exercising their first amendment.