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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
It is likely that Trump's tax cuts and increased spending on the military would have a short-term stimulus effect. Trump doesn't think or care about the long term, and neither do his voters, so what happens after his massive planned budget cuts go into effect is still uncertain.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"It also includes a measure of how popular each of the individual pieces of the ACA is with the public. It's interesting that the only part that is genuinely unpopular is the individual mandate.
What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.
President Trump: "Obama's healthcare system was a work of genius. I couldn't unmake it if I tried. And I tried."
President Pence: "He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity. I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough credit for all the credit he gave us."
edited 17th Dec '16 8:54:07 AM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.Unfortunately, Hanlon's Razor doesn't apply to the 2010 and beyond Republican Party. They aren't stupid, just evil.
edited 17th Dec '16 9:36:21 AM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.I'm curious as to if the Republicans will actually be able to cobble together a "replacement" like they said they would. It may well be that they end up being too busy squabbling and/or don't care enough for them to just dismantle it and leave it at that.
Still if they do come up with something they agree on then this could very easily blow up in the Democrats face as some will want to support the Republican replacement as a "better then nothing" option, while others will want to push for more or simply not want to give the Republicans anything.
Cool new Californian laws.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article121358433.html
edited 17th Dec '16 10:17:15 AM by MadSkillz
Pardon me while I do my happy dance, because that decriminalization law is something I've been pushing for a long time. With luck, other states will see over time how positive this is and pass similar laws, and together we can make a safer environment for women and girls.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Got through that list
:
- "Redskins" rename: No personal feeling, but then my opinion on it is not really relevant. Approve.
- Welfare payment: Good.
- Minimum wage: See, if memory serves the Golden State has such a nuanced economy that making several minimum wages per region may make sense, rather than one across the board.
- Assault weapons: Not sold on this. I still think it's more symbolism than anything.
- Park name: Dunno what that means.
- Contractors: I'd like to see a definition of " that could affect their work".
- Gun loans: Reserving judgment; not sure if that is an effective measure to avoid "straw purchasing".
- Prostitution decriminalization: Good. That kind of victim-faulting is unlikely to work, anyhow.
- Prostitution sentencing: I'd like if they went a bit further with decriminalizing prostitution but that needs a lot of by-work to work. I am also a bit unclear on what "repeat prostitution offenders" is.
- Sexual assault: While replacing California's age of consent law with a Germany-like one is not likely to be acceptable (but I don't know about practical consequences it would have, and suspect it won't), I'd go even further by picking their definition of "rape of a minor" - any sexual encounter where consent is not given by a free decision should be illegal.
- Rape sentencing: Good. May be worth going further.
- Distracted driving: Questionable whether it will work, but good.
- Car seats: Dunno.
- Public financing: I wonder what way that spending will be used. Pity that it's got a good chance of being struck down by courts.
- Mail ballots: Seems like it's not as broad as the Swiss one, but good.
- Voter registration: Good, although I don't know if one can go even further.
- Epi-pens: Somehow that sounds more like ad hoc legislation - what specifically are the effects?
- State travel: "Screw you!" legislation. Not sure about how useful it is but then I am so utterly over the bigots.
- Asset forfeiture: See, if memory serves, that is a major abusive policing technique and has been discussed as such in the Law Enforcement thread. I'd go even further, but good.
- Felons voting: What is a "low level felony"? I thought that felon voting is always a "yes-no" matter with a few states in New England allowing it.
- Hot dogs: I distinctly remember seeing a shield about such animals in soldering cars here in Switzerland a few days ago. Good.
- Date rape drugs: What I said above about "sexual assault". Good, although I wonder about the listing of drugs.
- Ballot sharing: That is an odd bird. No opinion.
- Boycott, divestment and sanctions: Seems like a good way to go about this.
- Right-to-try: Seems fine. "Must be effective at killing" is not something that the FDA wants from a drug, anyhow.
Seems like it's mostly stuff that I approve. Although the "bad joke" point in my earlier post still stands.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman"Ugh. While I get what they are trying to do with legalizing prostitution, I can't say I approve of it."
Legal prostitution can be awesome if done right:
edited 17th Dec '16 12:17:10 PM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.One thing to note about the "right-to-try" provision (heavily pushed and promoted by libertarians as a way to circumvent FDA regulation with hazy wording as to what is considered life threatening) is that patients are held entirely responsible for the cost, which on experimentals can potentially approach millions. So the company gets a lab rat to test that pays them and is completely protected from lawsuit should it go horribly wrong.
I'm just opposed to prostitution from a moral sense. I don't believe in condemning prostitutes or shaming them for often times being forced into that sort of life, but I still thinks it's wrong.
Also linking a College Humor sketch does not help your point at all.
"Can't make an omelette without breaking some children." -BurIt's a clip from an Edutainment Show that quotes its sources and features respected experts. The comedic presentation does not detract from the factuality.
The moral reasons for opposing prostitution in principle are highly questionable, as is the assumption that prostitutes are forced into it by circumstance, any more than they would be coerced into taking another service job. How problematic prostitution is depends more on the culture and society surrounding it than on the service itself.
edited 17th Dec '16 12:30:58 PM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

That stimulus package is going to make the deficit so much worse since taxes aren't going to be raised to help offset it.
Disgusted, but not surprised