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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
You know, I wouldn’t be surprised if Turbo Tax, et al. had a hand in the Libertarian “taxation is theft” movement. More hate toward the government means they get to look like the good guys.
Edit: I mean, aside from the obvious, redundant fact that every big corporation would like to push for libertarianism.
Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Apr 10th 2019 at 7:26:57 AM
My musician pageI'm starting to think a Biden presidency would be the worst possible outcome. Yeah, obviously another term of Trump would be awful, but Biden as president would cause this major shift in Democrat politics back to the center-right as they were in the 90s. Meanwhile, it would cause even more obstruction and reactionary policies from the Republicans.
also lets not nominate a predator k
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
I disagree, Biden would, at least, know how to actually do the job of President of the United States.
Trump proves on a weekly, if not daily, basis he's an incompetent boob with no business in the White House.
My apologies to incompetents, seabirds, and/or breasts everywhere.
In my mind there is no candidate that makes a second Trump term look like a reasonable outcome. Except maybe Tulsi Gabbard.
Edited by sgamer82 on Apr 10th 2019 at 6:42:01 AM
Tulsi at least has good economic policies. We're on the verge of another recession, one even larger than a decade ago. Having the bailout VP as president is gonna fuck our economy even more, and meanwhile the right will end up radicalizing further against the left. Along with this, Biden also has conservative views on the environment, criminal justice, healthcare, education. All of which are vital issues at this moment. If Biden were to become president, we'd see the party move away from actually progressive policies.
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"Exactly, the bar is low enough even that much is an improvement.
As far as I'm concerned, one Democrat's about as good as another, as long as they can do the damn job. That's why I haven't really spoken up for any one candidate myself. I sincerely don't care who it is as long as they are likely to be competent.
That's what makes me skeptical of Gabbard (a Trump in Democrats' clothing), Klobuchar (due to the Bad Boss rep she's gotten) and any given populist like Sanders or O'Roarke (I've come to distrust populists in general and regard them as more words than deeds)
Donald Trump remaining in office for any longer than can be helped is the worst possible outcome.
On that note:
Trump’s ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon – The 45th president — no student of history — marveled at the first president's failure to name his historic compound after himself
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/10/donald-trump-mount-vernon-george-washington-1264073
Edited by sgamer82 on Apr 10th 2019 at 6:54:30 AM
Except Sanders' populist beliefs are rooted in Democratic socialist political theory and actually do have weight to them. He rallies against the elite because believe it or not but people making 100 times what you do don't actually give a shit if you even live.
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"Got a source on Biden being a predator? Because so far he’s been accused of being inappropriate with women and not respecting personal space, that’s not the same thing as sexually assaulting someone.
Oh and like fuck is Gabbard, the homophobic Russian asset, a better choice than Biden.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranEh, I wouldn't call Gabbard a Russian asset. She's many things (homophobic, Islamophobic, authoritarian) but it bugs me when people throw the Russia stuff around for every candidate they don't like. It feels a bit rooted in xenophobia toward Russia, which is a growing problem in the US (see: that shitty speech Tim Ryan did).
And I would consider Biden a predator. A dude that kisses and sniffs women's hair without their consent while holding such a high position is displaying predatory behavior. Especially one who can't see what's wrong with that even now.
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
X3 Yeah it’s plenty good enough reason to not vote for Biden (his refusal to learn from his mistakes especially), but that doesn’t make him a sexual predator.
It’s like saying don’t vote for Gabbard because she’s a war criminal. She’s not a war criminal, she’s supports war criminals and that’s plenty good enough reason to not vote for her, but we don’t need to lie/exaggerate to justify not supporting a person.
She publicly supports a Russian backed dictator guilty of war crimes, she’s a best an idiot asset what unknowingly helps Russia because she agrees with their world view.
As for Biden, the women who made the big accusation against him specifically said that she didn’t view it as sexual or sexual assault, so I’m gonna give her take on events more credence that any of ours.
Edited by Silasw on Apr 10th 2019 at 1:09:52 PM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranI find the idea of populism to be innately wrong to be a somewhat questionable belief. It's usually hot air but the idea behind it is appealing directly to the voter and I don't think that's innately bad.
We need direct large scale economic reform in the US and anyone who suggests that is going to sound radical.
But Bernie's "radical" policies are fairly common sense anywhere but the USA.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Apr 10th 2019 at 6:10:04 AM
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Turbo Tax's website is also coded in a manner similar to Kafka's The Trial. Seriously, try the 'forgot my password' link - it sends you an email with a code to put in to confirm it's you so you can proceed to the second step of resetting your password.
The second step is inputting your password.
It's been fun.