Comments by "TJ Marx" (@tjmarx) on "Forbes Breaking News" channel.

@DevilsAdvocate43 He actually blamed "kids in cages" on house Republicans and brought it up in the context of trying to tie his very long stretch of the families of drug cartel kingpins to a narrative he just made up about Republicans going after women and children. He again references Trump but doesn't blame him for anything. It's Fanboy politics. He knows his sighted reasons for blocking the bill are stupid, it's Fanboy politics. Fanboys demand their team to win at all costs, so it means Republicans and Democrats alike can no longer do their jobs and vote yes on good legislation. Voting yes on legislation their side didn't come up with will anger the fanboys and they won't vote for them at the next election. The fanboy voters must be appeased. Durbin even straight up says that if Cotton wants to pass bills he needs a Democrat cosponsor. He's telling Cotton in fewer and less direct words exactly what I just told you. He can do that because Cotton already knows the game because Cotton is also being held random by fanboys. The fanboy voters are the problem. Patriots are swing voters whom vote in individual candidates based on competency and not what party they strategically chose to endorse to appease local fanboys.
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Of course that would include impeaching religious activist judges too, right?
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Remember when Schwarzenegger was governor of California and he wanted to do so much. But he quickly found out doing anything to improve things was structurally impossible so he was like "f this" and left? California could have as many good steward governors as it likes, but none of them will ever be able to fix California because the game in California is rigged and the governor is just for show.
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@kenthhamner2641 Annual inflation rates aren't a reflection of the price increase of individual goods. 🤦
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@kenthhamner2641 They aren't adjusted, you just don't understand what annual inflation rate means 🤣 Definition : Inflation rate is the percentage at which a currency is devalued during a period. This is devaluation is evident in the fact that the consumer price index (CPI) increases during this period. In other words, it’s a rate at which the currency is being devalued causing the general prices of consumer goods it increase relative to change in currency value. Inflation rates are NOT CPI. They are NOT directly how much things cost or the rate at which the price of an individual product increases. Think of it like this, an annual inflation rate of 7% means a dollar in your pocket at the start of the year is only worth 93c by the end of the year. That loss of buying power doesn't only impact consumers, it impacts business too. Which leads to higher prices depending on the number of inflation exposed inputs the business has.
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@neilkuckman6627 The calculation of inflation is not intended to be the cost of individual goods. You don't understand inflation.
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@kenthhamner2641 🤦🤦🤣 Inflation rates are a function of economics. They are all reported the same around the world, because that standardised allows credit agencies to rate economies, and the IMF/WEF to make determinations. They all say adjusted. That doesn't mean what you think it means. It means they factor CPI into the rate. That's it. 🤣
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The Saudis aren't doing anything to be political. OPEC+ is doing what it has always done, varying supply to improve return and stabilise the market. They're done it every quarter since OPEC formed. It's Biden who turned it into some political sideshow because he didn't want prices to go up just before an election. But honestly, yankville wasn't a thought in their heads at OPEC. They care about their countries interests, not yankvilles. Get real.
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What a ridiculous and despicable loaded question. Anti-zionism has nothing to do with being jewish. Real Jews aren't zionists.
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I understand that yankvillains have trouble with this concept, but your country isn't the world. That world isn't upside down, just yankville. No one is going to help you, not after how you treat the rest of the world with so much contempt, and certainly not when it's a thing you created yourselves and have the full power to fix. The problem with Congress is the voters. Fanboys voting blindly for a party without regard to the individual candidate or their platform. How then can either party ever vote for the others bills, it would mean they'd lose their voter base. You can never have a Congress that work together until the voters sort themselves out and learn how to vote like rational adults. Given the state of the yankville education system over the last 26 years, the drive towards narcissism, youth worship, and the aging population, it seems unlikely there are any large pockets of able bodied people left whom know how to act like adults throughout yankville. It therefore might be awhile before voters sort themselves out. So I'll give you a hint. You're not supposed to care, at all which party a candidate belongs to. You're supposed to evaluate all candidates, including those from third parties and independents on their individual merits, then select the most competent of the bunch even if you don't necessarily agree with absolutely every policy they have. If everyone does that the major parties will very quickly wake up and start acting together if they aren't immediately replaced by other parties more willing to do so. That's how you fix your country. You stop being fanboys for major political parties cementing corruption and greed. The power is in your hands, it always has been. Fix it, don't fix it, I don't really care. But don't exclaim things are upside down with such ignorant surprise. You made it this way, and it remains so long as you will it so.
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@yepyep340 Partisan politics and absolutes make a fool out of you and me. You're part of the problem
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So... Was she confirmed?
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Musicbox Entertainment I am aussie mate. That's not at all true. There are particular times during a sitting day where members of the house can choose to be doing other things. But for the vast majority of the sitting day representatives are compelled into the house. I work with politicians in 5 countries, including Australia & the US, every day.
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Musicbox Entertainment In Australia? The odd junior member in the backbench might be able to sneak off for a moment, but a senior (ie. high ranking) member would be immediately noticed missing and called to the chamber to explain themselves. It's a serious matter to miss a compelled portion of sitting. Perhaps you're thinking about the number of missed sitting days since the election, caused by Labor throwing up roadblocks? Or are you thinking about senators missing sessions, because rules in the senate are a bit different.
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These videos would be better without the opening introduction from the girl. Just play the clip.
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BS. This is Zionist propaganda.
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How do you come a victim to something you choose to do? Those people sought out and chose Fentanyl. That's not a victim. It's a problem for sure, but acting as if these people were just living their lives and Fentanyl jumped out of the bushes and threw itself down their throats is just as counterproductive as doing nothing. Shitty political theatre doesn't help anyone. People aren't doing drugs because their lives are great. They're doing drugs to escape intense negative feelings & a lack of hope. You know how you fix drug epidemics? You improve society so that people don't have bs hopeless lives. You give meaning and aspirations. You can't move illicit drugs in a genuinely happy society. Stop treating symptoms. Treat the underlying cause.
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But what did they say next?
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Why are some people so concerned with whether other people have babies or not? Religious zealots are the worst zealots of the lot.
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It's so funny watching this old man ramble on about nothing in particular. Who wants a president in their 70s? Come on.
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A congressional question time would be useful. It would cut down all this theatre in situations like this, so neither side has to go on rants about what they're doing or what they've done at an inappropriate time. They could get it all out of their systems during question time, and also be able to ask each other questions with a compelled answer.
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What freaking nonsense.
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I wonder how long, if ever, it takes you lot to figure out the Biden family business dealings are the reason Ukraine is run by the organised crime puppet Zelenskyy instead of their democratically elected president, why Ukraine have been murdering their own people in the Donbas for the past 8 years and why Russia is in Ukraine defending them. There are trillions in oil and gas sitting under the towns of the Donbas and the Biden's along with their Ukrainian organised crime buddies want it. That's what it's all about. Stop supporting Kyiv. Start supporting the innocent civilians in the Donbas whom just want to live their lives, free. They tried to become their own independent sovereign lands, but now Kyiv has made it clear their own path to freedom is joining russia, something they didn't want to do but are voting for regardless. Once the Bidens have been prosecuted for domestic crimes in the US, they should be referred to the ICC for war crimes.
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In Australia members of parliament or the senate would be in breach of their duties if they failed to be there. That's a federal offence and a risk of being kicked out of parliament.
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I see reports, scientific papers, all sorts with people's names on them whom had nothing to do with the document or the fundamental work behind it almost every day. They do it for professional glory. If the report is held in good stead, it gets cited on resumes and leads to promotions/job offers/more funding. If it's not, just don't include it and put your name on other stuff to distract. Eventually one is held in good stead and leads to upward professional direction.
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Is this the speaking event where only 27 people turned up? Is that why the frame is in so tight and you can hear individuals in the background and you can clearly hear every word he says without a roaring crowd to quiet him? Very funny. There isn't a looming threat of minor tax offences over Hunter Biden because of anything Trump. As the 27 people demonstrate, everyone has moved on from Trump. Charging him with minor offences he can pay a little fine on and they go away buries the story of the actual crimes the Biden's are implicated in, including human rights violations and war crimes. If the story of the Biden's real dealings were ever validated by media the outrage would be global because they involve the manipulation of the office of president and vice president for financial gain, the introduction of inflation around the world for personal financial gain and driving war for personal financial gain. The pressure has been kept up, the midterms are near, they need to bury the story completely. It's already happening, check out MSNBC's reporting.
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It never fails to amaze me how certain Republicans get that if only people knew X corrupt act they'd turn on democrats. But history has shown time and time again, supporters happy turn a blind eye and don't care. This is such a silly campaign tactic. It doesn't work
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What a ridiculous speech.
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@Eluderatnight Good luck buying a house with cash. 🤣
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@donald1841 I don't think you understand what investment means.
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@ScottGrow117 Ironically nothing you listed to Scallywag exists without foreign investment. It's all funded by foreign investors. 🤣
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@Eluderatnight Corporate ownership of real estate is a different beast altogether. They're mostly hedge funds, where the overwhelming majority thereof are actually based on pensions. That is, quite ironically the house you're renting could be owned by a hedge fund that pays dividends to your retirement pension. Or in other words you could be paying rent on a home you own a tiny sliver of. Are you suggesting you should have less secure long term yield on your pension (ie. less money to retire on)? How much do housing prices have to fall for you to be ok with that? Because I'll tell you, denying them access to property investment won't decrease housing prices by much. Somewhere in the range of 1-4% depending on the local market. That's $5K-$20K, and honestly if such a small amount is all that's between you and home ownership then you just need to wait another 12 months rather than giving up $100K to $250K from your pension over the next 30 years. If on the other hand $20K off the price doesn't help you own a home, then you're making yourself poorer with your suggestion without any benefit.
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@Eluderatnight lol. The market would not drop 33% by denying or limiting hedge funds from investing in the market. The keyword in your statement you seem to have missed is desirable area. That is, there is high population and high demand. That's the driving force behind price. Knocking out hedge funds from that will have negligible impact on pricing because the demand will still be there. The only way to lower those prices is to increase supply, however the very point of desirable areas is that they're often physically restricted on addition of supply.
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@markthomas7279 It's not the Chinese that would be effected the most. It's allies and partners whom would. In China you can't buy land, but you can lease it including indefinite lease. That's the functional equivalent of buying land with extra steps.
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@patriciakidd5358 You seem to be misrepresenting my comment. I did not say it's impossible for anyone to buy a home for cash, pretending I'm ignorant to the existence of the rich not only misrepresents and disrespects me but discredits yourself. Please keep my words in context. I said good luck buying a home with cash to an average joe individual whom lacks the base understanding of how economics works as to make such a broad sweeping suggestion. Such an individual has no prospects of buying a home with cash. My gosh.
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@ScottGrow117 Thanks for the reply. To your first reply let me briefly explain the concept of IP to you. When companies or individuals invest in developing technology, their investment contracts give them or a holding company they have partial ownership of, a percentage ownership of the IP for the technology being developed. That means to continue to do work on that thing, with the processes developed previously you need to either licence the IP or be doing research directly with the IP owner. In other words, foreign investment pulls out, and those technologies go with them. They aren't going to just stop developing those technologies because you don't want to do business anymore, it'll just be investment elsewhere, so they're now competing against you instead of with you. You can try to start from scratch in developing those technologies, but if you can find someone willing to invest they'd be far behind and often there's no other physical way to do the research other than the methods for which you no longer hold the IP. The IP owners are going to be reluctant to licence to a competitor whom is being so hostile. In terms of the second comment regarding land. Let me ask you, what do you consider "US owned"? If a company/individual from outside the US creates a holding company inside the US, is it US owned? What if they only own a share of that holding company? Is it US owned? What percentage of a US registered company can be owned by non-US companies or individuals before it ceases to become US owned? I ask because it directly effects your suggestion. If your threshold is just a company registered in the US, then what changes except perhaps in some cases a slight reorganisation of legal corporate structure which doesn't impact on operations in any way. Nothing changes, you still have foreign ownership. If foreign ownership via a percentage of a company is ok so long as X percentage is owned by US citizens, then you'll just get accounting firms popping up like in tax haven countries where they're hired to be "on the board" of a shell company. Some slight structural changes but operations will continue as normal and you still have foreign ownership. If no percentage is permissible, then beyond utterly decimating the economy because there's no a single major corporation in the US without some foreign ownership and you'd now have to restrict who can own shares/stocks of US companies as well, but what did you actually achieve? No one can afford land anymore because you've just collapsed the economy entirely. Let's ignore all of that for a moment, and pretend your suggestion of leasing land makes any kind of sense. Ok, who is the land being leased from? The state like in China? Some wealthy property developer? What benefit did that bring the economy? Is there suddenly more land available for housing because of that? If as you claim it wouldn't effect willingness to invest or do business (it would) so demand then stayed consistent, did it somehow cool the market? By what market force? Outside of the land of gumdrops and rainbows, back in reality, foreign investment would disintegrate. You'd be essentially stealing land they paid for from foreign investors and removing the economic viability of doing business in the US. In China when a company leases land, they lease land from the state and those leases is usually somewhere between 99 years to indefinite. There is most often a single upfront lump sum payment to the state for the lease and no ongoing cost. In other words it's as close as the CCP can get to ownership of land and functionally is ownership. Are you suggesting the same thing in the US? A single lump sum lease payment for 99+ years? Because no one is going to pay a monthly lease for land they previously owned in order to do business in the US. Given China represents roughly 1.5/8 of the global population, with more billionaires than anywhere else on earth and a fast growing middle class. It's the kind of economy business is willing to invest in and put up with some slight variation to the norm because of how big the economy is and how much money there is to make. Here's a litmus test for you, if you were the head of a large multinational corporation from Sweden or Germany, would you invest in the US under the conditions you're suggesting? What about if you could still sell to the US market without having a physical presence there? Lastly, to the other part of your second comment regarding free markets. I'm not sure you understand what a free market actually is.
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All these comments about a senator asking a question, and no one talking about the very intelligent people on the other side of that question giving measured, well thought out answers.
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By that logic we don't need age limits or age advisories on • tobacco • alcohol • literature and media • marriages • consent • sxual interactions Honest, what an utterly ridiculous and brain dead techno-apologist thing to say. There's an easy fix here, make social media age restricted to 18+ and make it a criminal offence to provide social media to a minor. Require the platforms to see proof of age and identity as part of setting up an account the same way a telecommunications company has to. Make the company liable for proportional fines if they fail to take reasonable steps to ensure the account holder is 18+. And for goodness gracious, fund law enforcement to police these platforms for crimes in the same way they police any public place people congregate.
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By that logic we don't need age limits or age advisories on • tobacco • alcohol • literature and media • marriages • consent • sxual interactions Honest, what an utterly ridiculous and brain dead techno-apologist thing to say. There's an easy fix here, make social media age restricted to 18+ and make it a criminal offence to provide social media to a minor. Require the platforms to see proof of age and identity as part of setting up an account the same way a telecommunications company has to. Make the company liable for proportional fines if they fail to take reasonable steps to ensure the account holder is 18+. And for goodness gracious, fund law enforcement to police these platforms for crimes in the same way they police any public place people congregate.
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Permit me, if you will, to tell you what I believe. I believe yankville was founded by a bunch of extreme religious zealots and the 18th century rejects of Europe. I believe it's run by the ancestors of the same morons too extreme for even 18th century Europe. You can't fix stupid. And so long as you support a two party majority system that also excludes outside ideas, you also can't vote it out. I believe that yankville is a mediocre country with nothing really going for it, that manipulated it's way into taking on responsibilities a bankrupt Europe didn't want to deal with anymore and would benefit them having outsourced, and yankville has benefitted in economy and stature as a result. That yankville continues to use the tactics of manipulation and coercion in everyday policies, whilst maintaining one of the biggest, longest running and most developed propaganda campaigns in history to hide just how mediocre and irrelevant they really are, and from their people how beholden to Europe, particularly the UK the country is. I believe all of the IP yankville has registered since WW2 came off the backs of immigrants or was stolen from other nations. That innovation and greatness in yankville isn't dead, because to die it must have lived and it never has. I believe these things to be true, because they're supposed by objective facts. A world without yankville wouldn't skip a beat.
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