Comments by "gary K" (@garyK.45ACP) on "Forbes Breaking News" channel.

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  118. How long did you live in Ukraine? How many of your family members live in Ukraine. How many of your children live in Ukraine? Who did you work for in Ukraine? Do you own property in Ukraine? Which city? I lived, worked in Ukraine and have family, including one of my three adult children still living in Ukraine, and fighting for their freedom. Did you? I own property in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Do you? How many of your relatives are in the trenches in Ukraine? How many of your family members have had their homes destroyed in Ukraine? How many of your relatives went through the winter with virtually no heat, water or electricity? You want to compare the democracy (Republic) in the USA with Ukraine? Our former President is being charged with felonies that don't exist. He is being charged with crimes that were not even listed in his indictment. Our freedom of speech is being shut down everywhere, including on this platform. Is the Biden administration representative of our democracy? Do you think we have free and fair elections in the USA? Do you think the law enforcement agencies in the USA are enforcing the law equality to all people? Do you believe the DOJ, FBI, ATF, and DHS are enforcing our country's laws fairly and efficiently? Do you think Merrick Garland is not allowing politics to influence his decisions? What about Myorkas? Do you think the IRS is not being weaponized when they "visit" a person's home who just testified in Congress about the "Twitter files"? To be honest I NEVER saw that level of government corruption against citizens in Ukraine. Do you think the US House committee on the weaponization of government is a waste of time? Do you think the Hunter Biden investigation is a waste of time? I'm sorry you feel the need to say such things about Ukraine based on your ignorance. Ukraine is not perfect...neither is the USA. Those are internal Ukrainian problems for Ukrainians to solve. And they have actually made great progress compared to 30 years ago. Were you there 30 years ago? Do you have anything to compare it to? That is no reason for a country to be invaded and destroyed by another country. I might add that Ukrainians I know, my personal acquaintances, have been gravely injured and killed fighting the SAME ENEMY the USA has. Russia. We should be glad all we need to do is provide the hardware. Hardware that provided good American jobs to build weapons designed and intended to kill Russians. I'll finish my rant by saying that I hope you never have to go to sleep with your son in a war and not know if he is safe, or even alive. I hope you never have to find housing for your family because theirs was destroyed by an invader.
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  315. Let's keep in mind that we have about half the US population that doesn't believe the results of the 2020 election and Congress has formed committees to look into the "Weaponization" of OUR government. Having lived and worked in Ukraine, and being married to a Ukrainian woman and having property and family in Ukraine, I can tell you without question that the situation of bribery/corruption in Ukraine has greatly improved since the 90s and early 2000s. At that time, you had to pay off the mail carrier if they thought something they were delivering was important...like a pension check! Not to mention the brides you had to pay for any document you wanted or any service you wanted from a government agency. No one got traffic tickets, you just bribed the police. No one enforced workplace safety or mine safety rules, you just bribed the inspectors. That has pretty much evaporated. Is there high level corruption...🤷‍♂ I can tell you that it has improved both with the Presidency of Poroshenko and Zelenskyy. At the same time, government services have improved greatly. And this has gone a long way. Pensioners no longer get their checks in the mail, they get direct deposited to an account with a debit card. You no longer need to get documents by going to government offices, waiting in a dimly lit corridor, sometimes for hours, and then paying bribe to the clerk if you don't want to "wait three weeks". You can do all that online now. And the Ukrainian system is being copied by other countries also...Finland, Estonia, Latvia. Our daughter in law just renewed her "foreign passport" in less than two weeks, without a bribe, during a WAR. 10 or 15 years ago, you would have waited 2-3 months (they would say they "didn't have the special paper" to print the passport), UNLESS you paid a bribe and then you got it in 2-3 days. Zelenskyy has been doing a great job of cleaning things up. To be honest, I was skeptical of him but figured "why not"? He couldn't be any worse. When the war started he didn't pack a helicopter full of cash and flee! Biden offered to "send him a helicopter"...I wonder WHY Biden wanted him out? Zelenskyy said "I don't need a ride, I need more ammunition!" Ukraine was part of the USSR until just over 30 years ago. Everything was corrupt. When the Soviet Union ended, the corruption just transferred from Moscow control to Kiev Control. It was incredibly corrupt. And there were a LOT of old Soviets perfectly happy with lining their pockets. Those old Soviets are dying off, literally, and the younger generation of politicians in Ukraine is really working hard to root out the corruption. It will take time, but they are making progress. I believe that the rebuilding process after their victory over Russia will go a very long way to finish off the corruption. There are going to be a lot of private, foreign interests building in Ukraine and they will not tolerate any leftover Soviet dinosaurs with their hands out. We need to help them where we can.
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  327. How things work... Current locomotives ARE electric powered!!!!!!! The diesel engine inside the locomotive drives an electric GENERATOR that provides the ELECTRIC MOTORS of the locomotive with ELECTRIC power to pull the train. They carry their electric generator WITH THEM. Given the vast distances covered by trains the USA, this is the MOST EFFICIENT method of generating the electricity needed to power the trains. Trains are extremely efficient in the amount of fuel used per ton/mile of cargo moved. If they were "electric" locomotives (as frequently used in Europe or in subways and light rail in the USA) they would need to get electric power from a remote generator through wires which REDUCE the efficiency of the transfer of electric power. The remote generator would have to be powered by some sort of FUEL to produce electricity. Battery powered locomotives are even LESS efficient! For each transfer of energy, there is a LOSS through heat and friction. (YES there is friction from electricity moving through wires) Locating the SOURCE of the power as closely as possible to the USE of the power and reducing the TRANSFERS. Fuel > generator > transmission wires > transformers (to increase voltage for long distance transmission and then to reduce the voltage again to to usable levels) > rectifier (to convert AC to DC for battery storage) > battery > inverter (to convert DC back to AC for the motors) > electric motor. A DIESEL/ELECTRIC locomotive (that IS what they are called) eliminates the transmission wires, transformers, rectifier, battery storage and inverter and provides AC electric power directly from the AC generator to the AC motors driving the train! In case no one has been paying attention to the current energy crisis in Europe caused by the sanctioning of Russian coal, oil and natural gas... Europe gets much of it's FUEL to produce electricity for electric trains from coal, oil and natural gas. They are seeking alternate sources of fossil fuel to power their generators to power electric trains. Europe also has a much a higher percentage of electric power from nuclear power plants than the USA. Likewise, the electric trains in the USA, mostly subways and above ground light commuter rail, also get their electricity from fossil fuel power plants. When you see a TRAIN LOAD of COAL, think of it as "another load of fuel for electric cars and trains". Electricity is NOT AN ENERGY SOURCE!!!!!!!!!! It is a PRODUCT of energy sources!!!!!!!!
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  353. YES! And no. To do this, Congress would have to pass a law requesting that a three-judge panel of members of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. appoint the counsel. The last time this method was used was for the appointment of Kenneth Starr to investigate President Bill Clinton. Such a law would need to be signed by the current President, or if vetoed would need to be overridden by a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress. So...NOT going to happen. OR Congress could appoint a commission to investigate the allegations, similar to the 9/11 commission. Should Congress choose to do this, it is likely they would appoint an independent bipartisan commission of experts to investigate. Just as the 9/11 commission did, this body would produce a report. A commission like this has the power to subpoena, but has no ability to prosecute anyone. OR The House could appoint a special congressional committee to investigate (think Watergate Committee or January 6th Committee). Such committees are usually bipartisan and are run by members of Congress. The committee would have the right to subpoena. The difference between this kind of committee and the investigations currently being conducted by the House Committees is that the committee would only be investigating the Hunter Biden allegations, rather than investigating and handling the regular business of a congressional committee. This committee would ALSO not have any power to charge anyone with a crime. The findings would have to be referred to the DOJ. Congress DOES NOT HAVE the power to arrest anyone for crimes. They are not law enforcement.
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  410. I say this as a Ukrainian-American (naturalized citizen, born and raised in Kharkiv) who has a son who is fighting for Ukraine since the war started, and has a grandson and nephew that will also be fighting for Ukraine if this war doesn't end. Trump CAN NOT say how he will end the war, because it is not his war to end. He can have a desire to end the war and a plan to negotiate, but he cannot say how "he" will do it and he cannot say what "Winning" means. It was a trick question. Does winning mean "existing" and not being taken over entirely by Russia, as Harris seemed to indicate? Or does winning mean restoring to 1991 borders? I can tell you that the current Biden/Harris plan will only result in the slow death of Ukraine. Ukraine CAN NOT last another 4 years of this war...as it is now. Dribbling aid to Ukraine (the US and west have actually delivered about 1/3 of what was promised) and tying their hands on how to use that aid, will only result in the death of 10s of thousands MORE Ukrainians before Ukraine LOSES. The country is already a society of widows. THE WAR MUST END!!!! On a recent mission, my son's unit ran out of water...WATER!... 1-1/2 days into a 3 days mission. His unit of (roughly, give or take wounded and killed) 30 men has 3 men under 30 years of age. My son, now an NCO is age 31. (A good age for an NCO) There are several men waiting (hoping, if they live that long) to be discharged at the "maximum" age of SIXTY (60) years old! There are several alcoholics, two diabetics, and many with the regular ailments (and weight) of 40-60 year old men. Men under age 25 are exempt! College students are exempt! They are taking 55 year old men but not 20 year old men!?!?! The USA, or any NATO country, would REJECT all but 3 or 4 of his unit. 8 men have deserted from his unit in the last 30 days. Desertion is epidemic in the Ukrainian military (as it is in the Russian military, also). But this is what happens when a country, literally, takes men off the street with serious health issues or men in their 50s with bad knees, backs and shoulders! And keep in mind, these deserters are in their home country! They can, literally, just hitchhike or walk home. Or to a relative's home. They don't have to run away in battle. Most of the deserters wait until they get a day or two "leave" and just never come back. Or get sent for supplies to a local village and never return. Ukraine is giving 35 days of training to conscripts, and some of them are being made NCOs after 30 days of experience in the field. Half of them are dead or wounded after 30 days in the war. Most of the men who were professional soldiers, OR who volunteered at the beginning of the war, are dead or so severely wounded they cannot fight. Ukraine CAN NOT survive another four years of this. I will NOT vote for Kamala Harris.
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  610. In my opinion, the whole Unemployment benefit thing is being blown up and used by people who have crappy jobs and low wages to offer. When everyone was FORCED out of work last year, and everyone got $600/wk EXTRA unemployment, a LOT of those people in crappy jobs...retail, restaurant, etc., used the time and money to educate themselves or start small businesses of their own to replace the crappy jobs. I know, personally, three people who were laid off last year. One became a phlebotomist, one became an electrician and one of them bought a stump grinder and is now making $600-900 day with his machine. They are NEVER going back to retail/restaurant work. Do you think they are alone? I live in Florida. Our unemployment rate is almost as low as it was pre-pandemic...and the cruise industry hasn't reopened yet (soon) and the theme parks only last week went back to full capacity. People ARE working. People are NOT collecting unemployment much more than they were in 2019. There IS NO huge pool of workers that are just "too lazy" to work. If there were, why would any business want to hire them? This is a result of changes people were forced into and adapting to them. Covid is going to make HUGE, permanent, changes in the workforce...and travel industry...and commercial real estate. My son was doing "telecommuting" throughout the pandemic, he works for a large IT corporation. He has been informed he will continue to work from home and can live anywhere he has a high speed internet connection! He is going to take his big city salary and move to a low cost state to live. His company will be vacating 10s of thousands of sq. ft. of leased office space. He will no longer be traveling around the country for meetings...everyone got "used to" Zoom meetings. The industries and employers are going to have to adapt, and compete, or go out of business.
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  644.  @dozerroberts5261  Short Answer Exactly. Let's get this out of the way first...To even imagine that 2/3 of the Federal legislators will vote to limit their own terms followed by ratification of the legislators of 38 states is even more stupid that imagining 34 states will call a Constitutional Convention that hasn't happened in 235 years! Long Answer That said...the Founders did not intend for people to be career politicians, which is WHY there are two year terms for Representatives and 6 year terms for Senators. They also did not expect year 'round Congressional activity. They expected, like most states, that the legislature would be in session for 60-90 days a year and maybe every two years (as in some states). They expected this would be a PART TIME job for citizen representatives who do their DUTY to represent their constituents and then STEP ASIDE and let another citizen representative take over. HOW can we fix that without a Constitutional Amendment? Many ways, here are a few: 1. Pay attention, register and VOTE. The government is currently being chosen by 25-30% of eligible citizens. What do you expect? 2. Legislation to CUT the pay of Representatives and Senators. It should be a part time job. More akin to being in the National Guard, for example. 3. Legislation to LIMIT the number of days Congress can be in session. I think 90 days a year is plenty. (probably 60 days too many) STATES could do a lot to push this forward. Most states can add State Constitutional Amendments by popular vote. STATES could limit THEIR Representatives to 90 consecutive days per year in Session and the rest of the time their work must be conducted *in their districts*. Get a few states to do that and they would have to no quorum in the House and Senate. They would be FORCED to reduce their calendar and their nonsense "investigations" (Note to Congress: you are NOT a law enforcement agency)
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  742.  @28AccountsRemoved  In our lifetimes we have never had the opportunity to vote for someone who had "previously" been President. (except for consecutive term reelections) The last time that happened was in 1912. So...being a former President is not really a normal point on a resume. Other Presidents who failed after 1 term wisely retired and pretty much kept their mouths shut. That said, Trump FAILED as President. (See my post above for just a few of the reasons) Governors have been some of the best Presidents we have had in our history. And they are one of the best sources for candidates. Senators are probably 2nd. VPs, unless the President dies in office, are remarkably poor as Presidential candidates. But there is no guarantee. Jimmy Carter was a Governor. 🤷‍♂ DeSantis has accomplished what he said he would do and then some! All those conservative agenda items Trump talks about...DeSantis has DONE IT in Florida. NOW Trump is saying he is going to "do" all the same things he said he was going to do in 2016, but didn't. Florida is not "just a state". It is the 3rd most populous state. It is the number 1 tourist destination in the world and has an extremely diverse economy. Agriculture, manufacturing, import/export, tourism, medical care. Florida has several large cities, large rural areas, suburbs, tremendous and unique environmental issues. The Governor of Florida is well trained in every domestic issue a President faces, except foreign relations...and DeSantis has Congressional experience in that. I was fooled by Trump in 2016. NEVER AGAIN. In 2020 I left my vote for President BLANK. If Trump is nominated, I will do the same in 2024.
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  832. There is no "dual citizenship" in Congress. The United States does not recognize "dual citizenship". You are a US citizen, or you are not a US Citizen. While the Untied States does not prohibit a person from having more than one passport, the United States does not recognize that person as being a "dual citizen" and does not legally recognize any other citizenship held by US Citizens. I am not guessing. I formerly worked in the USCIS and am married to a naturalized US citizen. While my wife holds 2 passports, (and is eligible for three) she MUST use her US passport any time she is entering the US and cannot claim another citizenship to avoid obligations as a US citizen...such as filing income tax returns, jury duty or a military draft. After years of background checks, interviews, tests, learning a new language in many cases, and medical exams, EVERY naturalized US Citizen swears an oath forsaking ANY loyalties to ANY other country. US citizenship ceremonies are most often open to the public, you should attend one sometime. Check the USCIS website for ceremonies in your area. Public ceremonies on July 4th are common in many places. Congress members swear an oath to uphold the US Constitution and ONLY the US Constitution. Naturalized US citizens are eligible to serve as Congress persons per the requirements of the US Constitution. "Ending" naturalized citizens being eligible for Congress would require a Constitutional amendment. There IS NO "dual citizenship" in the US Congress. Period. Some members of Congress, a notable one being Senator Ted Cruz, publicly renounced their "dual citizenship". This was a publicity stunt and nothing else. Cruz is the son of a US Citizen mother who was born in Canada and, as such, is a US Citizen by birth (which is why he is eligible to run for President, my wife can not). The US never recognized Cruz as a Canadian citizen, even though he was also eligible for Canadian birthright citizenship. The moment he was issued a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, (CRBA) and a US passport, he was a US citizen and nothing else...in the eyes of the US law. In US law, there was no "foreign citizenship" for him to renounce. He did that because some people, ignorant of the US law, wouldn't vote for him if he didn't. Do not confuse political campaign stunts with the law. The US does not, and can not, involve itself in the issuance of citizenship and/or passports by foreign countries, nor does the US report the status of US citizens to foreign countries. When a person becomes a US citizen, in that moment, they are entitled to every protection under our laws and we do not report to their previous country that they have become US citizens. All laws regarding US citizenship are public record and are searchable in the device you used to post your comment.
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  860. My wife, who was born and raised in the Soviet Union, educated in the Soviet Union, is as strong a US Citizen patriot as one could imagine and objects to ANY infringement in her right to free speech, privacy, firearms ownership, and private property rights. All of the things she was not allowed to have in the USSR. Nor as a naturalized citizen immigrant does she have ANY sympathy for illegal aliens who simply want a "path to citizenship" without the process immigrants go through. Most of our acquaintances who are former Soviet citizens are the same. This woman must have been from a family of a party member who had all the privileges. There ARE people who regret the end of the USSR. This woman would be equally repulsive in her former country. The vast majority of people raised in the communist system are VERY strong capitalists. By far, most of them are the hardest working, most respectful Americans you will ever find. The statements this woman makes are typical communist party tripe. She is speaking exactly the BS she was indoctrinated with and her Party member parents had a privileged life. Most people had a miserable life. Yes, they had free education...in the subject the state chose for you. Everyone had a job...in the career the state chose for you. Everyone had a home...that the state chose for you. Everyone got a vacation...in the place the state chose for you. They had little chance to "fail". And NO chance to succeed. A factory worker lived in the same apartment as a doctor. If the factory worker had more children, they got a larger apartment than the doctor. Same crappy quality, but a few square meters larger. There was no incentive to work harder, produce more, produce better, innovate. Yes, men and women each got the same crappy pay for the same crappy job. Everywhere in the country. Moscow or Kiev. Same job, same pay. Didn't matter, because you couldn't move anywhere you wanted to anyway. Women, for example, were expected to live with their parents until they got married. Yes, they had paid maternity leave and payments from the government for each child they had. Why? Because 22 million citizens had been killed in World War 2 and they needed to repopulate the country with workers! 25% of the men had been killed! Nearly 50% of "marriage age" men (18-45) in countries like Belarus and Ukraine had been killed. If there were 250,000 Cubans, Czechs, Poles, Ukrainians, Slovenes, Russians and Hungarians crossing the border every month, the Democrats would be on the border piling up rocks with their bare hands to keep them out!
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  1103.  @neilcharles2520  OK, I did. My auto insurance just DECREASED, for the exact same coverage, 33%. I shop it around at every year and pay the premium in full for a year. No extra "fees" for monthly payments. Neither my wife nor I have had a ticket or accident in over 15 years. We pay under $100/mo. for 2 drivers, with two late model vehicles. Full, maximum coverage, collision and comprehensive, roadside assistance and rental coverage. My property insurance has increased 50% in the last 10 years. Again, I shop it around every year, pay the full amount when due for a year (my home is paid for, so I do my own escrow) and I keep my home up to current codes. I pay for full replacement cost coverage and a 3% hurricane deductible. $1000 deductible for all other hazards. 10 year old, concrete block construction home, 3 br, 2 ba., 2 car garage. I have a 4 point inspection every 5 years and wind mitigation inspection every 5 years. It saves me over $1,600.00/year in premiums to have my home up to code and have wind protection equipment (hurricane rated doors and windows, window coverings, garage door reinforcement, hip roof, strapped rafters, etc.) My property taxes are HALF what they were 10 years ago. I make use of every available exemption. People need to find out what is available and file for the exemptions they are eligible for. Florida is VERY cheap for taxes...all taxes...but you have to do it right. Auto insurance is reasonable if you shop around. Homeowner's insurance is reasonable if you have a modern, up to code, home.
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  1249. Let me help. ALL House and Senate votes are, and always have been, available to the public. You used to have to go to the library to read it, but now, it is available in the device you carry everywhere in your pocket. The device you used to type your comment has all that information available to you with just a couple "clicks". But let me make this even easier: There are only THREE people you need to concern yourself with. (on the federal level) Your US Representative and your state's 2 Senators. You can't vote for, or against, any of the others. Senators and Representatives DO NOT EVER "disregard" their constituents. I worked as a staff member for a US Senator for 7 years. I assure you, he NEVER disregarded his constituents and paid careful attention to the feedback he received. If they don't vote the way YOU want on an issue, it is not because they "disregarded" you, it is because the majority of their constituents made it known that's what they wanted. They get elected by the MAJORITY of the voters in their district or state. They DO pay attention. Put the websites of your US Representative and Senators in your bookmarks, email them frequently. The staff reads those emails and gives the officials the feedback they receive. Phone calls work also. All of their contacts are available on their website. If they have a local office, you can drop in there also and tell the staff your opinions. No need to be long winded or angry...it won't matter. Just tell them which BILL you are referring to and whether you SUPPORT or OPPOSE that bill. ALL bills are available for review on the House or Senate calendar. You can read the whole thing if you like. Simple email: "Dear __________________. I am writing to inform you I am OPPOSED to HB (or HR) 1234. OR "Dear Senator _______________. I am writing to inform you I SUPPORT SB 1234" If you don't know the Bill number, just state your opinion on an ISSUE. Add whatever else you like, but the staff counts it as "For" or "Against". They will give the official a selected sampling of emails for them to read. That's it, that's all. I write my Representatives (State, Federal, House, Senate, and my Governor) every week. They will not always vote the way you want. It is not because they are disregarding you. If you are not happy with them, you can vote for their opponents.
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  1450. Some of it is because the workers are making more on unemployment. But let's not forget that when you throw money at people and force them to take time off work, a LOT of them are going to make a business of their own and NOT go back to jobs where pissant politicians can order their business closed in the future. The numbers of people who have started their own business or started being sellers on Ebay, Pinterest and Instagram, for CASH while on unemployment is HUGE. It's pretty easy to start your own business and match the income of low wage retail and restaurant jobs. They used this opportunity to get them through the "start up" period. By the time UI ends, they'll have a profitable business, making more than they did before and not subject to whimsical politicians shutting them down. Millions of people have also taken early retirement and collect Social Security PLUS unemployment (and YES, you CAN do that legally!) Many of those people...millions of those people will never be going back to low wage jobs. This is also going to have a huge impact on the future of commercial real estate and business travel also. FORCING people to use technology to overcome the crisis. You think they will all go back to flying coast to coast for meetings? Thousands of businesses plan on reducing office space and allowing employees to continue working from home. And those employees can live wherever there is an internet connection. They can take their NYC salary and move to South Carolina, and their employer can abandon their NYC office and get one in lower rent areas. This pandemic will have long term effects on how and where we work.
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  1491. In the last election, about 20% of black people voted in a manner that suggested they found Democrats' policies racist. That's more than double the number that thought so in 2016. But still leaves 80% that haven't figured out Democrats' racial policy is entirely based on "black people CAN'T". Democrats believe black people can't vote, get jobs, get ID, get food, get housing, get medical care, get educated, without help from the government. According to Democrats black people need special consideration, lowered standards, extra training. They can't choose which schools to send their children to or which careers they want. They need government, specifically Democrats from government, to do that for them. Because, you know, they CAN'T. Since ID is required for all sorts of normal functions in life, if Democrats really cared about black people, they would be suggesting laws to make it easier to get ID, NOT suggesting laws that make it easier to vote, and nothing else, without ID. Is it "racist" to require ID to board a plane, get a covid 19 vaccine, pickup mail at the Post Office, pickup medicine at a pharmacy or visit the doctor? I have had to present ID for all of those things in just the last few days. I didn't vote during any of those days. How are black people supposed to LIVE the rest of the time, the other 728 days in every 2 year election cycle, when they aren't voting? Republicans believe "black people CAN" do all of those things for themselves and for that, they are called... RACISTS!!!!!!!!!
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  1609.  @theresatrifiro9390  "Illegals have voted illegally!" Is not a valid reason to prevent LEGAL immigrants from voting for their city council. No more than "criminals misuse guns!" is a reason to ban guns from law abiding persons. I did not say "illegals" are allowed to vote in any election. No one did. You are buying into a false narrative you read on the internet. I said non-citizens ARE allowed to vote in local and state elections IF local and state laws allow them to. NO ONE said anything about "illegals" There ARE immigration statuses other than "illegal" and "US citizen". You knew that, right? For example, the spouse of a US citizen from a foreign country (think: Melania Trump) is a "Legal Permanent Resident", legally in the USA...but NOT a citizen. LPRs are allowed to work, travel back and forth to foreign countries with no restrictions (using their foreign passport and green card, they do NOT have US passports) own firearms, have concealed carry licenses, driver's licenses, professional licenses. They are doctors, nurses, plumbers, electricians, engineers, accountants. They are required to file annual income tax returns and are obligated to pay all the same taxes a US citizen does. They enjoy all rights and benefits of US citizens EXCEPT voting in federal elections or holding government jobs with a citizenship requirement. After three years married to a US citizen, they can apply to become a citizen, but don't have to. They may choose to remain an LPR for their whole life. Melania Trump was an LPR before she became a citizen. Victoria Spartz (R-Indiana) was an LPR before she became a citizen. Their spouse is a US citizen. Their children, born in the USA, are US citizens at birth. The DC law allows these LEGAL non-citizens to vote for the school system in the city where they live, pay taxes to and their US citizen children go to. They pay property tax for parks, streets and other city services. They pay city, state and local income tax. They pay Social Security and Medicare tax. They have Social Security cards and can collect Social Security and Medicare benefits when they retire. Do you really think it is a priority for Congress to prevent these LEGAL immigrants from voting for the city council, school board or park board? Seriously? You support LEGAL immigration, right? You appreciate people who follow our US Immigration LAWS, right? Did you know that only TWO states (AZ and ND) forbid non-citizens from voting in state or local elections in their state Constitution? FOURTY EIGHT other states leave it up to the legislature or the local cities to decide. This is nothing new, nothing unusual. Maryland allows it and many cities in Maryland allow non-citizens to vote. Most in the DC area where many of the spouses of US Government employees live. What can prevent illegals from voting? Voter ID! Right? You want voter ID, right? Did you know this ordinance REQUIRES voter ID? Yes, voters would have to provide ID that they are residents of the city AND have legal immigration status. Rather than try to STOP what Republicans have been pushing for, why not USE THIS as an opportunity to say..."OK, you can allow non-citizens to vote in local elections, but you MUST require voter ID and proof of immigration status for ALL voters in all elections" 🤔😁 Republicans need to STOP missing all these opportunities. THAT would be a WIN! This...this is just a viral video that accomplishes nothing. WOW, the wife of some State Department or DoD employee won't be able to vote for the streets and sanitation board of DC. America is SAVED!!!!! 🤣 But it fooled you.
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  1777. It isn't better when the Right tells lies, Mr. Burchett. The $100 billion for disaster relief is NOT 'for 'this administration' (Biden) and it is NOT 'for 30 days'. I recall you complaining that FEMA didn't have the money needed when these disasters occurred. Now you complain when the money is authorized. Our military cannot work on 90 days funding at a time. The Coast Guard is the most critical element of our military right now...they are the ones fighting drug smugglers and illegal immigration, not to mention rescuing Americans in danger, and you want to dribble money to them 90 days at a time?!?!? The submarine funding has been needed for years. Why do you not want a strong military?!?! You can't build submarines in 90 days. This piecemeal funding is devastating to the military! The insurance of the shipping company for the Key bridge damage does NOT cover upgrades needed to prevent another bridge collapse the next time the bridge gets hit by a ship. That is in the interest of the taxpayers. Again 'this administration' (Biden) will not be handling those repairs. And you say you 'don't understand that' ?!?!?! 'Another billion went to Ukraine without our input'. LIAR. That 1 billion was part of the $61 billion Congress approved earlier this year. The House voted to approve that money. STOP LYING. You're a Congressman and you say 'I don't what that's about' regarding the $1 billion to Ecuador?!?!? That was about money the Congress approved to fight climate change. I don't agree with it...but stop saying you 'don't know what that's about'. And it had NOTHING to do with this spending bill. The President can't just give $1 billion to anyone without Congressional approval. That's what these elections were about. Trump won, Republicans got control of the Senate...but not yet. And it was CONGRESS, the House of Representatives, that did the USUAL and jammed us up against a deadline. The Democrats did that on purpose to have one last chance in case they lost the election...and Republicans LET THEM DO IT. If you feel like you got 'played', it's because you aren't paying attention! Your constituents deserve someone who pays attention!
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  1932.  @jennanail  No they can't. Here's why...coal is old energy, nobody wants it and it isn't the future...Ukraine has very little oil, and not a lot of natural gas. Ukraine was a TRANSPORTER of gas, mostly for Russia, through pipelines, to other European countries. That business is gone. Europe is trying to get away from oil/gas/coal. Ukraine is dealing with selling buggy whips and horseshoes. Ukraine's 'friends' in Europe BLOCK Ukrainian grain from the European market and wouldn't even allow grain trucks to pass through Poland to Baltic ports (if you will remember) when the Ukrainian ports were under attack. Europe forces Ukraine to sell their grain to low margin markets like Africa and Asia. Ukraine was borrowing money from the IMF, just to pay for their pensions, BEFORE the war. (which are paltry, my mother in law receives the equivalent of $140/mo. and that won't cover her utility bills, my wife and I have to make up the difference.) So with ALL its industry intact, AND trade with Russia, Ukraine had to borrow money to pay the bills they had before the war. Ukraine needs an income source that is marketable for the future. They have minerals, such as lithium, cobalt, and others that are the FUTURE of energy. I'm not guessing. I am from Kharkiv. All of my family is in Kharkiv. My son, nephew and bother in law are already fighting. My mother in law's building was destroyed, she is now living in an apartment my wife and I own, and used to rent for income. Her pension doesn't cover the utilities which have increased to 5 times what they were before the war. We pay her utilities and her pension barely covers her food. Ukraine has NO resources to pay back Europe AND fix their destroyed cities. I don't want my grandson and younger nephew to have to fight this war, their young lives have already been disrupted. I don't want my son, brother in law or nephew killed. I wouldn't trade ANY of the lives of my family for one square centimeter of Crimea, Donets'k or Luhans'k Oblasti. I doubt you would either. All this foot stomping about "1991 borders" is nonsense! NO ONE who is at risk of dying, or cares for someone who is, is saying that. I want my family safe and I want a future for Ukraine and my city...which has LOST most of it's industry, never to return. Maybe Kharkiv could be a regional base for mineral companies? 🤷‍♂ It's a big city, with roads, a good airport, rail transport. They will never again have the Air Force Academy there or the Tank Factory, but maybe something can be salvaged through the mining.
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