Comments by "Goatcha" (@Goatcha_M) on "Robert Reich" channel.

  1. And in 2020 he ignored a global pandemic allowing it to rage out of control in America while he focused on refusing to accept the results of an election he undeniably lost.
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  2. Trump is a Cult Leader, his followers have Faith despite the evidence.
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  3. You Americans need to stop with the nonsense about Kamala ONLY having 105 days, blaming a 'short campaign' for the loss, talk about nonsense excuses. In any other country the total campaign time is less than 2 months, not 2 F'ing Years! Kamala lost because her one rallying cry was abortion rights and she completely failed to address the real issue of the election which was Cost of Living. Trump actually campaigned on the economy, he lied of course and his policies will make things 1000 times worse, but that was the core issue of the election. Anyway, the best you can hope for is that Trump does invoke 100% of his policies, but that the military refuse to obey his orders to Purge the country of anyone and everyone who says mean things about him. With inflation in the hundreds of percents, all funding for farmers, minorities, veterans, pensioners and the weather service ended and 1/5 of the country rounded up for deportation, well then people can see what the Republicans are truly like for once.
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  4. I keep having this imagining of Trump's oath of office. "I pledge allegiance to Vladimir Putin, and to the Russian Empire atop which he stands."
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  5. America needs a Labour Party,
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  6. Excellent. But... political stability.... hahahha, not in US.America, because of the Republican-Fascist Party led by Donald Trump. Also wealth taxes are problematic.... better to have fair Income taxes, gains taxes, estate taxes, those are are all good.
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  7. Except even without discussing the votes for Emperor Trump and the end of the Republic. 6 states voted against bringing in a Ranked Choice voting system, preferring their One Party System. And that decision had nothing to do with "the economy", it was purely a rejection of democracy. Which reinforces their motives for voting for the man who said "You will never have to vote again"
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  8. What annoys me is people making fun of Biden's facial reactions to what Trump was saying. Here is a man staring dumbfounded at the bald-faced lies his opponent is saying and people are saying he looks confused. But take heart, very few people actually watch political debates and no one was surprised that an old man acted old. You need to get outside of the informed sphere every now and again because the ignorant masses have different takeaways.
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  9. Thing is, the Debt Ceiling isn't actually Legal, its expressly prohibited by the 14th Amendment, but no one wants to invoke the Constitution, it would get challenged in the Republican controlled Supreme Court.
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  10. Let the people get what they voted for. Let those Republican voting Farmers see their Benefits vanish and their cheap labour vanish. Let the Tariff times roll while the minimum wage stays fixed and Congress can't even pass a budget.
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  11. No... the US was founded on the principles of the wealthy middle and upper class not having to pay taxes.
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  12. I have an issue with the reported watch numbers. Wonder if they still just count every person in the household like the old days. Also how do they calculate it anyway? Polls with response bias?
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  13. I wouldn't rely on the Supreme Court to enforce the clear meaning of the Constitution, it wouldn't be the first time they have ruled that what it says is not what it means. <cough> Second Amendment <cough> And the MAGA cult members have a super majority in any case.
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  14. Well the rich Bond holders will get their comeuppance when the US inevitably defaults on its debt. Lord knows neither party has any intention of ever even attempting to repay it and it won't be long before its beyond the means of the USA to service that debt. The USA is a bad credit risk.
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  15. America does need a Labor Party, of course it has to start at a local level and build up, but a party with its entire identity based on workers rights might have a chance.
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  16. The thing about vetting is, if Trump had been vetted he wouldn't be allowed within 50 miles of elected office. He's guilty of espionage after all.
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  17. The fact that you consider 3-4 months insufficient time to make an election campaign is as much an indictment of the American people as re-electing Trump. No other country needs 2 YEARS to run for office, most get by with 3-6 weeks. Kamala's problem wasn't lack of time, it was single issue messaging. She was so focused on abortion rights she ignored everything else, particularly the Economy, which was the Number 1 issue. She could have called out Trump's lies about the economy and the border, she did not.
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  18. Watching from outside it seemed that Kamala ran her campaign almost exclusively on the issue of Reproductive Rights. Which was an important issue, but not the only important issue, not even the most important issue.
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  19. My Bank used to charge me a Processing Fee every time I made a made my monthly Loan repayment. The Interest charge and the initial fee to open the Loan wasn't enough oh no, they have to charge $30 for the computer to process the fact I made my mandatory monthly repayment. This is in Australia BTW.
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  20. That reporters comments about the Biden Administration changing its tune really sums up the state of ignorance, The Republicans control both the House and the Senate, its not Biden's fault that there are all these cuts, he has both hands and his feet tied behind his back. Even when the Democrats nominally had House control Manchin and Sinema were Republicans in everything but name so even then Biden had one hand and a foot tied.
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  21. The FTC will be one of the first things Musk cuts, along with OHSA, NHTSA, EPA, NOAA, etc.
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  22. All Civil Service positions should be based on Merit, not politics, especially Judges. Whether they are appointed by the people in charge or voted on directly by people who have never heard of the person before, both options are bad.
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  23. Do you need a new word though? Oligarchy applies equally to the USA today as it did in Ancient Rome.
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  24. Well if Trump succeeds in his plan to deport every coloured person not a millionaire, that's a lot less people needing government funding. But really P25 lays out the cuts and it will include things like the EPA, FDA, OSHA, NHTSA and FTC as well as Education, IRS, ATF, Obamacare.
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