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@fabianurweider805 looking right away at the NPR article point one "I think our country right now is in the most dangerous position it’s ever been in from an economic standpoint…” The rebuttal was looking at GDP growth where GDP growth is one of many factors to determine economic success. Zimbabwe, for example, has a higher GDP growth than the US. I don't think that is an economic policy I want to copy Trump's statement is more or less an opinion that does have some backing to it. Number 2 was "from a safety standpoint, both gangs on the street…”" The article's rebuttal was to talk about how crime is dropping. Trump did not say crime was at an al time high, he is simply saying there is crime, which is true. I can go on, but right away the NPR article listed what they considered to be "lies" are not that.
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The name fits.
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@KyleSmith-qt9sg you do know that is not even my real name?
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That is not true at all. I read the so called "lies", they were not lies.
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@DrKlausTrophobie sigh......I read that article and I referenced it in an earlier comment. But here, the first "lie" they claim is "I think our country right now is in the most dangerous position it’s ever been in from an economic standpoint…” The rebuttal was looking at GDP growth where GDP growth is one of many factors to determine economic success. Zimbabwe, for example, has a higher GDP growth than the US. I don't think that is an economic policy I want to copy Trump's statement is more or less an opinion that does have some backing to it. Number 2 was "from a safety standpoint, both gangs on the street…”" The article's rebuttal was to talk about how crime is dropping. Trump did not say crime was at an al time high, he is simply saying there is crime, which is true. I can go on, but right away the NPR article listed what they considered to be "lies" are not that.
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@jamesedmonds7519 I looked them up, they are not lies. I easily debunked the "fact checkers". We have gone to the point where Trump can say the world is round and you guys will all become flat earthers and say he lied.
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Most schools have nurses who have tampons already for emergencies like that.
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@Katiesarabians most of the time the nurse is not a stranger. And what do you mean too late? Either it happens and they have to go to the bathroom or see the nurse? Also, I rather have them see a nurse as chances are the girl was not prepared and needs to be educated on the issue.
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It isn't about owning libs. The only libs those on the right want to own are the elites who have been berating them for years. I am a moderate but I became sick of the liberal elites talking down to us. You had Obama saying rural people care only about guns and god, Clinton calling Trump supporters deplorables, Biden saying we need to unite but then saying Trump voters are a threat to democracy. The liberal elites are the ones who want to hurt people. They have been in charge for years and have done nothing to help people. As in the debate between Clinton and Trump, Clinton said Trump paid no taxes, Trump responded how Clinton has been in the Senate for years, why didn't she push to raise them? Why did Obama and the democrats pass the Freedom of Choice Act? Why didn't they raise taxes when they had Congress? Why didn't they cut taxes on the lower and middle class during that time or raise the min. wage? You guys keep voting democrats who do nothing to pass policies you want. Here is Harris saying she will control inflation. Democrats had congress during Biden's first two years and Harris had the tie breaking vote. Why didn't they do that then?
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Happiness is subjective.
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For that you make adjustments. You just don't put tampons in boys restrooms for the handful of times girls use it. Also, the trainer/coach can bring some for emergencies.
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@shellieeyre8758 they don't do what?
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@KXZero if you look up the numbers the deficit as percent of GDP under Trump was less than 5%, under Biden it was greater than 5%. The deficit is higher under Biden.
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The deficit is much higher under Biden.
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@fabianurweider805 fun fact, the deficit is higher under Biden.
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@RockChick63174 you can look up the FRED stats yourself. Look at us deficit as a percent of GDP. It has been higher under Biden, much higher.
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@greeneyedlady5580 sigh......I am correct. Under Biden the deficit has been higher compared to Trump. In fact, according to FRED, the deficit was over 5% under Obama's first 3 years. Under Biden it has been over 5% in all his terms. Under Trump it is less than 5%. So if the "patented move of the right wing" is to understand statistics and put them in proper context, then I embrace it. The only time it was high under Trump was during covid. But when you have the economy being shut down, jobs being taken away, a freeze on collecting taxes and then giving away a lot of money, that is going to happen. What is Biden's excuse for a high deficit?
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@greeneyedlady5580 "We world have no deficit at all of we just rolled back all the Republican tax cuts for their wealthy buddies and big businesses." Why was the deficit higher under Obama before the tax cuts? And why didn't Biden, when he had congress on his side, change the tax law?
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@KyleSmith-qt9sg so siting FRED stats and putting statistics in proper context is BS to you?
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@renenowicki funny how our GDP is also much higher during that that time than it was in say the 1800s.
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@greeneyedlady5580 also, according to FRED, from 2016 to 2020 the debt grew around $7 trillion with $3 trillion coming during covid. Under Biden it grew over $8 trillion. So Biden added more debt than Trump. Sorry, facts are facts.
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@katiechapman277 fun fact, Biden added more debt compared to Trump.
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@shellieeyre8758 they are connected. Even at that there has been more debt under Biden compared to Trump.
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@shellieeyre8758 yes, my point is that you really can't compare dollar values from today to the 1800s. I was responding to the person saying that Trump added 1/4 of the debt in our nation. Well, I earn more in one year than George Washington earned in his lifetime. Does that make me ultra wealthy? No
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@taranullius9221 union membership did grow under Trump. Also, there has been more debt under Biden compared to Trump. Around half the debt under Trump was during covid which was not his fault.
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@taranullius9221 From 2021 to now the federal debt grew from around $28 trillion to $34 trillion. So around $6 trillion. I great around $7 trillion under Trump, but again, around half of that was during covid, so an outlier.
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@taranullius9221 You do know that FRED is one of the most reliable sources for data when it comes to economic stats? As for wage growth under Biden, it was erased from inflation. So your point is moot.
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@taranullius9221 and what sources should I use?
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@taranullius9221 Biden added over $6 trillion in stats. And you are mocking my typo as that is all you have. But again, what sources should I look at? And you have never "bunk" my stats.
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@ItsyBetsy365 during covid the debt was around $3 trillion. Under Trump it was around $7 trillion overall, but again, $3 trillion was from covid. So $4 trilion in 3 years. Under Biden it has been around $6 trillion already and counting. And jobs are low under Biden. According to FRED worker participation is still low. Recovery under Biden has been awful.
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@ItsyBetsy365 I am independent and there was a time democrats did good things. I say to this day the second best president in my lifetime is Clinton with Trump being number 1. However, democrats have gone insane recently and extreme. They are are flat out dangerous. So sure, as recently as the 90s democrats were good in many ways, not these days.
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No, you can't just say they are a threat to democracy anymore because it led to an assassination attempt. So you just call them weird as if you are owning them. People think you guys are weird with your policies, the LGBT crowd, the DEI hires, etc. You see it in how people vote with their money. Jarren Duran says a slur that only offends people on the left, he gets suspended, and his jersey sales spike. Disney tries to make a snow white movie without dwarfs and it tanks. You sides' social issues are flat out weird.
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But to top it all is how the Biden team picked an obese man who thinks he is a woman to be United States assistant secretary for health. That is weird.
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@Tony38533 to start, define a "mass shooting". I have seen definitions that give the number of "mass shootings" to has high as nearly 400 a year to as low as 5 a year.
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@Tony38533 several people are injured? That is vague. And injured how? Via a gunshot or tripping while running away? Again, vague. Definitions matter. After a school shooting there was an article floating around that there was a school shooting every other day. Well, when you read it saw that they were comparing a gunman going into a school to a kid committing suicide at night on school grounds. Yes, they were both shootings that occurred at a school, but they are vastly different. Same here with your "mass shooting". They are not all the same. A gang shooting is a problem of gangs, not guns. You can't compare a gang shooting to someone going off in a movie theater that they planned out for months.
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@Tony38533 as I said, what you are pointing at is vague. You can't compare a off the cuff gang shooting to someone planning out a shooting at a movie theater.
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@Tony38533 it is not. As I said, not all shootings are the same. A gang shooting is an issue of gangs and is typically isolated with gang activity. A person planning out a shooting of a public place is different.
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@Tony38533 you do know Wikipedia is edited by many people who are one experts? I can work on getting it set up where I can edit Wikipedia. That is why you never cite Wikipedia in any peer reviewed sources. it is because it is an open source that anyone can edit and is not peer reviewed.
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@Tony38533 I also broke down my point. Not all shootings are the same. A gang related shooting is more of an issue of gang activity. You can't compare that to someone with a mental issue shooting up a school. Same in how you can't say someone committing suicide on school grounds is not a school shooting. You are trying to lump everything to be the same when it is not.
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@Tony38533 same with your articles, they are not peer reviewed.
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@Tony38533 why four or more? Why not 2 or more? Pad the stats.
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@Tony38533 not downplaying the shooting, just saying they are not the same. Again, a gang related shooting is an issue of gang activity and they are typically isolated. We treat them differently compared to someone pre-meditating a shooting. Compare it to murder laws. We have varying levels of murder laws such as 1st and 2nd degree murder laws for a reason. They are not all the same.
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@Tony38533 and what are you trying to say here? What is your point? I am all for lowering crime. What I am saying is that not all crimes are the same. Just like not all murders are the same. You treat different cases of murder differently. As with shootings, a gang related shooting is an issue of gangs. You treat lowering gang violence in that case. Compare that to someone planning out a shooting. Chances are that is a case of mental illness. You find a way to approach that. You are looking for a one stop solution to complex issues. You can't do that. But please tell me, how would you stop those shootings? You seem to have the answer.
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@Tony38533 no, murders are different. That is why you have different degrees of murder. Someone committing road rage is different than someone pre-meditating it. You bring up the assassination attempt of Trump. People blame democrats because for years they were calling Trump a threat to democracy, pointing out Jan 6th and falsely calling it an insurrection. The constant lies of Trump saying he would become a dictator if elected, etc. When you keep saying that eventually an unhinged person will act out, which one did. That person was unhinged, and needed help, but the democrats' language did not help.
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@Tony38533 gun laws do not work as criminals still get guns. Tell me, what guns laws would stop any of those shootings? I will wait.
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@Tony38533 also, who is the current president now? Seems like all these shootings are happening under Biden.
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@Tony38533 "From January 1, 2024 to August 19, 2024 there has been 408 mass shootings with 502 people having been killed and 1,676 people having been injured. That is a total 2,178 victims of mass shootings." And who is currently the president? Why didn't democrats create more gun laws when they had control of congress in Biden's first two years? I guess they were too busy creating inflation and shutting down schools and forcing people to wear masks.
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@Tony38533 what "good laws"? I am noticing in all of this you do not list any gun laws.
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@Tony38533 1. What "red flag" laws? As is those with a history of violent crime and felons cannot own a gun. What more do you want? Until you commit a crime you have your right to own a gun 2. Background checks exist 3. How do you enforce safe storage? I own 4 guns, none are in safes. Do you want the government entering my home to see if I am complying? Why do I need to put my guns in a safe? Are my cats going to steal them? 4. So now you are against illegal immigrants? 5. Who doesn't report a stolen gun? This already happens? How would any of these laws stop any shooting? The person who tried to shoot Trump was given his gun from his dad. James Holmes bought all his guns after passing a background check. Wow, that sure did nothing to stop his shooting.
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@Tony38533 1. Tell me what they are. You won't because you have no details and you know you will just give me more things to debunk 2. There is no gun show loophole. That has been exposed as a myth 3. I don't have a 5 year old son. If I did I would teach them proper gun safety just like I would teach them safety all around in life. You know, like don't touch the hot stove, don't run across the street without looking, etc. It is funny that I grew up in a rural area in a town of around 10,000 people, most gun owners. And that I went to school with kids that were raised around guns that were out in the open and no one was shot. And again, how do you enforce a gun safe? 4. What you wrote is 100% a lie 5. This has nothing to do with reporting a stolen gun.
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@Tony38533 also, funny how you bring up a 5 year old getting shot when you admitted you do not care about 2000 kids dying a year in traffic accidents.
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@Tony38533 like you care about kids, you enjoy 2000 kids dying a year in traffic accidents.
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@Tony38533 also, as I said, I live in a town where people had their guns in homes not locked up and no kids shot themselves. Sounds like that mother did not teach their kid gun safety. Also, you want to punish people like me for being irresponsible? Not wise.
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@Tony38533 1. How about you tell me about them? Or you simply don't know 2. No it does not. 3. I agree. There are bad parents out there. Why punish me because someone was a bad parent? 4. Uh, no. 5. Nope, you named zero
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@dvolonino You guys shut down schools.
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Since when do boys get periods?
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Where is the evidence that he hired undocumented workers as employees? I feel this is another fake story made up about Trump as many exists. And yes, they are invaders, they take up our resources and take jobs while driving down wages. The fact that you support giving them jobs is you helping invaders as well. The fact that you want to help criminals makes you garbage. How about you take illegals into your home and have the live with you. Remember when illegals were shipped to Martha's Vineyard? Liberals quickly called the national guard to get rid of them. Real easy to support them until they are in your neighborhood.
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@Tony38533 good thing Trump is not your typical republican. There are a lot of RINOs that are being phased out.
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How did he mishandle covid? Also, democrats were the ones that divided us. I remembered getting yelled at because I did not want to wear a mask. I remembered getting grilled because I did not want to take the vaccine. Walz had cops shooting paintballs at people for not wanting to follow curfew.
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@Tony38533 so kids ages 0-4 go to schools? And no kid has ever died before covid? Also, 1071 for age 5-18 makes up around 0.001% of that age group. That is a very low mortality rate. There are about 2100 deaths by traffic accidents a year for those under 16. Seems like that is more deadlier. I guess we should ban driving by your logic. And no respectable doctor was telling kids to wear masks and socially distance. So here we are, kids fell behind in education, especially at risk kids all for a disease that had, at worse, a 0.001% death rate and more kids die in traffic accidents but yet you are not pushing to ban driving. Congrats.
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@Tony38533 "Learn to read, 1,071 children 5-18 died of COVID. " Again, if that number is correct that is, at worse, a 0.001% mortality rate. Low. There are more deaths via traffic accidents, why not ban driving? Also, of those kids dying, what were their overall health like? As we saw most dying with covid were just that, with covid, not from covid.
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@Tony38533 there is no evidence that masks work. Medical experts disagreed with masks as well. Why do you ignore that? A lot of schools did not require masks and things were fine. Florida is an example. By your standard the death rate should have been high there but it wasn't. Also, 1000 kids in a span of 4 years when there are over 60 million kids in that age range is a very low number. Congrats, you ruined the lives of 10s of millions of people because you freaked out over a very small number of deaths. Why don't we ban driving? Again, more kids die in traffic accidents. Why not demand hazmat suits? They would offer more protection than masks. You blindly follow the "experts" without question, why?
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@Tony38533 "Is that what you tell people who have children who have died? Your child only represents 0.0000001% of the population. " That's life. People die for many reasons. We don't shut down society and ruin 10s of millions lives because someone dies. I give driving as an example. More kids die in a year in traffic accident compared to 4 years of covid. So why not ban driving? Or at least cap all speed of vehicles to 15 mph? You brin gup wearing seat belts, even with driving restrictions over 2000 kids die in traffic accidents. Why not go farther? Why not a 15 mph speed on all vehicles? What do you say to those parents who had their kids die in traffic accidents?
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@Tony38533 why stop at masks? Why not hazmat suits? Same with driving, why not cap speed limits to 15 mph? You say "Driving is necessary just like going to the store is necessary" And so is going to school, having businesses open, socializing, etc. You bring up the death of kids but you are OK with the over 2000 kids dying a year in traffic accidents that be avoidable by capping all speed limits on all vehicles to 15 mph. Also, what do you say to the 10s of millions of people whose lives were ruined from the covid restrictions? Many lost their businesses. We saw a spike and death in alcohol and drug abuse. So great, a healthy person did not die with covid, they died due to alcohol abuse due to being depressed. Your argument is falling apart here because you are OK with some forms of deaths, those being deaths from traffic accidents and alcohol abuse, as long as they are not covid related deaths.
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@Tony38533 zoomed right over your head. Here you are completely fine with the fact that around 2000 kid die A YEAR in traffic accidents even though there are measures we can take to make that number to be zero. They are either ban driving or cap all vehicle speeds to 15 mph. Why don't you support that? Why are you OK with 2000 kids dying A YEAR in traffic accidents? But when around 1000 kids die in a four year span, my gosh better shut down schools. It isn't about not knowing the concept of safety. it is that you are completely inconsistent in your standards. You are completely fine with the 2000 deaths a year of kids in traffic accidents, but when 1000 kids die WITH (not from) covid in a 4 year span, you push to shut down schools.
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@Tony38533 also, were you in public schools during covid? I was as a substitute teacher. There was no way you could get kids to wear their masks. They are kids. Good luck getting a bunch of 8 year olds to do that. And during lunch, they were all sitting next to each other no masks sharing good. When they arrive to school they see their friends and hug them. During recess they do the same thing, no mask. It was all show, it did not do anything.
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@Tony38533 but please, answer this question you keep avoiding. Are you OK with the 2000 kids that die in traffic accidents a year when there are measures to make that number to be zero? That would be ban driving, or at least cap all vehicle speeds to 15 mph. Do you support that? Or are you OK with the 2000 kids that die a year with the current safety measures we have?
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@Tony38533 "I guess in your view it's pointless to have schools." Never said that. What I said is that your measures did nothing as kids were not following them. Your standard is to not have schools. My standard is to have schools and don't do things that don't work and end up causing more damage. "since laws don't always prevent crime then there is no point in having laws." We may be creeping into the point I am trying to make. You are so close. You are talking about masks, shutting down schools would prevent all spread, at least in schools. Why not completely shut down schools? " Since there are car accidents and people break traffic laws then cars should be prohibited and since people fight in public then people should not be allowed to gather in public" And why not? Again, 2000 kids die a year in traffic accidents. Banning driving would make that number to be zero. Or at least setting regulation where all vehicles cannot go faster than 15 mph. You say "obeying the traffic laws and not acting foolish like driving 15 MPH on the interstate. " But if every vehicle was designed to not go faster than 15 mph then you are completely safe.
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@Tony38533 so please, answer the question. Why don't you support capping all vehicle speeds to 15 mph to remove all traffic deaths? You are concerned about the 1000 kids who died with covid in a 4 year span. Why don't you care about the 2000 kids who die in traffic accidents a year when there are measures that eliminate those tragic events? Please, answer the question.
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@Tony38533 I gave you my viewpoint, I feel the covid restrictions caused more damage than the virus, and I have data to back it up. That is why I opposed them. Kids saw their test scores drop. Math scores were the lowest they have been since we started testing. Congrats, kids are less educated because of the covid response. To add a couple points, one, Trump never suggested bleach to cleanse the body. Two, this is not a "common sense" issue as there is an argument to begin with. But please, answer my question. You refusing to do so is proving my point. You have no standard. You supported masks because the liberal elites told you to wear it, and you justified it by pointing to a 1000 kids dying in a four year span. But the moment I bring up the death of kids in traffic accidents, you claim my idea of 15 mph cap on vehicles is foolish. So do you care about kids or not?
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@Tony38533 to keep it simple, 2000 kids die a year in traffic accidents a year. We can make that number to be zero if we cap all vehicle speeds to be 15 mph. Do you support that idea? Why or why not? Please answer.
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@Tony38533 so you refuse to answer the question. Why? I will ask again. Around 2000 kids die a year in traffic accidents. You can make that number to be zero if we cap all vehicles' speeds to 15 mph. Do you support that idea to save lives? Why or why not?
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@Tony38533 the ingredients of beer are well known and have been crafted for years. Now stop avoiding my question.
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@Tony38533 so this is the level you gone down to. You just proved my point how anti-science you are. You refuse to answer my basic question and have a discussion on this. I bet you still wear two masks and have 20 booster shots by now and still going.
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@Tony38533 there were nursing home patients that were striking saying they would rather die with covid but see loved ones as opposed to dying alone. If you were so scared of covid you can hide.
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@Tony38533 you do know ivermectin has human dosages? Why were you so opposed to trying it out to stop covid? There was evidence it had the potential to work, and it is safe for human. So why not try it? I mean, you were so quick to take a new vaccine that people were getting from some stranger in a parking lot.
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@Tony38533 sigh.....again, I will ask. Around 2000 kids die a year in traffic accidents. You can learn make that to be zero by capping the speed of all vehicles to 15 mph. Do you support that? Why and why not?
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@Tony38533 and trust me, you don't want to see my top ten things I learned about covid. Mainly it was how low the IQ of people like you were. "Gee, a doctor prescribed ivermectin to this person, why would they take horse paste. Here, I will wear a silly face diaper and allow this person I don't know to inject a fluid in me in a parking lot, weee" Please, answer my question about the traffic accident deaths you keep avoiding.
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@Tony38533 you still have not answered my question. Again Around 2000 kids die a year in traffic accidents. You can learn make that to be zero by capping the speed of all vehicles to 15 mph. Do you support that? Why and why not?
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That story is not true. What is true is that leftists are all for illegal immigration but the moment some were shipped to Martha's Vineyard they called in the National Guard to get rid of them.
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@Tony38533 you point to all these headlines when we have seen constant lies about Trump. Remember the suckers and losers lie? Or the fine people on both sides lie? It has gone to the point that Trump can say the earth is round and you all will become flat earthers. The people who have caused division are the elites. Tell me, when has Trump ever ridiculed Clinton and Biden voters as a whole? Never. Clinton called Trump voters deplorables, Biden called them a threat to democracy. Both sides get the town folks all riled up and made while accomplishing nothing. Democrats got you all mad when Roe was overturned, why didn't they pass the Freedom of Choice Act? Clinton said Trump paid no taxes where Trump responded that she was in congress for years, why didn't she change the tax laws? You tell me to wake up when you are being made a fool of. Look at Harris, what has she done for our country? Nothing. And if you make the claim she is the VP, she has had the most tie breaking votes in the Senate, so she has a lot of power.
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@Tony38533 again, the bill was not bipartisan and contained many things republicans opposed. How is giving money to Ukraine have anything to do with the border? it also did not have a stay in Mexico policy. Read the National Review article titled "The Border Deal Is a Bad Deal Regardless of Trump’s Opposition" Also, six democrats opposed the bill as well. But I don't see you bringing that up.
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@Tony38533 I read the actual bill. It was bad. 6 democrats voted against it, bet you did not know that. And House republicans said it was DOA if it passed the Senate.
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@Tony38533 the bill did not pass as 60 votes were required. If you don't know that basic fact I cannot help you.
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Prices were lower under Trump compared to the Biden/Harris administration.
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Yeah, Tim sure did care about other people when he bailed on his troops, or when he let riots happen and he called the national guard 19 year olds who are cooks. Or when he shut down schools and businesses. Or when he created a covid hotline so citizens can rat on each other.
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@RockChick63174 you part on the girls using boys restroom during sports is flawed. Sports teams have trainers and coaches that can bring extra tampons if needed. Just like they bring pain killers, tape, pre-wrap, etc. Or do you want to stock bathrooms with all of that as well for the handful a time a sports team uses that bathroom?
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@renenowicki you point on the girls sports teams using boys bathrooms is flawed. Teams have trainers and coaches who can pack extra tampons just like they pack other medical equipment to deal with sports injuries. You are justifying putting tampons in boys bathrooms for the handful of times girls will use it at a basketball game when for decades they have been packing their own medical equipment for years.
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@keithknapp175 a nurse is trained to handle that. Sorry, but life can lead to uncomfortable situations, deal with it. And what if the dispenser or empty? Then what?
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@keithknapp175 no, saying life is not always comfortable. It would behoove students to get to know their school nurse for that reason.
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The economy was, at best, stagnant under Obama. The great recession was because the Federal Reserve did not do their job and kept interest rates down exploding the housing market. Obama came in and pushed for more spending having a high deficit. It wasn't until the republicans took over the House to stop his massive spending that was doing damage to the economy. Based on many economic factors; wage growth, homeownership rate, worker participation rate, etc. the economy was not good under Obama. Trump came in and improved it. It was going so well that the democrats had no choice but to create a pandemic to shut it down to beat Trump.
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@marcel-ifc17 "Trump owns the worst jobs record in history of any president. And it's not even close. Total collapse in 2020, " Well gee, when democrats shut down the economy for over a year that will happen. Can't blame Trump for that. " Most of the debt pile has been caused by GOP presidents, particularly the insane warmonger" That is not true in recent years. The deficit as percent of GDP was over 5% in Obama's first three years and has been over 5% under Biden. Under Trump it was less than 5%.
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@Tony38533 to start, there is more to the economy than unemployment. Under Trump worker participation rate grew where years prior it was dropping. So even with low unemployment people were still getting jobs under Trump where they weren't under Obama. Also, homeownership rate grew nearly 5% under Trump where from 2004 to 2016 it fell by 6%. Wage growth was higher under Trump. People had jobs and could afford bills and buy a home under Trump. And no one was saying we were heading into a recession. And as for companies like Sears, JC Penny etc. closing, they were closing down prior to Trump. The JC Penny in my hometown closed down in 2014, who was president then? That was because of the rise of online shopping. A lot of Blockbusters closed under Obama, was that his fault?
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@Tony38533 do you know what a recession is.....oh.....wait......democrats changed the definition when a recession happened under Biden.
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@Tony38533 sigh......you can't compare a disease in 1918 with their level of medical care and access to resources and information to covid. The initial lockdowns were fine with covid, but come May of 2020 it was very clear it was not that dangerous. That the lockdowns were causing more harm. But when people like me tried to bring that up we were silenced and were told to "follow the science" where silencing opposition is completely anti-science. The economy was so strong under Trump democrats had to create a pandemic to beat him. It is so sad that many people are fools like you are fell for the scam.
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@Tony38533 yes, democrat governors did the shutdowns. "In April of 2020 the case fatality rate at the time was 6.39%. That means that almost 6% of the people who got COVID would have died from it" That is actually not true as many already had it but did not know. A NEJM paper titled "Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted" Used the cruise ship data and said this about covid "If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%. This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively." Fauci was the lead author on that paper and the NEJM has the highest impact factor of all peer reviewed journals. "And here's a big clue, hospitals beds are not free" The only place that saw hospitals being overran was NY. Other states were not. Also, it wasn't novel to have hospitals be overran. In 2018 there was a city in California who had to build temporary ICUs from tents as they were being overran by patients with the flu. We did not shut down then. Trump did all he could do with covid, it wasn't his fault that democrats kept the lockdowns going. If you look up FRED stats of All Employees: Total Nonfarm in X state, and go state by state, states that ended the lockdowns sooner reached their pre-covid employment numbers around a year sooner than states that kept the lockdowns going. States like FL, GA and TX reached their pre-covid employment numbers months before states like NY, CA and MI.
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@Tony38533 "You don't know what you are talking about. The unemployment rate dropped 5.5% under Obama and 1.1% Under Trump" Well, gee, it is hard to drop 5% when unemployment is less than 5% to begin with. Math is not your strong suit I see. "ut then the unemployment rate rose to 14% by March of 2020" That will happen when businesses are told to shut down. Can't blame Trump for that.
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@Tony38533 so you expect the unemployment rate to drop over 5% when it was already sitting at 4.6%? Again, math is not your strong suit. Also, again, there is more to the economy than unemployment. Wages rose faster under Trump, worker participation rate was growing under Trump. "Then by Feb. of 2020 the Trump recession started." Sigh, a recession is 2 straight quarters of negative GDP growth. That did not happen. Please learn what a recession is. "By March 2020 the unemployment rate had risen to 4.4% " Ok, and? That is when the lockdowns were starting. March was when travel restrictions were being put in place along with covid being called a national emergency. I was in grad school still and I remember restaurants were only doing take out prior to spring break, which was in March. And after spring break there were the lockdowns. " Instead of relying on the Bush plan and doing contact tracing Trump just ignored COVID until he couldn't. " He didn't ignore it, he did several things within his power. He also did not want to create a panic. In fact, he approached it very well. Democrats were the ones freaking out leading to unnecessary long lockdowns where gyms were shut down but liquor stores were considered essential. Many of the restrictions made no sense. As a federal judge in Wisconsin said, shutting down the small hair salon does not reduce the demand for hair products, it just has more people gathering in large stores like Walmart. So that ended the restrictions overnight. Should have done it sooner as he was correct, many of the covid restrictions made no sense. The reality is that they were designed to destroy the economy to beat Trump. Explain to me how a gym is shut down but a liquor store is essential?
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@Tony38533 Trump did a travel ban from China and was called a racist. Reality is if Trump did a federal lockdown and federal mask mandate you guys would have thrown down your masks and gathered in large crowds calling him a fascist.
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@Tony38533 how were there three quarters of contraction? GDP growth was positive all throughout Trump's presidency until covid hit. Under Biden there were two quarters of negative growth in 2022 where people just so happen to change the definition of what a recession is. Even at that GDP growth was over 34% in Q3 in 2020 under Trump as states opened back up. The economy rebounded quickly under Trump and would have kept going if he won in 2020. Instead Biden won and we saw negative growth in 2022. Are you going to credit Trump for the 34% of GDP growth? Trump never called covid a hoax and he did not downplay it. And none of the restrictions made since come May of 2020. People could not go to the beach but they could attend a BLM riot? And what makes you a medical expert? I read the data, I have a PhD in physical chemistry so I can understand the studies, like the one I cited from the NEJM. Covid was not that dangerous to justify keeping the lockdowns going after May of 2020. Again, how is shutting down gyms but keeping liquor stores open good? You do know that working out is being healthy and can help you fight diseases easier?
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@taranullius9221 uh, in a public school a nurse is not a stranger. Or when you went to school did you not know anyone? And what stats have you debunked?
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@Tony38533 no they aren't. You always learn who the nurse is on the first day of school. Just like you learn who the principal is.
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@Tony38533 you went to weird schools then. Every school I went to did that. Also, if there is no nurse there is always some administrator or teacher to handle a situation like that, even just going to the principal.
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@Tony38533 as I said, in those cases you have administration or a teacher to handle that. You are making it sound like teenage girls did not have periods until recently. Schools have been dealing with this for years. You also have to factor in that do the kids know how to properly use the tampons at a young age? Sure, they may have free access to them, but if they don't know how to use it what is the point? Join us in the real world.
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@Tony38533 like most leftists, you have a grossly oversimplified solution to a complex issue.
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@Tony38533 I know that, I acknowledged it. I also gave you the reality in what happens. That is you have administration and teachers who end up handling it. Also, by the time a girl is getting their period they know their school and the admin well. These are not some kindergartners scared on their first day of school. Join us in the real world.
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@Tony38533 buy hey, why do you care? You celebrate the fact that 2000 kids die a year in traffic accidents.
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@Tony38533 uh....I was not proven wrong. I admitted there were cases where there is no nurse thus administration and/or teachers handle it. Guess what, they have been handling it for decades in thousands of school districts across the country.
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So the sister is not going to school then? Is that what you are saying?
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That bill was not bipartisan. There were a handful of republicans in the Senate that supported it, but that is it. The House had their own bill led by republicans that the democrats did not vote on. So please, stop with the lies, Trump did not do anything. House republicans already opposed the bill. Also, Biden could have enforced already existing laws on the books like Trump did.
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@Tony38533 it took until 2024 for Biden to go the executive route and that is because it is election season. Republicans did not call Biden a dictator, they simply pointed out it took until election season for Biden to do anything. Biden has been terrible with the border. He claimed border patrol endorsed him leading to the border patrol to immediately tweet out saying they did not endorse him.
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@Tony38533 why did he wait until 2024 to do executive action? Also, why didn't democrats pass a border bill when they had control of congress in Biden's first two years?
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@Tony38533 Biden had congress on his side in his first two years, why did he wait so long? And again, he could have done executive orders.
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The issue is that he is putting tampons in boys restrooms which is stupid. Also, in most schools they have nurses who can give out tampons to girls who have an emergency.
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In two ways. One, it is a waste of tax dollars. Two, boys in many schools will use those free tampons to vandalize the bathrooms. Now you are off the ropes and just got KO'd. Ring the bell, I won.
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@minimaladjacent never said it was. What is weird and a waste is putting tampons in boys restrooms. Also, Tim shut down schools, remember? How could they get tampons if schools are shut down?
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@RockChick63174 you do know that is not my real name. I picked that because I know it will lead to comments like you posted. You "liberals" feel conservatives are a bunch of back wood rednecks as you never leave your tiny apartment to actually interact with conservatives. I live in one of the largest cities in the US, I have a PhD in physical chemistry and an MBA. If you first met me you will probably feel I was a democrat when I am not. But hey, my username got your attention.
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@alcibiadeslives well, walls and barriers work. As for tax cuts for the rich, talk to democrats about that. And what rights to women lack?
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@keithknapp175 no, what rights to women lack? Please list them and cite them in the Constitution.
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@sassysaint3096 why did congress put up a fence around capital hill? Why is there a wall and fence around the white house? Why do so many politicians live in gated communities?
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@promeitheus nowhere, so it becomes a state issue. Just like murder laws are state laws. Where in the constitution is murder banned? Nowhere, so it is a state issue.
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@keithknapp175 "Were you not around for the overturning of Roe V. Wade" I was, what is your point?
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@keithknapp175 nope, what is your point?
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@alcibiadeslives walls help. Nothing is ideal, but walls and barriers help. As for tax cuts for the wealthy, as Trump said in the debate against Clinton, she was in the senate for years, why didn't she raise taxes on them? Obama in his first two years had congress on his side including a super majority in the Senate. Why didn't they raise taxes on the wealthy then? Trump was able to get his tax cut on the middle and lower class through with zero democrat support. What are the excuse by the democrats? As for Roe v Wade, abortion is not a right, thus, like murder and traffic laws, it is a state issue. " Removing that has made it significantly more difficult for many women to get access to abortions." Actually not true as most states still allow it. that is why abortion is pretty much a non issue now, people have seen no changes overall. Just states set the laws now. " The majority of men and women in the country disapprove of the decision of the Supreme Court in this matter" And so what? If that is true then it will be legal at the state level as, again, abortion is not a right and thus is a state issue. I am pretty much pro choice myself in supporting rare, safe and legal, but I support the standard of the Constitution first. Also, in 2008 Obama said in a town hall one of the first things he will do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. Why didn't he? Why didn't congress, which democrats controlled, pass it? Here you are complaining about taxes and Roe being overturned when democrats have done nothing on their end.
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@taranullius9221 what are you talking about? They are not being discriminated against. Abortion is not a right, thus it becomes a state issue like almost every other law you face in your daily lives.
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@kbanghart there has always been barriers in getting an abortion even with Roe.
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@alcibiadeslives nothing is ideal, but walls and barriers do help. As for Roe, abortion is not a right, period. Overturning it was the correct decision.
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@unicorn73212 "They also waited 50 years to decide abortion is murder? It's okay in one state but not the other? Do you realize how ignorant that sounds? " You do know states set most murder laws? Also, abortion is not a right, period. Thus it becomes a state issue, period. Don't like it, change the Constitution. Go.
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@MM-xh6dp sigh......in those cases the trainer and/or coach brings them with them just like they bring their own medical supplies for injuries. You are acting like this is new. This has been going on for decades in thousands of school districts.
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@MM-xh6dp I was a substitute teacher for years in my local school district. In fact, I recall subbing for a class and one of the female students asked to go to the office. I asked why, she said "I have female issues", so I let her go. I had an idea what was going on. She returned and things were fine.
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@MM-xh6dp I am now seeing your other comments. Here. "who says walls work!! It’s been proven that they don’t" What evidence is there? There is a long history of walls being put in place to keep people in and out. "Do you know that the Dems just tried to pass a bipartisan bill to enforce the border and add more officers and eeuipment to scan for drugs better. And the Republicans would not pass it because Trump told them to not agree." Sigh.....this is 100% false. That bill was a Senate bill where 6 democrats voted against it. Only 6 republicans voted for it. And the House had their own bill and said that bill from the Senate was DOA upon arrival. So it was not bipartisan. Please, learn facts if you want to have a discussion. "but access to healthcare should be. There are absolutely no laws governing anything on a man’s body. So y’all cannot be in the discussion. It’s just none of your business." Sigh.......you don't have a right to someone's services. However, with men there are a few things here. One, men have to sign up for selective service and have been subjected to the draft in the past. So there is that. And look up the court case Washington v. Glucksberg. That involved a man. Please, learn the history of Constitutional law.
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Funny, we had 4 years of Trump already and people still vote.
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@davidallen111 SCOTUS did not say that. Also, it goes beyond congress and SCOTUS. You have state, you have state governments, you have local governments, etc. Trump could have easily used covid and the BLM riots to become a dictator. He could have demanded that all covid lockdowns and restrictions need to end and then send in the military to stop all the riots but he didn't. Why? Because the federal government cannot do that, only states can. Biden tried to be a dictator with covid though.
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Raising the min. wage will do nothing but lead to higher prices and less jobs. What will taxing corporations and millionaires do? They can move their money into other forms of wealth to avoid the taxes. How do you regulate price gouging? Who is doing the price gouging? Someone else put up a great comment. The price of eggs went up. Ok, who is price gouging? Is it the chicken farmer? is it the distributor? Is it the store? Who is to blame?
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1. We were at a trade war prior to Trump. 2. Tariffs are fine as long as other taxes are cut. 3. Tax cuts were given to the middle and low class. The corporate tax cut was cut making it one of the highest in the world to a rate that is comparable to other European nations 4. How did he mishandle covid? He wasn't the one the kept the lockdowns going, that would be the democrats 5. Oil is still the cheapest, and most efficient form of energy. 6. You clearly know nothing about science 7. Again, Trump did not do the shutdowns, democrats did 8. Funny how Putin did not attack Ukraine when Trump was in office 9. Again, Trump did not shut down the economy, democrats did 10. Trump did not cut taxes on the wealth, learn facts
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Also, inflation was low under Trump.
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@michaelrodriguez2029 no, the guys did describe communism. Also, how is Trump a fascist? We had 4 years of him already and what happened? We still had elections, he left the white house when that time came, things were fine. But please tell me how Trump is a fascist? What will he do to end voting? Why didn't he do it the first time he was president? What we did see were democrats doing the covid lockdowns and allow BLM riots to occur.
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The real reason is because you guys are playing chicken little and keep saying the sky is falling. Eventually people will tune out. We had 4 years of Trump and thing were fine.
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But yet you guys can't stop talking about Trump.
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@jondayoung6883 how would he be a dictator? How does he have a cult following?
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@Tony38533 how did he act like a dictator? Did he threaten people's jobs into taking a vaccine? That was Biden. Did he try to arrest his opponent weaponizing the DOJ? That was the Biden team. The democrats wanted to take Trump off of the ballot.
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@jondayoung6883 Trump never said he wants a lifelong appointment. Also, he does not praise dictators, he respects them which is not underestimating them. And no, he never tried to overturn the results of an election. Democrats were the ones pushing the Russia collusion argument and did a full on investigation. "Evidence of many of his followers having a cult-like obsession/loyalty to him is obvious to anyone who is not in the cult" That is simply not true. The left is a cult. Look, democrats pushed out Biden and made Harris the nominee with zero votes and you guys immediately give your full support. Look at covid, you guys blindly followed what democrats told you without question even though they were violating their own covid restrictions right in front of you guys. You guys just blindly do what democrats tell you without question.
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@jondayoung6883 after covid it is clear to me that you guys are literally in a cult. While people like me were trying to live normal lives you guys were wearing a stupid face diaper and freaking out over the sniffles because the liberal elites told you to.
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@jondayoung6883 I rely on science and objectivity as well as I am a scientist myself. I have a PhD in physical chemistry. I read the data and the studies and felt by May of 2020 it was time to go back to normal. I listen to both sides and Trump did well during the "pandemic". The liberal elites and bureaucrats failed us. What they did during covid was 100% anti-science. They completely ignored other factors involved such as natural immunity, the damage caused by the lockdowns, the increase in depression, the increase in substance and alcohol abuse, the increase in suicide rate, the damage to the economy, the shutting down of gyms and parks to where people could not exercise to remain healthy. To them it was only the virus even though the numbers were clear in May of 2020 it was not that dangerous. So many years later have admitted that shutting down schools was the wrong route, but their excuse was that "they did not know". Well, they did not know at the time because the refused to have a discussion. They shut down the opposition. And you bring up covid related deaths, fact is almost all who died with covid would have died in the same timeframe to begin with based on numerous stats. Someone in their 90s with many health issues is not a covid death. That is a death via old age, period.
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@Tony38533 "Headline: Donald Trump Praises Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-Un Over Joe Biden: 'These People Are Sharp'" Calling them smart is not praising the, it is simply not underestimating them. They are smart people. The drug cartels are smart people as well, they are also very evil people. Hitler was very smart, he was very evil. Ted Kaczynski was a brilliant mathematician, he was also an evil person.
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@Tony38533 "I saw, and still see, Republicans parroting misinformation about vaccines, masks and social distancing." Such as what? They don't work?
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@Tony38533 sigh........again, I will ask you this. Around 2000 kids die a year in traffic accidents. You can make that number to be zero if you cap all vehicles' speeds to 15 mph. Do you support that? Why or why not?
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@Tony38533 Sigh.....I will ask again. " Around 2000 kids die a year in traffic accidents. You can make that number to be zero if you cap all vehicles' speeds to 15 mph. Do you support that? Why or why not?" I will add, those 2000 deaths are even with seat belt and child safety laws. So it seems like those are not enough, thus I am showing you another stop we can do to reduce those deaths to zero. Or another question. Are you OK with those 2000 deaths a year with the current situation we have?
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@Tony38533 please, answer the question. Stop dodging it.
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You can't tie the min. wage to inflation as not everything inflates. That includes both goods and services. Do you think the McDonald cashier seen their productivity increase over the past 50 years? No. In fact, a lot have been replaced with the kiosks. So their value has actually dropped.
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@Tony38533 you do know Trump hasn't been in office since January of 2021? Biden is in office. What has he done to reduce inflation and improve the economy?
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It is the type of crime. Oklahoma has the highest domestic abuse rate in the US. While bad, that does not make the streets more dangerous. People are concerned about the aggressive homeless people in San Fran that harm innocent bystanders. The domestic abuse is mainly contained in a household. Also, when crime is under reported in CA, that plays a role as well. People can steal up to, I believe, $750 and it will only be a misdemeanor. Most stores do not even try to make an effort to stop shoplifters as it is only a misdemeanor and the criminal most likely won't even show up to court. So it never gets reported.
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@DrKlausTrophobie I recommend you do your own research and not just blindly follow the title of an article simply because "Trump bad".
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@Richard_Nickerson what was wrong in what I said? I looked up the article and read it myself and point out the first two "lies" they claimed Trump made and pointed out they are not lies. People here are so anti-Trump and so brainwashed when someone writes an anti-Trump article they blindly believe it.
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@jamesedmonds7519 crime has been dropping since the early 90s. And the economy is bad under Biden.
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@kcampos5619 proof for what?
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@kcampos5619 I did. It is the NPR article. But here, the first "lie" they claim is "I think our country right now is in the most dangerous position it’s ever been in from an economic standpoint…” The rebuttal was looking at GDP growth where GDP growth is one of many factors to determine economic success. Zimbabwe, for example, has a higher GDP growth than the US. I don't think that is an economic policy I want to copy Trump's statement is more or less an opinion that does have some backing to it. Number 2 was "from a safety standpoint, both gangs on the street…”" The article's rebuttal was to talk about how crime is dropping. Trump did not say crime was at an al time high, he is simply saying there is crime, which is true. I can go on, but right away the NPR article listed what they considered to be "lies" are not that.
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@kcampos5619 sigh......I brought up Zimbabwe because the person you are quoting only brought up GDP growth. There is more data to look at to determine if an economy is strong beyond GDP growth. Zimbabwe has a higher GDP growth than the US, about twice as high. Does that mean their economy is stronger than the US? No. Same with when people point to unemployment. Mexico currently has a lower unemployment rate than the US. Does Mexico have a stronger economy than the US? Under Trump inflation was low, wage growth was high via outpacing inflation, interest rates were low, homeownership rate grew 5% when it fell 6% from 2004 to 2016. The list goes on of numbers supporting the idea that the economy was strong under Trump and it very weak now. One guy pointing to one stat over a three month period is not a solid counter argument against Trump's statement. And is clearly not an argument to claim Trump lied. On point two you see Trump's quote. There is crime right now. I am not the one isolating a very specific statement, the NPR article is by quoting it. All I am doing is using the NPR article people are pointing to. They gave that specific statement and then claimed Trump lied when gang violence is still an issue in the US.
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@CosmicApe he did not lie that many times. I debunked that already.
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He never said it was a hoax. As for a cure, it was the sniffles. We should not have been lockdown for as long as we were. And as for the tampons, your one example is flawed because girls going through their periods can go to the girls room. Or the coach can bring some.
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I remember 2020, democrats shut down schools and businesses destroying 10s of millions of lives.
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@MysidianRabite ok, and? Governors control state laws. Democrat governors shut down schools and businesses. Trump wanted them to open back up but democrat governors said no (while violating their own restrictions).
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@MysidianRabite South Dakota never shut down and they were fine. States with republican governors opened up their states come May of 2020. Democrats did not. In my state it was fall of 2021 and they still were shutting down classes just because someone tested positive. No symptoms, just a positive test. Oh,. and this was after the vaccine was out for all. People were vaccinated and they were still doing tests and shutting down schools.
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@MysidianRabite democrats kept the lockdowns going, that is the point.
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@MysidianRabite as I said, South Dakota never locked down. And yes, many republican governors did at the beginning to get our bearings straight. But in May of 2020 they opened back up and were fine. Democrats kept them going.
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@MysidianRabite how did I move the goal posts?
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@MysidianRabite I said that democrats kep them going. The initial lockdowns were OK to get our bearings, come May of 2020 it was clear to reopen where republicans did, democrats did not.
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You actually understand the complexity of the economy. This is why leftists' policies on the economy fail at large scales. They are oversimplified on a complex economy. As you said, who is setting the price to high? Is it the chicken farmer or the grocery store?
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