Comments by "" (@1987BillyBob) on "Law and Order? Mike Johnson ADMITS Plan to Defund the Police!" video.

  1. At what? Dividing us more and driving a dagger in his re-election? He went way too far left there and independents will not like that.
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  2.  @Remember_when  under Obama the economy as stagnant at best.
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  3.  @theduck2970  they are not. They are going to Trump because they see both candidates are nuts. But at least under Trump they had money and a more peaceful world.
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  4.  @natlegend  wow, what a very thoughtful counter argument. Makes me re-think my position.
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  5.  @theduck2970  independents know their lives were better under Trump.
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  6. It was great to see Biden, after covid, walk around after his SOTU address kiss people and shake hands with people he was coughing in.
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  7.  @Remember_when  ok, time to tear you apart. From 2004 to 2016 homeownership rate dropped around 7%. Under Trump it grew around 6% according to FRED. Under Trump, according to the Atlanta Federal Reserve, wage growth was over3% while it was round 2% under Obama. Under Trump, according to FRED. worker participation rate was dropping under Obama. It grew under Trump. And even with that wage growth grew and inflation was down. According to the BLS the number of steel workers grew under Trump where it fell under Obama. I mean, I can go on. Do you want me to? Or do my numbers and citations hurt you?
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  8. Why? The EPA is a job killer. Let the states handle it and enforce commerce between states. The EPA is worthless as is.
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  9.  @AuntieMamies  good.
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  10.  @AuntieMamies  "I guess you enjoy rich f*cks polluting your air and water and poisoning your kids but I prefer my environment being as clean as possible." That can actually all be ran locally. In fact, locally it can be ran better.
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  11.  @kwils6685  the EPA is a job killer by creating unnecessary regulations that cost businesses money. And yes, let states handle it like they handle education, roads, law enforcement, parks and basically every other government program you see on a daily basis. And yes, every state should have their own environmental legislation like they do with almost every other government aspect you see in life. The only thing the federal government can do is handle commerce between states. As for it being worthless, the EPA did not exist until 1970, the US was fine prior to that.
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  12. You guys wanted to take Trump off of the ballot and the SC had to stop your dictatorship.
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  13. There is a strong argument that they are illegal.
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  14. Not watching the video, police are funded locally, not federally. So Mike Johnson has no power here.
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  15. "As Joe often says: "Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative."" So in translation "If you think I am bad, the alternative will be worse" Not a really strong campaign speech I see. Why cant' Joe run on his "success"?
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  16.  @kiwihib  which is? Wars started under Biden, not under Trump. We can start there.
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  17.  @kwils6685  yes, Russia for example.
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  18.  @theduck2970  "Until he messed up towards the end" How? If you are talking about covid he did all he could do. It is not his fault that democrats kept their states lockdown killing millions of jobs. If Trump were to do a federal lockdown and a federal mask mandate you guys would have called him a fascist, would have thrown down your masks and rallied in large crowds in the streets. What more could he have done? What misinformation did he spread? He started out by introducing us to Fauci. So Fauic was misinformation?
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  19.  @Remember_when  the economy was stagnant under Obama. Under Trump it was improving. People saw that and the numbers (that I cited) show that. The only jobs Trump "lost" were because democrat governors shut down their states. That is not Trump's fault. In fact, if you are to look at total nonfarm employees by state you will see states that opened back up early like FL, TX and GA reached their pre-covid numbers over a full year sooner than states like NY, MI and CA that kept their lockdowns. So when governors were not shutting down their states the jobs were there. And what should have Trump done during the pandemic? Do what Biden just did? Cough in his hand for over an hour then walk on the floor and shake people's hands and give them a kiss? And policies during 2021? Biden was president during that time.
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  20.  @NowRepeatAfterMe  "Honey, the economy is a massive international beast with infinite moving parts. It takes time for governmental policies to take effect and even longer to show results" It is true it is massive which is why the best route for government is to step aside and let it go. That is what Trump was doing and the economy was improving. Biden decided to step in and try to manage that complex economy and it caused a downturn and high inflation. Take the infrastructure bill for example. One part of it is that it favored giving money to unionized businesses over non-union ones. Thus, when it came to negotiating a project it removed out a portion of the companies that could negotiate better prices. That harmed the economy. When you try to micromanage the economy like Biden and the democrats are doing it causes problems. "The same reason the national debt always goes up under Republican presidents and the next Democrat president is faced with the consequences." Fun fact, according to FRED (why is it that I am the only one citing numbers) under Obama's first three years the deficit in percent GDP was over 5% and only dropped when the republicans took over the house. Under Biden it has been over 5%. Under Trump it was under 5%. The deficit was higher under Obama and Biden.
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  21.  @DavidSmith-ux9hl  Trump has policies ideas. Shut down the border as opposed to using it as a tool to give more money to Ukraine. Drill for more oil. End the war between Russia and Ukraine. Reduce the role of the federal agencies and the role of the federal government in general to allow businesses to operate and compete. Biden's ideas are "They are a threat to democracy" and "Give Ukraine more money" and "Boo hoo, the justices are bad people" That last one was almost a death sentence to Biden. Threatening the justices like he did, not smart. That may lead to them ruling that Trump does have immunity and also rule in favor of Trump in other cases that come their way.
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  22.  @hurmur9528  after the Cold War NATO is no longer needed. it is a corrupt institution that is causing more harm than good. It is a reason why Russia invaded Ukraine. NATO won't let Russia enter the western world and Putin knows how weak NATO is as their leaders care only about getting money.
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  23.  @thomasbraeking6225  "Your "statistics" leave out the devastation of Bush II's housing bubble/economic crash of 2008." No, Obama had 8 years to fix it. He did not. Trump did in 4. One I love to point to is homeownership rate. In 4 years Trump recovered homeownership that we lost in a span of 12 years. As for the "pandemic", what could have Trump done? Tell me all wise one. Reality is democrats shut down businesses, not Trump. If Trump were to have done a federal lockdown and a federal mask mandate you guys would have thrown down your masks, called Trump a fascist and rallied in the streets. What did you want Trump to do? Do what Biden did last night? Cough in his hand for an hour and later shake people's hands and give them a kiss?
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  24.  @Scanner9631  "Record unemployment and they claimed BLM was burning down whole American cities? Not to mention the attack on the Capital at Trumps orders." Stop with the capital thing, really. No one cares except far leftists. Trump told them to go peacefully. At this point with that being all you have you guys have nothing. Trump wanted to send in troops to stop the BLM riots, riots democrats endorsed. Governors and mayors refused. You know, because Trump is not a fascist. He knew he could not just send in troops to enforce local laws. As for record unemployment, democrats were the ones that shut down businesses. Fact is that under Trump things were so good that the only way democrats could beat him was to create mass chaos such as shutting down businesses and endorsing riots.
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  25.  @Anne_40  " You seem very capable of web research. Web search “Political party vs US economy”. " Ok, and then look up what source? Fox News? Daily Wire? "The commonly used and referred to economic indicators show that republicans Break the economy and US Budget and then democrats have to dig out of the hole and fix it." What indicators? There are many. I am pointing to a few but can point to more. Many that I pointed to influece people's lives directly, such as homeownership and wage growth. That is why people felt Trump's economy was strong, they were able to buy things
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  26.  @irishdivajeffries6668  I did.
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  27.  @JGold-cu5mo  not bias. He started out comparing today's time to the Civil War, a war where Americans were killing each other in the hundreds, and WWII, a war where we eventually dropped a nuke. We are nowhere near that. Also, independents no longer care about Jan. 6th. Why bring it up?
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  28. Republicans want to cut the government The left: "Republicans are fascists" Yep, makes complete sense.
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  29. It was a terrible SOTU address. His only message was "but Trump" as he has nothing. He has gone far left. Independents will not be satisfy here.
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  30. True. Funny how Biden said he will stop republicans from doing certain things, and told off the sc justices, but then says he needs congress for the border.
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