I'm one of the "rubes" that didn't vote. Call me culpable, complicit or whatever the fook. Both candidates sucked beyond words. If Harris had selected the guy from PA, she may have actually won. Instead, she picks another clown. If the whole thing burns to the ground, I don't care. I am tired of selecting between two dumbshits for the highest office in the land. It's beyond ridiculous.
Understood. Just realize you didn't do everything you reasonably could to keep Trump out of office. And now we are seeing the ramifications.
Maybe. Maybe things will get better. Either way you will get to enjoy the credit for what happens.
So how does shitcanning the CFPB factor into your analysis? An agency that has cost less than $1B over its entire existence and returned over $21B to taxpayers.
How is any of this winning? Inflation is up under Trump. Stock market is down. Doge has found virtually no savings.
And??? It's not about results. It's not about money. It's about the headlines. Notice that the deficit and the debt very rarely come up in these conversations. They may come down, but they are not a high priority.
Dude, you’re a decent poster and I think a good dude. But to rationalize not voting for either candidate because they both sucked is bullshit. Harris was not a good candidate, this is true. Trump is dismantling our democracy and could legit cause chaos in this country and abroad. They’re not the same. You should feel guilty for not voting for the not insane candidate.
It’s been a month, the stock market has moved 700 points.
Harris wasn't a bad candidate. She was thrust in a bad situation. Given she only had a few weeks to catch up to someone who had a decade to build his campaign, she actually did a pretty good job.
But Solar, what does it say about our democracy if one person can dismantle the whole thing, if no other governing branches or representatives do anything about it? First, I don't think it is going to happen. That said, if it does, then the whole thing deserves to burn down and hopefully be rebuilt from the ashes. That is just my opinion and I get that it isn't a popular one. I doubt I am the only person that feels this way though. The political divide in this country has never been greater and it might just take something of epic proportions to turn that tide. I am likely naive and a rube, but I have been called worse things than that.
Dude, she’s a disaster. She got smoked in an open primary the last election cycle. She was only chosen as VP because she’s a black woman. You need to acknowledge the Dems faults if you want to be taken seriously. As it is now, you’re basically scruddy for the left. I’m just being real with ya.
I think we can all agree the executive branch has way too much power. The president should be a figure head for the most part. The fact Trump is the “Commander in Chief” of our military is quite literally insanity. He’s a draft dodging piece of shit. I hope you’re right that Trump doesn’t achieve his goal of dismantling our democracy, but wake the fvck up dude. He’s certainly trying to.
Well said. I also struggle with her list of accomplishments as VP because it's real fooking short.
Are you Kfdisciple? I have never seen much a group of idiots celebrating other people losing jobs. When John Deere lays off workers the CEO doesn't bring a chainsaw to the announcement.
But that's the issue - it isn't just one individual. It's that there are tens of millions who have fallen for the grift and are supporting the regime. And millions of others who are setting back and doing nothing.
Did you struggle with Trump's accomplishments in 2016? For that matter 2024?
Which then is even more reason why other branches and elected officials need to intervene, if that is the road we head down. Exactly zero of these tens of millions that have fallen for the grift will change their minds unless they see an implosion first hand.
You don’t need to feel guilty, but your position is really, really dumb.
How do those elected officials get there? If voters continue to vote for the enablers (or sit on the sidelines) we will continue down this path.
As an accountant and math guy you are wrong. You need more not necessarily as high of corporate as pre 2018 but somewhere in the middle. There is no other way to make enough cuts to even break even.
We have 3.8 trillion dollars in spending that has been deemed "mandatory", start there.
Again you don’t understand the math problem, and my guess is there will be more mandatory or required than that number.
I understand the problem to be items being considered non negotiatable that with any scrutiny at all would be considered very negotiable buy the tax payers.
Holler at me when he gets to 8 1/2 years. Oh yeah, and add another $1,000/month for health insurance. Good times.
Out of curiosity, how many people do you know that lost their job between 2020 and 2024? Are government positions some how protected?
Wtf - I’m not “celebrating” anyone losing their job? Was just curious if she was optimistic on getting another job. Between my wife and I…we generally were a 2-earner family in our younger days. However, we tried to live off one income, i.e., being able to make mortgage payments, etc in case one of us were to lose our job.
