There are 100s of topics, so it's not really possible to capture them all--hence the "other" option.
What is the number one thing you want the next president to focus on?
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Climate Change. Nothing else will matter if our crops are wiped out in the MidWest, the coasts are underwater in the East, and droughts are literally burning down the West.
Personally, it would be getting the budget deficit under control. Only after that can we realistically think about addressing the debt. But, sadly, neither party gives a crap. Eventually, we'll be screwed and absolutely everybody will say "well duh, should have seen this coming"...
I'll vote for anyone but Trump.
You should vote Dem then. Only time the deficit shrinks is under our control.
This. It is unconscionable how this administration and Republicans in general are ignoring solid science that this is an existential threat for which our descendants will pay a high price for our inaction.
Biden may not have the best record on climate change, but he was a member of the Obama Administration who signed on to the Paris Accords, and he will be light years better on climate than Trump.
Replacing the incompetent and sometimes dishonest Trump people with people who will do their jobs to the best of their abilities. (No manipulating of information to make political points or put Americans at risk.)
When I say anyone but Trump, I mean it. If it was down to Romney and Trump, I would vote Romney. I would vote Ben Carson over Trump. Pence over Trump. Even Lindsay Graham over Trump. The only one who would make me pause is Mitch. That toad is so disgusting that I would have to really consider that trade.
Good question. One of the reasons I like Sanders is the fact that he brings up issues that affect the middle and working class -- like medical insurance, cost of college, stagnate wages without the nationalism. His remedies are too radical in my opinion.
I go back to a scene in The West Wing, where Toby is talking to a guy at the bar who was taking his kid on college tours. He just wanted DC to make things a little easier. I would say tax changes such as tuition credit or deduction for tuition, requiring colleges/universities to share in the costs through distribution of endowments, tax credits for quailified medical expenses (not ones that exceed 7% of AGI), lifting the cap on 401K contributions....stuff like that.
I go back to a scene in The West Wing, where Toby is talking to a guy at the bar who was taking his kid on college tours. He just wanted DC to make things a little easier. I would say tax changes such as tuition credit or deduction for tuition, requiring colleges/universities to share in the costs through distribution of endowments, tax credits for quailified medical expenses (not ones that exceed 7% of AGI), lifting the cap on 401K contributions....stuff like that.
Season 3 of Cobra Kai being on regular streaming services.
Better, but not good enough.
Meanwhile, Bloomberg has funneled lots of money into supporting climate change deniers in Congress. So although his climate change plans aren't all that bad, if underwhelming, can you trust him to do even that?
Obviously, the world needs Climate Change to be addressed appropriately and our global stability requires us to rebuild our alliances against Russia and China, BUT...for America to return to something resembling democracy and the rule of law, Drumpf and his cronies in both the White House as well as Moscow Mitch, Leningrad Lyndsey and B%tchboy Nunes must be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for their complicity in working for Russia for their own and the Republican party’s interest over the US. We can not return to where we were and future wannabe dictators like Drumpf will not be appropriately chastened if their criminal and treasonous activities are left alone.
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A lot of tax credits there. Tax credits basically (only?) help people who are well off enough to pay a lot of taxes.
Sure you would....if they were all Democrats. But if Trump were a Democrat you would have a hard time, based on your posting history, convincing me you wouldn’t vote for him.
What’s even more baffling is that this issue presents a lot of opportunity for achieving some of the things pretty much everybody wants. If only people would take the ten to twenty minutes to read the Green New Deal. Pretend it came out of CPAC if it helps.
Pence and Carson would be worse. Trump isn’t even as bad as W.
Climate Change, the Trump admin has been a colossal failure on this subject.
You need to get a HROT award. You might be the only one on this board that can truly, and without bias, pick out sucky people.
I would suggest as well as fading out SS for retired people earning incomes, eliminating the SS cap, reduction of spending on discretionary military budget,
Since in most cases trump has done nothing or screwed them up, I would say all of them.
Right now, the number one thing I want from a President is to act like an adult. Listen to the experts and make decisions without calling dissenters names.
Please add “Intervene to strongly promote that Americans learn and practice the correct usages for the apostrophe in written English.”
It’s one of the pet issues I share with your wife. Don’t be surprised when the twins take up the issue themselves—it’s in their DNA, you know.
Until Bernie or embraces nuclear energy, his talk of slowing down and combating climate change is nothing but political b.s.
Don’t undermine the press, our courts, scientists, elections, our allies and our institutions just to feed red meat to your base or save your own ass. That would be a start.
