This isn't an original thought, it's been expressed before, but seriously the Republican Party could have gotten rid of this goiter on the side of their necks during the last impeachment trial. I don't know how this will end, I am sure the R's will win the majority in the House of Representatives, and of course the investigation at the …
This isn't an original thought, it's been expressed before, but seriously the Republican Party could have gotten rid of this goiter on the side of their necks during the last impeachment trial. I don't know how this will end, I am sure the R's will win the majority in the House of Representatives, and of course the investigation at the congressional level will end. And the Trump stain will remain with the Republican Party only in history books. Really sad thing is, it does prove that justice is not handed out evenly or equally. Elections going forward will be under a cloud. There is for the first time in my 68 years a feeling our 'Great Experiment' might be coming to an end. All because of one man's incredible ego, and his ability to take advantage of those who think tribally, forgetting the meaning of the pledge to the flag we all have made countless times: .......indivisable, with liberty and justice for all.
Are you 68 years old or did you not count when you were young? I am 73 and have seen a lot in my 40-something years of working. I sometimes believe I walked uphill both ways to get to where I am today. I was in the Corps at 19 in 68 and that was old in many respects. I had worked with my dad as a laborer when I was 16 till I was 18 and than full time at 18. Those was some tough critters. Boilermakers for lunch and back to the scaffolds many flors up.
Do you remember 2007/8 when Wall Street blew up the economy and Main Street was hammered? We paid a horrendous price for Wall Street and banks gambling with CDS/naked CDS with no reserves or pennies on the dollar. Banks were doing liar mortgages. People lied able income and assets and banks did not checking on the reality of them. Goldman Sachs called in on their CDS which AIG owned. AIG did not have enough cash. The Fed (pretty sure stepped in).
Obama passed the ARRA which was opposed by Republicans. Much of it got through but it was cut, not targeted correctly, and people whined about the debt and people being unemployed longer than expected. He wasn't a failure, he was a Black President stymied by Repubs for political and personal reasons.
Fast forward to 2020, Biden gets into office in spite of Repubs failing to fight an insurrection before it happened. They own this and they are jut s bad as those at the capitol on the 6th, There is no excuse for them or anyone else associated with trump not ratting on this to authorities.
I hold Bidden responsible for student loan issues. He may have learned the lessons from 2008. Everything he did to stimulate the economy has worked where with in two years we are just shy of employment being where it was prepandemic. The fiscal stimulus got into the right hands and people spent the economy back to prosperity. By far we are better off than we were in 2009/2010.
Yes we have inflation, much of it caused by supply chain issues. Some like automotive did the same thing they did in 2008. They did not maintain their orders for things like key fogs, doors and dashes, etc. So the tiers did not order. Just the start up at the NXPs, Panasonics, Infineons, etc. are a month to grow the wafers and a couple of months to bring those fab plants back on line. I lived the same issue in 2008. Company profits are yuge as trump might say.
Gasoline is high but not as high as 2008 when inflation is considered. If people would drive the speed limit, it would ease demand. I worry about healthcare for children and the extra funds going in their direction. That helped them and the economy a lot. We have Manchin blocking the BBB program as he preaches from his house boat "Almost Heaven" to kayaks below picketing him.
Maybe John Denver painted it a bit too rosy. West Virginia has one of the worst opioid problems in the United States. It is ranked near the bottom for living quality and has a decreasing population. Those programs Biden pushed helped West Virginia's population tremendously. There is an article "Senator Manchin Telling a Story" written by some guy called run75441. Good story about opioids and how we got to today.
Maybe I am full of crap (not in the things I am telling you) but in we have a chance to win big if people start to realize what happened after Biden took office. But Dems don't talk, we commiserate. If I did not understand the economics of all of this, I would be thinking just like you. Don't be down, push back.
We can win. This is not a catastrophe. Quite the opposite. It is very positive. Yes there is inflation, the majority caused by business interests. Biden did well.
Thanks Bill, you are right on point on so many things, and thanks for serving our country. Someday I hope to make it out to Arizona to visit that beautiful state once again. I have been active in politics my entire adult life. And you are right, we have had crises that theatened our way of life economically and constitutionally. As you brought up 2008 was 'yuge', hell, 1968, the year you joined the Marine Corps was a test, with King and RFK being assissinated within months of each other, the civil rights disconntent, the Vietnam War. But the constitution to me was always there like strong marble pillars that hold up a building. It held strong during the Nixon debacle, for example. I am going to continue to fight, to continue to be involved here in Pennsylvania (like Arizona without those pesky "cyber ninjas") to maintain democracy for my grandchildren. I live in a hotly contested congressional district and I am not cowering or bailing out! But it is somewhat depressing. Sounds like you grew up in the Northeast? I worked in NYC and lived in North Jersey just a couple years following your boilermaker story, and although I didn't actually see that stuff, I know it was happening. But I am getting off point. Your points on Biden are very well articulated by the way!
Don't be so sure Repubs will take over the majority this November. I have my fears too, but being sure of loss is not helpful. It only helps bring about what you expect.
This isn't an original thought, it's been expressed before, but seriously the Republican Party could have gotten rid of this goiter on the side of their necks during the last impeachment trial. I don't know how this will end, I am sure the R's will win the majority in the House of Representatives, and of course the investigation at the congressional level will end. And the Trump stain will remain with the Republican Party only in history books. Really sad thing is, it does prove that justice is not handed out evenly or equally. Elections going forward will be under a cloud. There is for the first time in my 68 years a feeling our 'Great Experiment' might be coming to an end. All because of one man's incredible ego, and his ability to take advantage of those who think tribally, forgetting the meaning of the pledge to the flag we all have made countless times: .......indivisable, with liberty and justice for all.
John:
Are you 68 years old or did you not count when you were young? I am 73 and have seen a lot in my 40-something years of working. I sometimes believe I walked uphill both ways to get to where I am today. I was in the Corps at 19 in 68 and that was old in many respects. I had worked with my dad as a laborer when I was 16 till I was 18 and than full time at 18. Those was some tough critters. Boilermakers for lunch and back to the scaffolds many flors up.
Do you remember 2007/8 when Wall Street blew up the economy and Main Street was hammered? We paid a horrendous price for Wall Street and banks gambling with CDS/naked CDS with no reserves or pennies on the dollar. Banks were doing liar mortgages. People lied able income and assets and banks did not checking on the reality of them. Goldman Sachs called in on their CDS which AIG owned. AIG did not have enough cash. The Fed (pretty sure stepped in).
Obama passed the ARRA which was opposed by Republicans. Much of it got through but it was cut, not targeted correctly, and people whined about the debt and people being unemployed longer than expected. He wasn't a failure, he was a Black President stymied by Repubs for political and personal reasons.
Fast forward to 2020, Biden gets into office in spite of Repubs failing to fight an insurrection before it happened. They own this and they are jut s bad as those at the capitol on the 6th, There is no excuse for them or anyone else associated with trump not ratting on this to authorities.
I hold Bidden responsible for student loan issues. He may have learned the lessons from 2008. Everything he did to stimulate the economy has worked where with in two years we are just shy of employment being where it was prepandemic. The fiscal stimulus got into the right hands and people spent the economy back to prosperity. By far we are better off than we were in 2009/2010.
Yes we have inflation, much of it caused by supply chain issues. Some like automotive did the same thing they did in 2008. They did not maintain their orders for things like key fogs, doors and dashes, etc. So the tiers did not order. Just the start up at the NXPs, Panasonics, Infineons, etc. are a month to grow the wafers and a couple of months to bring those fab plants back on line. I lived the same issue in 2008. Company profits are yuge as trump might say.
Gasoline is high but not as high as 2008 when inflation is considered. If people would drive the speed limit, it would ease demand. I worry about healthcare for children and the extra funds going in their direction. That helped them and the economy a lot. We have Manchin blocking the BBB program as he preaches from his house boat "Almost Heaven" to kayaks below picketing him.
Maybe John Denver painted it a bit too rosy. West Virginia has one of the worst opioid problems in the United States. It is ranked near the bottom for living quality and has a decreasing population. Those programs Biden pushed helped West Virginia's population tremendously. There is an article "Senator Manchin Telling a Story" written by some guy called run75441. Good story about opioids and how we got to today.
Maybe I am full of crap (not in the things I am telling you) but in we have a chance to win big if people start to realize what happened after Biden took office. But Dems don't talk, we commiserate. If I did not understand the economics of all of this, I would be thinking just like you. Don't be down, push back.
John:
We can win. This is not a catastrophe. Quite the opposite. It is very positive. Yes there is inflation, the majority caused by business interests. Biden did well.
Thanks Bill, you are right on point on so many things, and thanks for serving our country. Someday I hope to make it out to Arizona to visit that beautiful state once again. I have been active in politics my entire adult life. And you are right, we have had crises that theatened our way of life economically and constitutionally. As you brought up 2008 was 'yuge', hell, 1968, the year you joined the Marine Corps was a test, with King and RFK being assissinated within months of each other, the civil rights disconntent, the Vietnam War. But the constitution to me was always there like strong marble pillars that hold up a building. It held strong during the Nixon debacle, for example. I am going to continue to fight, to continue to be involved here in Pennsylvania (like Arizona without those pesky "cyber ninjas") to maintain democracy for my grandchildren. I live in a hotly contested congressional district and I am not cowering or bailing out! But it is somewhat depressing. Sounds like you grew up in the Northeast? I worked in NYC and lived in North Jersey just a couple years following your boilermaker story, and although I didn't actually see that stuff, I know it was happening. But I am getting off point. Your points on Biden are very well articulated by the way!
Don't be so sure Repubs will take over the majority this November. I have my fears too, but being sure of loss is not helpful. It only helps bring about what you expect.