Trump becoming presidential

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=EconProf]
Keep it up guys. You are helping Trump win reelection.[/quote]
Isn’t that what you want? So why write a paragraph bitchimg about something you’re surely glad about.

Econprof’s comment shows how the right wing has given up on reason. All the more ironic, coming for an economics professor. Republicans now believe that nationalism and identity politics can solve technocratic problems.

As an American, I am a sad that the ugly side of our country has been unmasked and enabled
As a citizen, of the world, I’d be kinda glad if Trump gets elected again. The decline of America will show the deplorables some humility. It won’t be bad for the world when real Americans are contained for lack of resources and lack of credibility.

As to Trump’s speech, I love the socialism bit. I say, go for it. Let the deplorables have a good dose of real capitalism to see how they cope. Let’s have some market based economics and stop subsidizing and compelling private companies to service sparsely populated areas.

Personally love AOC’s green new deal because ideologically it excludes the deplorables. They will need to eat a lot of humble pie before they apply for green jobs, drive electric cars, or use LED lights.

[EconProf]

So far, these comments merely make my point.
Trump Derangement Syndrome
More please.

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[quote=EconProf]So far, these comments merely make my point.
Trump Derangement Syndrome
More please.[/quote]

Ha! Exactly as I thought.

And also exactly like all the other right-wing nutjobs who run away when confronted with reason and logic. You’ve got nothing, and it shows.

[outtamojo]

While we are name-calling, what are we calling the opposite of Trump derangement syndrome?

Wanting to vote for someone to “hit back at Ca. harder” is kinda nut-jobbish especially when Ca is admittedly the best place to make your family nut.

[The-Shoveler]

What the heck do LED lights have to do with anything LOL?

Seriously I get them for less than a dollar each these days.

Seems like this election season should be very entertaining with both sides making c##p up LOL.

Seriously this could break the country seems everyone is so desperate about something, everyone go to the extreme, don’t listen to the other side LOL…

[spdrun]

I hope it does break the country — California may be better off on its own, without having a millstone around its neck.

[Coronita]

Hate him as much as you do, but my prediction is Trump is going to win a second term for 2 reasons.

1. There are way too many democrat candidates, and will end up splitting the votes.

2. Many of them are ridiculously crazy and do come across as extreme socialists.

AOC is definitely not helping… She’s nuts. The Green Deal is nuts. Even Bill Gates thinks she and it is nuts… And it’s making the Democrats look like they are nuts.

A lot of Trump haters haven’t come to the rationale thought yet….But there are a handful of democrat leaders that if elected would be far more detrimental to the US than Trump could be… Can you imagine someone like AOC at the helm? Insane. And it’s because of all these people in the spotlight representing the Democrat party , a lot of voters are going to vote the other way even if they don’t like Trump…or not vote at all.

[The-Shoveler]

“Hate him as much as you do, but my prediction is Trump is going to win a second term for 2 reasons.”

1) No Stupid wars.

2) Peace and prosperity are worth something.

Other than that I think the guy is actually nuts too.

[Coronita]

[quote=The-Shoveler]”Hate him as much as you do, but my prediction is Trump is going to win a second term for 2 reasons.”

1) No Stupid wars.

2) Peace and prosperity are worth something.

Other than that I think the guy is actually nuts too.[/quote]

I didn’t say he wasn’t. I just think this country’s leadership fell off the rocker….

I’m laughing at AOC like nutjobs and things like the Green Deal. Did folks read it? Trump is correct. it’s nuts.

Let’s fast track affirmative action for everything too… lol….

These days I enjoy my life with my net worth reserves. I figure if they come after it, I’ll spend it all or convert it to gold and pretend to be broke and have no money. let government take care of me.

[The-Shoveler]

“I figure if they come after it, I’ll spend it all or convert it to gold and pretend to be broke and have no money. let government take care of me.”

That is actually not too far fetched LOL.

That is what a lot of Chinese did during Mao’s rule.

If they elect one of these AOC types I would not be too surprised to see housing nationalized. (happened in Iran).

[scaredyclassic]

i am 100 perc. behind the green new deal.

i read it …well most of it.

fuck cars.

[The-Shoveler]

Yea it’s all kumbaya an all,

But I think it will pretty much mean the nationalization of just about everything.

Kind of like China in some degrees, You only own anything at the pleasure of the gov.

[spdrun]

The Green New Deal is not meant as a serious proposal — it’s meant to “ask for 100 things and get 5% of it done.” I admire AOC, she’s single-handedly pushing the Overton Window in the US to the left.

Bullshit on the “nationalization of everything…”

Why does everyone conflate social democracy with Chinese or Soviet-style authoritarianism? Nationalize housing? Please. You know that the US home-ownership rate is only middle of the pack — most social-democratic countries (hell, even China), have a higher rate than the USA?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_home_ownership_rate

If people don’t have to worry about $500/mo health insurance premiums and $10,000 deductibles, maybe they may actually be able to afford a mortgage. What a thought!!!

[Coronita]

so… for argument sake. what is the big deal about constructing a border wall? Aside from being a wasteful use of funds, it’s not like our federal state local governments don’t waste money in general. For example, the CA bullet train that just got canned more or less.

It the resistance to a border wall more symbolic versus the actual cost?

[spdrun]

The bullet train isn’t a waste of funds — the construction was just grossly mismanaged. A French or Chinese consortium could have done it at 1/4 the cost, but no, we have to “buy American.”

I suspect that’s the idea — have the corrupt US contractors build it Merced to Bakersfield, and have a foreign company with actual experience build from Bakersfield to LA. Tracks already exist from Oakland to Merced. With lighter off-the-shelf European trains now being allowed by Federal law, this section could be electrified and used for the northern section to SF, with the “last mile” being along the Bay Bridge.

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