https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/poll-us-boomers-support-tax-100500119.htmlIt's interesting that boomers overwhelmingly would want to increase taxes on the younger generation to fund their social security, but it might be even more interesting that the article chose to frame it as b
Step 1: Remove filters in Reflecting Pool because Obama put them in. Step 2: Give your criminal neighbor who runs "Greenwater Services" a $20 million no-bid contract to paint the pool. Step 3: Fill the pool with water from the Potomac River, the phosphates from which cause algae blooms. Step 4: Fres
On debating maga..."It's always been baked in to the maga agenda. Never believe that maga are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words re
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This slogan was masively popularized by Marx & Engels, your socialist heroes. It is, however, incorrect to believe your heroes coined the phrase. Nope, just like money, these socialists depended on another's cleverness and productivity. They merely borrowed the phrase, to the extent that the tru
Actually some insightful wisdom hunter be spitting (if its really from him)I'm not running for office. But if I were, these are some of the lessons I'd take away from what happened in NY yesterday. 1. Authenticity is measurable. Voters can smell a focus group from a mile away. 2. Endorsements from t
The Fall of the New RomeIs the United States the new "Rome"? If so, can America be saved, or must it fall victim to the forces of fascism, corporate plutocracy and tyranny? Is there a way out, to return to democracy and freedom? This blog explores the political, social and spiritual issues that affe
A Market-Based Universal Healthcare Guarantee: A Proposal for a Universal Catastrophic Coverage Public OptionIntroduction: Protecting Americans Without Replacing American HealthcareThe United States does not need to choose between two extremes: a healthcare system where people can be financially des
The title of this thread is there aren't successful laissez faire countriesConservatives often argue that there are no successful socialist countries. But by the same logic, there are also no successful purely capitalist countries. Virtually every prosperous nation operates with some mix of markets
Y'all hang that "DEMOCRAT" flag in front of socialism, and you think that makes it a different philosophy? Bullshyte. The only difference is that the donkey is now pulling a failed cart. That is what socialism is: FAILED. Failed because it has never, ever, ever been able to sustain itself in 178 yea
This particular case beforee the Supreme Court to reach a decision on whether or not the original framers of the14th Amendment citrizenship clause [Clause 1] intended what has been determned by US v. Wong Kim Ark in 1898, and this case today, let alone several cases in between. This case was not an
Conservatives often argue that there are no successful socialist countries. But by the same logic, there are also no successful purely capitalist countries. Virtually every prosperous nation operates with some mix of markets and government programs rather than adhering to either extreme.It's not as
From ai...There's nothing inherently impossible about a government-sponsored retirement match. It's a policy choice rather than an economic impossibility.For example, the government could create a program like:* For every $1 you contribute to a retirement account (such as a 401(k) or IRA), the gover
"Big Tent" has found it's way into simultaneous Democrat mouths, mostly to include its sudden embracae of socialism. Sorry, "democratic" socialism. There is, apparently, a difference, though the difference is hardly measurable. If you disagree on meassnurement, please provide the tool used, assuring
They would rather have broad based prosperity than prosperity by a select few who can achieve it right? Assuming thats the case why do you focus so much on outliers and rich people, why dont you focus on policies that promote broad based prosperity?If they dont want broad based prosperity why not?
with someone like trump, even if it was proven beyond doubt he was a rapist I doubt it would change polling too much. I think both parties kinda assume he's a perverted deviant already. I dont even know how much the Epstein stuff would take him down if the claims were better proven.
It's really weird that Democrats in this forum didn't bring this subject up considering it's an unacceptable behavior from a president of one of the host countries of the FIFA World Cup.I know Americans don't give a shit about football, so-called soccer by them, so I'll give a short explanation of w
No. Bans do not, in fact, reduce the number of abortions. This has been known for a long time, yet we as an ignorant collective dimly continue to push for the same failed strategy thinking, 'this time it will be different'. Surpise - it isnt. If reducing abortion is really the goal (which I question
Does Graham Platner think he's a Republican or what?Rape and neo-Nazi, those are considered qualifying attributes with Republicans, if you add pedophile, they might even elect him President.In the Democratic party those things are disqualifying, he needs to step down, and then do the right thing and
"Replace the two-party system with a multi-party democracy. Expand the House of Representatives, implement proportional representation and ranked choice voting in all elections, and abolish the Senate." - DSA https://program.dsausa.org/No Democrats and no Republicans. A "two-party system" DSA allege
"You have no debt. You don’t need health insurance. You don’t pay a mortgage or have a landlord, because comfortable housing is a human right. Your retirement is publicly funded. Food, education, energy, medicine, and transportation aren’t for-profit businesses; they are common goods and utilities."
Part 3: "Your day off""Maybe in the morning, you walk your kids to school, run errands, or go to a doctor’s appointment. In the afternoon, you might play a sport, practice a new skill, read, plan a trip. In the evening, you could meet up with friends or family and eat together, maybe go to the movie
Bold claim I know, but hear me out.As recently as even a few months ago I would have said no way, but now I’ve actually moved to thinking it’s more likely than not. Here’s the case for;Come 2027, Trump will officially become a lame duck. Republicans will be looking to 2028 and realizing that Trump’s
Part 4: "A socialist day off could be like any good day now.""...what if you were free to spend your time how you like without worrying about cost or dreading going back to work? What if you didn’t have to think about paying rent or loans at the end of the month, or saving for college, or affording
Part 5: "Our [DSA] Perspective:" Beirut, Bulldozers & Billionaires"The world is in chaos... We can see their plan in the countless heartbreaking images coming out of war zones like Beirut, Gaza, and Tehran. We can hear it in the rumble of bulldozers making way to build detention camps and data c
Part 7: "Our [DSA] Perspective:" Working fighters"We are workers fighting to transform society: to win the battle for democracy, draft a new constitution, and create a democratic socialist republic." - DSA https://program.dsausa.org/Recall when some Democrats, from which this DSA branches, cried fou
Part 8: "What We Fight For" Freedom to Flourish"Expand public resources to support recreation, learning, and social spaces accessible to all. Establish paid family leave for all workers, a 32-hour work week with full pay and benefits, and a living minimum wage. Provide free, quality public education
Part 6: "Our [DSA] Perspective:" Conspiracy theories "Rather than fixing our broken healthcare system, they push snake oil and circulate conspiracy theories. The Republicans are in on it, the Democratic Party is asleep at the wheel, and both are funded by the same criminal class of billionaires and
"End the legacies of slavery and colonialism. Reinforce anti-discrimination laws. Honor all treaties and tribal sovereignty. Enact reparations and massively invest in good jobs, quality housing, and infrastructure in neglected minority communities." - DSA https://program.dsausa.org/Memo: The XIIIth,
Part 12: "What We Fight For" End Mass Incarceration and Police Immunity"Demilitarize police departments, disempower police unions, and redirect funding to public services as steps towards fully abolishing the police and prison system which protects the rich and jails the poor. Treat drug addiction a
