Wake Up, America! Wake Up! PLEASE!!
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your tv is russian........comes with being a republicanHEY - did you Dems notice Biden green lighted P.utin to invade the Ukraine ?????!!
I did
Democrats Are Better Than Republicans
1. Historical data from up to 70 years
1. Debt and Deficit. In the past 17 Presidential terms , nine were GOP led and eight Democratic. Of nine GOP Presidents, six added to debt/GDP and deficit/GDP as a percent. The only three that did not, had a Democratic House and Senate. Of eight Democrats, each one, reduced deficit/GDP and debt/GDP as a percent. That is 66 years of rhetoric of fiscal responsibility with zero net results for GOP. What makes matters even worse, is the fact that the president who added a historical 20.7% to the debt has one unique aspect of his presidency ā President G. W. Bush had a GOP majority House and Senate.
2. Spending. The Republican Party often talks about financial responsibility, but did you know that since 1978-2011, spending has gone up 9.9% under Democrats versus 12.1% under GOP .
3. Federal Debt. Republicans love to tell us how they will not close tax loopholes on millionaires and billionaires, yet never bring to our attention that from 1978-2011 debt went up 4.2% under Democrats versus 36.4% under the GOP.
4. GDP. The only thing that the Democrats have a higher numerical yield than the GOP led administrations, is the GDP. Itās a good thing to have it at 12.6% versus a GOP 10.7%. From 1960 to 2005 the gross domestic product measured in year-2000 dollars rose an average of $165 billion a year under Republican presidents and $212 billion a year under Democrats.
5. Big Government. Federal spending (aka ābig governmentā): It has gone up an average of about $50 billion a year under presidents of both parties. But that breaks down as $35 billion a year under Democratic presidents and $60 billion under Republicans. If you assume that it takes a year for a presidentās policies to take effect, Democrats have raised spending by $40 billion a year and Republicans by $55 billion.
6. Federal Deficit. Under Republican presidents since 1960, the federal deficit has averaged $131 billion a year. Under Democrats, that figure is $30 billion. In an average Republican year, the deficit has grown by $36 billion. In the average Democratic year it has shrunk by $25 billion.
7. National Debt. The national debt has gone up more than $200 billion a year under Republican presidents and less than $100 billion a year under Democrats.
8. Inflation and Unemployment. Democratic presidents have a better record on inflation (averaging 3.13 percent compared with 3.89 percent for Republicans) and on unemployment (5.33 percent versus 6.38 percent). Unemployment went down in the average Democratic year, up in the average Republican one.
Outcome: Based on the data, Democrats have had a much more successful run when it comes to economy, job creation, debt and deficit, and shockingly, even spending.
Plain facts, but what about the qualitative data. Letās look at some of the best aspects of economy, and drill-down to specific presidencies to see which one added what to the economy. I look at the pivotal economic factors and researched which president added:
1. Greatest gross domestic product (GDP) growth?
2. Biggest jobs increase?
3. Best after-tax personal disposable income rise?
4. Highest industrial production growth?
5. The lowest Misery Index, which is inflation plus unemployment?
6. The lowest inflation?
7. The largest federal budget deficit reduction?
There answers are, if you are done guessing? Okay , here are the answers: 1. Clinton; 2. Truman; 3. Carter; 4. Johnson; 5. Kennedy; 6. Truman; 7. Truman; 8. Clinton.
Outcome: It is also a Democratic sweep.
So, now you are thinking two things. One, this does not mean too much because it takes time for a Presidentās policies to come into effect and two, what about Obama since this is all in the past?
To address our first question, I gathered this information: First, the analyses presented above took into account the transition time to for policies to kick-in and factored in relative adjustments. Plus, I find it hard to believe that it was just a fluke a that six of nine GOP Presidents failed in terms of GDP and Debt, and not even one of eight Democrats did. So I wanted to look at GOP Presidents that followed at least two GOP terms and Democratic Presidents that followed at least two Democratic terms. Here is the verdict: Truman, who followed two Democratic terms and still succeeded in all areas of economy, while Bush senior, who followed two Republican terms still added to debt and deficit through excessive spending.
Outcome: This highlights an interesting point that somehow Democrats who follow Democrats still outperform economically, and Republicans who followed GOP presidents somehow still failed to perform in absence of policies of the other party impacting them anymore.
Now, the second part, Obama. So, some people who supported him in 2008 are fed up a little. He shows no leadership in the face of stiff tea party politics. But here is the truth about the man who promised you to pass the health care reform, who promised you to repeal Donāt Ask Donāt Tell, who promised you that, while it will take time, he will slow down economic failure and he promised you that he will do everything to keep manufacturing jobs in the US. In his defense, he did all of that and then some.
He passed the Health Care Reform Act. He repealed the discriminatory DADT policy. Since he has become president, he has already created more net jobs in his first two years than Bush administration did in 8 years altogether. While GDP growth is slow, it has been positive now for 8 straight quarters since the stimulus was passed, which also worked. Not to mention, Obama inherited an economy in a wreck where the GDP had fallen to over 8.8 percent, the banking industry has just collapsed, two wars were going on for about seven years, and above all, he took over from a President who had raised the debt ceiling a historic, record six times while taking a 53% debt at the beginning of his first term and transforming it into an 84% by the end. According to my research, the Obama administration added more jobs to the economy than eight years of the former President Bush did. The GDP has now been positive for 8 straight quarters bouncing from a negative 8.8%.
Obama extended Bush bailouts and bailed out the auto industry because many US jobs were at risk and our auto industry was soon to become foreign at the hands of global buy outs. Well, this past May, Chrysler paid off its loans . The American auto industry is still American, those jobs in the Mid West still exist. Obama, despite the roughest opposition that any president has faced, still did all he promised. But, here is an eye-opening compilation on more: See what else Obama has done. Also, I must include the fact that we have half as many troops in Iraq, a 2014 plan to be out of Afghanistan, and Osama bin Laden is dead. You donāt need a hyperlink for that, do you? Oh, and he also became the first president ever to have to deal with a distraction of proving, through his birth certificate, that he is an American.
I would like to make one more really important point here because a lot of Republicans often cite their desire to vote for GOP candidates despite their stiff opposition to social and civil freedoms in exchange of offering small government. It is a fact that as Americans we are living in the time of the smallest government in half a century. We are paying the lowest taxes, some of the largest free-trade agreements, and a proposal to pay even lower corporate taxes, small business reliefs, and to lower income taxes down from 6.2% offered by President Bush to 3.2% proposed by Obama and the democrats. It is even mentioned in a post at FOX News.
Outcome: The Obama administration has done everything they promised to do when elected, socially and economically. Democrats have failed to improve the economy but have been very successful in creating jobs and avoiding further economic slip. Actually, this administration has now added over three million jobs in 23 straight months of positive employment gains. 2010 and 2011 also mark the first years since 1997 to see positive gains in manufacturing jobs, as shown in this interactive graph. Additionally, March 2012 marks the month in which the Nasdaq hit 3,000 mark for the first time since dot-com bubble. The Dow Jones hit 13,000 for the first time, growing at 63% under Obama which is the fifth best for any president, and the S&P 500 hit 1,400 for the first time since 2008 showing a remarkable economic recovery on the free-floating capital indexes.
Living standard review of GOP vs. Democratic states
Finally, itās not fair to highlight just money issues. How about the living standards? None of us desire to live in poverty, food scarcity, without health insurance or earn below a minimum wage. Here is an eye-opening part of my analysis that truly shook me.
The worst standards of living are in states that have Republican legislatures. One can argue that it is just that the poor in the deep South that vote a GOP heavy legislature, but when coupled with all the economic statistics listed above, that argument starts to appear very vulnerable. These conservative states have highest poverty levels despite having all GOP fiscal policies in place, for example:
Poverty. Not even one liberal state has over an 18% poverty rate ā six GOP states including Texas do. Labor Abuse. Not even one liberal state has over 8% of its population being abused through earning lower than minimum wage, but nine GOP states do including Texas. Food Insecurity. Not even one liberal state has over 17% of its population living āfood insecure.ā Four conservative states do, including Texas. Healthcare Access. Not even one liberal state has over 20% of population living without health insurance but four GOP states do, again, including Texas.This study highlights how a huge population of Texans live under an extreme poverty-stricken climate earning below minimum wage, without health insurance access, and without access to daily food while being abused as workers.
Outcome: While GOP policies seem exciting in rhetoric, when given full liberty to implement them through a Republican controlled legislature like the one in the southern states, they are very ineffective. When Democratic financial policies are given full freedom of being implemented, like in the liberal states, they have been much more effective.
I already explained the GOP vs Democrats on social issues in my other post , through which we understand some fundamental differences such as democrats wanting to legalize gay marriage while GOP candidates run clinics to cure gays, GOP candidates working on legislation to criminalize gays and ban gay marriage, GOP legislation to outlaw Islam, and so on and so forth. But, about economic report, here is a recap and conclusion.
1. GOP Presidents have failed, Democrats have not. Historically over last six decades, Democrats have been consistently successful economically, while six of nine Republicans have failed. Keeping in mind the argument that policies of previous administrations haunt the following, the Democrat Truman that followed two Democratic terms still reduced debt and deficit, the Republican, Bush senior, that followed two Republican terms, still added to both.
2. GOP States have lowest living standards, Democratic states do not.
3. Obama has done what he promised and the economy is getting better. It is just hard to climb out of a financial black hole overnight. He still created more jobs than lost, delivered eight straight positive GDP quarters, and the debt that was growing at $3.65 trillion over four years, is now slowed down to about $1.6 trillion. You were not expecting him to change the economy overnight; I know I was not.
4. The GOP offers rhetoric, Democrats offer plans. I will really back this one for you through solid examples. Remember the debt crisis? Democrats took into account an earlier GOP report in which the GOP stated that the most optimum for economic growth is a deficit reduction plan that has an 85-15 split between cuts and revenues. Democrats offered an 83-17 with $6 in cuts for just $1 in return in tax loophole expiration on millionaires and billionaires. It was a mammoth $4 trillion debt reduction offer. The GOP walked away from it, and failed to offer an alternative. Similarly, remember Heathcare reform? Democrats took a major step by offering a plan under which most Americans would be covered, people would be allowed to stay on parentsā insurance after college graduation, insurance companies will no longer be able to increase cost or drop people after an illness, neither will they be able to refuse insurance to people with a preexisting condition. The GOP is currently running on an agenda to repeal that. The GOP alternative? It does not exist.
5. Democrats are willing to sacrifice, the GOP has evolved into a party of āAlways Noā. The shared Retirement Sacrifice Act of 2011 , which would require lawmakers to wait until the age of 66 to collect their pensions and take a pay cut has been introduced by an Ohio Democrat. Her logic is that congress should also take a pay cut and delayed retirement like other Americans do. Do you know why her simple bill is not passing? The GOP has it blocked. Additionally, as the Democrats fight to raise the age and reduce benefits for themselves and their GOP peers, Rep. John Fleming (LA), a republican responded to a proposed tax loophole expiration on millionaires and billionaires by saying that āby the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over.ā Thus, fighting against another democratic plan.
6. Democrats reform, GOP wants to take a step back without reform. Last election Democrats offered ideas that would alter the future such as Healthcare reform, the repeal of donāt ask donāt tell, creation of anti-discriminatory laws, Postal Services Reform which is happening right now, lower taxes on small businesses, tax write-offs on first 104K paid in employee salary for large businesses, and increase education funding to keep Americaās edge. Have you notices the GOP platform this year? It has been: Repeal Healthcare reform, repeal the end of Donāt Ask Donāt Tell, ban gay marriage, ban building of Islamic religious institutions, block tax reform on millionaires and billionaires, block the jobs act, block deficit reduction plans, abolish the Department of Education, and abolish the EPA. Do you notice a trend? Itās a step back through repeal without alternatives or abolishing of institutions without an alternative plan.
Certainly, I understand these are politics, and all GOP donations come from big businesses but to letting Americaās credit rating fall to protect millionaires and billionaires just because the 2012 election is on the horizon is probably not the best approach for America. While a Democratic donation averages $69 and comes from every day Americans, GOP donations average large sums from huge lobby groups and in order to be competitive the GOP has to protect its interests. But at the end of the day, we hire politicians not to win but to make America succeed. I want you to take these facts into account, remember, you are the CEO and you have a choice to make. I exhort you to make that choice keeping our social freedoms and financial facts into account.
I exhort you to educate yourself. When the GOP tells you that they want to lower taxes on millionaires and billionaires and cut education funding and corporate regulations to help the economy grow, understand that capitalism is not pro-business, it is pro-consumer. Businesses thrive with regulation and demand it. Understand that the GOP wants to cut educational funding because we see a direct link between higher education and an increase in more liberal voting patterns. Please understand that tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires do not funnel into an economic spur, as one of the best investors Warren Buffet, who saved GE, Goldman Sachs, and now the Bank of America from a colossal collapse explains
I have presented you past data, current policies, poverty statistics, and current party agendas. I wanted to just ask myself one last litmus test question. What have GOP and Democratic states added to America to see what kind of societies GOP versus Democratic governments create? If GOP economics really work, then we should see them work in states where we vote GOP legislatures and vice versa for Democratic states.
From the entertainment industry based in California to IT in Silicon Valley, each one of the Ivy League schools to Health Care and Life Sciences industry based in Philadelphia-NJ area, from banking based in NYC to the services hub in Boston, and all the way down to high-tech in Seattle, almost all of Americaās progress comes from liberal states. But what is even more shocking is that a lot of southern progress happened in places like Atlanta, with large telecommunicationsā industry development post 1996 Olympics, where about majority of Atlantaās population is liberal and ascends from the north east. The truth is, this alone is a litmus test. Democrats have financially outperformed GOP governments economically and are offering actual plans as opposed to simple repeal ideas. Republicans have carved societies that are drastically behind in economic, living standards, or academic progress.
The Black And White Numbers ā Democrats Are Better Than ...
https://addictinginfo.com/2012/06/02/the-black-and...Jun 02, 2012 Ā· Section 1.Historical data from up to 70 years Debt and Deficit. In the past 17 Presidential terms, nine were GOP led and eight Democratic.Of nine GOP Presidents, six added to debt/GDP and deficit/GDP as a percent. The only three that did not, had a Democratic House and Senate.
What have Republicans actually accomplished for America in the last 40 years?
They have created a racist homophobic state. They have divided the country like it has not been divided since the civil war, They were on the verge of creating a theocracy with Trump as the dictator. They blatantly stole two SC seats. They allowed Trump to bring the good name of the USA to a new low point internationally. They allowed a compulsive lying narcissist to attack the press and the judiciary and the office of the presidency itself. They created the atmosphere that brought about the attempted coup on January 6th. They accomplished all of this in just 4 years.
Republicans have plenty of satisfying accomplishments. The problem is that these accomplishments will not be felt by most people in the United States. Most if not all legislation by Republicans have limited, reduced, eliminated, shrunk, or removed what ever was already given to most Americans in some way or fashion.
As you can see, even the most fervent of your other answers canāt think of anything. Their goal in life has been āthe party of noā for most of that time. Whatever the Democrats want, do the opposite. Which makes them re-active, not pro-active.
I admit, I had to write this answer after thinking for a really long time. But I can come up with one thing that the Republicans accomplished in the last 40 years. They started the War on ******* which led to the opening of several private for-profit prisons across the country. A lot of non-violent ******* users got locked up in prison. Violent crime exploded, criminal enterprises and street gangs became powerful with a net worth higher than some poor countries, and billions of dollars were wasted in over-policing of black and brown neighborhoods, also leading to an increase in racial profiling and police *******.
But hey, at least the Republicans gained a few more wealthy donors, like the private prisons!
Turned the mass of Americans into debt-ridden slaves with no job security, stagnant pay, and decaying or absent fringe benefits.
Further enriched the top 1%, to whom they have sold their souls.
The only purposes of the GOP are to mock libearls, and to cut taxes on the oligarchs.
They expanded gun rights and fundamentally changed how we tax the corporations and the wealthy. They also made racism and conspiracy theories mainstream as well.
Letās see: totally crashed the economy TWICE, got into an unjustified and badly executed warāaka the worst foreign policy mistake in American history, tortured POWs breaking international law and our own treaty commitments, failed to deal with worst pandemic in 100 years, tried to overturn a presidential election for the first time in history. Etc.
Well according to ex-President Trump, China intentionally launched a germ warfare campaign that resulted in the deaths of over 1/2 million Americans on American soil and he did nothing about it. No other President can make that claim.
The Republicans started two major wars, created the Iran Contra Scandal, broke the law and outed a CIA spy, created a failed social welfare program (No babyās Left Behind), and kindled race baiting during presidential campaigns. To learn more about this, look up Lee Atwater. Most recently, Republicans (it canāt all be blamed on Trump) are responsible for over 80% of the deaths due to coronavirus, according to Trumpās White House coordinator for Covid, plus a devastated economy. Talking about devastated economies, the Republicans achieved this twice in twelve years, if one counts the Great Recession. The Republican economics achievements are further burnished by their role in making the Great Depression an even greater depression than it otherwise would have been. So, is there any doubt about what Trump meant by āMake America Great Againā? Thatās a most impressive and attractive record if you are one of Americaās adversaries. Most recently, the Republicans are credited with creating the conditions that led to the January 6 assault on the US Government at the Capitol and for taking actions to make it harder for Americans to vote. The Republicans can arguably be credited with the creation of Fox News, a major peddler of falsehoods and race baiting. Fox is the brainchild of Roger Ailes, the longtime Republican Party consultant.
Depending on whether you were wealthy, or low income or working class. The wealthy have the Republicans buttering them up with huge tax breaks and huge non repayable grants that were suppose to help create jobs which most just used to buy up shareholders existing shares in their companies so they got even huge profits As for the working person well they did very little , small benefit cheque as they knew it wouldn't cover ******* all and no help to raise the wages to a proper living wage. Paying Low wages keep their wealthy friends happy so if you are rich and do not need the money the Republicans are willing to give it to you. The rest get very little but the Republicans would have the working class pay for everything and the low income they want them to just shrivel up and dissappear so they will cut what little they do get. Only the Rich who don't need help get anything from the Republican governments and other then them no one benefits.
How do Republican voters feel after a full Republican Administration gives up so quickly on repealing ACA after spending 7 years complaining about it?
Actually, the Republicans have had 46 (!) years to come up with a plan. The last Republican administration to even attempt a plan was the Nixon administration, who submitted his National Health Strategy to Congress, way back in 1971. Needless to say, he was soundly rebuffed by his own party, too beholden to business interests.
Remember, the GOP is the self-professed party of the ājob creators.ā Sounds great, right? Of course, what that means in practice is that they are the party of āwealth creators.ā But donāt think for even one minute that the wealth they ācreateā is for everyone. No, itās reserved for corporate interests and the investor class.
Over the last 50 years, weāve seen the cost of health care skyrocket. A major illness can actually bankrupt a middle class family, even one with reasonably good health insurance. Why? There are a multitude of entities who all have their hands out, all looking to get a bigger piece of the pie. Gigantic insurance behemoths take ever-increasing premiums from their insured, then do their level best to minimize payouts on claims, all while requiring mountains of pre-authorizations and paperwork, paperwork that creates unnecessary burdens on health care organizations, providers, and insureds alike. Large healthcare organizations hire more and more executives, all with an eye to increasing their own return on investment. And Big Pharma charges obscene amounts for medications that are readily available just across our northern border for a fraction of the cost. These and other factors all add to the continually skyrocketing cost of both healthcare and health insurance.
The GOP and its surrogates continue to spin that the Affordable Care Act - aka Obamacare - is solely responsible for double-digit increases in premiums, but I remember vividly the annual increases of 30% and even 40%, all throughout the 80s and 90s. Itās nothing new, and it has nothing to do with the Affordable Care Act. Want to look somewhere? Look at executive compensation in both the insurance industry and Big Pharma, to see one area of unchecked - and unwarranted - growth.
Once again, lip service aside, the GOP is concerned only about protecting the interests of those entities that finance their campaigns. And, with the GOP in control of both the White House and Congress, that is now translating into fewer regulations that protect the consumer, and significant tax reductions that primarily impact corporations and the wealthy, while shifting the burden to a shrinking middle class.
Sadly, the truth of the matter seldom makes its way into the consciousness of the Republican voting base, whoāve been fed 2 decades worth of outright lies by their primary sources of ānews,ā Fox News and other similar information outlets. So, of course, theyāll blame Obamaā¦ because thatās exactly what they are being told to do.
there is plenty more....but doubt any of you have the attention span of a turd roller
They have created a racist homophobic state. They have divided the country like it has not been divided since the civil war, They were on the verge of creating a theocracy with Trump as the dictator. They blatantly stole two SC seats. They allowed Trump to bring the good name of the USA to a new low point internationally. They allowed a compulsive lying narcissist to attack the press and the judiciary and the office of the presidency itself. They created the atmosphere that brought about the attempted coup on January 6th. They accomplished all of this in just 4 years.
Republicans have plenty of satisfying accomplishments. The problem is that these accomplishments will not be felt by most people in the United States. Most if not all legislation by Republicans have limited, reduced, eliminated, shrunk, or removed what ever was already given to most Americans in some way or fashion.
As you can see, even the most fervent of your other answers canāt think of anything. Their goal in life has been āthe party of noā for most of that time. Whatever the Democrats want, do the opposite. Which makes them re-active, not pro-active.
I admit, I had to write this answer after thinking for a really long time. But I can come up with one thing that the Republicans accomplished in the last 40 years. They started the War on ******* which led to the opening of several private for-profit prisons across the country. A lot of non-violent ******* users got locked up in prison. Violent crime exploded, criminal enterprises and street gangs became powerful with a net worth higher than some poor countries, and billions of dollars were wasted in over-policing of black and brown neighborhoods, also leading to an increase in racial profiling and police *******.
But hey, at least the Republicans gained a few more wealthy donors, like the private prisons!
Turned the mass of Americans into debt-ridden slaves with no job security, stagnant pay, and decaying or absent fringe benefits.
Further enriched the top 1%, to whom they have sold their souls.
The only purposes of the GOP are to mock libearls, and to cut taxes on the oligarchs.
They expanded gun rights and fundamentally changed how we tax the corporations and the wealthy. They also made racism and conspiracy theories mainstream as well.
Letās see: totally crashed the economy TWICE, got into an unjustified and badly executed warāaka the worst foreign policy mistake in American history, tortured POWs breaking international law and our own treaty commitments, failed to deal with worst pandemic in 100 years, tried to overturn a presidential election for the first time in history. Etc.
Well according to ex-President Trump, China intentionally launched a germ warfare campaign that resulted in the deaths of over 1/2 million Americans on American soil and he did nothing about it. No other President can make that claim.
The Republicans started two major wars, created the Iran Contra Scandal, broke the law and outed a CIA spy, created a failed social welfare program (No babyās Left Behind), and kindled race baiting during presidential campaigns. To learn more about this, look up Lee Atwater. Most recently, Republicans (it canāt all be blamed on Trump) are responsible for over 80% of the deaths due to coronavirus, according to Trumpās White House coordinator for Covid, plus a devastated economy. Talking about devastated economies, the Republicans achieved this twice in twelve years, if one counts the Great Recession. The Republican economics achievements are further burnished by their role in making the Great Depression an even greater depression than it otherwise would have been. So, is there any doubt about what Trump meant by āMake America Great Againā? Thatās a most impressive and attractive record if you are one of Americaās adversaries. Most recently, the Republicans are credited with creating the conditions that led to the January 6 assault on the US Government at the Capitol and for taking actions to make it harder for Americans to vote. The Republicans can arguably be credited with the creation of Fox News, a major peddler of falsehoods and race baiting. Fox is the brainchild of Roger Ailes, the longtime Republican Party consultant.
Depending on whether you were wealthy, or low income or working class. The wealthy have the Republicans buttering them up with huge tax breaks and huge non repayable grants that were suppose to help create jobs which most just used to buy up shareholders existing shares in their companies so they got even huge profits As for the working person well they did very little , small benefit cheque as they knew it wouldn't cover ******* all and no help to raise the wages to a proper living wage. Paying Low wages keep their wealthy friends happy so if you are rich and do not need the money the Republicans are willing to give it to you. The rest get very little but the Republicans would have the working class pay for everything and the low income they want them to just shrivel up and dissappear so they will cut what little they do get. Only the Rich who don't need help get anything from the Republican governments and other then them no one benefits.
How do Republican voters feel after a full Republican Administration gives up so quickly on repealing ACA after spending 7 years complaining about it?
Actually, the Republicans have had 46 (!) years to come up with a plan. The last Republican administration to even attempt a plan was the Nixon administration, who submitted his National Health Strategy to Congress, way back in 1971. Needless to say, he was soundly rebuffed by his own party, too beholden to business interests.
Remember, the GOP is the self-professed party of the ājob creators.ā Sounds great, right? Of course, what that means in practice is that they are the party of āwealth creators.ā But donāt think for even one minute that the wealth they ācreateā is for everyone. No, itās reserved for corporate interests and the investor class.
Over the last 50 years, weāve seen the cost of health care skyrocket. A major illness can actually bankrupt a middle class family, even one with reasonably good health insurance. Why? There are a multitude of entities who all have their hands out, all looking to get a bigger piece of the pie. Gigantic insurance behemoths take ever-increasing premiums from their insured, then do their level best to minimize payouts on claims, all while requiring mountains of pre-authorizations and paperwork, paperwork that creates unnecessary burdens on health care organizations, providers, and insureds alike. Large healthcare organizations hire more and more executives, all with an eye to increasing their own return on investment. And Big Pharma charges obscene amounts for medications that are readily available just across our northern border for a fraction of the cost. These and other factors all add to the continually skyrocketing cost of both healthcare and health insurance.
The GOP and its surrogates continue to spin that the Affordable Care Act - aka Obamacare - is solely responsible for double-digit increases in premiums, but I remember vividly the annual increases of 30% and even 40%, all throughout the 80s and 90s. Itās nothing new, and it has nothing to do with the Affordable Care Act. Want to look somewhere? Look at executive compensation in both the insurance industry and Big Pharma, to see one area of unchecked - and unwarranted - growth.
Once again, lip service aside, the GOP is concerned only about protecting the interests of those entities that finance their campaigns. And, with the GOP in control of both the White House and Congress, that is now translating into fewer regulations that protect the consumer, and significant tax reductions that primarily impact corporations and the wealthy, while shifting the burden to a shrinking middle class.
Sadly, the truth of the matter seldom makes its way into the consciousness of the Republican voting base, whoāve been fed 2 decades worth of outright lies by their primary sources of ānews,ā Fox News and other similar information outlets. So, of course, theyāll blame Obamaā¦ because thatās exactly what they are being told to do.
there is plenty more....but doubt any of you have the attention span of a turd roller
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Why would you waste so much time and effort to copy and paste all of this foolishness. You can't possibly post all of this propaganda and dumb memes with the intent of sharing it with anyone having common sense. At least JoJo's efforts are true and interesting.
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That's the million dollar question!
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Moving on from Trump is bad for dems...no hope of beating DeSantis
DeSantis is nothing more than a mini version of Trump and you know that. He carries similar baggage for the Republican.
Republicans need to find a moderate-right representative THEN we have a chance of saving our government.
For sure the ONLY ones that will really benefit with a DeSantis presidency are the filthy rich; the poor & middleclass will LOSE AGAIN.
Didn't do worth a damn with the covid virus but blamed it on everyone but himself, and him the Governor of Florida. And he failed on "gun control" issues. Actually never addressed gun control.
However, I understand he does care about the environment & other issues Democrats have supported.
He's up for re-election January for Governor.
DeSantis Blames Feds, Slams āHysteriaā as Florida Shatters COVID Records
Tom Brenner/ReutersFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) blamed the Biden administration for COVID-19 woes in his state while accusing other state leaders of allowing āhysteriaā to reign as they encourage mitigation measures against the virus that he claimed had little basis in sound science.āIn terms...
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Everything your saying is why Republicans love himDeSantis is nothing more than a mini version of Trump and you know that. He carries similar baggage for the Republican.
Republicans need to find a moderate-right representative THEN we have a chance of saving our government.
For sure the ONLY ones that will really benefit with a DeSantis presidency are the filthy rich; the poor & middleclass will LOSE AGAIN.
Didn't do worth a damn with the covid virus but blamed it on everyone but himself, and him the Governor of Florida. And he failed on "gun control" issues. Actually never addressed gun control.
However, I understand he does care about the environment & other issues Democrats have supported.
He's up for re-election January for Governor.
DeSantis Blames Feds, Slams āHysteriaā as Florida Shatters COVID Records
Tom Brenner/ReutersFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) blamed the Biden administration for COVID-19 woes in his state while accusing other state leaders of allowing āhysteriaā to reign as they encourage mitigation measures against the virus that he claimed had little basis in sound science.āIn terms...news.yahoo.com
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At least he didn't ******* grandma's in nursing homes like Dem governors in Michigan and NYDeSantis is nothing more than a mini version of Trump and you know that. He carries similar baggage for the Republican.
Republicans need to find a moderate-right representative THEN we have a chance of saving our government.
For sure the ONLY ones that will really benefit with a DeSantis presidency are the filthy rich; the poor & middleclass will LOSE AGAIN.
Didn't do worth a damn with the covid virus but blamed it on everyone but himself, and him the Governor of Florida. And he failed on "gun control" issues. Actually never addressed gun control.
However, I understand he does care about the environment & other issues Democrats have supported.
He's up for re-election January for Governor.
DeSantis Blames Feds, Slams āHysteriaā as Florida Shatters COVID Records
Tom Brenner/ReutersFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) blamed the Biden administration for COVID-19 woes in his state while accusing other state leaders of allowing āhysteriaā to reign as they encourage mitigation measures against the virus that he claimed had little basis in sound science.āIn terms...
Well, it'll be fun watching the two of them debate & insult each other for a couple hours in debatees. Trump's a given ... think DeSantis is tool.
Not what I heard. He devastated the nursing homes in Florida with his stupid covid virus ideas.
GOP Governor Calls Florida 'God's Waiting Room' For Retirees
Florida is "ground zero" for nursing home residents, Gov. DeSantis acknowledged as he discussed easing restrictions.
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Fact, Cuomo and Whitmer ordered nursing homes to accept COVID positive patients despite objections...the outcome was thousands and thousands of dead old people in those nursing homes.Not what I heard. He devastated the nursing homes in Florida with his stupid covid virus ideas.
GOP Governor Calls Florida 'God's Waiting Room' For Retirees
Florida is "ground zero" for nursing home residents, Gov. DeSantis acknowledged as he discussed easing restrictions.www.huffpost.com
well thats partially true.....I share with people like you who have no common sense..........if you had any sense at all you would not be a republican
Trump Support Dips as Most Republicans Say 'Fresh Face' Needed in 2024
Amajority of Republicans would prefer a "fresh face" to run for president in 2024 while support for former President Donald Trump is "tanking," according to a new poll.
Analysis: Supreme Court ruling is a bitter legal and personal blow to Trump
The Supreme Court's refusal to block the release of Trump White House documents to the House January 6 committee represents a huge defeat for the ex-President's frantic effort to cover up his 2021 coup attempt.
The major blow on Wednesday -- yet another instance of the courts rebuking Donald Trump's attempts to use them for his own political gain -- will allow the committee to go even deeper inside his West Wing and understand what was going on before and during his mob's attack on the US Capitol. It will also likely be viewed by the former President as a betrayal by the court's conservative majority, which he cemented with three picks for the top bench whom he saw as a legal insurance policy as he's continually sought to bend governing institutions to avoid accountability.
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