Greyparrot

GW Bush had more hurricanes than Trump. Maybe Trump was on to something....Mutually assured destruction maybe?

Again, parental consent.

I guess it would be okay to sexually groom children if you have parental consent to permanently associate sex with childhood trauma.

Why does the government have an obligation to support sexual grooming in public schools?

So basically Orangemanbad Fanfiction.

You know that the truth is much stranger than your imagination...

No need for ad homs

And politicians lie all the time about the future.

I like this alot

Russia wasn't the country that had a civil war in 2014....

EU nations, Norway, and Switzerland have spending policies very close to this.

(EU) has established the Stability and Growth Pact, which includes fiscal rules for member states. Under the pact, EU member countries are expected to maintain their budget deficits within a specific percentage of GDP, known as the "Excessive Deficit Procedure."

Switzerland has implemented a debt brake rule, which limits government spending to an average of 33% of GDP over a business cycle.

So non-committal = committal?

Interesting.

Sadly, the government has taught the voters to borrow to be happy. Many voters do not have enough saved in the bank to cover the replacement of 4 tires. on a car.

The 1920's were like that too.

What is an average government?

One would assume an average government copes.

The CEO of Budweiser makes 12 million a year. 

The company recently lost 5 billion dollars. The equivilent of over 400 CEOs. Seems like the board tried to skimp and go with a cheap CEO...

CEOs are responsible for making critical decisions, driving company performance, and should be rewarded accordingly. The market for top executive talent is competitive, and high wages are necessary to attract and retain talented individuals. executive pay is often structured to include performance-based elements, such as bonuses, stock options, and incentives tied to specific targets or metrics. These compensation structures provide incentives for CEOs to drive company performance and create value for shareholders. When CEOs are rewarded based on their ability to achieve predetermined goals, it ensures a direct link between pay and performance. the market for top executive talent is highly competitive. Offering competitive compensation packages is necessary to attract and retain talented individuals who can effectively lead and steer complex organizations. Without competitive pay, companies may struggle to attract the best candidates, potentially hindering overall company performance and growth. the high level of responsibility and the impact of these decisions warrant commensurate compensation. Without appropriate incentives, CEOs may not be motivated to take on the immense responsibilities that come with the position. Pay reflects the global nature of business and the need to compete on an international scale. CEOs of multinational corporations must navigate complex global markets, handle geopolitical risks, and manage diverse teams. The challenges and skills required for such roles justify the higher wages offered to CEOs compared to workers in other positions. CEO compensation is typically determined by boards of directors and subject to shareholder approval.  these governance mechanisms ensure a level of oversight and accountability. if shareholders believe that CEO wages are excessive or not justified, they have the power to voice their concerns and vote against such compensation packages.

At the cost of ignoring inflation...

It's no secret SNAP is direct corporate welfare to agriculture.

Another scam involves corporations deliberately underpaying employees and making up the difference with food assistance. Essentially this forces the taxpayers to provide corporate welfare to places like Walmart who do this.

What I would like to see is a hybrid of welfare, minimum wage labor and ubi.

The way it would work is that people have to work, but they can do anything they want to as many hours they want even if it is 1 hour a week, even if it's to watch pigeons all day.

They get paid a "living wage" for doing it and the employer is compensated for the difference between the actual value of the labor and the living wage as if he was a social worker giving a purpose to a handicapped person.

Most of the policies that are popular with congress are also popular with big lobby as well. 

There is already documentation of smaller businesses being bought up soon after minimum wage laws were passed. The jobs were then trimmed to fit the streamlined large corporations.

Rent control absolutely favors existing corporate building owners who do not have to compete with new construction and also get the chance to buy out smaller owners who are reliant on only tenant rents as they go under. 

Loan forgiveness is a straight up cash giveaway to every major College as more students will be willing to borrow more thinking it will cost them nothing to do so. That money then goes right into their hands.

In general, choice and competition is not something the big  lobbies support. That is the standard rule.

The average person is not going to be prepared for an economy with a prolonged 5% inflation and a 5% percent Fed interest rate. 

So the real answer is neither party.

Oh- to be young enough again to think voting for the good cop over the bad cop made a difference in the end.

You misspelled "All"

I really hope Joe pulls another "Afghanistan" on this one, as I am poised to take advantage of the dip.

Do not fail me Joe.

I think Jake Tapper said the report was catastrophic for the FBI. You know he cannot say anything contractually about elected officials in a certain party.

If Biden is all these things, it's because Trump made him that way.

And if you don't agree, then you aint black.

That doesn't actually say much if every "Big City" is experiencing crime above the level of an expected norm.

It's like enjoying 2 percent inflation for a decade and one month you get 5 percent inflation, and the next month you have 4.9 percent inflation. It's hard to sell 4.9% inflation as the new norm.

thank god for crypto, or I would be singing the blues, lol.

They didn't poll half the country, they polled New Yorkers. if you don't have any insights at to the results of the poll, that is fine, but identifying tangent narratives isn't addressing my point.

So why is this the case? Why isn't this narrative landing with New Yorkers?

You're a New Yorker. I was hoping for a little more insight as to why Democrats in New York would answer a poll saying they want to leave due to both crime and living costs beyond the trite and hackneyed "Foxnewsbad" argument, which is not an argument to be taken seriously considering how few New York Democrats are likely to watch and believe Fox News.

How about addressing my original point instead of manufacturing one for a change?

you could triple it and it would be more efficient than the current system.

You asked a question. Your algorithm is off Ad Hom spambot. Time to go in for re indoctrination.

This is why I translate everything for you guys since you only speak corporate leftism.

I am good at translating things for the uneducated.

Whoops let me get a kid friendly source for Fanchick.

That article most certainly suggests the will of the voter has no place in America's corporate oligarchy.

So a benevolent Oligarchy. Noted and dismissed as there's nothing beneficial about unelected policy makers. Certainly not in a so-called "Democracy"

Do you believe Obamacare was written by elected officials instead of unelected corporate lobbyists?

If the answer is no, then you know that we don't operate as a functioning democracy.

Proof we are not a successful democracy and are in fact  managed by corporate oligarchs.

Amen

Crisis averted then. All is normal with the status quo ad hom spambot.

We usually define death as no brain activity rather than a non-beating heart.

Yeah, Fanchick could have skipped the false pretensions of knowledge seeking and just go straight to the Ad Homs.

That would be more logical and in character. Maybe someone hacked his account?

Thanks for confirming I didn't  say "shithole"

Cool cool, now do "adjust for inflation"

Even those outlets didn't want to talk about Afghanistan until the low poll numbers forced both the good cop and the bad cop media to say at least something about it.

Establishment corporate media will gatekeep DeSantis.

The best politicians know how to hide their crimes.

It will be "mostly peaceful" depending on what media outlet you listen to.

When the Democrats split away again because they don't like the president and think Democracy is dead, lets hope the Republicans don't try to change their minds this time.

Like Chaz/Chop?