Yeah, but police departments can push budgets higher by sowing fear.
Yeah, but police departments can push budgets higher by sowing fear.It's weird how people somehow think that drug dealers are handing out their product to children for free.
If there's a liquor store down the road from you it's reasonable to worry they might SELL your kids booze. I am not worried they will give it to them for free.
The legislation passed in the last two years of razor thin margins suggests otherwise.I'm very fond of Joe Biden and I believe his intentions are good BUT I also believe that he has literally no idea how to get things done anymore and that US politics has largely passed him by.
TBF, the drugs in candy thing went around every fall when I was a kid religion. They really didn’t want you trick or treating.
its Nice to see regressives holding on to the values like scare tactics. Good job!
I think a huge part of the problem is democrats never completely embraced it, tried to play the middle road to get a couple of fundies to vote for them. When it was the default they felt like they could play that game, so that ceded almost the entire message framing to the republicans. It hasn't been until after Dobbs dems have given pro-choice a full embrace. But they still really missed a huge opertunity. They should've made every republican vote on birth control, inter-racial marriage, gay marriage, and abortion. Make republicans actually go on record with something other than bashing gas prices.Here’s the thing and I am not anti-choice.
The voters do not appear to be all fired up about this. Couple of months ago yes, as of now it appears that has passed. Far, far, far too much political capital has been spent on this over the decades. Time to start evaluating if it is worth it to continue spending capital on it.
The legislation passed in the last two years of razor thin margins suggests otherwise.
Don't subscribe to the green lantern theory/west wing speechifying of politics.
Low hanging fruit for the religulously upright, all those ghosts and goblins, it's downright satanic man! Think of the children.
Next thing you know those kids might try yoga.
I agree that Democrats should have held abortion vote after abortion vote, maybe Manchin wouldn't go along, I don't know?I think a huge part of the problem is democrats never completely embraced it, tried to play the middle road to get a couple of fundies to vote for them. When it was the default they felt like they could play that game, so that ceded almost the entire message framing to the republicans. It hasn't been until after Dobbs dems have given pro-choice a full embrace. But they still really missed a huge opertunity. They should've made every republican vote on birth control, inter-racial marriage, gay marriage, and abortion. Make republicans actually go on record with something other than bashing gas prices.
I think a huge part of the problem is democrats never completely embraced it, tried to play the middle road to get a couple of fundies to vote for them. When it was the default they felt like they could play that game, so that ceded almost the entire message framing to the republicans. It hasn't been until after Dobbs dems have given pro-choice a full embrace. But they still really missed a huge opertunity. They should've made every republican vote on birth control, inter-racial marriage, gay marriage, and abortion. Make republicans actually go on record with something other than bashing gas prices.
The economy is so good right now, people have more spending power than the economy has production power. People (all employed, because we have record low unemployment, mind you) then take this to mean the economy is terrible. People get pissed that their favorite restaurant is understaffed and they literally say "Man this economy is so bad, my Buffalo Wild Wings can't even get employees!" They are literally too stupid to know what they are actually saying is "The economy and job market are so could, people don't have to take shitty minimum wage jobs at restaurants, so they've moved on to better, higher paying, jobs with better benefits." My company can't hire engineers right now, that isn't because the economy sucks, it's because any engineer with a pulse is getting multiple offers.Last poll I saw on this topic showed that a small majority of voters believe that the GOP is better at keeping the economy "pumping" and much as I despise those bastages and am 100% Democrat I'm not sure I disagree.
I think people are pissed about inflation and even though it’s a global thing the people in power get blamed. One thing that bothers me though is that Republicans campaign on inflation being bad but nobody seems to ask them what they would do to make it better.The economy is so good right now, people have more spending power than the economy has production power. People (all employed, because we have record low unemployment, mind you) then take this to mean the economy is terrible. People get pissed that their favorite restaurant is understaffed and they literally say "Man this economy is so bad, my Buffalo Wild Wings can't even get employees!" They are literally too stupid to know what they are actually saying is "The economy and job market are so could, people don't have to take shitty minimum wage jobs at restaurants, so they've moved on to better, higher paying, jobs with better benefits." My company can't hire engineers right now, that isn't because the economy sucks, it's because any engineer with a pulse is getting multiple offers.
The only thing the GOP is good at with the economy is spewing bullshit talking points, and giving rich people massive tax breaks and then crashing the job market.
Basically I've learned that people think anything that negatively affects them at all, even if overall the are net better, means the "economy sucks." I really want to know the last time people actually thought the economy was good, 1999? I've been hearing the "economy sucks" every election since 2000 and I was too young to remember it from before then.
More importantly, Republicans voted against bills designed to fight "inflation." I put inflation in quotes because we know most of it is just due to corporations gouging the public.I think people are pissed about inflation and even though it’s a global thing the people in power get blamed. One thing that bothers me though is that Republicans campaign on inflation being bad but nobody seems to ask them what they would do to make it better.
If more people did ask they would see that generally Republicans have no plan to improve inflation but to the extent that they do it’s by cutting social security and Medicare. I bet people wouldn’t like that!
TBF, the drugs in candy thing went around every fall when I was a kid religion. They really didn’t want you trick or treating.
its Nice to see regressives holding on to the values like scare tactics. Good job!
I will once again register my skepticism that worldwide inflation was suddenly caused by corporations remembering to be greedy.More importantly, Republicans voted against bills designed to fight "inflation." I put inflation in quotes because we know most of it is just due to corporations gouging the public.
Wasn't one of the big inciting incidents when some guy reported that his son was poisoned by Halloween candy, but it turns out that he poisoned his own son?
I will once again register my skepticism that worldwide inflation was suddenly caused by corporations remembering to be greedy.
If many Americans want more, they shouldn't vote for the people gimped or blocking bills. But people, again, are too stupid for that. "I vote in such a way to make sure nothing gets done, therefore when nothing gets done, I'll vote for the other party to so I'm pissed nothing gets done."I've been paying attention throughout. Every bill that was passed got severely "gimped" in the process and while it was certainly better than nothing it was insufficient in the eyes of a great many Americans whose livelihood is literally swirling in the bowl right now.
Despite "media-spin" to the contrary our economy is in the process of crapping the bed and most folks can't be bothered to understand why.
I know that just like in football a team doesn't usually get beat only because of the quarterback but they lead the team and so they catch the lion's share of the blame fair or not. (and even if the "hardcore" football fans see what really happened they are a tiny minority.... just like "informed" voters)
I'm very fond of Biden as I've already stated and if he's the Democratic nominee in '24 he will absolutely get my vote, but that doesn't mean I don't think other people (Gavin Newsom in particular) would have a FAR better chance of winning against whatever evil POS the GOP sends.
Hopefully I'm completely off base here and the GOP will lose out in a couple weeks but I highly doubt it..... Dems waited far too long to "get aggressive" and now I believe it's too late for the midterms.
I know - saw a video a likely Pittsburgh voter who was like, "Republicans are too extreme on social issues, but Dr. Oz seems more moderate, and I think what we have now is not working, so we should shake things up" (ie, give House/Senate to Republicans). Lots of people are just buffoons.If many Americans want more, they shouldn't vote for the people gimped or blocking bills. But people, again, are too stupid for that. "I vote in such a way to make sure nothing gets done, therefore when nothing gets done, I'll vote for the other party to so I'm pissed nothing gets done."
Biden has been incredibly successful with his legislation, but for whatever reason Democrats can't get people to talk about the successes. Meanwhile, the one fucking thing Trump got done we hear about non-stop. It's amazing how much more coverage you get from bashing/negativity than actually accomplishing things or proposing solutions.
I am saying they are just now fully embracing Roe. Before we had a lot of tip-toeing around it and "Pro-life" democrats, like Tim Kaine. When much of the "pro-choice" party was afraid to discuss abortion at all for 30 years, it ceded a lot of ground to the pro-choice messaging.I agree that Democrats should have held abortion vote after abortion vote, maybe Manchin wouldn't go along, I don't know?
That being said, playing the middle road is exactly what they should have done - just kept voting on basically restoring the Roe framework that is broadly popular.
I think the larger issue is that the mainstream media is by its nature contrarian. Nobody wins awards with news stories about how everything is great, and the mainstream media usually has an adversarial stance with the government. The problem is that we also have a second media ecosystem dedicated solely to advancing Republican Party electoral interests.If many Americans want more, they shouldn't vote for the people gimped or blocking bills. But people, again, are too stupid for that. "I vote in such a way to make sure nothing gets done, therefore when nothing gets done, I'll vote for the other party to so I'm pissed nothing gets done."
Biden has been incredibly successful with his legislation, but for whatever reason Democrats can't get people to talk about the successes. Meanwhile, the one fucking thing Trump got done we hear about non-stop. It's amazing how much more coverage you get from bashing/negativity than actually accomplishing things or proposing solutions.
So is Porter wrong here?I will once again register my skepticism that worldwide inflation was suddenly caused by corporations remembering to be greedy.
So is Porter wrong here?
Yes, I think she's wrong. This is most likely an artifact of the specific time period chosen.So is Porter wrong here?
Right, but all of that is easily explained by actual market forces, not the oil companies suddenly getting greedy. They were always greedy!There was a graphic floating around about oil company profits skyrocketing the last 2 years ...