You are not logged in. Please register or login.
- Topics: Active | Unanswered
- Randall Flagg
- Rep: 139
Re: US Politics Thread
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- … SKCN1GO2S1
Interested to see what they say, and what the Democrats ultimately release. The burden is on them to provide actual evidence, rather than speculate to make any kind of connection to collusion. It'll force the Democrats to release something concrete for the first time in this entire circus, and push the collusion nuts further to the fringe.
I'm personally waiting for Maxine Waters to come forward and prove her incredibly low IQ. That anyone took offense to that suggestion after watching her the past 12 months is hysterical.
Re: US Politics Thread
The US government racked up a 5 billion deficit in February -- the largest monthly deficit in six years, new US Treasury Department numbers show https://t.co/ep3uh5SwuU pic.twitter.com/DuZDi6YItH
— CNN (@CNN) March 13, 2018
“Given the cost of the tax overhaul, a recent spending deal passed by Congress and other legislation, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that the country next year will start booking trillion dollar deficits permanently absent policy changes.
“It was less than a year ago the CBO was projecting deficits wouldn't cross the $1 trillion threshold until 2022.”
Re: US Politics Thread
How can a democrat run on raising taxes, though? I do think there's room if you run on restricting automation and (smart) entitlement reform and balancing the budget.
If it were me I'd have to start touting junk food taxes, legalized marijuana tax, and a carbon tax. Bad news, inflation will rise also. It's another reason you can't touch those tax cuts.
Universal healthcare and free college is a non starter. Democrats will lose on those because there's no way to run on it without saying you're going to raise taxes, and not just on the rich. Public option, yes, I think that could work along with price negotiations for big pharma and medical.
If they think they can win on Russia or guns pack it in. Especially if there continues to be economic growth.
- Smoking Guns
- Rep: 330
Re: US Politics Thread
Trump calling Chuck Todd a son of a bitch made me laugh out loud. Haha
- Randall Flagg
- Rep: 139
Re: US Politics Thread
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics … 3750f336a3
Christ, this is not good. I don’t like the optics of putting retired military officers in every major cabinet position.
Re: US Politics Thread
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics … 3750f336a3
Christ, this is not good. I don’t like the optics of putting retired military officers in every major cabinet position.
Also right before this supposed meeting with North Korea.
But we all knew Tillerson and Trump were not long for each other. The timing though is pretty brutal.
Re: US Politics Thread
Not digging the timing of it. I feel I've been on record of saying I was not at all a fan of Tillerson/ex-Exxon CEO being our Sec of State, however 14 months later he's done a good job & been one of the better cabinet & appointees overall (over Priebus, Bannon, Kush).
Gotta wonder if behind the scenes Tillerson disagreed with Trumps meeting with NK, or if he felt Trump was woefully unprepared for it, just a knucklehead out there. Look at his gun statements, then 2 weeks later 180s. The guys not an intellectual whatsoever.
I think NKs gonna be a train wreck of a photo op, where nothing, no progress gets achieved. We'll see. Anyway whatever, one thing is certain, the amount of turnover in this WH is astonishing.
- Smoking Guns
- Rep: 330
Re: US Politics Thread
Rex did seem pretty level headed. I liked Rex. Mike Pompeo (sp) seems like a sharp guy.
Re: US Politics Thread
Not digging the timing of it. I feel I've been on record of saying I was not at all a fan of Tillerson/ex-Exxon CEO being our Sec of State, however 14 months later he's done a good job & been one of the better cabinet & appointees overall (over Priebus, Bannon, Kush).
Gotta wonder if behind the scenes Tillerson disagreed with Trumps meeting with NK, or if he felt Trump was woefully unprepared for it, just a knucklehead out there. Look at his gun statements, then 2 weeks later 180s. The guys not an intellectual whatsoever.
I think NKs gonna be a train wreck of a photo op, where nothing, no progress gets achieved. We'll see. Anyway whatever, one thing is certain, the amount of turnover in this WH is astonishing.
Well, for the conspiracy theorists: Rex did just come out hard against Russia yesterday about the spy poisoning in Britain.
He also had a pretty bleak take on the relationship with Russia and talked openly of them being more aggressive. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/13/tillers … ussia.html
