July 19, 20233 yr 5 minutes ago, VanHammersly said: So to recap: Mike hates social programs, but the Republican nominee isn't going to do anything about them. And Mike hates federal spending, but the Republican nominee is only going to increase spending. And Mike's going to vote Republican because they tell him they care about spending. But he's not going to vote for Trump even though he's definitely going to be the nominee. It all makes perfect sense, Mike. I vote for Democrats locally, including future president Manchin. But really take a step back and tell me why anything you just said would make me even consider voting for a Democrat president. The Democrats will make the social programs much worse. The Democrats will make federal spending much worse. The Democrats wont even pretend to care about reducing spending. I dont know why youre lashing out at me for simply picking the best of two bad choices, which is something literally all of us do. Its not my fault your party went insane.
July 19, 20233 yr 4 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said: sorry guys, coattail riding moment here. Yeah you should go back to just quoting my funny posts if you want likes.
July 19, 20233 yr 17 minutes ago, Mike31mt said: Multiple studies show lefties have far more mental health issues, so I guess you guys have been Trump supporters all along. You, on the other hand, are very normal.
July 19, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, Mike31mt said: But if you had to pick one, it would be the Trumplican party and not the Build Back Better party. And thats why Im struggling to understand you guys spiking the football on apparently being proud of not giving a ish about it. Interesting take. No, I wouldn't pick the party that raised debt (a lot before covid) the 3rd most in US history.
July 19, 20233 yr 38 minutes ago, Mike31mt said: Yeah you should go back to just quoting my funny posts if you want likes. unlike yourself, receiving likes from internet weirdos is not my objective.
July 19, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, Mike31mt said: Buddy I havent broken down the positions of all of the GOP candidates. I guess we'll all be watching the debates with bated breath. I hope one of them will have the balls to do something about it. I think Tim Scott and Ron Desantis are the big entitlement reform candidates. Taking away something that people have been paying into their entire lives doesn't seem like a winning issue to me. Im ok with clipping them, but the government better give me back my money.
July 19, 20233 yr Just now, Gannan said: I think Tim Scott and Ron Desantis are the big entitlement reform candidates. Taking away something that people have been paying into their entire lives doesn't seem like a winning issue to me. Im ok with clipping them, but the government better give me back my money. oh no, you gave that money to the country. no give me backs.
July 19, 20233 yr 3 hours ago, Mike31mt said: The one guy? Show me the serious candidate who didnt want to do the exact same thing. Uh...bro? https://www.npr.org/2016/03/12/470130961/fact-check-republican-candidates-on-keeping-or-changing-social-security Quote Dana Bash, CNN: "According to the Social Security Administration, unless adjustments are made, Social Security is projected to run out of money within 20 years." Marco Rubio: "Anyone who tells you Social Security can stay the way it is is lying. Any politician that goes around saying, 'We don't have to do anything; all we have to do is raise a few taxes or just leave it the way it is,' they're not being honest with you. Social Security will go bankrupt and it will bankrupt the country with it. So what it will require is people younger, like myself, people that are 30 years away from retirement, to accept that our Social Security is going to work differently than it did for my parents. For example, instead of retiring at 67 the way I'm supposed to retire, I'd have to retire at 68....If I've made a lot of money, my Social Security benefit will not grow a fast as someone who made less money." Ted Cruz: "Social Security right now is careening towards insolvency, and it's irresponsible.....For younger workers, we need to change the rate of growth of benefits so it matches inflation instead of exceeding inflation. And as you noted Dana, we need to have for younger workers that a portion of your tax payments are in personal accounts like the 401(k) that you own, that you control, that you can pass on to your kids and grandkids." John Kasich: "If you've had wealth throughout your lifetime, when the time comes to be on Social Security, you'll still get it. It will simply be less. And for those people who depend on that Social Security, they'll get their full benefit." Donald Trump: "I will do everything in my power not to touch Social Security....I want to make our country rich again so we can afford it."
July 19, 20233 yr 44 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said: unlike yourself, receiving likes from internet weirdos is not my objective. GD it was a joke. You guys suck
July 19, 20233 yr 39 minutes ago, Gannan said: I think Tim Scott and Ron Desantis are the big entitlement reform candidates. Taking away something that people have been paying into their entire lives doesn't seem like a winning issue to me. Im ok with clipping them, but the government better give me back my money. You, former libertarian, actually believes this? We all know its a ponzi scheme. Can we stop this bull ish charade please? Its amazing how you guys went from staunch libertarian to ishlib posters.
July 19, 20233 yr 1 minute ago, Mike31mt said: GD it was a joke. You guys suck and of course, i was being serious.
July 19, 20233 yr 44 minutes ago, Gannan said: I think Tim Scott and Ron Desantis are the big entitlement reform candidates. Taking away something that people have been paying into their entire lives doesn't seem like a winning issue to me. Im ok with clipping them, but the government better give me back my money. SPOILER ALERT: It isn't your money. It's gone.
July 19, 20233 yr 9 minutes ago, Mike31mt said: You, former libertarian, actually believes this? We all know its a ponzi scheme. Can we stop this bull ish charade please? Its amazing how you guys went from staunch libertarian to ishlib posters. Because I don't want to donate money to the federal government, I'm not libertarian?
July 19, 20233 yr 18 minutes ago, Gannan said: Because I don't want to donate money to the federal government, I'm not libertarian? See vikas' post above. Every single cent youve ever paid is gone. Some boomer in their vacation home is buying a pina colada with it right now.
July 19, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, Mike31mt said: The Democrats will make the social programs much worse. The Democrats will make federal spending much worse. The Democrats wont even pretend to care about reducing spending. Neither will do anything about social programs and, judging by Trump's term, spending will get worse under a Republican. So, you're only voting based on pretend.
July 19, 20233 yr 2 minutes ago, Mike31mt said: See vikas' post above. Every single cent youve ever paid is gone. Some boomer in their vacation home is buying a pina colada with it right now. If you think the average voter is going to hear that your going to take away programs they've been paying into their entire lives and get absolutely nothing and support that, you don't know people very well.
July 19, 20233 yr Just now, Gannan said: If you think the average voter is going to hear that your going to take away programs they've been paying into their entire lives and get absolutely nothing and support that, you don't know people very well. Eventually we won't have a choice. At some point we have to be realistic and apparently its just going to be the next generation of voters.....too bad they're obsessed with totally realistic things like transgenderism and changing the climate. But that is the entire point Im making here. At least the GOP some times offers up a solution. The Dems are all to happy to not only play into the charade, but make it into a political attack. That is why Trump was unique, he stole the Democrats' thunder there and doubled down on the ponzi scheme. He wanted the senior citizen votes. Freakin boomers and baby boomers have done untold amounts of damage to this country and we'll feel it for decades. All in the name of the govt "helping"
July 19, 20233 yr 4 minutes ago, Gannan said: If you think the average voter is going to hear that your going to take away programs they've been paying into their entire lives and get absolutely nothing and support that, you don't know people very well. I'd end all of the programs tomorrow, but that isn't anywhere close to possible. The way to manage this (you can't fix a Ponzi scheme) is some mix of the following: (i) raise the retirement age to 70 (ii) do some kind of means testing (iii) abolish the program for people under a certain age (e.g., 30). You stop paying in, you never get anything in the future But even those reforms will never happen, so we just careen towards disaster.
July 19, 20233 yr 5 minutes ago, Mike31mt said: That is why Trump was unique, he stole the Democrats' thunder there and doubled down on the ponzi scheme. He wanted the senior citizen votes. He killed the conservative movement. And you guys want to reward him with another term. But I suppose it was...unique.
July 19, 20233 yr 1 minute ago, vikas83 said: I'd end all of the programs tomorrow, but that isn't anywhere close to possible. The way to manage this (you can't fix a Ponzi scheme) is some mix of the following: (i) raise the retirement age to 70 (ii) do some kind of means testing (iii) abolish the program for people under a certain age (e.g., 30). You stop paying in, you never get anything in the future But even those reforms will never happen, so we just careen towards disaster. I like all of these but agree with your conclusion. Opting-in/out would be like Obamacare. Overnight, all the people that can save for retirement on their own would be gone and the only ones left would be the ones who cant save/contribute. And really they should make the retirement age like 75. Most of us were supposed to be dead before hitting the eligibility age. Means testing should absolutely happen. Totally unfair but its the most politically tolerable I think.
July 19, 20233 yr Just now, VanHammersly said: He killed the conservative movement. And you guys want to reward him with another term. But I suppose it was...unique. "Conservative movement" is an interesting thing to say. There wasnt really a "movement," its just what we were as a nation, center-right. Obama opposed gay marriage 15 years ago. But Trump won and winners get to set the narrative (see Joe Bidens "I am the Democratic Party" comment). But now he's not a winner, and youll see the return of more classical GOP positions. The conservative dna is still there, but if you lose its all meaningless. And that is where the GOP find themselves now.
July 19, 20233 yr 12 minutes ago, Mike31mt said: "Conservative movement" is an interesting thing to say. There wasnt really a "movement," its just what we were as a nation, center-right. Obama opposed gay marriage 15 years ago. But Trump won and winners get to set the narrative (see Joe Bidens "I am the Democratic Party" comment). But now he's not a winner, and youll see the return of more classical GOP positions. The conservative dna is still there, but if you lose its all meaningless. And that is where the GOP find themselves now. Of course there was a conservative movement. But it went from being about policies and issues that excited conservative voters to being about the whims of one guy. The whole party bows to that gigantic turd because he’s so popular among Republicans. But he’s not popular enough anymore to win a national election.
July 19, 20233 yr 21 minutes ago, Mike31mt said: and youll see the return of more classical GOP positions.
July 19, 20233 yr 26 minutes ago, Mike31mt said: "Conservative movement" is an interesting thing to say. There wasnt really a "movement," its just what we were as a nation, center-right. Obama opposed gay marriage 15 years ago. But Trump won and winners get to set the narrative (see Joe Bidens "I am the Democratic Party" comment). But now he's not a winner, and youll see the return of more classical GOP positions. The conservative dna is still there, but if you lose its all meaningless. And that is where the GOP find themselves now. When does this classical GOP return happen? Before or after they nominate him for the 3rd straight time? Also, does it coincide with exiling every conservative from the party if they dare criticize Trump?
July 19, 20233 yr Just now, VanHammersly said: When does this classical GOP return happen? Before or after they nominate him for the 3rd straight time? Also, does it coincide with exiling every conservative from party if they dare criticize Trump? nothing will change until his stench is gone. by that i mean him along with pigs like greene and boebert and any other dipsheet like them.
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