Nah. Scoreboard don’t lie.
It was almost impossible to lose the last one, but the Dems figured out a way. And now they appear to be doubling-down on the strategy.
Normal people don’t want to be associated with that.
That is what I was saying when I said Republicans and Democrats/ voters of said parties.
Republicans voted for it- but Democrats failed to produce a viable alternative, which did not happen overnight.
Yes there is- several hundred million people. But they didn’t do so, because Democrats have failed to police their own party and lost any moral or popular high ground they should have had.
Zoom out a bit and consider the position you’re defending- does that seem helpful against the orange...
I get what you’re saying. I’m pretty close to equally outraged over something “really fng corrupt” and something “really really fng corrupt” when it comes to our elected officials, however.
At some point, sleaze is just sleaze- unit of measure stops mattering a whole lot.
But members of Congress do have privileged information before the public. They really are not different in the sense that both parties are using that info (and influence) via their public position to enrich themselves.
By what mechanism that takes place is different, but the fact that both...
They’re attacking wherever the mannequin with the stupid-looking ponytail happens to be standing, with great success.
Need an adjustment at halftime or we have zero chance. Very lucky to not be down a few more goals at halftime than we are.
Losing trust in investing in the markets after the past few (or fifteen) years especially seems like a crazy conclusion to arrive at to me.
Any idea why?
To the best of my Google search ability (and ambition), that seemed to be fairly accurate.
However, I just asked Chat GPT and it told me that based on 2024 census data, it was closer to $175k.
This varies by state, obviously/ your state is about $25k higher (but I assume this is likely also...
So people have two options then:
1. Complain about wealth inequality.
2. Figure out what the top 20% are doing and do those things.
Unless dealing with disability or some other unusual hardship, achieving top 20% income ($150-170k household) and overall wealth (est: $1.5 million) in the US is...
Slow-motion looked bad, but in real time it’s hard to imagine it was anything intentional (supported by the ref not even issuing a yellow until the review).