Anathema- Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I've never heard anyone advocate tax reform as a pathway to reduce the political influence of the wealthy. The flip side of that coin is .. If that's the case why is he talking about it in that frame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Anathema- said: I've never heard anyone advocate tax reform as a pathway to reduce the political influence of the wealthy. The flip side of that coin is .. If that's the case why is he talking about it in that frame? Let me introduce you to our good friend, the Strawman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 5 minutes ago, sblfilms said: Let me introduce you to our good friend, the Strawman. :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 7 minutes ago, sblfilms said: Let me introduce you to our good friend, the Strawman. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I’m calling it: it will come down to Buttigieg vs Yang, because these days everybody loves an outsider, and they’re the two most millennial-friendly candidates getting pegged with the label. Then Yang will win it, because when you win the memes, you win the masses. I picked Auburn to beat Kansas, btw, so you can book it—my prophetic powers are confirmed. (I also picked my alma mater to win it all out of a sense of civic duty—once a Hawkeye always a Hawkeye—but let’s not dwell on that...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I’m on team butt as of right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 If Purdue wins the national championship, anything could happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Yang v Butti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 3 hours ago, Signifyin(g)Monkey said: I’m calling it: it will come down to Buttigieg vs Yang, because these days everybody loves an outsider, and they’re the two most millennial-friendly candidates getting pegged with the label. It won't come down to two pols in the same 'lane'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 3 hours ago, johnny said: I’m on team butt as of right now It's team booty booty booty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 20 hours ago, johnny said: I’m on team butt as of right now Me too. Also Paul Buttigieg seems a decent fellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Great account btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SaysWho? Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 I normally don't like Chuck Todd, but I liked his experiment here, making electoral votes proportional to the population. Wyoming gets 1 electoral vote per 192k people, whereas California gets 1 per 700k+. If each state received 1 electoral vote per 192k people, it would look like this. Trump would have still won with this system (though it would do wonders for representation, really hyper-localizing the districts, and making the House truly the "big state solution" since every branch of government seems geared toward the Republican Party. Obviously there are many ways you could change the system to make it fairer, but I enjoyed this experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 19 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: I normally don't like Chuck Todd, but I liked his experiment here, making electoral votes proportional to the population. Wyoming gets 1 electoral vote per 192k people, whereas California gets 1 per 700k+. If each state received 1 electoral vote per 192k people, it would look like this. Trump would have still won with this system (though it would do wonders for representation, really hyper-localizing the districts, and making the House truly the "big state solution" since every branch of government seems geared toward the Republican Party. Obviously there are many ways you could change the system to make it fairer, but I enjoyed this experiment. This can basically already be done by expanding the size of the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Just now, b_m_b_m_b_m said: This can basically already be done by expanding the size of the house. Correct. Several users here have talked about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 1 minute ago, SaysWho? said: Correct. Several users here have talked about it. I know, I'm one of them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Just now, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I know, I'm one of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 55 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 🐒 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 24 minutes ago, Nokra said: 🐒 🙈 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/all-about-pete mayor pete might be the worst official candidate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 21 minutes ago, RedSoxFan9 said: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/all-about-pete mayor pete might be the worst official candidate My translator has processed your post: Mayor Pete is the best official candidate! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 "I don’t trust former McKinsey consultants. I don’t trust military intelligence officers. And I don’t trust the type of people likely to appear on “40 under 40” lists, the valedictorian-to-Harvard-to-Rhodes-Scholarship types who populate the American elite." Gee, that's rich coming from a JD at Yale and a current PhD candidate at Harvard. What a crock of shit from a BernieBro. https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/nathan-robinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Before I read that article, I had no idea he worked for McKinsey. He could have worked anywhere, and he chose one of the worst consulting firms in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Quote Did you know there’s a giant racial wealth gap in South Bend? You won’t if all you read about South Bend is Shortest Way Home. Oh sure, he takes us on an ambling tour through the city, shows us people kayaking on the old industrial canal, wanders under the railroad bridge, takes us to see live music in an abandoned swimming pool. He tells us about twilight on the river, the fish-stealing heron on his running route (“To some he is a villain… but to me he is an elegant bird.”) But have a look at Prosperity Now’s “Racial Wealth Divide in South Bend” report and see if you think these should really be the mayor’s narrative priorities. South Bend African Americans make ½ of what South Bend whites make. They’re twice as likely to be in liquid asset poverty as whites. Their unemployment rate is nearly twice as high. ... What did Mayor Pete do about this? Well, to do something about it he might have had to care about it, and there’s no evidence from his book that he’s ever even thought about it. In fact, as I started reading about South Bend after getting through Shortest Way Home, there was a lot Buttigieg had left out. The eviction rate has been nearly three times the national average, a “crisis” among the worst in the country. If the word “eviction” appears in Buttigieg’s book, I did not notice it. The opiate crisis, homelessness, and gentrification are all serious issues in South Bend, but Buttigieg mentions them offhandedly if at all. I’m not surprised the son of two Notre Dame professors would ignore these issues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Anyone expecting a perfect candidate is going full stupid. What we have to decide is anything they did or didn't do a deal breaker compared to the competition? At the end of the day you gotta pick someone and we don't want Trump to win so . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: Anyone expecting a perfect candidate is going full stupid. What we have to decide is anything they did or didn't do a deal breaker compared to the competition? At the end of the day you gotta pick someone and we don't want Trump to win so . . . "I have been incubated from birth to be your overlord" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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johnny Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Is RSF trying to make us like everybody he hates? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 8 minutes ago, johnny said: Is RSF trying to make us like everybody he hates? I pretty much assume the more he hates a candidate the better they actually are in reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PaladinSolo Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Trump is going to push GOP healthcare for the 2020 election but only after they win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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