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The "career" lifestyle was incentivized as well. It was a cheap way to buy votes. And everyone point fingers at the "welfare queen" Democrats, but it's a problem that both sides have taken advantage of for years. No one has the balls to restructure because it WILL cost them votes. There is no simple answer to solve all the problems, but we have to start heading that direction somehow.

I think most "welfare" programs need reigned in, but I don't care who they are benefitting more when saying it. I believe our country should provide some kind of safety net for people who fall on hard times, but it shouldn't be a career, no matter which side of the aisle is taking advantage of it. These programs have morphed over the years into something they were never intended to be, and both Red and Blue are responsible.

Did you not see the other guy claiming that all the Democratic generations bleeding people dry? Just pointing out that overall, that isn't the case. Ask him where he's going with his false info.

8 of the top 10 states for federal tax deficit are Red. Kentucky takes in $26.6B more per year in federal aid than they pay in. Alabama. Louisiana. Mississippi. All huge deficits.

I don't understand the point "without Chris Jones. " He's probably their 2nd best player. Obviously without him it would be tough. Same with most teams.

Except it was almost half the size, 14 to 8 teams. I wouldn't call either "World Champions" given there were competing leagues.

AFL Champions, not NFL Champions. Cleveland won the NFL Championship in 64. The Bills joined the NFL in 70.

There are plays Allen makes every game that Brady never made in his career. So who is better? Allen is one is the most physically gifted quarterbacks ever, so they're aren't many plays other quarterbacks make that he can't. But that doesn't mean he's as good as them.

Holy crap dude, they are both good, don't need to try to overcompensate here. Your previous OC got hired as a HC and went on to win CotY in year 1, so don't act like Allen doesn't/didn't have good coaches. Mahomes has been top tier the second he stepped on an NFL field. Allen is top tier, but he also has been much more up and down that Mahomes. Coaching and play calling can absolutely have some to do with that, but the player has tons to do with that. Plus, Mahomes has 2 rings. In 5 years. He's better.

China relies way too much on the rest of the world to survive anything of the sort. They would have hundreds of millions of people starve within a year without food imports, a lot of which come from the US. Also, please, what freedoms and liberties have you lost here?

Do you seriously think that people sit around and say "Gee, I wonder how I could prove that people will listen to me? Oh, I know, I get them to wear masks! That'll do it!" Especially on a worldwide scale? Masks help with germ spread. That is why surgeons wear them. Nurses. Drs. Is it a cure all for the situation? Absolutely not. But it can help. It's funny because if we had 50% of people growing their own food to cure world hunger, I swear the other 50% would stand of to the side, do nothing, and then point and say "See, them growing their own food doesn't help, there are still plenty of starving people." People who made no effort to stop the spread are the ones who then turn around and say "See, it doesn't work." I personally know people who went into public KNOWING they had COVID, but just didn't think it mattered. And then laughed when other people caught it. It insanity.

Between 1980 and 2006, 1866 HS athletes died suddenly in the US. This isn't some new phenomenon. The coverage is what changed. The internet. The non stop news cycle. The now political bias. This article is from 2009, so zero to do with Covid. An average of 72 HS athletes per year. It's unfortunate, but it happens. And it's not some giant conspiracy. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circulationaha.108.804617

I'm not arguing that people don't need phones. I'm talking about the people who upgrade every 3-6 months and pay thousands of dollars to do so. That was just 1 example as well of people racking up debt. Please, explain to me how credit card debt is SUDDENLY the fault of the president and not the fault of consumers. The previous president holds the current record for cc debt (not blaming him), and cc debt has been trending up for decades. It isn't a sudden problem. Show me where cc debt is tied to inflation. It's been climbing for decades regardless as to what inflation has been doing.

Yes, a lot of places required it. It is their right to do so. It is your right to not work there because of it. Many places require many different things, but for whatever reason this is the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Ok, what is the excuse for the past 24 years then? It has been rising for years. Why, when inflation was low in 2019, was credit card debt the highest on record? If debt increased solely when inflation did, I would agree, but it doesn't. Are SOME people going into debt buying necessities? For sure. But tons more are going into debt buying things and crap they don't NEED. Cars, phones, trips, etc.

Yes. Consumers who spend beyond their means are at fault for spending beyond their means. Now, prices are up. That's pretty simple to know and understand. The current credit card debt isn't even the highest on record. No, that was from the 4th Q of 2019. US credit card debt has doubled since 1999. But it's just now the cost of good causing it, or is it the people spending more than they make?

People spend beyond their means. That has zero reflection on ANY president. Always have to have the "latest and greatest", even when they can't afford it.

Again, not everyone is requiring it. I don't require it in my own business. Employers can make such rules as long as they are equally applied to all employees, and they are not based on any discriminatory factor. And it has been proven that people with the vaccine are less likely to suffer major health problems from contracting COVID. How much is debatable, but it does help. And they are less likely to transmit it, though they CAN still transmit it. "Vaccinated residents with breakthrough infections were significantly less likely to transmit them: 28% versus 36% for those who were unvaccinated. But the likelihood of transmission grew by 6% for every five weeks that passed since someone’s last vaccine shot." Straight from the CDC website.

Everything comes down to choices. Do as the employer asks, within reason, and you have a job there. If you choose not to follow their rules, you can choose to be employed somewhere that does not require the vaccine. I would not agree with a 100% required vaccine. But like schools and a lot of professions, if someone chooses not to get the required vaccinations, access to those jobs/schools/locations can be restricted. Forced is having no other option, or under penalty of physical or psychological harm in my vague definition. None of those apply here.

Jobs have rules. Happens all the time. Are you ok with drug testing? Alcohol testing? Vaccine requirements that aren't COVID related? My largest customer instituted a drug policy 6 years after I began work with them. The policy essentially states "Follow our rules or get lost. " Same thing here. The military is a career, and employers can have rules. As long as the rules apply equally to everyone.

Military was not forced. It was "take the vaccine, or leave" which could be said for any of the other vaccines requirement the military already has. Or it could prevent enlistment into the military, as do any of the other vaccines that are currently required. A job having requirements to work there are normal. I am not forced to get drug tested, but it is a requirement for me to deal with many of our larger customers at my company. Many companies/schools/etc have vaccination policies in order to participate. That's normal. As for gun laws, sure, they are looking into "gun reform" the same as they have been for decades. Nothing ever happens. Did you lose any guns? Your neighbors? Your family?

-I know TONS of people who didn't get vaccinated. So who was "forced?" -And for the 1,000th time, it isn't the flu. You know it isn't the flu. Everyone knows that, but people spread the BS to try to minimize its effect. I lost both parents in 13th months to COVID. The flu typically ranges from 12,000-50,000 deaths per year in the US. COVID killed 1.1 million in 3 years, so roughly 367,000 per year in the US. -No major gun laws have been passed, even though that has been the major talking point for 20+ years. it's repeated, year after year, and yet nothing comes of it. And it'll be repeated year after year again, because people still fall for it. -Also, both sides of the isle try to "censor" the other side. Both sides are wrong for doing it, but stop blaming one side while both do the exact same thing. -Please enlighten me on the CCP agenda.

Western Europe is stupid for helping Ukraine? Also, the CEO of major oil companies are going to report whatever makes those major oil companies look the best, and whatever makes them the most money. They're making record profits.

Yes, they are always in flux, but not to the extent they were in the past few years. Obviously more jobs is better, but that isn't something Biden should be taking credit for.

China can't take Taiwan without killing themselves. If the world sanctions China like they did Russia, hundreds of millions of people will die in China. And the Chinese know it. They can't feed themselves, and they can't create anywhere near enough energy on their own. How do you know all these world secrets anyway?