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JDHillFan

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  1. 1 minute ago, Roundybout said:


    You’re cool with taking away the healthcare and SNAP benefits of millions? Why?

    I prefer to see how it plays out. I didn’t get my panties bunched when Bill Clinton overhauled the food stamp program and I’m not going to do it now. Every one of the democrats doomsday claims falls to sh*t. Your record, for instance, is oh-for-everything. 

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  2. 2 minutes ago, Roundybout said:


    That’s some very weird projection but okay. 
     

    No American citizen should have to work in wretched and dangerous factories in the modern era. It’s not some kind of noble profession, it’s pitiful, backbreaking work. 
     

    Strive to improve society. 

    You believe a modern factory is wretched and dangerous, huh? Is automobile manufacturing considered pitiful work? Machinists are pitiful people? Welders?
     

    Desk jobs are where it’s at. Factories bad! I feel badly for you despite your self-proclaimed empathy. Your parents and educators have failed you. 

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  3. 3 minutes ago, Roundybout said:


    It’s called “empathy”

     

    Theres no reason a first world nation should have people working in filthy, decrepit factories making asbestos 

    It’s called being a Karen that believes they know what’s best for everyone in every situation. 
     

    The days news seems to have upset you. Hang in there. I suspect it will get worse for you. Let’s check back in at the end of the year for a recap. 

  4. Just now, Roundybout said:

    You didn’t even know Politico Pro existed before you were programmed to be against it.

    This is correct. No programming necessary however. Common sense is all that’s needed to understand that the government should not be propping up a biased organization through millions of dollars of subscriptions to one of their products. 
     

    Is politico pro a necessity to be informed? If you can’t measure its effectiveness, how do you know it’s of value? Your entire argument is “it’s information”. There will be zero real world impact associated with the cancellation of these subscriptions. 

  5. 1 minute ago, Roundybout said:


    It’s functioning because we built a robust government infrastructure over decades. However, it is certainly less efficient and informed because you didn’t want to pay 0.000005 cents to give these employees the data. Sorry you’re so poor. 

    You didn’t address the question. How is the effectiveness of millions of dollars of politico pro subscriptions measured? 

     

    Me poor? Please. I bought the dip! Rolling in it!!

  6. 1 minute ago, Roundybout said:


    Most of those jobs are obsolete. We need to get better at solar, microchips, and other high tech. We don’t need investment in tin can factories 


    This is like taking away Bloomberg terminals from stockbrokers 

    Is it really? How is government still “functioning”? How has the benefit of having access to politico pro been measured? How will the unavailability of politico pro be measured? 

  7. 23 minutes ago, GaryPinC said:

     

    😭😭  It was only the primary!  Keep imagining the coming of Putin,  in reality one of these left wing socialist loonies will inevitably hold a high profile position.  Better here than the senate or Presidency.  The younger generation needs to learn that lesson the hard way, sadly.

    I absolutely agree. Just found it odd that you turned it into a gripe about right wingers. 

  8. 32 minutes ago, Roundybout said:


    What is your way forward?


    I think giving employees the tools to do their jobs correctly is a good thing, actually 

    Not having millions of dollars worth of that tool is really going to hinder these poor civil servants. 

     

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  9. 26 minutes ago, Roundybout said:


    Why is that a “win” to you? 
     

    I don’t particularly care about manufacturing jobs, because it’s not 1951 anymore. I mention it because of the MAGA obsession with returning to brutal factory jobs. 

    Because the federal government is bloated and inept. I realize that someone that believes millions of dollars of politico pro subscriptions is a necessary expenditure cannot understand that. Np. 

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  10. 4 minutes ago, Roundybout said:


    This looks nice on first glance, but the vast majority of jobs were added in the government, healthcare and service sectors. Aka, the sectors about to be devastated by OBBB. 
     

    Also manufacturing still hasn’t grown, despite MAGA efforts. 
     

     

     

    State and local governments. Feds down -7000. That’s a win. Other than that, it’s all just awful isn’t it? You REALLY should have bought the dip. 

  11. 28 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

    It is a response to a comment about the allegedly horrific infringements on our liberty from our COVID response.

     

    So I'm pointing out that some of the same people who refused to wear masks then insist on wearing masks now. Albeit for different reasons.

     

    Got it?

    It was only about masks. None of that other stuff counted. The stuff like mom and pop had to be shut down but Walmart didn’t. The stuff like “sorry, you can’t be with your dying parent”. All good. 

  12. 7 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

    Sorry, I can't help it!

     

    But seriously: some of these things are legal issues. We don't like someone's message. Should we censor it? Punish it? Or should we just live with it, criticize it, but accept it based on higher free speech values.

    The question posed to the university presidents was “Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Harvard’s rules on bullying and harassment?” I suspect the president’s would have answered in the affirmative for many other favored groups mentioned rather than Jews.


    Hard to believe they lost their jobs, isn’t it? 

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  13. 8 minutes ago, GaryPinC said:

    My, oh my, Oh.  My!    So many snowflake right wing crocodile tears here!😂😂

     

    I miss the old days when I was a Republican.  If faced with this situation they would be rejoicing the opportunity to win the NYC mayor's office and would already be working to make it happen.

     

    Not anymore.  Far right is just as useless as the far left.  You've lost your spine and honed your whine while hiding in your own echo chambers pretending somehow, your view is the more intellectual one!  Guilty until proven innocent.  Brilliant!

    New Yorkers have spoken. It seems a tad unhinged to make the Mamdani situation about right wing whining. Very odd. 

  14. 17 minutes ago, stevestojan said:


    Curious on your thoughts on this bill. What are the positives? I can’t weed through all the “millions will lose healthcare” (which is horrifying if it’s not done with precision to only remove those who are abusing the system) rhetoric so I’m interested in learning what the positive is? Tax free OT? Seems lame. No tax on tips? Sounds like it was written by someone who never worked for tips. 
     

    Not being argumentative; honestly curious what the pros are to the bill from someone on the other side of the aisle I respect. 

    I wish I could give you an answer. I don’t trust Washington republicans to get anything right. I just prefer their brand of ineptitude to that of Washington democrats. I do know that the fear mongering from the dems is standard issue. Republicans want to kill children and make old people choose between cat food and medicine, blah, blah. Been playing that tune for decades. I don’t know how anyone still buys it. 

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