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Post by teen persuasion on Jun 13, 2022 18:42:25 GMT -5
Thanks for all the detailed info. Yes, we could create a tax liability by Roth converting, to fully utilize the tax credit that is nonrefundable and can't be carried forward. Unfortunately, doing so would completely phase us out of EITC (which IS refundable), which would further block us from state EITC (30% of federal EITC) also refundable. So that's probably $4800 lost. Then it would increase our state tax by ~$4k. It would eliminate ACA subsidies for us. And the increased AGI would affect DS5's FAFSA in the near future (otherwise, we should be eligible for auto zero EFC or SAI). So chasing the nonrefundable credit costs us MORE in other lost credits and increased taxes. Now, if the credit were refundable, like EITC or CTC or AOTC (partially) we wouldn't need to play these games. Or if it could be carried over, like capital losses, we could make use of it in future years when DS5 is no longer our dependent (so EITC and FAFSA are not in the picture). The point still remains - this credit is only a positive for those taxpayers who ALREADY have income high enough to owe $7500 in taxes, which is about $65k OI over the standard deduction for MFJ (or some larger total of mixed OI + LTCG). Anyone with a smaller tax burden (smaller income) does not get the full credit to offset the purchase price of the vehicle. Higher income = higher tax bill = get big reduction in tax bill. Or vehicle cost - money is fungible. Lower income = lower tax bill = credit reduced. Pay more (indirectly) for same vehicle, because you are lower income.
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 21, 2022 21:04:46 GMT -5
oh, the dollar is at a 10 year HIGH this week. i don't know if that is a headline grabber or not, but it should be. it says "the US is kicking ass" in large font. if the US economy were in the toilet (again, versus the rest of the world), then the dollar would be at a 5 year LOW, like it was under Trump. And why is it at a ten year high? Two reasons. 1. Foreign governments are mucking up their economies at a worse rate than we are. 2. As ships head to a safe port in a storm, foreign investors are flocking to the safety of the dollar as crypto deserted them.
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 21, 2022 21:12:43 GMT -5
Let's get back on track. Biden has democrats and leftwing media outlets dropping their support like wasps being sprayed with wasp poison. His polling is making Jimmy Carter look good. Support from Independents is basically gone. Support from most Latin groups are lower than 30%
About the only thing that can save Biden and the democrats now is a direct attack by Putin on Europe or the U.S. Then the democrats could rally around the flag they love to hate so much.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 21, 2022 21:55:16 GMT -5
oh, the dollar is at a 10 year HIGH this week. i don't know if that is a headline grabber or not, but it should be. it says "the US is kicking ass" in large font. if the US economy were in the toilet (again, versus the rest of the world), then the dollar would be at a 5 year LOW, like it was under Trump. And why is it at a ten year high? Two reasons. 1. Foreign governments are mucking up their economies at a worse rate than we are. 2. As ships head to a safe port in a storm, foreign investors are flocking to the safety of the dollar as crypto deserted them. i stated why. no need for the rhetorical question, or the answer to said question. i put it in bold, and in large font, in case you missed it.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 21, 2022 22:05:16 GMT -5
Let's get back on track. Biden has democrats and leftwing media outlets dropping their support like wasps being sprayed with wasp poison. His polling is making Jimmy Carter look good. Support from Independents is basically gone. Support from most Latin groups are lower than 30% About the only thing that can save Biden and the democrats now is a direct attack by Putin on Europe or the U.S. Then the democrats could rally around the flag they love to hate so much. i will address these one at a time: Let's get back on track. Biden has democrats and leftwing media outlets dropping their support like wasps being sprayed with wasp poison. the media is not left wing by any stretch of the imagination. and they don't support either party, as a rule. there is no benefit to them doing so. nor is it in line with their duty in an democracy. His polling is making Jimmy Carter look good. false. Carter polled at 24%. Biden will never reach that level. i would happily accept a $1000 bet to anyone who thinks otherwise.Support from Independents is basically gone. independents at this point in presidencies rarely support over 40%. Biden is at 36%. and yes, this is low. but it is not necessarily fatal, as this points out:
www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/politics/biden-polling-independents/index.htmlSupport from most Latin groups are lower than 30% i can't comment on this. i don't track latino voting. About the only thing that can save Biden and the democrats now is a direct attack by Putin on Europe or the U.S. Then the democrats could rally around the flag they love to hate so much. i have never had much love for the flag. those that do constitute a problem for the US, imo. but i won't get a lot of cheers from my fellow Americans for saying so. i recognize that mine is a minority position. but i am two parts on that. one, my government serves ME, not the other way around (sorry, JFK, but you got it backwards). and two, i don't worship my country or it's symbols. they are an instrument of the people, and require no reverence, only tough love and active supervision.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 21, 2022 22:06:28 GMT -5
Let's get back on track. Biden has democrats and leftwing media outlets dropping their support like wasps being sprayed with wasp poison. His polling is making Jimmy Carter look good. Support from Independents is basically gone. Support from most Latin groups are lower than 30% About the only thing that can save Biden and the democrats now is a direct attack by Putin on Europe or the U.S. Then the democrats could rally around the flag they love to hate so much. What's it like to have voted twice for the most criminal, corrupt, amoral president in U.S. history? And why do you hate the United States? If the 2024 presidential candidates were Biden and trump senior, and knowing how trump tried to steal an election he fairly lost, who would you vote for?
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 21, 2022 22:07:19 GMT -5
lock him up! lock him up!
of course, locking him up won't break up the Cult. it didn't for Manson.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 21, 2022 22:12:22 GMT -5
for the record, i am pretty happy with how things have gone under Biden. two of the six companies i manage are running at the best levels we have seen since 2019. the other four are all at record levels. so, yeah. pretty awesome.
of course, the economy is generally quite a bit better under Democrats, so that is no surprise.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 21, 2022 22:28:28 GMT -5
for the record, i am pretty happy with how things have gone under Biden. two of the six companies i manage are running at the best levels we have seen since 2019. the other four are all at record levels. so, yeah. pretty awesome. of course, the economy is generally quite a bit better under Democrats, so that is no surprise. Biden won the 2020 election because a majority of voters were sick of trump's childish behavior and mouth. People voted for Biden because they wanted some peace and quiet out of the White House. They got what they voted for:quiet and sanity. Of course trump made sure he was always in the news by claiming he won the election but Democrats stole it from him. trump's big mouth and continued lies led us to the January 6, 2021 insurrection and ordered by Trump to overturn the election results (trump's second impeachment). It's unfortunate trump fucked up the pandemic by lying to the American people so the pandemic got passed along to Biden. The war in Ukraine was not of Biden's making. But trump's kowtowing and defending Putin during trump's time in office sure did not help Ukraine (trump's first impeachment). The pandemic screwed up the movement of goods around the world. People working from home during the pandemic caused the oil producing countries to produce less oil as few were driving. Not sure how anyone can blame Biden for that. And the J6 hearing on the insurrection just proves more and more each hearing trump was behind all of it.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 21, 2022 22:37:03 GMT -5
i think it is fair to lay the seeds of almost every problem we have right now at the feet of Trump.
having said that, this economy has produced more economic growth and jobs in his first 18 months than any economy since Carter.
so, yeah, people are flipping out about all sorts of things that don't really matter. please don't throw tomatoes at me for saying that, but i think it is true.
people are making adjustments in this inflationary time. but they don't have to look for work, and they can demand more pay to offset it.
i really think that we need to boostrap more. this economy is quite forgiving to the enterprising. we just had our monthly sales meeting today, and we are between 95-99% on track to our midyear goal (95% certain). and this goal was +14% over last year, and best year since 2019.
business #2 set a more ambitious goal of +25%. it is not tracking quite as well, but still best since 2019.
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 22, 2022 7:05:49 GMT -5
for the record, i am pretty happy with how things have gone under Biden. two of the six companies i manage are running at the best levels we have seen since 2019. the other four are all at record levels. so, yeah. pretty awesome. of course, the economy is generally quite a bit better under Democrats, so that is no surprise. Six companies. that is amazing. Now who was in office in 2019? Remind me.
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Post by tbop77 on Jun 22, 2022 8:59:55 GMT -5
Let's get back on track. Biden has democrats and leftwing media outlets dropping their support like wasps being sprayed with wasp poison. His polling is making Jimmy Carter look good. Support from Independents is basically gone. Support from most Latin groups are lower than 30% About the only thing that can save Biden and the democrats now is a direct attack by Putin on Europe or the U.S. Then the democrats could rally around the flag they love to hate so much. And I suppose Republicans were rallying around the flag on J6. Just wait, Trump is not done with your party yet. The only thing that could have saved you was if the two-faced Senators had voted to convict and been done with him. I can't wait for the show he is going to put on to get rid of DeSantis.
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Post by pulmonarymd on Jun 22, 2022 9:17:13 GMT -5
In 2024, Trump will be the same age that Biden was when he ran. Is Trump too old? Just seeing if you are going to be consistent, but I am not counting on it
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Post by teen persuasion on Jun 22, 2022 9:21:34 GMT -5
I thought Biden has already said no plans to run again. Who thinks he's the candidate? This sounds like the governor race ads here in NY: all the R candidates keep invoking the Cuomo boogeyman. Umm, he resigned. Hochul is governor now, not Cuomo. Why do you keep bringing up Cuomo?
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I thought Biden has already said no plans to run again. Who thinks he's the candidate? This sounds like the governor race ads here in NY: all the R candidates keep invoking the Cuomo boogeyman. Umm, he resigned. Hochul is governor now, not Cuomo. Why do you keep bringing up Cuomo? Actually Biden has said he does plan on running again. I think he has to say that. If he announces he isn't, he instantly becomes a lame duck and all focus will shift to who the nominee will be in 2024.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jun 22, 2022 9:45:38 GMT -5
I thought Biden has already said no plans to run again. Who thinks he's the candidate? This sounds like the governor race ads here in NY: all the R candidates keep invoking the Cuomo boogeyman. Umm, he resigned. Hochul is governor now, not Cuomo. Why do you keep bringing up Cuomo? Actually Biden has said he does plan on running again. I think he has to say that. If he announces he isn't, he instantly becomes a lame duck and all focus will shift to who the nominee will be in 2024. That's what I have read. Democrats really need to circle the wagon right now if they have any chance of accomplishing anything. Announcing or discussing Biden not running again will not help their agenda it's just going to present another opening for Republicans to do nothing and leaves the gate wide open for Trump in 2024. As it stands right now Biden beat him, they need to keep playing that card for as long as possible.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 22, 2022 11:01:41 GMT -5
So was trump in 2020 but you voted for him anyway. And look at what an infantile loser he has become. Wants to destroy the United States with his lies and attempts to undermine our election system. So do many of his supporters. Maybe you want to destroy it too.
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trump is yours. You voted for him in 2016 and 2020. I hope you are pleased with yourself. ‘A dangerous cancer’: fourth hearing reveals how Trump’s big lie destroyed people’s livesDonald Trump was the most powerful man in the world. But he was also a paranoid fantasist who did not care how his lies destroyed people’s lives. That was the picture of the former US president that came into focus with startling clarity at Tuesday’s hearing of the congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Dead people, shredded ballots and a USB drive that was in fact a ginger mint were all part of the delusional narrative of election fraud peddled by Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani. They would have been as comical as flat-earthers but for the way they posed a danger to both individual citizens and American democracy. “The president’s lie was and is a dangerous cancer on the body politic,” committee member Adam Schiff said at the hearing into how Trump pressured state officials to overturn overturn results. It was worth remembering that Trump once boasted that he had passed a cognitive test by reciting the words, “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV,” in the right order. And that, according to the Washington Post, he made 30,573 false or misleading claims during his four-year presidency. Even on Tuesday, he was repeating the biggest lie of all. Just before the hearing he issued a statement claiming that witness Rusty Bowers, the speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, told him “the election was rigged and I won Arizona”. Bowers, a Republican who had wanted Trump to win the election, told the committee that this was false: “Anyone, anywhere, anytime I said the election was rigged, that would not be true.” Bowers also recalled a conversation with Giuliani and lawyer Jenna Ellis about allegations of voter fraud in Arizona. In a phrase that captured the president’s own mindset, Giuliani allegedly said: “We’ve got lots of theories but we just don’t have the evidence.” But the centerpiece of the big lie is Georgia, which Trump narrowly lost and which became his all-consuming obsession for wild conspiracy theories. The committee heard testimony from its secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, and his deputy Gabe Sterling, who observed that competing against Trump’s false statements was like a “shovel trying to empty the ocean. I even had family members I had to argue with about some of these things.” The Cannon Caucus Room resounded with Trump’s own voice from a 67-minute phone call with Raffensperger in which the president claimed the people of Georgia “know” he won the state by hundreds of thousands of voters. Not true, Raffensperger told the committee definitively, explaining that Trump had “come up short”. One by one, Trump could be heard making ludicrous assertions without foundation. One by one, Raffensperger and Sterling calmly demolished them. The president was heard claiming that votes were “in what looked to be suitcases or trunks, suitcases but they weren’t in voter boxes”. Schiff asked: “Were they just the ordinary containers that are used by election workers?” Sterling testified: “They’re standard ballot carriers that allow for seals to be put on them so they’re tamper proof.” Trump went on during the call: “But they dropped a lot of votes in there late at night. You know that, Brad.” Raffensperger told the committee: “There were no additional ballots accepted after 7pm.” The president insisted: “The other thing, dead people. So dead people voted and I think the number is close to 5,000 people. And they went to obituaries. They went to all sorts of methods to come up with an accurate number and a minimum is close to about 5,000 voters.” Raffensperger observed: “No, it’s not accurate … We found two dead people when I wrote my letter to Congress that’s dated January 6 and subsequent to that we found two more. That’s one, two, three, four people, not 4,000.” More sinister yet, Trump claimed that election workers had been shredding ballots, “a criminal offense” that could put Raffensperger at risk. “So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state.” Raffensperger told the hearing: “What I knew is we didn’t have any votes to find.” Tuesday’s hearing spelled out how the big lie has caused hurt way beyond Washington on 6 January 2021. Trump told Raffensperger on the call: “When you talk about no criminality, I think it’s very dangerous for you to say that.” The Georgia secretary of state took this as a threat. And sure enough, his family was targeted by Trump supporters. “My email, my cell phone was doxxed and I was getting texts all over the country and then eventually my wife started getting texts. Hers typically came in as sexualized texts which were disgusting ... They started going after her I think just to probably put pressure on me: ‘Why don’t you quit and walk away.’” He was far from alone. In a deposition, Michigan secretary of state Jocelyn Benson talked about how her “stomach sunk” when she heard the sounds of protesters outside her home one night when she was putting her child to bed. She wondered if they had guns or were going to attack her house. “That was the scariest moment,” Benson said. But no story better illustrated the callousness of Trump’s assault than Georgia election workers Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman, two African American women described by committee chairman Bennie Thompson as “unsung heroes” of democracy. Giuliani accused the pair of passing a USB drive to each other; Moss told the committee that her mother had actually been handing her a ginger mint. With astonishing cruelty, Trump was heard in a phone call describing Freeman as “a professional vote scammer and hustler”. It was false but it was the cue for an onslaught of racist hatred from Trump supporters. Moss, nervous and at times shaking, recalled: “A lot of threats wishing death upon me. Telling me that, you know, I’ll be in jail with my mother and saying things like, ‘Be glad it’s 2020 and not 1920.” Moss, who left her position, added in wrenching testimony: “It’s turned my life upside down. I no longer give out my business card. I don’t transfer calls. I don’t want anyone knowing my name. I’ve gained about 60 pounds. I just don’t do nothing anymore. I don’t want to go anywhere. I second-guess everything that I do.” Her mother Ruby Freeman said in a deposition: “I’ve lost my name, and I’ve lost my reputation. I’ve lost my sense of security – all because a group of people ... scapegoat[ed] me and my daughter, Shaye, to push their own lies about how the presidential election was stolen.” At the end of his call to Raffensperger, Trump could be heard saying: “It takes a little while but let the truth comes out.” Now, finally, the truth is coming out, but not the one that occupies his fantasies. ‘A dangerous cancer’: fourth hearing reveals how Trump’s big lie destroyed people’s lives
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 22, 2022 12:38:17 GMT -5
for the record, i am pretty happy with how things have gone under Biden. two of the six companies i manage are running at the best levels we have seen since 2019. the other four are all at record levels. so, yeah. pretty awesome. of course, the economy is generally quite a bit better under Democrats, so that is no surprise. Six companies. that is amazing. Now who was in office in 2019? Remind me. Trump. i already said that Trump would be good for business, VB. even before he was elected. fascism and capitalism are good for each other. but keep in mind that was the end of a long good run that started in 2009 for me. i could play the same game with you that you are with me, but i won't.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 22, 2022 12:40:16 GMT -5
I thought Biden has already said no plans to run again. Who thinks he's the candidate? This sounds like the governor race ads here in NY: all the R candidates keep invoking the Cuomo boogeyman. Umm, he resigned. Hochul is governor now, not Cuomo. Why do you keep bringing up Cuomo? i think if Biden runs, he wins. i have contended that he WILL run.
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Six companies. that is amazing. Now who was in office in 2019? Remind me. Trump. i already said that Trump would be good for business, VB. even before he was elected. fascism and capitalism are good for each other. but keep in mind that was the end of a long good run that started in 2009 for me. i could play the same game with you that you are with me, but i won't. Well if you don't want to, then can I play? Please? Pretty please? So if performance and results for those two businesses are the best since 2019, then anyone with an ounce of reading comprehension and analytical thinking skills can easily surmise that 2020 was worse than 2019. (1.) Who was president in 2020? VB, can you remind me? And you can probably argue that the decline was due to the pandemic, and not even knowing the nature of DJ's businesses you would likely have a good chance of being right. Still, that brings us back to the question of: (2.) Who so completely botched the pandemic response that it was responsible for that economic decline? Again, (3.) who was in charge of the country during that pandemic response in 2020? VB, can you remind me? And on top of that, it was a long good run that started in 2009. (4.) Who was president then, VB? And: (5.) Whose administration led the country during the first eight years of that run? And: (6.) Which party presided over the last downturn that caused the recovery to begin in 2009? And again: (7.) Which party presided over the 2020 crash that created the problems we face now? And finally, you completely glossed over the fact that the other four of DJ's businesses are all at record levels now, in 2022. (8.) Who is president now, presiding over an economy that has four of the six businesses at record levels with the other two recovering after the Trump crash? VB, can you remind me? Since it is apparent, VB, that you do not possess either reading comprehension or analytical thinking skills, I have included the answers below. 1. Donald Trump 2. Donald Trump 3. Donald Trump 4. Barack Obama 5. Barack Obama 6. Republicans 7. Republicans 8. Joe Biden An even not-so-astute observer will notice that the five negative metrics are all answered by either "Donald Trump" or "Republicans." The three positive ones are answered by "Barack Obama" or "Joe Biden." Hey, VB? Is this really where you wanted to end up with your attempted praise of Donald Trump and implied slam of Joe Biden? Really?
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 22, 2022 13:31:35 GMT -5
I thought Biden has already said no plans to run again. Who thinks he's the candidate? This sounds like the governor race ads here in NY: all the R candidates keep invoking the Cuomo boogeyman. Umm, he resigned. Hochul is governor now, not Cuomo. Why do you keep bringing up Cuomo? Biden has not said he is not running in 2024
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 22, 2022 13:33:26 GMT -5
Trump. i already said that Trump would be good for business, VB. even before he was elected. fascism and capitalism are good for each other. but keep in mind that was the end of a long good run that started in 2009 for me. i could play the same game with you that you are with me, but i won't. Well if you don't want to, then can I play? Please? Pretty please? So if performance and results for those two businesses are the best since 2019, then anyone with an ounce of reading comprehension and analytical thinking skills can easily surmise that 2020 was worse than 2019. (1.) Who was president in 2020? VB, can you remind me? And you can probably argue that the decline was due to the pandemic, and not even knowing the nature of DJ's businesses you would likely have a good chance of being right. Still, that brings us back to the question of: (2.) Who so completely botched the pandemic response that it was responsible for that economic decline? Again, (3.) who was in charge of the country during that pandemic response in 2020? VB, can you remind me? And on top of that, it was a long good run that started in 2009. (4.) Who was president then, VB? And: (5.) Whose administration led the country during the first eight years of that run? And: (6.) Which party presided over the last downturn that caused the recovery to begin in 2009? And again: (7.) Which party presided over the 2020 crash that created the problems we face now? And finally, you completely glossed over the fact that the other four of DJ's businesses are all at record levels now, in 2022. (8.) Who is president now, presiding over an economy that has four of the six businesses at record levels with the other two recovering after the Trump crash? VB, can you remind me? Since it is apparent, VB, that you do not possess either reading comprehension or analytical thinking skills, I have included the answers below. 1. Donald Trump 2. Donald Trump 3. Donald Trump 4. Barack Obama 5. Barack Obama 6. Republicans 7. Republicans 8. Joe Biden An even not-so-astute observer will notice that the five negative metrics are all answered by either "Donald Trump" or "Republicans." The three positive ones are answered by "Barack Obama" or "Joe Biden." Hey, VB? Is this really where you wanted to end up with your attempted praise of Donald Trump and implied slam of Joe Biden? Really? You like everyone else fail to realize this thread is about Joe Biden and not Donald Trump. Try telling me why he is so far down in the polls? The cult has fallen apart.
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 22, 2022 13:37:49 GMT -5
What are the top five biggest concerns of American voters this summer? Can any of you actually list them here or are you too afraid to do it? Hint, Trump is not one of them. Biden has failed miserably in all five categories and will drag democrats down to defeat this fall. You can stretch it out to ten if you want to.
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 22, 2022 13:38:59 GMT -5
Does the phrase, "it is the economy stupid" ring a bell for anyone?
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 22, 2022 13:52:19 GMT -5
Well if you don't want to, then can I play? Please? Pretty please? So if performance and results for those two businesses are the best since 2019, then anyone with an ounce of reading comprehension and analytical thinking skills can easily surmise that 2020 was worse than 2019. (1.) Who was president in 2020? VB, can you remind me? And you can probably argue that the decline was due to the pandemic, and not even knowing the nature of DJ's businesses you would likely have a good chance of being right. Still, that brings us back to the question of: (2.) Who so completely botched the pandemic response that it was responsible for that economic decline? Again, (3.) who was in charge of the country during that pandemic response in 2020? VB, can you remind me? And on top of that, it was a long good run that started in 2009. (4.) Who was president then, VB? And: (5.) Whose administration led the country during the first eight years of that run? And: (6.) Which party presided over the last downturn that caused the recovery to begin in 2009? And again: (7.) Which party presided over the 2020 crash that created the problems we face now? And finally, you completely glossed over the fact that the other four of DJ's businesses are all at record levels now, in 2022. (8.) Who is president now, presiding over an economy that has four of the six businesses at record levels with the other two recovering after the Trump crash? VB, can you remind me? Since it is apparent, VB, that you do not possess either reading comprehension or analytical thinking skills, I have included the answers below. 1. Donald Trump 2. Donald Trump 3. Donald Trump 4. Barack Obama 5. Barack Obama 6. Republicans 7. Republicans 8. Joe Biden An even not-so-astute observer will notice that the five negative metrics are all answered by either "Donald Trump" or "Republicans." The three positive ones are answered by "Barack Obama" or "Joe Biden." Hey, VB? Is this really where you wanted to end up with your attempted praise of Donald Trump and implied slam of Joe Biden? Really? You like everyone else fail to realize this thread is about Joe Biden and not Donald Trump. Try telling me why he is so far down in the polls? constant attacks by the right wing media, a failure to run as a centrist, and ageism.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 22, 2022 13:53:37 GMT -5
Does the phrase, "it is the economy stupid" ring a bell for anyone? no. the economy is a raging inferno, VB. you really have to find something else to blame. inflation is a fair target. but the economy is red hot, and has been for 18 months, now.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 22, 2022 13:56:51 GMT -5
What are the top five biggest concerns of American voters this summer? Can any of you actually list them here or are you too afraid to do it? Hint, Trump is not one of them. Biden has failed miserably in all five categories and will drag democrats down to defeat this fall. You can stretch it out to ten if you want to. www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/04/15/americans-views-of-the-problems-facing-the-nation/of the top five, i hold Biden partially responsible for one (the budget deficit). we did too much stimulus spending, and it ended up fueling inflation. edit: "the economy" does't make this list. it is not a concern for voters.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 22, 2022 13:58:47 GMT -5
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