Wow a conservative R with stones speaking truth to power. Go ahead, primary him you effin cowards.
Replies to: Wow a conservative R with stones speaking truth to power. Go ahead, primary him you effin cowards.
The bill reflects the Trump agenda:
The Big Beautiful Bill is another "political" economic grenade... just like the Green New Deal and
the Inflation Reduction Act.
It's tweedle dee and tweedle dumb with these politicians.
From the guy who thinks there is genocide being committed by Israel in Gaza. Lol
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Not sure how these are related but I support wiping out Hamas w/o killing thousands of innocents
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Clueless Baron...Even Israelis are using the "G-Word" now after watching Bibi's unrelenting assaults
on the Palestinians of Gaza. Just like DJT, he needs to stay in office to avoid a long prison sentence.
Link: https://www.timesofisrael.com/some-pro-israel-advocates-are-now-using-words-like-genocide-to-describe-the-gaza-war/
"CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would result in a net decrease in the deficit...
...$90 billion over the 2022-2031 period."...re: The Inflation Reduction Act...look it up.
The "Green New Deal" was never enacted, however, elements of the GND are in the 'Deficit Reducing' IRA. A clear example of responsible governance...unlike what just passed the House.
Very very few members of Congress are remotely interested in decreasing our debt because...
none of the electorate wants to see any of our benefits reduced.
Due to our ever increasing 'Wealth Gap', we have greater and greater need to attend to the larger
and larger segment of Americans whose basic NEEDS are not being met...while the WANTS of the Wealthiest among us are attended to. That's the reality of our current situation...you good with that?...Are you even aware of it?
The resolution is clear...Increase taxes on the above average profits and disposable income from Corporations and extremely wealthy Americans, while reprising the thoughtful bipartisan spending cuts that the Clinton/Gore administration produced. Sadly, the Wannabe Plutocrats have found their Salesman.
Capital will always seek the best return possible... either here or outside the country.
Even internally this is the case, which is why people and businesses flee high tax and regulation states for ones with less governmental burdens.
Maybe you would like to see the economy totally controlled by a central government?
What could go wrong? Less initiative? An end to progress?
Our democratically governed economy did quite well back when CEO compensation was 21x that of
the average worker's (1960's)...and not over 300x like we have today. On top of that we have many Republican controlled states refusing to increase, or even have, minimum wages.
This "Let Them Eat Cake" approach can only last so long.
We did not live in a global economy in the 60s,
Our workers today have to compete with labor all around the world. Or do you support higher tariffs?
Shouldn't Corporate Boards insist on getting the best 'ROI' from their CEO compensation plans?..
...as the link shows, U.S. CEO's could use a "Haircut" compared to their counterparts around the world. A 344x ratio isn't necessary to compete in today's global economy. Note how the major U.S. Auto Makers ended up agreeing to 40% pay increases for workers after public pressure was applied.
In the opinion of many, our current disregard for the vast majority of citizens...including MAGAs...is unhealthy and as history shows us, it's unsustainable.
Btw, you might want to pick up a copy of Nobel Prize Winner, Joseph Stiglitz's book "Globalization and its Discontents...Revisited"...it expands the discussion to include the World Bank, IMF and global trade agreements...plus the recent advent of Trumpism, which brings those "Discontents" home to roost.
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/424159/pay-gap-between-ceos-and-average-workers-in-world-by-country/
Not so sure about that. Seemed like a boondoggle to me. What I do know, is comparing the two on
increasing the deficit gives the clear win to Mango.
I was very much against that as well if you remember. The problem is that was a grenade, but when
you keep compounding it with more goodies it becomes a mortar shell. Orange started the pyrotechnics with his first tax bill that was a disgrace. It’s gone from bad to worse since then.