Politics Thread

[bobbiemcgee]

I doubt Mc Cain will be voting.

[Masterofreality]

Classic righty response, go ahead and list the MAGA things done that are great for the poor and middle class. Go...

Forum is yours.

Lowest Unemployment Rate for Black Folks ever.
That seems pretty important.

[xudash]

Lowest Unemployment Rate for Black Folks ever.
That seems pretty important.

Please don't use hard data. Al Sharpton will stroke out, if not seek another appearance on Boston Legal, which would be a neat trick at this time.

[bobbiemcgee]

Lowest Unemployment Rate for Black Folks ever.
That seems pretty important.

Maybe Trump will get more than 4% next time. 5?

[X-man]

I prefer to grow total tax revenue through increases in taxable income as opposed to rate of taxation. And there is definitely some room for reining in the spending.

Growing tax revenue only works to bring down the debt-to-GDP ratio if it causes the debt level to grow more slowly than GDP. The growth rate of the debt is simply the deficit divided by the debt. This in turn implies that the deficit must be less than the debt multiplied by the growth rate in GDP. Can that happen without an increase in tax rates? Sure, but it's not a slam dunk.

[Lloyd Braun]

Please don't use hard data. Al Sharpton will stroke out, if not seek another appearance on Boston Legal, which would be a neat trick at this time.

Here is the hard data for “black folks”:

https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000006

Clearly the trend in this graph started in January 2012. Giving Trump credit for not messing it up is hardly a win in a normal presidency.

[boozehound]

If you uncap the tax like that, you've got to uncap the benefits accordingly.

I mean, you don't have to.

I'm fully expecting not to receive SSI when I retire. It plays no role in my financial / retirement planning. I'm counting on it being means tested or something similar by that time, and I won't qualify. I don't necessarily like that - I'm footing the people for people who (in many cases) chose not to save adequately for retirement, but I'm not particularly up in arms about it either.

[Caf]

I doubt Mc Cain will be voting.

It's up to Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski. I'd imagine they will insist on a judge who gives precedent high importance for Roe v Wade.

[GoMuskies]

I'm not sure how that would help re: Roe v. Wade given that Roe v. Wade was a bunch of made up nonsense by the court.

If he brings in another Gorsuch, he's getting confirmed.

[Caf]

I'm not sure how that would help re: Roe v. Wade given that Roe v. Wade was a bunch of made up nonsense by the court.

If he brings in another Gorsuch, he's getting confirmed.

GOP Sen. Collins says Roe v. Wade case is "settled law"

"I view Roe v. Wade as being settled law," she said. "It's clearly precedent. I always look for judges who respect precedent."