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115th Congress. In Bridge, Can Hearts be Trumped? In Spades!

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joecct said:
But what to do with all those empty prisons and laid off penitentiary workers?
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If we had decent policies half the cops and soldiers would be unemployed.

Although the prisons might still be full. How many people work on Wall Street right now?
 
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I thought I was jaded

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Kepler said:
If we had decent policies half the cops and soldiers would be unemployed.

Although the prisons might still be full. How many people work on Wall Street right now?
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Kep

Do you have an ePub reader?
 
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Democrats looking at a president hovering around a 30 percent approval rating have no reason to run into a burning building and try to put it out, when they should instead just wait for 2018 when they have Speaker of the House Maxine Waters and Senate leader Chuck Schumer,” Patillo, an attorney, civil rights activist and Atlanta radio host, told Fox News
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Delusion at its finest. Either that, or he's trolling Faux viewers.
 
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awwww... [female dog] McConnell can't handle the pace...

Pick someone else to lead, then.
 
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joecct said:
If you want to advance the agenda the GOP was elected to do, then most assuredly replace the leadership.

If you want the status quo, keep them.
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The status quo is making a few people a lot of money.
 
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joecct said:
If you want to advance the agenda the GOP was elected to do, then most assuredly replace the leadership.

If you want the status quo, keep them.
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both options are terrible Joe. I'm not sure why you can't figure that out -- you _actually_ seem to _want_ the GOP to be able to advance their agenda. The GOP's stated agenda that they get elected on is a ****ing joke, so thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster they aren't having any luck getting that done... But what they ARE doing is funneling money into the hands a few wealthy people. And they are ****ing over our environment and the poor/middle class do do it.
 
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BassAle said:
both options are terrible Joe. I'm not sure why you can't figure that out -- you _actually_ seem to _want_ the GOP to be able to advance their agenda. The GOP's stated agenda that they get elected on is a ****ing joke, so thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster they aren't having any luck getting that done... But what they ARE doing is funneling money into the hands a few wealthy people. And they are ****ing over our environment and the poor/middle class do do it.
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None of that matters to joe as long as the Democrats don't get into power because... reasons.
 
Kepler said:
None of that matters to joe as long as the Democrats don't get into power because... reasons.
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Because abortion. Joe's a one trick pony, though at least he admits it when pressed. Everything else is just window dressing.
 
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unofan said:
Because abortion. Joe's a one trick pony, though at least he admits it when pressed. Everything else is just window dressing.
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I believe if we asked joe to leave abortion aside and evaluate the parties on everything else he would still be opposed to having the Dems in charge. He seems to have absorbed the amorphous thought-terminating cliches that the Echo Chamber has jammed into RW heads for the last 2 generations. OTOH, he's smart, so he probably rejects the actual falsehoods they have pushed. That leaves him with an "aftertaste" that the Dems are bad, not really tied to anything once you leave off abortion, but which nonetheless he will vote on.

joe's never, ever, ever, ever, ever coming over to our side. Not even now that abortion isn't a litmus test for Democratic support anymore. His kids or grandkids may, but he won't. Men typically drift rightward as they drift into old age because they become more tired and worn out and so they see the world as more threatening, less under their control, and passing them by and thus they long for a return to the "Golden Age" of order and righteousness which, in reality, never was. As they age they mistake the dying of their own light as the dying of the world.
 
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BassAle said:
both options are terrible Joe. I'm not sure why you can't figure that out -- you _actually_ seem to _want_ the GOP to be able to advance their agenda. The GOP's stated agenda that they get elected on is a ****ing joke, so thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster they aren't having any luck getting that done... But what they ARE doing is funneling money into the hands a few wealthy people. And they are ****ing over our environment and the poor/middle class do do it.
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An agenda that will get you elected. Some you'll like and others you'll loathe. But a debate on the issues, as opposed to "Jane you ignorant slut" would be useful.

Repeal Obamacare. A wonderful idea that gets fubar'd up when the feds get involved. Let each state decide.

Fix the delivery of healthcare. It is criminal that there are areas of this country that are medically underserved.

Tax reform. The current code is now a Rube Goldberg contraption. Fix it. Simplify it.

Semi isolationism. We should not be the world's nanny. When American interests are threatened, rattle the drums. If there is a temper tantrum in ROFLstan, who cares?

If a "war" has gone on for more than 10 years without measurable success, end it or scale it back to a police action. If still no measurable success after another 5 years, end it in its entirety.

End the Department of Education. We were doing fine without it.

End Department of Homeland Security. A cabinet department that was established out of fear needs to go.

Close the VA hospitals. Allow vets to receive care at any facility in the USA. The VA itself may need to go and its functions transferred to OPM.

Rename the Department of Defense the Department of War. That's what it does, isn't it?

Now for the stuff that will throw me in jail.

Remove federal laws on the growth and sale of domestically grown weed (Keep the laws against the importation of foreign weed. We want to foster US industries). Establish a federal tax of $X per _____ on weed. Let the states decide on whether and how it should be sold and used.

Remove federal laws regarding the criminalization of prostitution. Install laws on the minimum safety levels for prostitutes and a federal licensing fee of $X to cover the cost of a federal criminal and background check. Let each state/locality decide on it's legality and licensing requirements.
 
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joecct said:
Remove federal laws on the growth and sale of domestically grown weed (Keep the laws against the importation of foreign weed. We want to foster US industries). Establish a federal tax of $X per _____ on weed. Let the states decide on whether and how it should be sold and used.

Remove federal laws regarding the criminalization of prostitution. Install laws on the minimum safety levels for prostitutes and a federal licensing fee of $X to cover the cost of a federal criminal and background check. Let each state/locality decide on it's legality and licensing requirements.
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Are there federal laws criminalizing prostitution? I didn't think so. I'm pretty sure that's a state issue (hence legal brothels in Nevada)


by the way, repealing ObamaCare is only a good idea if you're replacing it with something BETTER like Medicare for all single payer. I think all Democrats would be okay with that.

The free market solution (What the republicans want) is not going to fix the delivery of healthcare with respect to undeserved areas. They are undeserved because it's a money losing proposition to provide healthcare in those areas.


For nearly all of your positions, the Democrats would be better.
 
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