Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Fat hurts wrote:

Looks like I touched a nerve.

Exactly the opposite. I see you as a Coca Cola Cowboy. Big hat, no cattle. Talk, talk, but really do nothing other than social media posts and protest events. Loser of the worst type. Faker.

You have a wild imagination.

agip wrote:

Fat hurts wrote:

The idea that 'poor white people don't know what's best for them.' is not racist. It is classist.

is one morally acceptable but the other isn't?

No.

Ivyguy wrote:

Still having trouble understanding why so many posts about Biden and (non-Trump) current events are on this thread.

Perhaps an attempt to expose the pointless nature of this thread. Four years of mental masturbation is just a little too much. In that spirit, I am signing off for a couple of months. I am sure when I check back in I will have missed nothing.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Ivyguy wrote:

Still having trouble understanding why so many posts about Biden and (non-Trump) current events are on this thread.

Perhaps an attempt to expose the pointless nature of this thread. Four years of mental masturbation is just a little too much. In that spirit, I am signing off for a couple of months. I am sure when I check back in I will have missed nothing.

Bye bye.

ENJOY YOUR LOSS ??

agip wrote:

Fats how do you square up your point above with the general feeling that blue collar and poor whites vote R, and we (or at least I) get furious that they aren't voting their own interests...they are voting the interests of millionaires who want lower taxes?

I'd hate to say 'it's racist to think black people don't know what's best for them'

but also think 'poor white people don't know what's best for them.'

I am not sure if poor white people are voting against their interests. Against their material interests? Yes. But I think many (if not most) of them know exactly what they are doing.

Any policy that helps all poor people would disproportionately help poor black and brown people. Many poor white people don't like that. They would rather want policies that help them more than poor black and brown people so that they can stay ahead. I don't think Dems will be willing to satisfy that need.

There is zero chance that the US puts the brakes on the cost of health care which is the driver of the cost of insurance against those costs. There is no interest in the health care companies to do so and the lobby is way too strong against any control to do anything if anyone really wanted to anyway. It's much more complicated than this blanket statement but the reality is that this is what it comes down to.

Fat hurts wrote:

agip wrote:

Fats how do you square up your point above with the general feeling that blue collar and poor whites vote R, and we (or at least I) get furious that they aren't voting their own interests...they are voting the interests of millionaires who want lower taxes?

I'd hate to say 'it's racist to think black people don't know what's best for them'

but also think 'poor white people don't know what's best for them.'

The idea that 'poor white people don't know what's best for them.' is not racist. It is classist.

It's very obviously both.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Fat hurts wrote:

So you are saying that African Americans are too stupid to vote their own interests?

Not anymore stupid than a White millennial voting for Biden in the hope of getting student loan forgiveness. Unfortunately Democrats have ruled American inner cities for decades to the detriment of Black communities. The business of promoting racial victimization is very profitable; just ask Al Sharpton and the Obamas.

Should AA live a happy lie and pretend they are as privileged as white people? Me thinks most are not really aware of just how $hitty a hand their ancestors and them have been dealt.

+1

Gina. wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Perhaps an attempt to expose the pointless nature of this thread. Four years of mental masturbation is just a little too much. In that spirit, I am signing off for a couple of months. I am sure when I check back in I will have missed nothing.

Bye bye.

ENJOY YOUR LOSS ??

LOLz 2 months Igy time = 2 days planet earth time. See you soon trump lover and as always don’t forget to take your anxiety pills ??

One way to start to crack through the insurance lobby shield is to incentivize disruption in the sector. The government can partner with and fund such initiatives to compete with the inevitably higher cost traditional options. Insurers are profit driven but their margins are astronomical and if other players are able to enter they can underprice them significantly. The government should be able to spark a change without too much pushback from the masters, but it’s unlikely to happen soon. It’s criminal to have to pay 10x for the production cost of a fkn IV bag, and to be prevented from knowing so. It’s a tragic situation in the US, but not the least surprising. Until there is more activism and politicians are finally pushed to break free from the thumb of the lobbies there will be no material change.

Also, it shouldn’t be called health care but rather disease care, since the sector is solely focused on treating disease symptoms and not promoting health and preventing sickness. It’s the same driver in the end, $, but that is a whole other topic for discussion.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Gina. wrote:

And whose watch did that happen on?

DJT?

You got the wrong guy if you think I don’t want that to change. But since that is the Democratic donor base, I question whether it will.

You’re like the LRC version of McConnell. “I think it’s horrible what DJT did/didn’t do” preceded/followed by you voting for him.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Gina. wrote:

Google the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Your boy, says one thing to the masses but always looks after his 1% buddies.

Joe, Barrack, Bill, Kamala, all members of the same club. You’re just to dumb to see that you’ve been suckered. Enjoy it smuck.

Look at that... a trumpanzee to the bone talking about others being suckered. ?????????????

Gina. wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Only people I know not paying taxes are your gods at Apple and Amazon.

And whose watch did that happen on?

DJT?

Igy sat here for 4 years doing nothing but excusing away every single trump action, even those in direct contradiction to conservative principles, and chronically abused the whataboutism card. But now that Hunter is president he has magically found those responsible for all of the country’s problems. Aha!

Ivyguy wrote:

Still having trouble understanding why so many posts about Biden and (non-Trump) current events are on this thread.

I think there is a very good reason for it. Trump severely hurt and frustrated this country in many different ways for four years. We still are rightfully not over it. We show that by posting on this thread.

Many feel the score is still not settled yet.

Also, probably habit.

The GOP...

https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1361526894261391361?s=20

Hunter Biden’s foreign profits:

$3.5M from the Mayor of Moscow’s wife

$100,000 account with a Chinese businessman

$1,454,034 from his time on the board of

$4,790,325 in “consulting fees” from a CCP-linked company

How much of that went to “the big man” Joe Biden?

OH - That's right - 10% went to the BIG GUY!

Tony Bobulinski: There’s no question "H" stands for Hunter and the "Big Guy" is Joe Biden

The ”Big Guy” getting 10% of equity in a deal with Chinese Communists.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/hunter-bidens-ex-business-partner-alleges-father-knew-about-venture-11603421247