2020...

Does anyone in here disagree?

Schultz at SXSW: Issues facing US won't be solved by sending tweets
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/433341-howard-schultz-slams-two-party-system-as-dysfunctional

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who is mulling launching a 2020 independent presidential bid, went after members of both parties Saturday during a talk at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Texas.

"We're living in a society right now where you can send a tweet about anything … and all of a sudden you're an iconic celebrity. ... But that’s not going to solve the issues that we're facing," he told NBC's Dylan Byers at the Austin conference.

During the conversation, Schultz sought to leverage his decades of experience in business and years running a global corporation to make the case that he could successfully lead the country if elected.
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I was pompous in my condemnation of how far right wing Conservatives ran Kansas and Oklahoma into the ground... so I guess it's only fair I pompously condemn how left wing Progressives seem ready to do the same to New York. "New York state — and city — are ranked No. 1 nationwide in state and local tax burden," and yet somehow unable to fix the infrastructure or balance the budget.

I know the NYTimes doesn't cover stories like this anymore then Fox News is fair or balanced when it comes to Trump... but if it comes down to a Progressive v Trump in the Presidential election this is why I'm voting for Mr. Starbucks. I invite everyone else who is tired of the crazies to join me.

New York City is edging toward financial disaster, experts warn
https://nypost.com/2019/03/09/new-york-city-is-edging-toward-financial-disaster-experts-warn/

New York City is careening closer to all-out financial bankruptcy for the first time since Mayor Abraham Beame ran the city more than 40 years ago, experts say.

As tax-fleeced businesses and individuals flee en masse, and city public spending surges into the stratosphere, financial analysts say Gotham is perilously near total fiscal disaster.

Long-term debt is now more than $81,100 per household, and Mayor de Blasio is ramping up to spend as much as $3 billion more in the new budget than the current $89.2 billion.

“The city is running a deficit and could be in a real difficult spot if we had a recession, or a further flight of individuals because of tax reform,” said Milton Ezrati, chief economist of Vested.

“New York is already in a difficult financial spot, but it would be in an impossible situation if we had any kind of setback.”

De Blasio has detailed $750 million in savings for the preliminary fiscal 2020 budget, but that won’t be enough to stave off a bloodbath if New York’s economy is hit by financial shocks — including a recession, which some see on the horizon — analysts warn. Gov. Cuomo’s preliminary budget has $600 million in city cuts in the coming year.

But city spending, up some 32 percent since de Blasio took office — triple the rate of inflation — may need to be cut deeper, these analysts add. The city’s long-term pension obligations have escalated, as well, as its workforce has soared by more than 33,000 in the last five years.

Other startling indicators:

  • New York state — and city — are ranked No. 1 nationwide in state and local tax burden.
  • Property taxes, almost half of the city’s revenue, is rising faster than any other revenue source — squeezing businesses and forcing homeowners, already hit by federal property tax deduction changes, to relocate to lower-tax states.
  • The top 1 percent of New York City earners pay some 50 percent of Big Apple income tax revenue.
“New York City could go bankrupt, absolutely,” said Peter C. Earle, an economist at the American Institute for Economic Research.

“In that case, the city would get temporary protection from its creditors, but it would be very difficult for the city to take on new debt.”
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tenacious said:
I was pompous in my condemnation of how far right wing Conservatives ran Kansas and Oklahoma into the ground... so I guess it's only fair I pompously condemn how left wing Progressives seem ready to do the same to New York. "New York state — and city — are ranked No. 1 nationwide in state and local tax burden," and yet somehow unable to fix the infrastructure or balance the budget.

I know the NYTimes doesn't cover stories like this anymore then Fox News is fair or balanced when it comes to Trump... but if it comes down to a Progressive v Trump in the Presidential election this is why I'm voting for Mr. Starbucks. I invite everyone else who is tired of the crazies to join me.
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A vote for anyone else besides the Democrat is a vote for t. That's why the Russians used social media to sway likely Dem voters to vote for the likes of Jill Stein.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
A vote for anyone else besides the Democrat is a vote for t. That's why the Russians used social media to sway likely Dem voters to vote for the likes of Jill Stein.
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Remember when russians with the assistance of space aliens helped elect Bill Clinton by seeding clouds and spreading misinformation through chem-trails and getting people to vote for Ross Perot?
 
Ricky Fandango said:
Remember when russians with the assistance of space aliens helped elect Bill Clinton by seeding clouds and spreading misinformation through chem-trails and getting people to vote for Ross Perot?
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Ricky’s embarrassed that his hero not only lost by a few million votes, but his electoral victory is severely tainted by the fact of substantial Russian online assistance against HRC.
Sorry, bud!
 
Hüsker Dü said:
A vote for anyone else besides the Democrat is a vote for t. That's why the Russians used social media to sway likely Dem voters to vote for the likes of Jill Stein.
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Not sure I agree. First of all no matter how I vote the state where I live will go blue.

Second... I’m not sure a President Liz Warren is really any better then T? Whereas he panders to the far right she’s just going to pander to the far left. And now that I live in a place controlled by the far left- all I’m going to say is it has me feeling rather dissatisfied. Maybe you’ve got some extra money to pay reparations and are fine with destroying the nations tech sector because it’s white mens money as I heard AOC say while dismissing shrinking tax revenue in NYC not long ago, but that’s not what I’m about.

Having watched the Republicans fall off the deep end pandering to the racist alt-right, and now watching the dems and their apologists prepare to do the same in the opposite direction- all I can say is I’m done carrying water for the two parties and their little game of divide and conquer.
 
tenacious said:
Not sure I agree. First of all no matter how I vote the state where I live will go blue.

Second... I’m not sure a President Liz Warren is really any better then T? Whereas he panders to the far right she’s just going to pander to the far left. And now that I live in a place controlled by the far left- all I’m going to say is it has me feeling rather dissatisfied. Maybe you’ve got some extra money to pay reparations and are fine with destroying the nations tech sector because it’s white mens money as I heard AOC say while dismissing shrinking tax revenue in NYC not long ago, but that’s not what I’m about.

Having watched the Republicans fall off the deep end pandering to the racist alt-right, and now watching the dems and their apologists prepare to do the same in the opposite direction- all I can say is I’m done carrying water for the two parties and their little game of divide and conquer.
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Warren isn't as far left as she is being portrayed as. She taught economics to many of those on Wall Street that she now says are cheating the system. She certainly isn't a dreaded, "socialist". She wants a fair system, a capitalist system, but not one where the wealthy are allowed to make all the rules.
At least she would be honest . . . and yes, NY or Cali will be blue, they have the highest IQ averages in the US.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
Warren isn't as far left as she is being portrayed as. She taught economics to many of those on Wall Street that she now says are cheating the system. She certainly isn't a dreaded, "socialist". She wants a fair system, a capitalist system, but not one where the wealthy are allowed to make all the rules.
At least she would be honest . . . and yes, NY or Cali will be blue, they have the highest IQ averages in the US.
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If I can use Multi's line,
Are you drunk Rat?
 
Hüsker Dü said:
Warren isn't as far left as she is being portrayed as. She taught economics to many of those on Wall Street that she now says are cheating the system. She certainly isn't a dreaded, "socialist". She wants a fair system, a capitalist system, but not one where the wealthy are allowed to make all the rules.
At least she would be honest . . . and yes, NY or Cali will be blue, they have the highest IQ averages in the US.
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As my posts in here I think show- my takes are my own and I have never put much stock in how the newspaper opinion columns.

I do listen to what politicians themselves say however... and I've been particularity unimpressed with Warrens sprint to the left as a means of improving her low poll numbers. Perhaps if she had instead played to that economics degree I might have joined her... but obviously she felt identity politics and division was what Dem voters want. Maybe it will work or maybe it won't- but what's certain is just like Trump now she will never get my vote as I'm done with populist politicians pandering to people sense of victim hood. Be they on the right or left.
 
tenacious said:
As my posts in here I think show- my takes are my own and I have never put much stock in how the newspaper opinion columns.

I do listen to what politicians themselves say however... and I've been particularity unimpressed with Warrens sprint to the left as a means of improving her low poll numbers. Perhaps if she had instead played to that economics degree I might have joined her... but obviously she felt identity politics and division was what Dem voters want. Maybe it will work or maybe it won't- but what's certain is just like Trump now she will never get my vote as I'm done with populist politicians pandering to people sense of victim hood. Be they on the right or left.
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t is a phony populist.
 
tenacious said:
As my posts in here I think show- my takes are my own and I have never put much stock in how the newspaper opinion columns.

I do listen to what politicians themselves say however... and I've been particularity unimpressed with Warrens sprint to the left as a means of improving her low poll numbers. Perhaps if she had instead played to that economics degree I might have joined her... but obviously she felt identity politics and division was what Dem voters want. Maybe it will work or maybe it won't- but what's certain is just like Trump now she will never get my vote as I'm done with populist politicians pandering to people sense of victim hood. Be they on the right or left.
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Baby steps.
 
Ricky Fandango said:
Baby steps.
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To say I’m taking baby steps would seem to imply my position is changing, but this is not the case. It’s more like this... when Sarah Palin showed up on the scene, and all the republicans pretended like she wasn’t saying a whole bunch of stupid shit I was astounded. When Donald became president and all the republicans abandoned so many of their principles falling in line I was outraged.

Now the tables have turned and the same dark forces are at work within the Democratic Party. So I will simply say if they want me to abandon my value system, it will never happen. My ancestors are not going to look at me as having willfully bankrupted this country because I felt owed a bunch of free crap or didn’t want to pay my share of the taxes. It’s going to be on the Socialist and the Trumpers.
 
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messy said:
Ricky’s embarrassed that his hero not only lost by a few million votes, but his electoral victory is severely tainted by the fact of substantial Russian online assistance against HRC.
Sorry, bud!
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You really do live in a permanent state of delusion.
 
Sheriff Joe said:
If I can use Multi's line,
Are you drunk Rat?
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The Drunk Rat thinking Warren would be honest when she has a tough time being honest about her own heritage.

I think any of the old guard Dem are going to have a difficult time upending Trump but if Biden can withstand President Trumps initial onslaught of attacks (Creepy Biden, Sloe Joe, Old Man Creeper, The Crypt Keeper)and keeps his cool then he might be the only one.

The best thing for Trump would be the left has such a nasty, contentious primary that they create massive division within their party. It would also give the Trump campaign all the ammo required to use against the left's representative .
 
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