Respectful Politics Thread (Let's Just See)

[LittleJerry92]

Yeah, suddenly not too keen on Bernie all of a sudden after his mention of prisoners being allowed to vote.

Yeah, let’s let pedophiles, sex offenders, mass murderers, etc give a chance to vote, right?

 

[D'Snowth]

Hey, Republicans wanted to actually put pedophiles, rapists, pimps, Holocaust-deniers, among others into offices.

 

[Old Thunder]

You can really feel like an @$$hole when you can't even spare an extra dollar - or even just a few cents - to donate to a charitable cause when cashiers are ringing up your purchases because you're the one who needs that extra little bit to help you out.

Never donate to that kind of thing because they're literally extracting your money and doing little with it. Only donate to what you think is a stand-up organization.

 

[MWoO]

There has been a huge push to allow felons to vote by the dems, but allowing people to vote while still serving time is a new one.

I think non-violent felons should be allowed to vote after all time is served. Violent/Sexual Assault felonies should be a permanent forfeit of the right to vote.

The reasoning behind the dems wanting to allow felons to vote is that it would increase the minority voting pool in many states which would in turn increase the number of democratic voters as minorities tend to vote democratic. It has nothing to do with feeling sorry for felons or thinking felons have learned a lesson. Besides, who is more likely to vote for socialist policies where money is taken from one party and given to another than a thief?

Basically, Bernie is a crazy old socialist who wants criminals to vote because he thinks all minorities are poor convicts. Warren wants to impose a wealth tax, which taxes all assets someone has which means it can also affect small business owners. 2% taken every year for assets in excess of 50 mil. I am not a millionaire, but taxing money that has already been taxed is straight up theft. Same reason we shouldn't have a sales tax.

 

[LittleJerry92]

So um,

Not that it’s anything new, but we just got another school shooting.

 

[D'Snowth]

And not a peep about it. See how desensitized we've become to it that nobody reports on school shootings anymore? And nobody cares? This is literally just another day in gun-totin' Murka.

On an unrelated note, seeing this exchange between a couple of Twitter users actually gave me a chuckle today:

TWITTER USER #1: (Tweets about Trump proposing a new amendment)
TWITTER USER #2: Dems created this policy!
TWITTER USER #1: Nuh-uh, they didn't.
TWITTER USER #2: Yeah-uh, they did! Dems in Virginia already did it!
TWITTER USER #1: Show me a credible source, I'll wait.
TWITTER USER #2: (Links Fox News article)
TWITTER USER #1: That's not a credible source.

BURN!!

 

[Old Thunder]

So um,

Not that it’s anything new, but we just got another school shooting.

Please change your avatar, it is literally the worst thing I have ever seen in my life.

 

[LittleJerry92]

Maybe in a few weeks.

 

[D'Snowth]

Please change your avatar, it is literally the worst thing I have ever seen in my life.

Thank you.

 

[D'Snowth]

I went in for my annual physical today, and they evidently have added a new procedure during the initial check-up: asking questions about depression. According to my doctor and nurse, they say it's something that they started doing within the last year, because not enough patients who have depression are talking about it, or noting symptoms associated with it.

Now, I'm not going through depression at the moment (been there before, though; twice), however I did underplay some of my answers and responses, because among the questions they have to ask now are if you're worried or concerned about the possibility of losing your home, and if you're worried or concerned about not having enough money to afford to eat; the former, thankfully, doesn't apply to me because this place has the only decent landlord in all of America, but the latter has been a problem for almost all of 2019 - though, again, I underplayed my response, and simply said it's a struggle, but getting by.

I can't help but wonder if Trump's economy is even worse than it seems, because these are some very, very specific questions, and these questions are now part of standard procedure . . . why else would you have to be asked about the possibility of losing your house or not being able to afford to eat? Just how many people out there are faced with these particular problems that they're having to be asked about them now at a check-up or physical at the doctor's office?

I continue to see people praising Trump for how great the economy is right now, how it's stronger than it's ever been before, how it continues to strengthen, and how Trump's tax breaks have been wonderful . . . but once again, the only people I see singing these praises are white collar workers, big businesses, and the wealthy . . . otherwise, everyone else is suffering and barely able to keep their heads above the waters of poverty. The notion that "the rich get richer, the poor get poorer" does sound silly, and even childish, I'll agree (like "turn around, don't drown"), but it's highly, highly accurate whenever a Republican is President, and again, this is one the main reasons why I never vote Republican: they never help anybody but their own kind, and their own kind are the rich and wealthy.