As to homelessness, what changed were changes to tax laws that made it profitable for banks and hedge funds to purchase homes as investments or rental property. Change the laws to make that unprofitable and the housing market will recover very quickly. The rest of your points are also very good. I tend to agree with one of the comments t…
As to homelessness, what changed were changes to tax laws that made it profitable for banks and hedge funds to purchase homes as investments or rental property. Change the laws to make that unprofitable and the housing market will recover very quickly. The rest of your points are also very good. I tend to agree with one of the comments that Biden did not inform the public about all the things he was doing and why. That's why Trump will easily claim credit for all the good stuff now.
You may be right about homelessness but we can't go back in time. Some of the Republican leaders in Congress would equate homelessness with vagrancy and would prosecute and incarcerate them to eliminate the problem. Some say that Trump looks forward to incarcerating as many people as possible to the benefit of the private jail industry. That he gets a piece of the action is within the realm of possibilities. Before he would deport illegals he'll "concentrate" them. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/11/private-prison-stocks-jump-on-trump-appointment-of-immigration-hardliner-tom-homan.html Reminds me of internal exile, gulags.....
Thom has mentioned elsewhere that Biden has physical deficits that preclude oratory. He has a speech defect. He has to shout, etc.
This is all quite possible indeed, but what the Republicans do not seem to understand is that such activities will have a bad effect on the economy, along with mass deportations and tariffs..... If he messes up badly enough, he will probably lose the House in 2026, and that will slow his programs down considerably as they will not be funded as he wants. As to Joe Biden, he has suffered from a stutter from childhood. One of the techniques for controlling a stutter is to pause and gather your thoughts to concentrate on what you want to say. To the untrained eye, this can look like a cognitive problem or confusion - which the Republicans were all too ready to emphasize. Sometimes the odds are simply against you.
Mr. Culver, I agree with you on the economy. If Musk is permitted to take 2 trillion dollars out of our economy by cutting $2 trillion of federal spending, as he has proclaimed he wants to do; the economy will collapse into the deepest depression in our history. When Herbert Hoover entered the white house his treasury secretary multi-millionaire Andrew Mellon, told him to slash government spending. Hoover did and we fell into the Great Depression. The fact that the BRICS countries are scheming to undermine the dollar combined with Trump's planned tariffs will only add fuel to the fire. At that future time the voters will conclude that BOTH political parties have failed them. The field will be open for the appearance of two new political parties: a new left/labor party and the extreme right party which is already here, the MAGATs.
Project 2025 has plans to ensure that there won't be a real election in 2026 Bruce.
The mind is numb to Trump's pronouncements it does seem. He told his adoring crowd,vote for me one more time and you will never had to vote again. And sadly, even liberal sources have ignored that warning, either shoved it where there is no sunshine, or ignored it as hyperbole.
One nasty thing they have planned is to use the constitution to usurp the government and allow Trump to rule by decree (executive orders)..... I have read Article II Section 3 and it is legit - he can adjourn Congress until he feels the time is right to reconvene it, ruling by executive order - and there does not appear to be a remedy. It is a very surprising lapse by the Founders to leave this avenue for a despot to rule unilaterally, using the constitution to do it.....
Scary isn't and you just overlaid another concern I had
Biden, if he had balls, or if anyone in his administration had balls would use the immunity that SCOTUS gave him and save this country and it's democratic Republic, but alas I am baying at the moon
I would say Biden's legacy is going to be shit, but history is written by the conqueror.
It was the private prison operation companies that had the highest profit in last Wed.’s stock market jump…they knew this was coming.
It was just announced that it will be Stephen Miller as Chief of Staff on policy- he’s the one who devised the separation of families at the border. He’s a known racist and xenophobe. They need mass deportation to use as their main platform…”we need to do this in order to protect our country”, they won’t shy away from propaganda that will mislead Americans into thinking it’s all being done for the right cause,they will show disgusting, altered images on their right-wing owned airwaves, mostly dark-skinned but also trans /LGBTQ . All it would take is for one or 2 Fox style news platforms to spiral things out of control, or, I wouldn’t put it past them- Trump tv, however, they’ll name it something like The True Americans network ( because everything they slap a title on is always just the opposite of their plans ) something to keep the hatriots inflamed. I’m sorry, folks, I don’t mean to sound so dour but nothing is “coming”…we’re now in it. It’s the only thing that would cause the American people to elect such a deplorable piece of scum. Just yesterday, visiting a progressive website ( a somewhat known youth pastor turned progressive) my phone alerted me of potential hacker alert. It’s time to pay attn.
Remember Daniel,when he fell off the bike, My wife says he has Parkinson's, which affects speech and mobility. He has trouble walking, very stiff, same with talking
September 2017, I climbed a ladder spread Tide on the roof (great for killing moss,did it every fall, cleaned the gutters. October 2017, left side (not left eye) blindness brain tumor, metastasized lung cancer, craniotomy, radiation, now I can't climb a step stool to change a light bulb, and walk like a drunk. One month of in hospital therapy, two months of home therapy, still can't walk a straight line, but my movements aren't stiff like Joes.
It was obvious that he had problems, but outside of come caricature on SNL, nobody really talked about them.
IMO Jake Sullivan was running foreign affairs, especially aid to Ukraine.
Actually Barbara it was she who told me, while she was making excuses for him., that he had a stutter.
The stutter had nothing to do with the way he walked and moved though.,and falling off the bicycle. I rode my bicycle until I had the craniotomy, and now I can't even climb on it.
As to homelessness, what changed were changes to tax laws that made it profitable for banks and hedge funds to purchase homes as investments or rental property. Change the laws to make that unprofitable and the housing market will recover very quickly. The rest of your points are also very good. I tend to agree with one of the comments that Biden did not inform the public about all the things he was doing and why. That's why Trump will easily claim credit for all the good stuff now.
You may be right about homelessness but we can't go back in time. Some of the Republican leaders in Congress would equate homelessness with vagrancy and would prosecute and incarcerate them to eliminate the problem. Some say that Trump looks forward to incarcerating as many people as possible to the benefit of the private jail industry. That he gets a piece of the action is within the realm of possibilities. Before he would deport illegals he'll "concentrate" them. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/11/private-prison-stocks-jump-on-trump-appointment-of-immigration-hardliner-tom-homan.html Reminds me of internal exile, gulags.....
Thom has mentioned elsewhere that Biden has physical deficits that preclude oratory. He has a speech defect. He has to shout, etc.
This is all quite possible indeed, but what the Republicans do not seem to understand is that such activities will have a bad effect on the economy, along with mass deportations and tariffs..... If he messes up badly enough, he will probably lose the House in 2026, and that will slow his programs down considerably as they will not be funded as he wants. As to Joe Biden, he has suffered from a stutter from childhood. One of the techniques for controlling a stutter is to pause and gather your thoughts to concentrate on what you want to say. To the untrained eye, this can look like a cognitive problem or confusion - which the Republicans were all too ready to emphasize. Sometimes the odds are simply against you.
Mr. Culver, I agree with you on the economy. If Musk is permitted to take 2 trillion dollars out of our economy by cutting $2 trillion of federal spending, as he has proclaimed he wants to do; the economy will collapse into the deepest depression in our history. When Herbert Hoover entered the white house his treasury secretary multi-millionaire Andrew Mellon, told him to slash government spending. Hoover did and we fell into the Great Depression. The fact that the BRICS countries are scheming to undermine the dollar combined with Trump's planned tariffs will only add fuel to the fire. At that future time the voters will conclude that BOTH political parties have failed them. The field will be open for the appearance of two new political parties: a new left/labor party and the extreme right party which is already here, the MAGATs.
Project 2025 has plans to ensure that there won't be a real election in 2026 Bruce.
The mind is numb to Trump's pronouncements it does seem. He told his adoring crowd,vote for me one more time and you will never had to vote again. And sadly, even liberal sources have ignored that warning, either shoved it where there is no sunshine, or ignored it as hyperbole.
One nasty thing they have planned is to use the constitution to usurp the government and allow Trump to rule by decree (executive orders)..... I have read Article II Section 3 and it is legit - he can adjourn Congress until he feels the time is right to reconvene it, ruling by executive order - and there does not appear to be a remedy. It is a very surprising lapse by the Founders to leave this avenue for a despot to rule unilaterally, using the constitution to do it.....
Scary isn't and you just overlaid another concern I had
Biden, if he had balls, or if anyone in his administration had balls would use the immunity that SCOTUS gave him and save this country and it's democratic Republic, but alas I am baying at the moon
I would say Biden's legacy is going to be shit, but history is written by the conqueror.
This is an Octavian moment.
Perhaps this is the moment where we all break into a rousing chorus of "Always look on the bright side of life....."
What bright side? Sucking air?
They'll be regulating breathing before long.....gotta save all the clean air for the oligarchs.
It was the private prison operation companies that had the highest profit in last Wed.’s stock market jump…they knew this was coming.
It was just announced that it will be Stephen Miller as Chief of Staff on policy- he’s the one who devised the separation of families at the border. He’s a known racist and xenophobe. They need mass deportation to use as their main platform…”we need to do this in order to protect our country”, they won’t shy away from propaganda that will mislead Americans into thinking it’s all being done for the right cause,they will show disgusting, altered images on their right-wing owned airwaves, mostly dark-skinned but also trans /LGBTQ . All it would take is for one or 2 Fox style news platforms to spiral things out of control, or, I wouldn’t put it past them- Trump tv, however, they’ll name it something like The True Americans network ( because everything they slap a title on is always just the opposite of their plans ) something to keep the hatriots inflamed. I’m sorry, folks, I don’t mean to sound so dour but nothing is “coming”…we’re now in it. It’s the only thing that would cause the American people to elect such a deplorable piece of scum. Just yesterday, visiting a progressive website ( a somewhat known youth pastor turned progressive) my phone alerted me of potential hacker alert. It’s time to pay attn.
Has anyone seeing any reporting of an exodus from America to Mexico yet, or they waiting for the doors to the cattle car to slam shut.
Remember Daniel,when he fell off the bike, My wife says he has Parkinson's, which affects speech and mobility. He has trouble walking, very stiff, same with talking
September 2017, I climbed a ladder spread Tide on the roof (great for killing moss,did it every fall, cleaned the gutters. October 2017, left side (not left eye) blindness brain tumor, metastasized lung cancer, craniotomy, radiation, now I can't climb a step stool to change a light bulb, and walk like a drunk. One month of in hospital therapy, two months of home therapy, still can't walk a straight line, but my movements aren't stiff like Joes.
It was obvious that he had problems, but outside of come caricature on SNL, nobody really talked about them.
IMO Jake Sullivan was running foreign affairs, especially aid to Ukraine.
William-please share this info with your wife. Biden has a stutter and has had for decades. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-15/joe-bidens-childhood-struggle-with-a-stutter
Actually Barbara it was she who told me, while she was making excuses for him., that he had a stutter.
The stutter had nothing to do with the way he walked and moved though.,and falling off the bicycle. I rode my bicycle until I had the craniotomy, and now I can't even climb on it.