Samseau Wrote:Nah, just deport about 10 million illegals there, and break up Cali into 3 or 4 states. At least one of them will go Republican giving us a chunk of those 55 EC votes.
Eastside Wrote:Or 6: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Californias
I agree though. If Cali split up and we were also able to get most of the illegals out, then I see Republicans picking up at least 20 EVs minimum. For now, I guess all we can do is stoke any divisions that pop up within the state and also focus on enforcing immigration in general (something Trump will do).
(12-20-2016 03:01 PM)TigerMandingo Wrote:
Kinda disappointed that Trump and co. are listening to this war crimes hack.
(12-20-2016 07:44 PM)kaotic Wrote: Guys CA secession ISN'T going to happen, lets get that out of our heads.
I'll be damned if this state does.
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(12-20-2016 07:44 PM)kaotic Wrote: Guys CA secession ISN'T going to happen, lets get that out of our heads.
I'll be damned if this state does.
(12-20-2016 07:56 PM)TravelerKai Wrote:(12-20-2016 03:01 PM)TigerMandingo Wrote:
Kinda disappointed that Trump and co. are listening to this war crimes hack.
Let me call time out for a minute. I'm pretty drunk but forgive me fellas.
This might be best saved for a discussion in the Deep Forum, but let's address now.
Kissinger, regardless of where your political ideology lies, is a very important thinker and strategist in regards to political theory and US Foreign Policy.
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We have guys like this to thank for things like:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realpolitik
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(i...relations)
Take some time to read through these things. I promise you, you will be better off for it and it will expand the way you think in general.
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He isn't perfect but he is pretty close to the last kind of redpilled men in US Govt. we have.
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If Kissinger wanted to give me advice I would listen to it. I don't have to use it, but I would greatly appreciate it. Any redpill man should as well.
Quote:It’s little wonder that Capitol Hill Republicans have papered over their not-insignificant policy differences with Trump, shying away from any statement about the president-elect that might possibly be construed as critical. They’re terrified of arousing the ire of their tempestuous new leader — or being labeled a turncoat by his army of followers.
Since the election, numerous congressional Republicans have refused to publicly weigh in on any Trump proposal at odds with Republican orthodoxy, from his border wall to his massive infrastructure package. The most common reason, stated repeatedly but always privately: They're afraid of being attacked by Breitbart or other big-name Trump supporters.
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(12-21-2016 11:55 AM)Glaucon Wrote: Sheriff Richard K Jones, an Ohio elector, burns letters sent by whiny liberals which were begging him not to vote Trump.
How can we win so much?
Quote:While the market, and various pundits and economists have been mostly focused on the still to be disclosed details of Trump's infrastructure spending aspects of his fiscal plan, "one of the least talked about but possibly most important tax shifts in the history of the United States" is, according to DB, House Speaker Paul Ryan’s and President-elect Trump’s “border tax adjustment” proposal.
This is part of the “Better Way” reform package and also figures prominently in the writings of senior Trump administration officials.
What is it?
Put simply, the proposal would tax US imports at the corporate income tax rate, while exempting income earned from exports from any taxation. The reform would closely mirror tax border adjustments in economies with consumption-based VAT tax systems. If enacted, the plan will likely be extremely bullish for the US dollar. What’s more, it would have a transformational impact on the US trade relationship with the rest of the world.
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Taking all of the above into account, the academic literature is unambiguous in its conclusion that the dollar should rally strongly in the event a “border tax adjustment” is put in place. An appreciating dollar would be a natural response to an improving US trade balance and the competitiveness gains achieved by the shift in the relative prices of exports over imports. In extremis, the dollar would rally by 15% to fully offset the price changes caused by the tax. This analysis is partial however, with the knock-on consequences on the Fed, US corporate off-shoring and global trade relations likely making the impact even more material.
Deutsche Bank concludes that combined with potential changes to the treatment of unrepatriated earnings, "the proposed changes to the US corporate tax code could be one of the most important shifts in US tax and international trade policy in a generation."
We wholeheartedly agree with DB's assessment in this particular case.
(12-20-2016 06:32 PM)Leonard D Neubache Wrote: ^ Welfare has to be a rock bottom lifestyle and child support should no longer exist.
The government and the single-mother industry can't have it both ways (taxing a man to provide welfare for stranger's kids and then slugging him with child support payments for his own in addition).
As long as women bear few to no consequences for walking away from a reasonable provider they will always do so as and where their feelz dictate.
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Quote:Nearly 95% of all new jobs during Obama era were part-time, or contract
A new study by economists from Harvard and Princeton indicates that 94% of the 10 million new jobs created during the Obama era were temporary positions.
The study shows that the jobs were temporary, contract positions, or part-time "gig" jobs in a variety of fields.
Female workers suffered most heavily in this economy, as work in traditionally feminine fields, like education and medicine, declined during the era.
The research by economists Lawrence Katz of Harvard University and Alan Krueger at Princeton University shows that the proportion of workers throughout the U.S., during the Obama era, who were working in these kinds of temporary jobs, increased from 10.7% of the population to 15.8%.
Krueger, a former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, was surprised by the finding.
The disappearance of conventional full-time work, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. work, has hit every demographic. “Workers seeking full-time, steady work have lost,” said Krueger.
Under Obama, 1 million fewer workers, overall, are working than before the beginning of the Great Recession.
The outgoing president believes his administration was a net positive for workers, however.
"Since I signed Obamacare into law (in 2010), our businesses have added more than 15 million new jobs," said Obama, during his farewell press conference last Friday, covered by Investing.com.