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Should be a wild four years.

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Losing 2020- and January 6th- was the best thing that ever happened to Trump and his movement. Massive loyalty test, four years to regroup, Israel chimping out under Biden and not Trump, post-covid economic woes under Biden and not Trump, etc.

Regardless of what happens in the future, if you were trvsting the plan and refilling yuor popcvrn in mid 2021 you were a better political analyst than people with six figure degrees.
On the other hand they almost won for good with 2020 and have seriously damaged the US, and could have destroyed for good it if not for their own stupidity- there are still 10 million ‘protected’ illegals from that term alone to deal with FYI, let alone the innumerable uncounted illegals that have streamed across the border.

If you oppose the importation of replacement shitskins you’ll avoid Chobani products, with roughly 30% of their employees being ‘refugees’ and the Turk that owns it agitating for more to be let in.
Kurds, the owner is a Turkish-born Kurd.
 
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It went through a major overhaul, too. The first version of it was a nightmare and rightfully scared the hell out of boomers who relied on or planned to rely on Medicare as they were promised.

They turned that fear into action with the Tea Party, which died a quiet, undignified death at the hands of Lois Lerner later on by unfairly taxing them to death.

That was most of Obama’s 1st term, he blew through so much political capital just to pass a castrated version of a bill he wanted. Then he just sat on his ass for 6 years after as a lame duck. Very weird decision on his part
The problem with American healthcare is that it’s the worst of both worlds. Private corps turning profits AND a massive government bureaucracy that tells them exactly what they can and can’t do.

Every nation that has some kind of public insurance started it in the 1950ies at the latest. That was the time to do something like Medicare for all.

Basically America constructed a giant, expensive eyesore of a public/private skyscraper, and the change that people are pushing for is the equivalent of going: “You know, maybe we can make it art deco and out of granite instead?”

(Not saying that a public option is totally impossible in America, but not an America that also spends a trillion dollar on defense. Math ain’t mathin.)


@Hollywood Hulk Hogan get the fuck in here, someone far less amusing is stealing your schtick.

Shit, I laughed at @Fatpacks too back during the election when he was gloriously wrong but… The guy has a point.

The BBB that’s actually passing is like 10% of what was promised. And instead of going “OHMAHGAWD!!! TRUMP MANAGED TO GET 10%!!!” Maybe more of y’all should be pissed at how neutered it was.

Shit, Trump has no problems threatening Massie with a primary, when all the guy wants is a SANE budget. But he lets the Senate piss all over him and takes it with a smile?!
 
Hakeem Jeffries has been yapping on the floor of the House for the past three hours. It’s the “magic minute” speech, where party leaders are allowed to speak as long as they want regardless of time limits on debate.
 
Shit, Trump has no problems threatening Massie with a primary, when all the guy wants is a SANE budget
A clean budget bill will literally never pass. Ever. It violates the way Congress works. Being obstinate about it when this bill is the best chance to actually get illegal immigration not just under control, but reversed, is cutting off your nose to spite your face. Balancing the budget is a meme, and Trump's tariffs are still doing more than enough to offset the spending increase.
Not to mention that Massie himself ended up voting Yes (at least during the most recent round of voting).
 
The BBB that’s actually passing is like 10% of what was promised. And instead of going “OHMAHGAWD!!! TRUMP MANAGED TO GET 10%!!!” Maybe more of y’all should be pissed at how neutered it was.

Shit, Trump has no problems threatening Massie with a primary, when all the guy wants is a SANE budget. But he lets the Senate piss all over him and takes it with a smile?!
I wanna-fuck, a- DUDE!!!! I LOSE it ALL every single time bro. Every SINGLE TIME. This shit is rigged.
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So what was the point of all that hemming and hawing the first time that kept you idiots up literally all night if you were just going to vote Yes in the end with no changes?
What a waste of everyone's fucking time.
Behind the scenes they were probably trying to make deals and get people to flip one way or the other.
 
The BBB that’s actually passing is like 10% of what was promised. And instead of going “OHMAHGAWD!!! TRUMP MANAGED TO GET 10%!!!” Maybe more of y’all should be pissed at how neutered it was.

Shit, Trump has no problems threatening Massie with a primary, when all the guy wants is a SANE budget. But he lets the Senate piss all over him and takes it with a smile?!
Again to be fair, it was the Senate Parliamentarian that removed some of the better parts(Yes they could technically cancel her out, but gotta be careful about precedence sometimes).I think trump mainly cares about the tax cuts(donors expect this) and the money for the border and ICE, maybe the No tax on tips and overtime.

Apart from that, you have every asshole trying to shove in a bunch of unrelated bullshit in.Like why the hell is SALT deductions even part of the conversation? Not priority and can be discussed later on, but noooo the New York Repubbies suddenly crawl out of the woodwork.

Dunno what massie is complaining about though, he has not been clear about what spending he wants reduced, it is notable however, that he was never this argumentative under the Biden admin.Trump coping is funny though.
Good! Gambling should be disincentivised and taxed as such.The entire industry makes their money through addicts that ruin their lives and the lives of their families.(Also the occasional wife beating)
 
Good! Gambling should be disincentivised and taxed as such.The entire industry makes their money through addicts that ruin their lives and the lives of their families.(Also the occasional wife beating)
That tax bill will do nothing to dissuade gambling addicts, but it will destroy professional poker.

It's also probably a test to see if they can get rid of deducting losses in general.
 
Hakeem Jeffries has been yapping on the floor of the House for the past three hours. It’s the “magic minute” speech, where party leaders are allowed to speak as long as they want regardless of time limits on debate.
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Maybe more of y’all
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The BBB that’s actually passing is like 10% of what was promised. And instead of going “OHMAHGAWD!!! TRUMP MANAGED TO GET 10%!!!” Maybe more of y’all should be pissed at how neutered it was.
The meat and potatoes has always been the increased ICE funding for mass deportations. I would have loved the NFA getting neutered but I was expecting hopeful things like that getting poop touched by faggots. I'm surprised that they decided to ass rape the Green New Deal stuff even harder than originally intended causing Elon to enter the K-hole again.


From the past few weeks I've seen a lot of concern trolling over Medicaid more so since that bitch poop touched it but the increase of ICE funding to turbocharge deportations will help alleviate the problem of illegals on all of our welfare nigger programs . All the BS done to fuck with or attempt to fuck with the BBB is perfect ammo to primary all those faggots come the midterms.
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Does concern trolling even work? To me it's annoying because it's obvious the people doing it are leftists that hate me so they should be cheering on my supposed incoming starvation no? Why so worried for my well being? It only hurts MAGAts.
 
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US labor market adds 147,000 jobs in June while unemployment falls to 4.1%​


The June jobs report showed the US labor market remained more resilient than anticipated in the final month of the second quarter.

The US economy added 147,000 nonfarm payrolls in June, more than the 106,000 expected by economists. The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 4.1%. Economists had expected the unemployment rate to move higher to 4.3%.

In May, the US economy added 144,000 jobs while the unemployment held flat at 4.2%. Those figures were revised higher on Friday from a previously reported 139,000 job additions in May.

Average hourly earnings in June rose 0.2% over last month and 3.7% over the prior year. Economists expected wages to rise 0.3% over last month and 3.8% over the prior year. Meanwhile the labor force participation rate fell to 62.3% from 62.4% the month prior.

Government employment rose by 73,000 workers in June, accounting for roughly half of the month's gains.


Following the report, increasing bets on a July interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve reversed. Markets are now pricing in just a 5% chance the central bank lowers rates at its July meeting, down from a 24% chance seen a day prior, per the CME FedWatch Tool. Traders also grew more skeptical of a September move from the Fed, with markets now pricing in a 78% chance the Fed cuts by the end of its September meeting, down from a 94% chance seen a day prior.
 
It is impossible for people on the left to realize how ridiculously bad the current leadership and assorted visible figures in the DNC actually are in the eyes of normies. Crockett is a total fucking retard. Every time she opens her mouth the DNC loses votes. Same goes for Jeffries. He can barely speak and flails around like a car dealer wacky man. That is the future. Pelosi is all but gone, Nadler is barely visible, even Schumer is less and less relevant.

The DNC's entire future is pinned to Corey Booker, Jasmine Crockett, AOC, and Hakeem Jeffries.
 
It is impossible for people on the left to realize how ridiculously bad the current leadership and assorted visible figures in the DNC actually are in the eyes of normies. Crockett is a total fucking retard. Every time she opens her mouth the DNC loses votes. Same goes for Jeffries. He can barely speak and flails around like a car dealer wacky man. That is the future. Pelosi is all but gone, Nadler is barely visible, even Schumer is less and less relevant.

The DNC's entire future is pinned to Corey Booker, Jasmine Crockett, AOC, and Hakeem Jeffries.
Yeah but it remains to be seen if the younger generations coming up under them can see this. I'm optimistic that between their voters being mass deported over the next 3.5 years ,the average man across all races shoring up the right, and the boomer die off, that things can truly be set up for long term success.
 
June employment beat expectations because this is Trump's America bitch:

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Whaaaaaat?! But muh ADP said we lost 33,000 jobs in June! Surely they weren't lying, were they?
 
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The meat and potatoes has always been the increased ICE funding for mass deportations. I would have loved the NFA getting neutered but I was expecting hopeful things like that getting poop touched by faggots. I'm surprised that they decided to ass rape the Green New Deal stuff even harder than originally intended causing Elon to enter the K-hole again.


From the past few weeks I've seen a lot of concern trolling over Medicaid more so since that bitch poop touched it but the increase of ICE funding to turbocharge deportations will help alleviate the problem of illegals on all of our welfare nigger programs . All the BS done to fuck with or attempt to fuck with the BBB is perfect ammo to primary all those faggots come the midterms.
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Does concern trolling even work? To me it's annoying because it's obvious the people doing it are leftists that hate me so they should be cheering on my supposed incoming starvation no? Why so worried for my well being? It only hurts MAGAts.
So you're cool with gutting medicaid to give tax cuts to billionaires? Why? A few months ago you were saying that crashing the economy was good, now you want tax cuts for billionaires?

Whaaaaaat?? But muh ADP said we lost 33,000 jobs in June! Surely they weren't lying, were they?
Or maybe the new data is wrong given that Daddy was busted lying about inflation numbers and gdp in q1. I know you're a gullible simpleton who believes everything daddy tells him like a good little NPC, but try to be less gullible. Or maybe both are correct and ADP's customers did have that and overall the other numbers are correct.
 
June employment beat expectations because this is Trump's America bitch:

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The problem is the employment-population ratio keeps dropping, these increases aren't anywhere near big enough to keep pace with the population. 150k would have been decent 30-40 years ago when the population was 100 million lower than it is today but now it's mediocre at best. Unemployment is a lot worse than 4.1% if you consider the permanent drop in the labor force participation rate post-COVID.

Honestly the best thing we could do is eliminate H1-Bs and other worker visas and put a total halt on legal immigration and a return to a quota system. We don't need more people in this country, a big reason for how dysfunctional the government is is the lack of representation caused by such a large population.

The House should have thousands of representatives if it were to be kept proportionate to population the way the Constitution originally intended.
 
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