The sooner this guy is impeached the better. That's better than letting his term just run out as it offers more of a warning to other fruitcakes out there: the system _eventually_ works.
If your political opponent is offering free stuff paid from the public purse, while you are offering “fiscal responsibility,” you are guaranteed to lose every election.
This is in large part why Romney lost in 2012 and why no fiscally conservative candidate could beat Trump in the 2016 Republican primary. The average Joe doesn’t want to vote for the “eat your vegetables” candidate.
I hate it but Trump is smart enough to realize that you have to pander like this or you’ll lose. Democrats have historically been the party of “vote for me for more free stuff,” and he’s trying to beat them at their own game.
The end result of these vote buying schemes from both parties will be either a sovereign debt crisis or massive inflation. Maybe both.
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised:
-$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend"
-$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend"
-$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies
-$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms
No checks have been issuedhttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magically-disappearing-st...
just one question: is it a deeper or shallower stain than slavery, trail of tears, lynchings, nuking japan, vietnam, 1 million dead in the second gulf war, etc etc etc?
You’re right, the “both sides” claim really doesn’t work here.
Biden’s student loan forgiveness would have amounted to a gift of potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars to his most ardent supporters: young, college educated, poor people.
Trump’s proposal is a fraction of that, and all Americans would be eligible. If he’s trying to buy votes, he’s going to need to try a lot harder. This proposal is nothing like Biden’s vote buying scheme.
The sooner this guy is impeached the better. That's better than letting his term just run out as it offers more of a warning to other fruitcakes out there: the system _eventually_ works.
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." -Alexis De Tocqueville
But turns out it's a fun game for another branch of government too.
Good way to spend $1.3T that this party of fiscal responsibility doesn't have.
If your political opponent is offering free stuff paid from the public purse, while you are offering “fiscal responsibility,” you are guaranteed to lose every election.
This is in large part why Romney lost in 2012 and why no fiscally conservative candidate could beat Trump in the 2016 Republican primary. The average Joe doesn’t want to vote for the “eat your vegetables” candidate.
I hate it but Trump is smart enough to realize that you have to pander like this or you’ll lose. Democrats have historically been the party of “vote for me for more free stuff,” and he’s trying to beat them at their own game.
The end result of these vote buying schemes from both parties will be either a sovereign debt crisis or massive inflation. Maybe both.
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magically-disappearing-st...
Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark via Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mv4z7az4...
An incredible stain on the history of the US.
just one question: is it a deeper or shallower stain than slavery, trail of tears, lynchings, nuking japan, vietnam, 1 million dead in the second gulf war, etc etc etc?
lol
It's too early to say, it depends on how the Iran conundrum wraps up.
Confederate dollars.
I would ask how this is legal, but then again, we wouldn't even be here if something being legal or not mattered.
It's no different than promises to increase welfare or cut taxes that politicians routinely make.
Or pay off student loan debt, it's all crooked, both sides.
"Both sides" is such an absurd claim these days.
It's like saying that a murderer and a jaywalker are both criminals, so they're basically the same.
You’re right, the “both sides” claim really doesn’t work here.
Biden’s student loan forgiveness would have amounted to a gift of potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars to his most ardent supporters: young, college educated, poor people.
Trump’s proposal is a fraction of that, and all Americans would be eligible. If he’s trying to buy votes, he’s going to need to try a lot harder. This proposal is nothing like Biden’s vote buying scheme.
Lol I see you've never met a stallman type (ie your average hn disposition)
Please beware the false moral equivalence. Both sides is a position which advantages the incumbency.
What is your intent, beyond cynicism?
Biden promised $2000 and paid out $1400, still owes us $600 each.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/15/critics-say-bidens-covid-rel...
Everyone wants to know why groceries are so damn expensive, here's your answer. Along with fighting wars that aren't ours.
I really wish Libertarians would actually win.
This guy loves inflation.
"The only caveat I have is that the dividend that we're making must be spent in the United States of America."