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Being anti Trump won't work (Original Post) booley Dec 2019 OP
Seen a couple of this dudes vids Glamrock Dec 2019 #1
I like him too, but he's off here Downtown Hound Dec 2019 #2
being anti trump may not be sufficient rampartc Dec 2019 #3

Glamrock

(11,802 posts)
1. Seen a couple of this dudes vids
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 04:19 PM
Dec 2019

Dig him. Really thoughtful, smart guy. THis is the first i've seen that I disagree with him. And those points were tiny really.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
2. I like him too, but he's off here
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 04:52 PM
Dec 2019

I won't say way off, but he's still off. Being anti-Trump does not mean you aren't for things. And he's wrong about how we haven't moved since the 70's. Crime went way down in the 90's. As did the deficit. Then Bush came along and screwed that up with his tax cuts for the rich.

The uninsured went way down under Obama. And he cut the deficit he inherited in half. Then Trump came along and screwed that up. We do move under Democratic presidents. It's under Republicans that we get stagnant or regress. And is that really any surprise? They pretty much campaign on platforms of taking us back to our past. And the only economic idea they've had in the last 50 years has been tax cuts. As much as I respect this man, this is ultimately just more of the "both sides are at fault" bullshit that's become far too common in political discourse.

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