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Absolutely. I've been lucky enough to be self-employed for a bit, but if you walk into any bay area startup nearly everybody will be a vitriol against Trump and

Absolutely. I've been lucky enough to be self-employed for a bit, but if you walk into any bay area startup nearly everybody will be a vitriol against Trump and conservatives very publicly. It is not even subtle. I'm the kind of person who actually enjoys a debate, and my lack of PC offends some. If I were an employee, probably would be problematic.

rb666 9y ago
Reason is that the political debate is no longer right vs left in the US. Trump and his posse have proven to be compulsive liars. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trumps-lies.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trump... This means there is little left to debate.
- hkmurakami 9y ago
  ? The "appropriate" size and role of the federal government is still a very worthwhile and earnest point of debate, and that is a classic left/right issue.
  - keganunderwood 9y ago
    Sorry but nobody is for small government. Nobody is for a balanced budget. It is a farce. We all have two piles: a. Things we want the government to do b. Things we don't If you're for a balanced budget, you'll oppose current tax cut plans and demand government cut spending. The problem is of course where do we cut spending? Find me a dollar of "waste" and I'll show you someone who benefits from it. Can we please stop pretending?
    - sdfkljs 9y ago
      > Find me a dollar of "waste" and I'll show you someone who benefits from it. So if people always benefit from every dollar spent...why should we ever stop government spending...oh wait, hasn't this been tried before?
    - timrichard 9y ago
      > Find me a dollar of "waste" and I'll show you someone who benefits from it. I expect others who've also worked on Government projects would find that as preposterous as I do.
    - SamReidHughes 9y ago
      Trump has actually proven his bone fides for small government in the sense of reducing regulatory burden.
- sdfkljs 9y ago
  > compulsive liars Politics is all about lying and people do it on all sides all the time. It feels compulsive because the MSM keeps covering Trump so much, and never offering comparisons to show that its not out of the ordinary on the other side.
the_mitsuhiko 9y ago
I find it interesting that people feel the need to defend Trump because he’s in “their team”. Can’t help but feel this is an effect of the two party system. He’s objectively a problematic person as a leader but since there is no other conservative around now conservatives feel the need to clinch to him more than is healthy.
- sdfkljs 9y ago
  > He’s objectively a problematic person as a leader This is the problem right here. You are speaking from your bubble. I don't see how people can use "objectively" for such broad declarations such as "problematic person". The MSM is ridiculously left biased. They don't even see that they are either. Record highs in the stock market, +3% GDP growth, low unemployment. I'm curious, how else do we measure a President?
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rb666 9y ago

Reason is that the political debate is no longer right vs left in the US. Trump and his posse have proven to be compulsive liars. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trumps-lies.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trump... This means there is little left to debate.

hkmurakami 9y ago
? The "appropriate" size and role of the federal government is still a very worthwhile and earnest point of debate, and that is a classic left/right issue.
- keganunderwood 9y ago
  Sorry but nobody is for small government. Nobody is for a balanced budget. It is a farce. We all have two piles: a. Things we want the government to do b. Things we don't If you're for a balanced budget, you'll oppose current tax cut plans and demand government cut spending. The problem is of course where do we cut spending? Find me a dollar of "waste" and I'll show you someone who benefits from it. Can we please stop pretending?
  - sdfkljs 9y ago
    > Find me a dollar of "waste" and I'll show you someone who benefits from it. So if people always benefit from every dollar spent...why should we ever stop government spending...oh wait, hasn't this been tried before?
  - timrichard 9y ago
    > Find me a dollar of "waste" and I'll show you someone who benefits from it. I expect others who've also worked on Government projects would find that as preposterous as I do.
  - SamReidHughes 9y ago
    Trump has actually proven his bone fides for small government in the sense of reducing regulatory burden.
sdfkljs 9y ago
> compulsive liars Politics is all about lying and people do it on all sides all the time. It feels compulsive because the MSM keeps covering Trump so much, and never offering comparisons to show that its not out of the ordinary on the other side.

the_mitsuhiko 9y ago

I find it interesting that people feel the need to defend Trump because he’s in “their team”. Can’t help but feel this is an effect of the two party system. He’s objectively a problematic person as a leader but since there is no other conservative around now conservatives feel the need to clinch to him more than is healthy.

sdfkljs 9y ago
> He’s objectively a problematic person as a leader This is the problem right here. You are speaking from your bubble. I don't see how people can use "objectively" for such broad declarations such as "problematic person". The MSM is ridiculously left biased. They don't even see that they are either. Record highs in the stock market, +3% GDP growth, low unemployment. I'm curious, how else do we measure a President?

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