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I'm so horribly disappointed in Biden. He ran a campaign pretending to be moderate, but cannot stop spending money. Doesn't seem to matter which party you choo

I'm so horribly disappointed in Biden. He ran a campaign pretending to be moderate, but cannot stop spending money. Doesn't seem to matter which party you choose, both are pro war and pro big government corruption/cronyism. At best I'll vote against the incumbent, at worst I'll vote third party. The plight of being a 10%er is that you don't have voting power or money.

mindslight 5y ago
I want to be fiscally conservative, but it's nonsensical without addressing the elephant in the room - inflationary policy. Spending money on deliberate projects is necessary to alleviate the nasty effects of the previous trillions that were, and still are, being given away to the banks. Focusing on the few scraps that the government throws to the people is a red herring. Also the Democrats' hands are tied, not being able to pass substantive non-financial legislation like HR1. Budget is one of the few things they can use this "reconciliation" to push through without filibuster, and so they're trying to use spending to solve everything.
- deregulateMed 5y ago
  What makes you think I'm talking about the scraps? I'm something between fiscal conservative, neoliberal, libertarian, and moderate. Labels are bad imo.
  - mindslight 5y ago
    You're talking about the scraps because you're focused on "Biden" rather than the "Federal Reserve". There wouldn't be so many people needing basic assistance in the first place if the overall dual-party policy wasn't an inflationary treadmill that centralizes wealth. Similarly, an increased minimum wage is only necessary because they have debased the money so that the existing amount is unlivable. I don't like either, but I'd much rather have MMT government spending than for them to push interest rates negative to create even more private sector malinvestment. In that light, the current stimulus spending is actually a good thing for fiscal conservatism - it will make real CPI inflation that will reign in the Fed.
tablespoon 5y ago
> I'm so horribly disappointed in Biden. He ran a campaign pretending to be moderate, but cannot stop spending money. I don't think it was reasonable to expect Biden govern like a libertarian. Biden has been pretty moderate. The Republican position on spending is so extreme it's pointless to meet it in the middle, and Biden has been restraining the progressive wing of his party (e.g. on the filibuster, etc). I also really doubt most Americans are that concerned about the government spending more money (and those that are are almost all squarely in the Republican camp).
- deregulateMed 5y ago
  I was hoping for some old guard bill Clinton style, not Ron Paul.

mindslight 5y ago

I want to be fiscally conservative, but it's nonsensical without addressing the elephant in the room - inflationary policy. Spending money on deliberate projects is necessary to alleviate the nasty effects of the previous trillions that were, and still are, being given away to the banks. Focusing on the few scraps that the government throws to the people is a red herring. Also the Democrats' hands are tied, not being able to pass substantive non-financial legislation like HR1. Budget is one of the few things they can use this "reconciliation" to push through without filibuster, and so they're trying to use spending to solve everything.

deregulateMed 5y ago
What makes you think I'm talking about the scraps? I'm something between fiscal conservative, neoliberal, libertarian, and moderate. Labels are bad imo.
- mindslight 5y ago
  You're talking about the scraps because you're focused on "Biden" rather than the "Federal Reserve". There wouldn't be so many people needing basic assistance in the first place if the overall dual-party policy wasn't an inflationary treadmill that centralizes wealth. Similarly, an increased minimum wage is only necessary because they have debased the money so that the existing amount is unlivable. I don't like either, but I'd much rather have MMT government spending than for them to push interest rates negative to create even more private sector malinvestment. In that light, the current stimulus spending is actually a good thing for fiscal conservatism - it will make real CPI inflation that will reign in the Fed.

tablespoon 5y ago

> I'm so horribly disappointed in Biden. He ran a campaign pretending to be moderate, but cannot stop spending money. I don't think it was reasonable to expect Biden govern like a libertarian. Biden has been pretty moderate. The Republican position on spending is so extreme it's pointless to meet it in the middle, and Biden has been restraining the progressive wing of his party (e.g. on the filibuster, etc). I also really doubt most Americans are that concerned about the government spending more money (and those that are are almost all squarely in the Republican camp).

deregulateMed 5y ago
I was hoping for some old guard bill Clinton style, not Ron Paul.