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At this point, the future threats pale in comparison to the current one - systematic destruction of the United States by a russian agent.
by java-man 1y ago
At this point, the future threats pale in comparison to the current one - systematic destruction of the United States by a russian agent.
- treetalker 1y agoA bit ambiguous: are you referring to Trump, Gabbard, or one of the others?
- CamperBob2 1y agoYes.
- dsadfjasdf 1y ago[flagged]
- mindslight 1y agoNot everyone is so eager to go into Trumpist pretend land. Don't pay attention to what people say, pay attention to what they do. And everything Trump has done has benefited China and Russia at our expense. Whether he is a willing agent or just an overconfident dupe might be an interesting academic debate, but either way the results are clear.
- nis0s 1y ago> And everything Trump has done has benefited China and Russia at our expense. How do you mean? If you mean tariffs, then they’re raising revenues at an unprecedented rate. If you mean international relations, then that’s always a fluctuating state between self-interested agents. Nothing is ever really set in stone.
- mindslight 1y agoI mean every single different thing he's done. Raising taxes raises immediate revenue, sure. The problem is all the second order effects down the line. The only halfway sensible policy has been the $100k for H-1B, and even that is being implemented so ham-fistedly as to create pointless harm for individuals (ie diminishing the appeal of the US), while actually benefiting companies that hire foreign labor (one more thing to hold over employees' heads). But I'm not really looking to argue this for the umpteenth time with people who are still buying into the administration's marketing.
- nis0s 1y agoWhat am I buying, just sharing what I noticed. The US houses most of the top large cap companies in the world, it still has plenty of appeal, the companies need to balance their hiring with profitability, and maybe that means hiring H1Bs will become more expensive, or losing tax benefits for offshoring.
- conception 1y agoRaising revenues after adding 3T to the deficit? Lol.
- nis0s 1y agoI am not sure where you’re getting that figure, but the total is 2T, which is primarily due to interest rates and social welfare spending. https://bipartisanpolicy.org/report/deficit-tracker/ https://bipartisanpolicy.org/report/deficit-tracker/ If you look at the previous years when Trump hadn’t enacted his agenda, then the difference between current deficit levels seems primarily due to interest rates.
- conception 1y agoMisspoke - debt not deficit.
- conception 1y agoAlso to correct you, it’s actually due to Republican tax cuts. America’s had a balanced budget before even a budget surplus not so long ago.