Agreed. I did not make that comparison. She is too far left to get her policy proposals passed, but she represents the voice of a conscience in the House.
What Does AOC Have That Boebert Does Not?
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Agreed. I did not make that comparison. She is too far left to get her policy proposals passed, but she represents the voice of a conscience in the House.
Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
Only one person out of ten is working in the example. That one person is working 3 jobs. The system reports that employment is up and unemployment is down because it only reports the jobs filled as if three separate people are working instead of just one.
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello LurchAddams,
All the little mini-Trumps were predicted. I was quite dismayed to read of it shortly after he was elected. I didn't want it to be so, but I knew the author was correct. And now here we are.
We so need to get Trump convicted of SOMETHING for the good of America, hopefully many things. It is remarkable that he has eluded justice thus far but it does appear that is becoming less available to him.
The best way out of this mess I can see is Trump gets convicted, then Trumpism falls back out to the fringes, the cult is more widely ridiculed and marginalized. Then the Democratic Party learns a lesson that they must renew focus on inclusion of Republicans into legislation, even if Republicans resist. They must always be included at whatever level possible. And the rhetoric needs to subside. America cannot heal from Trumpism if grudges are going to be held. That's gonna be a tough challenge, but forgiveness is the right thing to do.
We have to let it go, forgive, make a place for the brighter more cohesive future we would like to see.
I'm not saying forget. Hardly. We learn a big lesson from this and part of it is that we need to have more respect for people in this nation even if they disagree. And if they go low, we go high. If they embarrass themselves by lashing out, we let it go like water off a ducks back. Then we feel badly for them having lost their cool. And we let all that go and we make a place for more civil discourse when the dust has settled.
It would help if Republicans admit their mistakes. Some will. Most won't. The bigger thing to do is to overlook that. Either let them rant and wait or simply distance from them if they are just never going to become cordial. When we engage then we are going low. Both sides going low is not the way forward for America. Resist that even when others around you cannot. The more people who rise above this animosity the better it is for America.
This is America, not the Jerry Springer Show.
Let's make America work for America, not just the rumor/gossip/confrontation profiteers.
Time to dial up our feng shui.
What comes around goes around. If we want good vibes coming around, then good vibes is what we need to put out. And be patient.
AOC is crazy smart. Bobo and MTG are just crazy.
Yagina
All the little mini-Trumps were predicted. I was quite dismayed to read of it shortly after he was elected. I didn't want it to be so, but I knew the author was correct. And now here we are.
We so need to get Trump convicted of SOMETHING for the good of America, hopefully many things. It is remarkable that he has eluded justice thus far but it does appear that is becoming less available to him.
The best way out of this mess I can see is Trump gets convicted, then Trumpism falls back out to the fringes, the cult is more widely ridiculed and marginalized. Then the Democratic Party learns a lesson that they must renew focus on inclusion of Republicans into legislation, even if Republicans resist. They must always be included at whatever level possible. And the rhetoric needs to subside. America cannot heal from Trumpism if grudges are going to be held. That's gonna be a tough challenge, but forgiveness is the right thing to do.
We have to let it go, forgive, make a place for the brighter more cohesive future we would like to see.
I'm not saying forget. Hardly. We learn a big lesson from this and part of it is that we need to have more respect for people in this nation even if they disagree. And if they go low, we go high. If they embarrass themselves by lashing out, we let it go like water off a ducks back. Then we feel badly for them having lost their cool. And we let all that go and we make a place for more civil discourse when the dust has settled.
It would help if Republicans admit their mistakes. Some will. Most won't. The bigger thing to do is to overlook that. Either let them rant and wait or simply distance from them if they are just never going to become cordial. When we engage then we are going low. Both sides going low is not the way forward for America. Resist that even when others around you cannot. The more people who rise above this animosity the better it is for America.
This is America, not the Jerry Springer Show.
Let's make America work for America, not just the rumor/gossip/confrontation profiteers.
Time to dial up our feng shui.
What comes around goes around. If we want good vibes coming around, then good vibes is what we need to put out. And be patient.
The ability to think.
NO. It counts people, not jobs.
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello Flash,
Sounds pretty accurate to me. The figure is calculated based on the premise that an individual working just one hour per week is defined as 'employed.' If capitalism is going to mainly create jobs which cannot be lived on, then they will be filled by individuals who hold several of that type of job. That's not a great existence, particularly with increased transportation expenditures in personal budgets due to having to commute to multiple jobs, but those who resist or do not qualify for government assistance programs have to do what they have to do to pay the rent and eat. It is understandable why so many have participated in the big quit.
Maybe we would be better off by ending all these social assistance programs and simply replacing them with a UBI. Tax the rich more heavily to pay for it. I really do not see a problem with this. As a matter of fact, I think it is kind of inevitable and I'm just waiting for the rest of the country to figure it out. We have taxed the rich at 90% of their income above everyone else's income in the past and the country was just fine. As a matter of fact, some consider that time to be when when America 'was great.'
Sounds pretty accurate to me. The figure is calculated based on the premise that an individual working just one hour per week is defined as 'employed.' If capitalism is going to mainly create jobs which cannot be lived on, then they will be filled by individuals who hold several of that type of job. That's not a great existence, particularly with increased transportation expenditures in personal budgets due to having to commute to multiple jobs, but those who resist or do not qualify for government assistance programs have to do what they have to do to pay the rent and eat. It is understandable why so many have participated in the big quit.
Maybe we would be better off by ending all these social assistance programs and simply replacing them with a UBI. Tax the rich more heavily to pay for it. I really do not see a problem with this. As a matter of fact, I think it is kind of inevitable and I'm just waiting for the rest of the country to figure it out. We have taxed the rich at 90% of their income above everyone else's income in the past and the country was just fine. As a matter of fact, some consider that time to be when when America 'was great.'
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
T. A. Gardner
Thread Killer
What Does AOC Have That Boebert Does Not?
A Penis...
A Penis...
evince
Truthmatters
It’s a level of attainment
It takes commitment and work
Years of effort with very little reward except your own commitment to knowledge
You like the idiot you are think knowing things is bad
It’s why you are such a fucking loser
evince
Truthmatters
What Does AOC Have That Boebert Does Not?
A Penis...
Is that what you think college is for
Getting penis?
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
a $50M homeless shelter for illegals in the middle of her congressional district?.......
LurchAddams
There Can be Only One!
Find me an elected Republican willing to work with us, stop denying the 2020 election was legitimate and work with us to shore up voting rights, I'm with them 100%.
By the way, the "elected Republican" I just described, doesn't exist. This is NOT a "both sides" situation. Republicans think elections don't matter unless they win.
We can't have that.
I don't think that is the way it works. It is not based on the jobs filled but:
"The unemployment rate is the percentage of the labor force without a job."
In a labor force of 10 only one person (10%) has a job although he is working 3 jobs. 90% of the workforce is unemployed.
Agreed, that was my point. AOC should have known better.
That 90% tax rate was the top marginal rate. The effective tax rate was always much lower. If you look at the historical figures in the government budget the revenue as a percent of the GDP was lower under those very high marginal rates that it was later when top marginal rate was reduced.
AOC's claim was not accurate because a person is employed no matter how many jobs he holds. Working three jobs does not count for three employed persons.
Government also creates jobs which cannot be lived on and who must work more than one job-police, teachers, janitors, etc. So, it has little to do with capitalism.
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
What Does AOC Have That Boebert Does Not?
A Penis...
Laura, like MTG, has a lot of penises inside her. Often in the same night at those wild coke and pedo parties the Party of Trump is known for having.
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
A little TMI from the Chief? LOL
evince
Truthmatters
Laura, like MTG, has a lot of penises inside her. Often in the same night at those wild coke and pedo parties the Party of Trump is known for having.
But first they tape their mouths shut
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
...or stick something in them. Some members of JPP are obsessed with sucking cock....all Trump/Putin supporters.
Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
That doesn't make sense as you say. Think about it: One of the major indicators of the economy is employment. One of the ways that is used to rate such is how many folk are on unemployment benefits. Those benefits are limited depending on a person's actual employment time and how much they made. Now, when that time is up, those people are off the rolls Yet, they are NOT counted as unemployed...in fact the lessened unemployment list is counted as positive indicator that unemployment is down. The closest it's come to accounting for these folk was a vague reference that "people have given up looking for jobs" (never a quantifiable number given). I'm referring to FACT as done by the gov't & private agencies who report in the broadcast/print media in my life time.
Add to this the FACT that 3 different jobs report x-amount of employees each, but the one person working three jobs does NOT fit into that tally, you have flawed report. So in reality, 2 people are NOT employed but one person is being counted as such.