I don't care if they got more. One must be careful about greed at the middle and bottom just as much as at the top. Imagine if we took all $1T of Musk's payday and gave that to all. It would be $2000. Once. An average single mortgage payment. I think being myopic about their money is equally bad.
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I don't care if they got more. One must be careful about greed at the middle and bottom just as much as at the top. Imagine if we took all $1T of Musk's payday and gave that to all. It would be $2000. Once. An average single mortgage payment. I think being myopic about their money is equally bad.
As a middle-classer, I'm thankful for this. Tax breaks are dope--and no, they aren't just for the rich as the propaganda states...my paycheck begs to differ.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
As a middle-classer, I'm thankful for this. Tax breaks are dope--and no, they aren't just for the rich as the propaganda states...my paycheck begs to differ.
We need people with the moral fortitude to do what their constituencies want; that's why they're there--to serve us. It's rather telling that he didn't do his usual full tour of all 62 counties of NY this year. Ultimately, what we need are term limits, both chambers.
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We need people with the moral fortitude to do what their constituencies want; that's why they're there--to serve us. It's rather telling that he didn't do his usual full tour of all 62 counties of NY this year. Ultimately, what we need are term limits, both chambers.
Purportedly, the subsidies complained about were COVID-era and made to expire. Why would they have been made to expire if not to face the notion of going away?
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Purportedly, the subsidies complained about were COVID-era and made to expire. Why would they have been made to expire if not to face the notion of going away?
Do the majority agree to this? I guess we will find out...it is what it is, since that's how representative democracy works.
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Do the majority agree to this? I guess we will find out...it is what it is, since that's how representative democracy works.
And you're from NY, as well?
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
And you're from NY, as well?
How did he vote on it? Was he one of the 8? No. All of this "towing the line" BS is just that, particularly depending on what the constituency of those 8 were saying. That's what's of prime importance. That's what we are--a representative democracy.
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
How did he vote on it? Was he one of the 8? No. All of this "towing the line" BS is just that, particularly depending on what the constituency of those 8 were saying. That's what's of prime importance. That's what we are--a representative democracy.
His constituency are those who live in New York--which includes everyone, rich and poor. And, if he doesn't listen to all of you, why has he ceaselessly been re-elected since 1982? If he wasn't good at listening to all, the majority wouldn't put him back there.
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
His constituency are those who live in New York--which includes everyone, rich and poor. And, if he doesn't listen to all of you, why has he ceaselessly been re-elected since 1982? If he wasn't good at listening to all, the majority wouldn't put him back there.
Does he represent your state? He has to listen to his constituency--that's what they're there for. People forget this. If you're not in his state, you don't have much say at all.
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Does he represent your state? He has to listen to his constituency--that's what they're there for. People forget this. If you're not in his state, you don't have much say at all.
SNAP will be funded with an open government. The subsidies the Democrats are pining for enough to close things down were purportedly COVID-era emergency funds. You want to help health care? Let's figure out a way to make insurance (public and private) obsolete.
November 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
SNAP will be funded with an open government. The subsidies the Democrats are pining for enough to close things down were purportedly COVID-era emergency funds. You want to help health care? Let's figure out a way to make insurance (public and private) obsolete.
If you can't back your assertions with actual fact, and not potentially AI hallucinations, then you're full of it.
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
If you can't back your assertions with actual fact, and not potentially AI hallucinations, then you're full of it.
Ok, your pejoratives aside, that doesn't actually prove anything. If you can't prove assertions, you're the NPC.
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Ok, your pejoratives aside, that doesn't actually prove anything. If you can't prove assertions, you're the NPC.
Gotta love when people force soap boxes...kinda like the government shutdown the US just had 😂
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Gotta love when people force soap boxes...kinda like the government shutdown the US just had 😂
The trend kind of ended when Trump, an outsider, became president.
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The trend kind of ended when Trump, an outsider, became president.
I haven't seen any movement otherwise since ACA was passed, have you? We can't just keep making the band-aid bigger and bigger.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I haven't seen any movement otherwise since ACA was passed, have you? We can't just keep making the band-aid bigger and bigger.
I don't see how subsidizing medical care ceaselessly will bring down the price of that care. Leveling up insurance at every turn won't do it. Get medical care cost to the point where insurance is no longer needed, and the whole issue becomes moot.
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I don't see how subsidizing medical care ceaselessly will bring down the price of that care. Leveling up insurance at every turn won't do it. Get medical care cost to the point where insurance is no longer needed, and the whole issue becomes moot.
Yes, I dismiss all of the ridiculous banter you and the Right bandy about; this shutdown ended up being nothing more than the Democrats showboating--nothing substantive changed in the CR which appears to be about to pass the Senate. All of this pain on the federal workforce was literally for nothing
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Yes, I dismiss all of the ridiculous banter you and the Right bandy about; this shutdown ended up being nothing more than the Democrats showboating--nothing substantive changed in the CR which appears to be about to pass the Senate. All of this pain on the federal workforce was literally for nothing
Because nothing is perfect and one can always build better...? Just takes some imagination and inspiration.
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Because nothing is perfect and one can always build better...? Just takes some imagination and inspiration.
I don't think the Democrats would go for that; they seem to be all about perpetuating dependency. I don't think the Republicans would go for that; they seem to be all about the glorious dollar.
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I don't think the Democrats would go for that; they seem to be all about perpetuating dependency. I don't think the Republicans would go for that; they seem to be all about the glorious dollar.