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We should prioritize by funding and making existing programs work properly before we spend on new ones. You can't demand billions to fix something you already have while at the same time demand billions in new spending for new programs. That's a sure way to be half assed or worse at everything. Singh wants everything with no regard how to pay for it.

This guy is on his way to the White House. So is Kari Lake, they should be a team… Edit: I’m not saying 2024, btw. Although, even if. Can you imagine Trump with one of these 2 as running mate? Knock out punch, as long as the voting mechanism is clear of cheating and mules.

Every new spending program is a blatant redistribution of wealth. Most people will never see $10 a day daycare or free child dental care. These aren’t universal programs. A small segment of the population will enjoy these benefits at a time of extreme public debt. These programs are headlines to buy votes.

We are independent still? I thought that the fascist communist woke big tech/pharma had long ago taken all our freedom and that we'd long ago surrendered our sovereignty to the WEF and the cabal. ?

Katie Hobbs was the Sec of State, and therefor in charge of overseeing the Az gubernatorial election that she just 'won'. As the SoS she sent at least two requests to Twitter to remove tweets for alleged misinformation" and Twitter complied. This is in addition to refusing to recuse herself from overseeing the election that she was running in, the ballot fiascos that occurred under her watch, and the counting fiasco in Maricopa County. I haven't been keeping a close eye on the Arizona election, but it was a pretty bush-league event to say the least.

https://rondesantis.com/meet-ron/ In other words, more credentials for office than ANY Democrat alive today.

Al Capone was a hell of a crook, but it wasn't until he failed to pay his taxes that he went to prison. The facts are that Trump's company stole over $17million dollars from the tax payers of New York. No "persecution" involved. Just equal justice before the law. Can hardly wait the Trump and adult children's trial next October. They are at risk of a minimum of $250 million and designation as a felony convicted fraudulent enterprise.

At this stage of the game, an election would be an enema . . . . sorely needed, and long overdue.

I agree that the last thing we want right now is an election.

Also TomT - pretty rich that you would decry disregard for 'laws' given that you have disregarded this forum's rules around cross posting: https://repolitics.com/forums/guidelines/ And here's Tom aka Richmondc7 on debate politics.com: https://debatepolitics.com/threads/introducing-the-new-republican-party.497643/ Also - stock photo... likely a Russian bot hooray...

"To Leftists, the solution to all forms of inequality is to call for equity. They believe that the single source of solutions is governmental regulations that provide direct advantages to those deemed “disadvantaged.” The leftist theory, extracted from communist dogma, is that it is responsibility government is to make outcomes “equal.” " Simplified pap. Let's talk about "united we stand" "right to work" "corporate payouts" "limited liability" and all of the pro-combine, business protectionist policies that Republicans invoke to please the masters that pay for their campaigns. If access is so equal, why are working people falling behind ? Even the right-wing folks on this board seem to think so, although they'll attribute it to an 11 cent carbon tax or TFWs working at Tim Hortons...

TomT is the American version of a Michael Hardner here. He's a leftist who feels like his opinions will pack more punch if he starts his sentences with "I'm a conservative, but...." and then he rattles off a litany of CNN talking points such as "I believe in Russian collusion, the FBI's crimes don't matter, Trump's characterization of the amount of rainfall during his inauguration is the most serious lie ever foisted on the American people, etc". Just think about the blatant partisan idiocy of this one comment: The Dems have gone so far as to say that anyone who supports Trump is a danger to America, they talk about how conservatives are the main terrorists in America, they ran America through the mud for 3 years with their bogus Russian collusion BS, they used covid as a wedge issue instead of fighting it along with Republicans, they tol their voters to "get in the faces of Republican politicans and push back on them", they pretended that calls for violence against the president were freedom of speech issues, they called protests at SCJ's houses free speech, etc. Democrats are the very worst in the world at defining their political opponents as “the enemies of America”, and it's not even close. TomT = Michael Harnder with a southern drawl.

Who is cheering on an invasion? Contrarian described a bunch of positions when it comes to the war in Ukraine, but he forgot to mention folks comfortable subscribing to binary thought, because: · If you’re against the war in Ukraine you must be a Kremlin/Putin apologist · If you think Biden is a spaz you must be a fan of that uncouth bully named Trump · If you question Lula’s rise back to power you must be a pro-fascist Bolsonaro supporter · If you doubt how organic most social uprisings are you must be a conspiracy theorist · If you want Hunter Biden made accountable you must want to give the Trump kids a pass · If you’re for abortion you must be a demonic baby killer · If you’re for gun control you must be an unpatriotic wuss · If you’re for border control you must be a heartless racist · If you’re for legalizing all drugs you mustn’t care about how drugs destroy families or be a druggie yourself. · If you’re for funding the police you must be for police brutality · If you’re for heightened mental illness awareness you must want increased discrimination. · If you’re for lowering taxes you must be a selfish elitist · If you’re for limited government you must be an out-of-touch idealist And so it goes… Binary thought prevails because it doesn’t concern itself with nuances or the pursuit of integrity. It provides an easy go-to argument that doesn’t require thinking and is the reason why too many feel comfortable subscribing to it.

Seriously? Why are you opining on War when you're so obviously confused...

LOL ? 3 years Two years - 2020 to 2022. I didn't read the rest because you started off with hyperbole and I'm sure the rest would have been equally as hyperbolic.

You have to admit, prior to Musk taking over Twitter, their hate speech policies were most certainly not applied equally. They banned the Post, but Twitter didn't take these tweets down (nypost.com) To be perfectly accurate, Twitter didn't really have a hate speech policy that was intended to be fair, it was only about shutting down opposing views to the left. In the link I posted, there is the Ayatollah tweeting that he wants death for American politicians (Trump administration at the time). Apparently, that did not violate Twitters hate speech policy and it is still up. Most people on the left simply cannot distinguish free speech from actual hate speech.

More over reaction from the left? Wow, I never saw that coming. True North sums it up nicely once again.

This is where you're 100% wrong. Pharma has to PROVE the jabs are safe and effective. They are the ones making the extraordinary claims. I don't have to actually prove anything.

Sure I do. You just can't fathom that because you're obviously a product of low expectations. That's sad but not your fault. Try to improve your own level of competence. You'll find you get more respect and appreciation.

What, another crisis where? No no, not possible!

Never trust the government to look after you. Look after yourself. You care a lot more about yourself and your family than the government does. The politicians don't care. They have privileged access to the healthcare system. They will NEVER wait to get their kids looked at. Rich people can also go to the US to get treatment. No 2-tier my butt.

The problem is they want to increase spending (the politicians on the left) but they don't want to increase taxes to pay for it. Increasing spending is popular, and increasing taxes is not. Being fiscally responsible if clearly not a priority at the polls. We can have whatever programs and spending we want as long as we're also willing to pay for it. The provinces can fix the healthcare system tomorrow because its caused by a staffing shortage. The solution is to temporarily increase pay for medical staff in hospitals until the health pressures caused by the pandemic is over. However, the provinces don't want to fix the problem, because it costs money. They would rather wait for the feds to bail them out and give them the money...until it starts hurting the premiers in the polls. Let's never forget: most of our politicians, especially the ones who have had any success, are self-interested careerist sociopaths. It's very hard to get to be powerful by being nice or ethical. I'm sure the back benchers for the NDP are mostly nice people.

Sure. Obama was SO POWERFUL, he was able to corrupt the FBI and IRS in perpetuity and Trump was INCOMPETENT to do ANYTHING about that. Keep on demonstrating how DELUSIONAL YOU ARE.

Like Sarah Palin, Lake will probably be an anchor around a GOP candidates neck in a presidential election.

He is right but maybe he should concentrating on fixing our existing health care instead of promoting new spending on things like dental and $10 daycare. Nothing wrong with those but he seems to want everything without any need for priorities.

If anyone doubts my belief that government cannot be trusted just take a look at two more of today's articles: Offering euthanasia to struggling veterans is government policy: Full Comment podcast (msn.com) How did firm with ties to China get RCMP contract? MPs vote for committee probe (msn.com) Then there is the fact that dangerous offenders are constantly released on parole or on bail by the federally-controlled parole boards and go on to re-offend. Innocent people repeatedly victimized and suffer.

Brought to you by the same regime now floating medically assisted suicide for children. I wouldn’t let these people babysit my goldfish.

the rush for Canada to intervene in Iran is the definition of hubris Iran is more powerful than Canada Iran can project power against Canada Iran could retaliate by providing state support to terrorism in Canada that it what the Revolutionary Guard Quds Force does Canada really doesn't have the defences to prevent Iran from wreaking havoc on Canadian soil the Biden Administration is making deals with Iran, Washington is not taking the lead here Canada cannot afford to go out on.a limb against the Iranians this is a regime survival issue in Iran the regime must crush this uprising or risk being overthrown that is a cornered & desperate animal which is likely to lash out aggressively without warning Canada is simply out of its league here, playing at intervention in Iran

No. I prefer to make my own mind up, rather than just blindly follow along.

Come to think of it... Can I call my best bud, "My Niggah," if I identify as black? Not really relevant but that just popped into my head when I read the last line of Nationalist's post above.

On the other side of the coin, what does it mean to be left-wing? I think it's complete nonsense to suggest that it's the Republicans who are moving farther to the right when compared to how far to the left the Democrats have clearly moved. It is the Democrats that are constantly putting down their own country and it's history. It is the Democrats that are attacking the Constitution, particularly free speech and the right to bear arms. It is Democrats that invite drag queens into schools while denying parents rights. It is the Democrats that sit back while crime flourishes in their cities. Biden appointed a Socialist as one of his economic advisors (Bernie Sanders) ! There are more radical Democrats than there are radical Republicans.

Just because I am who I am...I need to ask... What makes you think any of these do not fall under the heading of 'free speech'? I mean...Libbies lie constantly and are Chalk full of hatred... And I hear black people use "the n word" all the time.

This is being done just about perfect. A slow roll out that bypasses the legacy media, which are trying like mad to suppress this. Each successive release more jaw dropping than the previous one. And that the media won’t cover it is in itself a huge tell, like a poker player with a face tick…

The right choice. Absolutely no question.

Unpredictability? Dude...unless NATO intends on entering this war with troops, there is no reasonable way for the Ukes to "win".

Ya...I'm sure Russia is gonna freeze and starve... I'm pro-peace. I'm also pro-common sense. I don't operate myself based on my "feelings" nor by what twits like Biden and even McConnell say...and certainly not based on anything CNN, MSNBC, NYT or WAPO say. But you go ahead and cheer this on. We all know by now that NATO is NOT going to battle with Russia, over Ukraine. Especially not over the Russian portion of Ukraine. It ain'-a-gonna happen. No...they'll just dump OUR money into the bottomless pit that is Ukraine, making Comic-Boy and his band of arms dealers rich. 'More sanctions on Russia! Ohhh...we got that evil Putin now boy!' You're pissing into a windstorm...people will needlessly die...so YOU can pat yourself on the back and claim that YOU'RE saving "Democracy". Its a f'cking farce.

We have a new Pro-Russian bot.

Every once in awhile there's hope the Republican party might return to the sanity of the Pre-Bush years though. For instance: Seven More Republicans Vow to Oppose Kevin McCarthy

No it hasn't. The rest of the world has simply become more left wing. Even just 20 years ago much of what you're calling radical would be called common sense. The Republican elite that took over the party during the Bush years are the only problem. Take your Mitch McConnells and your Lindsey Grahams and your Thom Tillis's and start your "New Republican Party" then. You'll be missed less than you think. This below is the sort of thing that's wrong with the current Republican Party. Thom Tillis Is Why That Red Wave Didn’t Materialize

More sanctions...lol...pathetic. Indeed this winter is gonna be nasty for the Ukes. Now Putin has his Bout back and will likely lace him up and send him marching on Ukraine. Is it time for peace now maybe?

Completely agree. Only serves to show how completely incompetent Biden and his merry band of twits really are.

Interesting. So the Democrats drag the Republicans through the mud...gain power and trash the economy...and your response is to forgive and forget? There is no reason to be ashamed of making America great. If you are...perhaps helping the Democrats dig America into an even deeper hole, would appeal to you?

Hope MTG can get some support on this one: " Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14) wants a federal investigation in Arizona where Kari Lake is disputing results of the gubernatorial election against Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, whose office reports preliminary results that Hobbs has won 50.3 percent to 49.6 percent. Greene’s call was also a reaction to a post of emails showing that Hobbs’ office reported misinformation tweets to Twitter on January 7, 2021. “The SOS of AZ and Gov candidate, Katie Hobbs, used the power of the AZ SOS to collude w/ Twitter to unconstitutionally violate 1st Amendment rights of Americans for her own political gain. This is communism and Hobbs can not be governor. I’m calling for a Federal investigation,” Greene tweeted Sunday morning." https://georgiastarnews.com/2022/12/05/georgia-u-s-marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-for-federal-investigation-over-emails-from-arizona-sec-state-hobbs-to-twitter/

Curiously enough I was just reading this one: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/twitter-still-disabling-kari-lake-republicans-like-retweet-feature-rigged-2022-election-tweets-leaked-twitter-files-reveal-katie-hobbs-behind/ It recounts the whole story from the beginning to now in tweets. There's a lot there.

Nobody HAS to lie. It's just a choice you've made. I gave you the chart directly from the FED. The other is simply because I don't trust that you know who was president in a given year. Because it's factually correct that Democrats reduce deficits over their terms while Republicans generally grow them. Clinton turned the Bush 1 deficits into a surplus. Obama (the biggest Democrat deficits) took office amidst the economic crash of the great recession and after the Bush 2 deficits from his first year, decreased them over the next 8. Trump grew the deficit again over his years and Biden is again reducing Republican deficits. This is all easily verifiable fact if you simply look at the data from the Fed or CBO or anywhere else. You're welcome to debate the "why" of any given point, but the facts and figures are simply what they are. And your buddy Reagan, despite preaching fiscal responsibility, ran huge deficits and is the first modern president to blow up the national debt. But hey, at least his term coincided with a robust economy (for which he should've thanked Carter and Volcker.

I guess we should never have stood up to Hitler then…wouldn’t want to enable a “racket”

Why are you cheerleading an invasion? ?