Only 5% in but Joe 's best-case might be a 4th place finish. He might be done.
Only 5% in but Joe 's best-case might be a 4th place finish. He might be done.
He was done before he got started. He was the only reason Obama was not impeached.
Originally posted by: David Miller
He was done before he got started. He was the only reason Obama was not impeached.
That's idiotic. Impeached for what? Being an uppity black man that Trump's white supremacist Nazi buddies didn't like?
Actually, don't bother answering--I don't want to hear yet another alt-right conspiracy theory.
Originally posted by: Mark
Only 5% in but Joe 's best-case might be a 4th place finish. He might be done.
To be fair, New Hampshire is Bernie's home territory, essentially, so Biden was never going to win there.
If this trend continues, though, it might mean that Bernie's message is resonating. A strong majority--70% or more--of Americans want universal health care. Bernie's been solidly behind that for longer than anyone else, and he's never wavered. That might have more appeal than everyone thought.
Another factor is Trump's stupid blunder in trying to destroy our health care system. A LOT of people are scared that they'll lose their coverage for good if Trump succeeds. That should have been decisive in 2016, but not many people understood that Trump truly intended to destroy Americans' health care--he said a lot of things, after all. Now, Trump might lose because a lot of people who might otherwise have voted for him don't want to get sick and die.
More lying bullshit.
I didn't expect Biden to win NH. I also didn't expect him to finish 5th.
According to the Kaiser poll from 2019, support droos to tne 20's when people are told taxes will go up.
Originally posted by: tom
According to the Kaiser poll from 2019, support droos to tne 20's when people are told taxes will go up.
Then they should hate Trump, since according to the plan he introduced in 2017, taxes will go up every single year from now until 2025. They have for tax year 2019, not by changing the tax tables but by eliminating or reducing many credits and deductions.
Oh, wait, you mean he didn't mention that little detail?
I think most people would be perfectly OK with higher taxes if they had government-provided health care. Canada and Western Europe have higher taxes than we do, but they also have comprehensive social services, and the people seem to be happy with the system.
Originally posted by: tom
According to the Kaiser poll from 2019, support droos to tne 20's when people are told taxes will go up.
Few say "oh goodie" when tax hikes are proposed. Everybody understands needs: schools, roads, bridges, beautification, military, health care, etc. But people don't trust it, that the money will go there. Partly because 'we' don't see it happen right away if at all. Have to think outside the box. If ya don't have kids in school, have to think of the outcome when all kids, who eventually grow up, will it make for better citizens? But, again, who actually gets the money? Takes me and you following up, going to open meetings, etc., which is too much trouble for some. That is part problem getting taxes voted for. Both sides.
Support also drops when candidates tell the people they will cut their social security and medicare benefits.
People overwhelmingly like the services provided by the government - they just dont like having to pay for them.
So there's two ways to address this issue.
1) Be honest and tell the public their shit needs to get paid for.
2) Be dishonest and the the public their shit is paid for by Mexico, oil revenues from iraq, or tax cuts paying for themselves.....or (my favorite) just saying deficits aren't a big deal so long as they are a small percent of GDP
I prefer we go with #1.
And seeing as how corporations and billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than I do I say we start there.
