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What happens when you reduce illegal immigration?
Headline: The US birth rate has fallen to the lowest in 35 years, and experts worry we could face a 'demographic time bomb' It has long been my theory that we turned a blind eye t…
by az_couple_6922replies1,313viewsTrump and the military .
Once again we see how he treats the military. Called up units of the national guard to serve for 89 days... Because if they reach 90 they get extra retirement points and GI Bill.…
by az_couple_69288replies7,503viewsObamagate
Anyone care to try to explain this to me? After the election, FBI and CIA say there was near continuous, communication between people in the Trump campaign ans Russians. Also, a h…
by az_couple_69141replies5,011viewsThe New Work Force - Post Coronavirus
This is to discuss what's going on since the Coronavirus crisis hit all job industries. For example, the sports leagues being suspended world-wide, Hollywood shutting down, factor…
by 8inchcable32replies1,596viewsAhmaud Arbery
I know many people are going to be very unhappy about this, but... Whoever commits the first felony loses the right to self-defense. It appears to be Zimmerman/Martin again, and l…
by az_couple_69208replies6,623viewsRapino and Morgan shocked by equal pay ruling.
Then they are stupid. (More likely playing dumb for the politics.) Women negotiated a contract with higher base pay and lower tournament pay than men get. They want to sue after t…
by az_couple_690replies379viewsMichigan Rep. Justin Amash Takes Step Toward Libertarian Presidential Bid
Congressman Justin Amash (US House of Rep since 2011) is trying to become the Libertarian Party Presidential candidate. Trump (drink Clorox to prevent Covid-19) and Biden (early s…
by IRunWorkout26replies1,252viewsWhat's your platform?
Forget Trump. Forget Biden. Forget all the news and other politicians. What are YOU looking for? Myself... I want to bring back all manufacturing. Cut China and everyone else loos…
241replies6,771viewsIndia deaths drop 20% in some cities.
India locked down to prevent COVID-19 spread, and deaths in some cities have fallen 20%. The best explanation is air pollution. Funeral homes and crematorium are laying people off…
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I get why business want to open but .
... with 2000 deaths per day and 5-6 million job losses per week, why would consumers want to leave their houses to go spend? I got an email from my gym yesterday asking under wha…
by az_couple_69505replies14,761viewsCrony Capitalism
..so where are the masks, the gowns, the gloves, the sanitizers and ventilators ? nahh..no money in those so lets make useless fancy rapid 5min COVID tests. And BTW who is going t…
by sardukar110replies4,206viewsHaving to talk two of my kids off the ledge today .
Both daughter and son's fiance got letters saying they didn't make enough to get unemployment. In AZ you have to earn more than 13 * 30 * 12 = $4,680 in a single calendar quarter…
by az_couple_697replies539viewsPassing bills and public votes.
I've never been sold on how bills get presented and passed. This latest bill for stimulus is a prime example. Why do they just lump everything into one big bill when the whole thi…
12replies878viewsQuestion on stock prices.
So, historical norm on stock prices was the S&P 500 P/E ran about 20 minus bond interest rates. Interest rates at 7%, stocks averaged 13 P/E. 13% late 70s, stocs were at 7P/E. As…
by az_couple_6968replies2,770viewsBailouts
So we got $500 billion for corporations and $75B for hospitals. Should we bailout the cruise ships, they just asked?
by sardukar9replies444viewsMike Bloomberg and all the very wealthy . where are they in a time like this .
so i am not for equality for everyone . but when mike bloomberg is worth 60 billion . was bragging not long ago about spending 500 million on a fake run at the presidency . were i…
by hdadultfun18replies993viewstrillion dollar coins
"'Two $1 Trillion Coins': Rashida Tlaib Proposal Calls on US Treasury to Fund Coronavirus Recovery From US Mint" Not a new idea. Several economists had proposed Obama side-step de…
by az_couple_697replies477viewsWhy stimulus isn't coming soon.
Mitch thinks he is going to hammer out a deal between Republicans, then dump it on Dems and say they have to vote for it or the economy burns. Half the Republicans in congress are…
by az_couple_69464replies14,729viewsInside trading
So, how many Republicans in congress dumped stocks to save their own hides when they got the coronavirus reports?
by sardukar36replies1,717viewsSometimes it is embarrassing to be a Democrat.
Maxine Water (D - CA) proposed having eh Federal Reserve mail out checks to Americans since they can send money to Wall Street without congressional action. GAH!!!! There was cong…
by az_couple_693replies548viewsI can't believe this is an actual New York Times story
DON'T FREAK THE FUCK OUT. THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. Just (hopefully) the end of Reaganomics and Libertarianism. "One Simple Idea That Explains Why the Economy Is in Great…
by az_couple_690replies436viewsRomney proposes $1000 check to every USA adult.
WRONG! He is still thinking about this like a recession. Giving people money is to get them to go out and spend. Pump money into the economy creating demand. We are telling them t…
by az_couple_699replies825viewsHow long the shut downs?
Article from market watch this am predicting 5% decline in GDP of the shutdown lasts a month. Wait. What? A month? The point of the shutdown is to slow the spread from dozens of w…
by az_couple_696replies545viewsOur culture and institutions are failing us.
By framing difference of opinion on economic and social issues as a "culture war", the "family values" party have motivated old people to vote at twice the rate of the youth, but…
by az_couple_690replies330viewsFake outrage pisses me off
Pisses me off when either side of the great political divide does it. Today it was former Clinton era Sec of Commerce Robert Reich. $1.5 trillion given to Wall Street by the Feds.…
by az_couple_6926replies1,475viewsEconomic collapse? COVID melt-down syndrome.
I knew it was coming. I hadn't heard this much talk of being a millionaire and retiring at 30 or 35 since the peak of the techbubble in 2000 and housing bubble in 2007, but I'm sh…
by az_couple_69481replies11,290viewsCool name for the end of the everything bubble end in???
There was the junk bond bubble, a commercial real estate bubble that took out the S&Ls, the tech bubble that became the dotbomb, and last one was residential real estate that crea…
by az_couple_6914replies846viewsJust Thinking Corona Virus and big events
Now it seems all St Patrick’s Day parades and celebrations are cancelled led in Chicago and NY . SXSW is being cancelled . All of these are pretty big parties . Now Mardi Gras all…
155replies4,963viewsOur Culture and Institutions failing us
Probably gonna bore y’all but today I seen the speech Michael Jordon made about Kobe Bryant . Now MJ is probably the most respected athlete in my time . But MJ talked how Kobe tau…
209replies7,292viewsThird Party Candidate
If this turns into a Trump vs. Sanders election, is there any chance a moderate independent third party candidate is viable? I am not talking about some billionaire who tries to b…
by shade24245replies494viewsWell Hillary is back
Being reported oligarch Mike Bloomberg considering Hillary Clinton as is running mate. This enough for me to vote Bernie in the primary. Bernie Bro’s better get ready . Bloombergs…
14replies1,025viewsLosing their minds
The leaders of the useful idiots have already lost their minds. Madam speaker ripping up the state of the union. Now the useful idiots are losing their minds. A man in Florida dro…
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Who will become the Dem. candidate for 2020
Seems the Dems are really in trouble . Bernie is the strongest candidate but he is not accepted. By the DNC (Hillary Clinton ) Sleepy Joe is just. ( sleepy ) boring . My bet is Hi…
641replies22,786viewsPredictions. The next investigation.
Well I might be jumping the gun here but from all I've heard Trumps acquittal is all but in the bag. So after Wednesday night. What are the halfwit libs gonna start crying about n…
13replies1,131viewsDemocrat, Liberal, Socialist?????
Democrat, Liberal, Socialist. Can you tell us how our Great, Great Grand Children will live better if the U S A goes the way of Socialisms? Who will pay for it? Describe in full d…
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Iran and Iraq
For those that are happy as fuck that we killed 'Salami' think about this some more. Yesterday, I had to spend some time driving around Santa Barbara county. I spent about 3.5 hou…
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China Trade Agreement
This deserves it's own topic instead of that annoying #winning thread with SLS' terrible forum system. For those that do not know history, the situation in China has been happenin…
by eroticamazon24replies1,388viewsValid points to Virginia's scary idea
I'm a huge 2a supporter but even I can agree with a few ideas.
20replies1,248viewsTrump is destroying democracy.
Well at least that's what the liberals keep saying. He's also shredding the constitution. Oh ya, he's a grave danger to America. This man is so devastating to our country that we…
450replies15,393viewsMerry New Year and Happy Kwanza
There, that should be generic enough for everyone. May this time of year bring you joy and happiness.
by eroticamazon4replies564viewsOk really lol
..so..shaking a foreign country for dirt on political opponent, grabbing women psy, emolument violations, endless golfing using tax payer money, partying using tax payer money (se…
by sardukar21replies1,472viewsImmigrants for TRUMP
I'm an immigrant to USA for past 26 years. I voted for President Trump and will vote for him in 2020. We the immigrants are tired of people entering our country illegally while mi…
by Birto3212replies411viewsTrucking in California
EroticA . I know you are in Cali. No arguing . I am hearing in January Cali is ending contract ind. trucking. 70,000 truckers out of work . I know there must be more to this . In…
7replies525viewsThe Supremes
So they decided to take up the case regarding Trump's taxes. This could have two outcomes. Either the third party releases them as compelled by the court, or the court states it d…
by eroticamazon7replies535viewsA Republic, as promised?
Anyone up for addressing the cause of Our political malaise? The apathetic? Disaffected? C'mon zealots, give it a whirl!?
by Uncommoncpl37replies1,574viewsThe division of wages
The US is in an interesting position. The trend is getting uglier. If you look at wages in a pyramid scale, you would expect those that earn a lot to be at the very top of the pyr…
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