Politics The Joe Biden Thread (3 Viewers)

Welcome to our community

Be a part of something great, join today!

Register Log in

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 4 (members: 0, guests: 4)
Hoopguru said:
Supply and demand...as we have done here by eliminating our oil producing capacities, price of gas has sky rocketed and will go up more and more. When you affect supply only prices go up.
Click to expand...

yep. Exactly. And with people quiting their jobs, supply will continue to be scarce and demand will continue to rise.
So the people quitting thier jobs will have less money in pocket and have to pay more for goods and services as time goes on.

not a very sound, long term plan in my opinion.
 
Orion Bailey said:
yep. Exactly. And with people quiting their jobs, supply will continue to be scarce and demand will continue to rise.
So the people quitting thier jobs will have less money in pocket and have to pay more for goods and services as time goes on.

not a very sound, long term plan in my opinion.
Click to expand...
Except, boomers are going to retire. This has been expected for a long time.
 
“Dirty Empire”: Sen. Joe Manchin Demands Dems Drop Climate Funding as He Makes Millions from Coal.



This is the man who just might bring down Joe Biden's presidency.
 
~8 million unemployed but ~12 million job openings. Why work when unemployment is 'free'. I've even lost respect for some friends who won't go back to work and would rather sit hom and watch TV and collect a check than be out contributing, establishing pride, and trying to improve ones skills and lot in life.

Meanwhile, endless ships have been sitting outside of our biggest ports because there are not enough workers to unload and/or not enough distribution people to move them on from the docks. Stores are at their lowest inventories in decades, we are no longer energy efficient and we are making Russia and the Middle East rich off of the energy we are now buying from them again. Gas prices have double in the last 12-18 months and inflation is at it's highest in years.

And don't get me started with the influence peddling....

We are not headed in a good direction and those who would like to see this country taken down are laughing.

Sad.
 
TBpup said:
~8 million unemployed but ~12 million job openings. Why work when unemployment is 'free'. I've even lost respect for some friends who won't go back to work and would rather sit hom and watch TV and collect a check than be out contributing, establishing pride, and trying to improve ones skills and lot in life.

Meanwhile, endless ships have been sitting outside of our biggest ports because there are not enough workers to unload and/or not enough distribution people to move them on from the docks. Stores are at their lowest inventories in decades, we are no longer energy efficient and we are making Russia and the Middle East rich off of the energy we are now buying from them again. Gas prices have double in the last 12-18 months and inflation is at it's highest in years.

And don't get me started with the influence peddling....

We are not headed in a good direction and those who would like to see this country taken down are laughing.

Sad.
Click to expand...
When the government can give you everything you want - it will take away everything you have!
 
Joe told Xi that the US, S Korea and Japan will defend Taiwan if attacked and if not attacked would continue the relationship we have currently concerning China's claims..this is good news and sends a strong msg to China to back the fuck off. I was glad to read this today
 
Last edited:
That employers can't find workers has been put to the test and found to be bullshit. Emoyets offering decent pay and Covid protection are getting workers. People are less willing to work shit jobs for low pay, no benefits, and be exposed to Covid. Funny how no one says rich people are lazy and don't deserve another giant tax cut.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Manchin is such a piece of shit.
Click to expand...

Add corrupt and I agree. Problem is, his party isn't calling him out, nor forcing him out over his blatant corruption. It goes to show what our government truly stands for these days.

It also shows where Joe Biden's priorities truly lie. If he can allow Joe Manchin to water down his own bill. He is no better than the corrupt little weasel he is cowing down to.
 
Road Ratt said:
Add corrupt and I agree. Problem is, his party isn't calling him out, nor forcing him out over his blatant corruption. It goes to show what our government truly stands for these days.

It also shows where Joe Biden's priorities truly lie. If he can allow Joe Manchin to water down his own bill. He is no better than the corrupt little weasel he is cowing down to.
Click to expand...
Agreed. My hunch is Biden agrees with Manchin, but is trying to save face with the progressives.
 
Manchin would not have so much clout were it not for the fact that every Republican is on board with blocking everything Biden wants, no matter how popular with voters. So people like Manchin and Sinema can effectively hold the president and 48 senators hostage.
 
crandc said:
Manchin would not have so much clout were it not for the fact that every Republican is on board with blocking everything Biden wants, no matter how popular with voters. So people like Manchin and Sinema can effectively hold the president and 48 senators hostage.
Click to expand...
That's how politics is now days. There is no effort by pubs & dems to compromise on something, especially those that are extreme believers in their cause. They have become no different than piety in religion.
Doesnt matter who has the top job or congress the other side will do whatever it takes to disrupt and prevent any form of compromise, as it is their ticket to party heaven.
 
Last edited:
crandc said:
Manchin would not have so much clout were it not for the fact that every Republican is on board with blocking everything Biden wants, no matter how popular with voters. So people like Manchin and Sinema can effectively hold the president and 48 senators hostage.
Click to expand...
But ignorant people are ignorant. That's the way the system is set up. Dumb down the population so you can convince them to vote against their own interests.

The result is the current Trump and Biden dynamic.

We'll be happy to have a POS like Biden because at least he's not looking longingly at the power enjoyed by despots in Russia, China, North Korea, etc...
 
crandc said:
That employers can't find workers has been put to the test and found to be bullshit. Emoyets offering decent pay and Covid protection are getting workers. People are less willing to work shit jobs for low pay, no benefits, and be exposed to Covid. Funny how no one says rich people are lazy and don't deserve another giant tax cut.
Click to expand...

Interesting...since case after case of business, especially small business, are offering good wages or salaries, signing bonuses, incentives, safe working conditions.....are are scrambling for employees.

I have clients, neighbors, friends and family all dealing with the above scenario. So they would tend to disagree with the above.
 
TBpup said:
Interesting...since case after case of business, especially small business, are offering good wages or salaries, signing bonuses, incentives, safe working conditions.....are are scrambling for employees.

I have clients, neighbors, friends and family all dealing with the above scenario. So they would tend to disagree with the above.
Click to expand...
My employer has all the employees we want. Because they pay reasonably well, offer flexible schedule, and offer good benefits.

They used to be cheap. Decided to start "overpaying" for better qualified employees and we've been having record years nearly every year since.

People don't want to be treated like shit for $15 per hour. If you can't find employees you are either offering a shitty career experience or a shitty compensation package.
 
Last edited:
Biden ain’t great. But he isn’t fundamentally changing the country, causing extremism and conspiracy theories that kill people, encouraging insurrections or fueling hate. Trump is the Fucking worst human our govt has ever seen and has caused more damage than anyone in our history. Fuck him and same to those who agree with him.
 
TBpup said:
~8 million unemployed but ~12 million job openings. Why work when unemployment is 'free'. I've even lost respect for some friends who won't go back to work and would rather sit hom and watch TV and collect a check than be out contributing, establishing pride, and trying to improve ones skills and lot in life.
Click to expand...

TBpup said:
Interesting...since case after case of business, especially small business, are offering good wages or salaries, signing bonuses, incentives, safe working conditions.....are are scrambling for employees.
Click to expand...

This doesn't seem to add up. How much have these friends of yours been collecting from unemployment, and for how long?

I believe unemployment benefits don't last forever (typically 6 months) and are set at a fraction of your prior earnings.
There were additional unemployment benefits from the federal government, but that's ended now.

So it's really hard to see how unemployment could be keeping people from taking good jobs, at least not for long.

barfo
 
barfo said:
This doesn't seem to add up. How much have these friends of yours been collecting from unemployment, and for how long?

I believe unemployment benefits don't last forever (typically 6 months) and are set at a fraction of your prior earnings.
There were additional unemployment benefits from the federal government, but that's ended now.

So it's really hard to see how unemployment could be keeping people from taking good jobs, at least not for long.

barfo
Click to expand...
Must be laughable medical benefits and embarrassing retirement pension. My wife and I both got retirement pensions that do not inlude cost of living increases so out pension is the same now as it was in the early part of this century and we goth had shitty unions that negotiated that. Boeing and Grandma's Cookies (aka Frito Lay, aka Pepsico.
 
Joe entered the presidency with no transition cooperation from the previous administration...had to deal with economic strife and rampant pandemic from day one plus the opposition party discrediting his nomination and having the Capitol attacked when he was being confirmed....he had to repair our relationships with our allies that had been insulted and abandoned for 4 years and deal with the Chinese trade war that the GOP put in place as well as the border situation that was a mess when he took office as well....and through all that has tried really hard to stimulate an infrastructure bill that will help the global climate crisis and get Americas power grid in shape.....Joe's not golfing and touring with the insult team dividing the country like Trump did.....Joe has taken a thankless job so that damage control from the previous grifters could be achieved....now we have a commision to hold these authoritarian anti democracy republicans accountable for treason and a coup on the capitol.......Joe didn't want to come out of retirement but as the most moderate of the dem candidates...he was the only guy who could pull independant votes from Trump and he did....more needs to be done but I find Joe's approach to problem solving to be coming from a good place unlike the previous guy. If he could have had a shot I'd have voted for Yang but America wasn't going to elect an Asian American in this MAGA spoiled culture....so I voted for Joe News flash...the country is no longer being governed by twitter
 
riverman said:
Joe entered the presidency with no transition cooperation from the previous administration...had to deal with economic strife and rampant pandemic from day one plus the opposition party discrediting his nomination and having the Capitol attacked when he was being confirmed....he had to repair our relationships with our allies that had been insulted and abandoned for 4 years and deal with the Chinese trade war that the GOP put in place as well as the border situation that was a mess when he took office as well....and through all that has tried really hard to stimulate an infrastructure bill that will help the global climate crisis and get Americas power grid in shape.....Joe's not golfing and touring with the insult team dividing the country like Trump did.....Joe has taken a thankless job so that damage control from the previous grifters could be achieved....now we have a commision to hold these authoritarian anti democracy republicans accountable for treason and a coup on the capitol.......Joe didn't want to come out of retirement but as the most moderate of the dem candidates...he was the only guy who could pull independant votes from Trump and he did....more needs to be done but I find Joe's approach to problem solving to be coming from a good place unlike the previous guy. If he could have had a shot I'd have voted for Yang but America wasn't going to elect an Asian American in this MAGA spoiled culture....so I voted for Joe News flash...the country is no longer being governed by twitter
Click to expand...
If they'll vote for a Black man they'll vote for anyone. A lot of Americans would consider a Black man with a law degree summa cum laude, president of the law review from Harvard to more suitable as a doorman or janitor.
 
Lanny said:
If they'll vote for a Black man they'll vote for anyone. A lot of Americans would consider a Black man with a law degree summa cum laude, president of the law review from Harvard to more suitable as a doorman or janitor.
Click to expand...
that's false Lanny...given the tensions with China and the backlash towards the Asian american community under Trump...Yang didn't even win the Democratic primary...he didn't do well at all and he ran a very compelling campaign.....Obama won the democratic primary handily but Yang didn't get votes....Obama was charismatic...Yang..not so much....Obama is also half white....Yang is not. Both men are well educated. You'd be surprised how quickly the GOP would tag Yang as a Chinese spy and a commie...he wanted to give everyone 1k per month ...he got killed for that as a socialist in the primaries....half this country is not very open minded and that same group didn't even show up to vote in the Obama election but showed up when Trump campaigned against minorities...people who never voted in their life voted for Trump to make american white privilege stronger than ever...this administration has more women and minority members than any in our history. Kamala Harris also ran for president and didn't pull the votes as a black woman.....it came down to two old white men
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top