Dude living in a dilapidated double-wide named Jessie:
“HE COMING FER MA MONEY!”
After Jessie finishes talking about the evils of socialism as he collects his food stamps and unemployment benefits.
And drives on roads stops at stops signs to go to the VA to get his benefits and the stops by the post office to get his mom’s Social security check.
:/
And sends his 12 children to public schools.
No, he “homeschools” his kids so they don’t get brainwashed by the liberal trans gay agenda and start using a litterbox instead of a toilet. Because we all know using litterboxes is peak endgame liberal socialisms top priority after a good social safety net and universal healthcare. Disgusting perverts!
it’s true every time i go to the local LGBT center they make me pee in the litter box to gain entry :(
That dude was never active duty. He totally would have punched the drill instructor for getting in his face.
It’s half that, it’s half the idea that they’re giving it to the coloreds and it’s not fair that anyone might get something that they’re not getting.
Like, handouts and welfare etc are good as long as they’re getting it, and other tribes aren’t. If the Others get it instead, then it’s the worst thing ever.
Like when Floridians complain about the federal government sending disaster relief to other states.
Here’s “famous” actor Craig T Nelson complaining about receiving government aid.
It works for literally everything in america
“I recieved student loans/grants to pay for college, anyone help me out? no’”
“I got a union job that pays my mortgage, anyone help me out? no.”
“my parents took care of me as a child, anyone help me out? no.”
“I went to school as a child, anyone help me out? no.”
“I bought a car that I can drive on public roads, anyone help me out? no.”
This is wonderful. I did spot this:
and eliminate some tax deductions for executive compensation.
Why the fuck do tax deductions for executive compensation exist in the first place?!?!
Companies have been allowed to treat pay as a business expense. Executive pay is pay, so they treat it as a cost of doing business.
meanwhile, the 2017 tax cuts and jobs act contained a provision that now prevents companies from deducting research and development, expenses, including software development.
I’m continually amazed by the fediverse, people can come over to butt heads about politics from porn site comment sections.
I love it.
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Guy or gal above is from lemmynsfw.com, a porn instance
Oooooh butt heads, not butt heads.
Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
It really shouldn’t.
What they should do is reduce taxes on bonuses for middle and lower classes. The C-suits don’t need the tax break.
Because neoliberals have built managed democracies in every wealthy country the world over, ensuring that every election is between a blue neoliberal and a red neoliberal.
How about getting Congress to stop trading in the stock market on their inside information
For fuck’s sake the head of the Fed was trading in the market he oversees— was caught doing it— and still remains in his position
He’s already proposed limits and caps to politician trading then everyone fought back against the Stock Act so he kicked it to Congress.
He stopped his own from doing it though since he was able to do that.
Have fun pulling any random possible complaint out every time a Democrat doing something good doesn’t turn our country into a fascist theocratic hellhole though lmfao.
Too bad he won’t do anything. At most he’ll say he’s “looking into it” and hope people eventually stop asking.
Like, you’ve been president for four years Joe, half that time Dems had the House and Senate… Did you just realize this was something that needs addressed?
But at least he’s actually saying the right stuff now instead of ranting about “illegals”
Too bad he won’t do anything.
What, exactly, is within his sole power to do?
The answer is: Nothing. The president (or even the executive branch) has no power over tax laws whatsoever. That’s 100% Congress. The president can only sign into law or veto what Congress sends them. Aside from Executive Orders (which are still subject to judicial review), all the president can do is call for things.
And he is only calling for it now because it wouldn’t have made sense to do it any earlier. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (better known as the Trump Tax Cuts for the Wealthy), became effective in 2018 and is the law until 2025 when they’re due to be renewed or replaced. Biden took office in 2021 and the current year is 2024.
instead of ranting about “illegals”
The “ranting about illegals” statement is completley disingenuous and quite literally spreading right-wing propaganda.
From the official transcript of the damn speech (or rant as you’re calling it):
REPRESENTATIVE GREENE: What about Laken Riley? (Cross-talk.) AUDIENCE: Booo — REPRESENTATIVE GREENE: Say her name! THE PRESIDENT: (The President holds up a pin reading “Say Her Name, Laken Riley.”) Lanken — Lanken (Laken) Riley, an innocent young woman who was killed. REPRESENTATIVE GREENE: By an illegal! THE PRESIDENT: By an illegal. That’s right. But how many of thousands of people are being killed by legals?That’s it. That’s the “rant”. Basically trapped into responding to Empty G’s heckling, fell into it, and now it’s a right-wing talking point.
Here’s the full transcript if you don’t trust my copy/paste skills: https://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2024/
Plant very convincing notes in the lapels of every fortune 500 companies CEOs?
I mean, that’s close.
Tax reform has to be implemented by Congress. All he can do is call for it. And good luck with that out of the current Congress. The only chance of that happening is if Dems get the House back and get a bigger/actual majority in the Senate.
An actual majority in both houses plus the President’s signature is all it takes to actually change tax rates for the wealthy — you can do it under reconciliation. The problem for Democrats is that there have long been a few who are bought off, so it takes more than a bare majority to do it.
The problem for Democrats is that there have long been a few who are bought off, so it takes more than a bare majority to do it.
Exactly why it’s important to get out and vote blue.
Are they perfect? Absolutely not. And Manchin/Sinema did some heavy lifting in disenfranchising voters to think the Dems are useless.
But when 95% of the party is in line, but fails to get the majority because of two assholes, the answer isn’t to abandon the party, it’s to vote more in so that the two assholes don’t have the ability to derail the train by themselves.
At lleast, when the alternative is to hand the keys over to a party actively trying to destroy the country for their own selfish gain. And they aren’t even being subtle about it.
👏👏👏
What’s the answer when “the most progressive president in American history” actively fights and sabotages progressive and leftist efforts?
Called on congress to block the rail strike: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-calls-on-congress-to-block-potential-railroad-strike
Walks back his own campaign promise for $50k forgiveness: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/539139-biden-balks-at-50k-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/
Goes around congress to sell weapons to Israel: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/29/politics/biden-congress-israel-military-aid/index.html
Forced federal workers back to office: https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/politics/in-person-work-biden-administration/index.html
Increased the defense budget: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/politics/defense-budget-biden-administration/index.html
Oh, fuck off with your copy paste crap already
Yep. That’s how we got the current tax plan which heavily favors the wealthy, and it’s the only thing the R’s did when they had full control.
What, exactly, is within his sole power to do?
Called on congress to block the rail strike: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-calls-on-congress-to-block-potential-railroad-strike
Walks back his own campaign promise for $50k forgiveness: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/539139-biden-balks-at-50k-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/
Goes around congress to sell weapons to Israel: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/29/politics/biden-congress-israel-military-aid/index.html
Forced federal workers back to office: https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/politics/in-person-work-biden-administration/index.html
Increased the defense budget: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/politics/defense-budget-biden-administration/index.html
Fuck Joe Biden.
I’m not a fan of Biden either, but he’s going to get my vote this presidential election due to their being no alternative.
There are more elections than just the presidential one that you should be voting in. Vote in all of your local ones and state level ones. The more progressive people that we can push through the chain the more stuff we can get passed that will help people and the more likely we are to get a more progressive president in the future.
The more progressive people that we can push through the chain
Never going to happen. Establishment Democrats will sabotage their efforts because there is literally zero repercussions for doing so. They fuck us over and then people like you insist we have to vote for them anyway.
No.
My district recently flipped blue, that was due to people voting and pushing for better people.
Without voting all we do is secure sliding further and further down.
Change doesn’t happen overnight and there’s no such thing as a perfect candidate.
And if you’re not happy with the candidates that are running in your local area, try to get involved and get yourself on the ballot. You might just start yourself a political career.
You completely sailed over my criticism of establishment Democrats.
Remember Hanlon’s Razor: Don’t suspect malice when incompetence can explain it.
And not the incompetence of the DNC. They’re just responding to the environment. The American people don’t want progressive ideas. A third of them want shinier, more inclusive Office Space, another third want segregation and mass deportation, and the final third don’t vote for a bunch of reasons but mostly because the only options are those two.
You didn’t address my point at all.
Yes I did. I said the DNC isn’t evil, they’re incompetent, because it’s a hell of a lot more likely.
Yeah, not like we can have a president who thinks on his feet…
Better to have one that just says random offensive things without thinking.
trump does it intentionally, so it’s 100% cool for Biden to do it “accidentally” and I’m an asshole for wanting better for America.
Yeah, not like we can have a president who thinks on his feet…
So first it was him “ranting about illegals” and after that was fact-checked, now it’s he can’t think on his feet. Way to move the goalposts! 👍
and I’m an asshole for wanting better for America.
I didn’t call you an asshole. You threw and jumped on that grenade all by yourself.
Well, at least you learned what an implication is…
Figured you’d know already with a Dennis background.
I don’t think there’s anything else I can teach you, at least I’m done putting effort in.
You call what appears to be spreading opinionated propaganda an “effort?”
Many might call that your purpose here. (Keep in mind, I said “many,” not all- and “might” not “will,” therefore there’s nuance to what I said that relied on what followed to be understood.)
Understand how it works now?
What a performative clown. Your fucked dude. Just focus on Gaza and getting Bibi out of power.
Yeah, that fucking clown of a politician trying to create policies that would only benefit his voters (well and everyone else, but clearly he doesn’t care about those people). If this passed, and thankfully it won’t because the Republicans in congress will be sure to protect the public, then it might actually get him reelected because people might think that he was good for the majority of Americans. That would be so awful.
Some people seem to think Joe Biden is President of Gaza and nothing more.
Some people also seem to think the entirety of our political structure is only in DC and can only focus on one thing at a time.
More is happening and going on than just the situation in Gaza. And actions in that direction unfortunately take time to happen.
Republicans…protect the public?? Lol.
They’re being sarcastic.
Yeah, that fucking clown of a politician trying to create policies that would only benefit his voters
No. Biden is a capitalist. He serves money first and voters second. American people in general are dead last.
Called on congress to block the rail strike: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-calls-on-congress-to-block-potential-railroad-strike
Walks back his own campaign promise for $50k forgiveness: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/539139-biden-balks-at-50k-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/
Goes around congress to sell weapons to Israel: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/29/politics/biden-congress-israel-military-aid/index.html
Forced federal workers back to office: https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/politics/in-person-work-biden-administration/index.html
Increased the defense budget: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/politics/defense-budget-biden-administration/index.html
Because nowhere else in the world matters, right? There are no horrors happening anywhere else so the American election should depend solely on what’s happening in Gaza? Personally, I would love to see Bibi out of power and the Palestinian people freed from tyranny, but opposing Biden’s reelection will have absolutely no positive impact on the likelihood of that happening. In fact, if Trump gets in he has said he’ll support Israel’s campaign in Gaza. Undermining Biden will not get you what you want. Trump and a Republican congress would help Israel wipe out the Palestinian people completely.
Now, if you really want to help make the world a better place, start opposing Republican candidates at every level and start supporting progressive candidates who will work to change the whole world instead of just the tiny portion of it that worries you most right now.
Now, if you really want to help make the world a better place, start opposing Republican candidates at every level and start supporting progressive candidates
Establishment democrats are supporting Republican candidates in order to block progressives. Also, while we’re at it, here are a few things that Biden did all on his own fucking over progressive and leftist efforts.
Called on congress to block the rail strike: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-calls-on-congress-to-block-potential-railroad-strike
Walks back his own campaign promise for $50k forgiveness: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/539139-biden-balks-at-50k-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/
Goes around congress to sell weapons to Israel: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/29/politics/biden-congress-israel-military-aid/index.html
Forced federal workers back to office: https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/politics/in-person-work-biden-administration/index.html
Increased the defense budget: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/politics/defense-budget-biden-administration/index.html
Fuck Joe Biden.
Establishment democrats are…
You actually quoted me saying your should be supporting progressive candidates and reply with a list of things that “establishment democrats” have done or are doing. What’s your point exactly?
Decreasing enthusiasm for electoral participation because this time getting a fascist government will DEFINITELY lead to a socialist utopia. /s
Fascism has grown under the leadership of establishment Democrats. They are failures at best or corrupt at worst.
You know full well what my point is. Establishment Democrats are launching intentional attacks against progressive and leftist candidates and efforts. Then they turn around and want to act like we’re on the same team.
This is so typical of lemmy lately. Just people yelling at clouds.
I love how politicians become “very nice” and “active” when it’s elections time 😂 Like, my brother, you’ve been in this spot for 4 years, why are you just calling for these fucking obvious things? Also, yes, mother fucker, stop the fucking genocide first before anything.
And the smoothed brain cheerleaders here just gobbling it up.
Bro its an election year. Precisely 0 legislation will be getting passed. You had your chance at one bill Biden and if you didn’t get it into that bill, it wasn’t a priority to you.
This is the mechanism that politicians use to lie. The only people this kind of wag the dog propaganda works on are people who are already voting for Biden, but its the 18-36 year olds he’s lost right now. Its the tiktok generation who have watched the atrocities their meager wages have paid for in taxes he needs to get. And no, a lip-servicing isn’t gonna do it.
Absolutely. Couldn’t have said it better. I’m so fucking sick of “see, the other guy is bad, elect me” while doing less than the bare minimum. No, fuck face, go get fucked. Biden ran on public option in healthcare, and haven’t beeped a word about it ever since he got what he wanted. People are fucking drowning in student loans and medical debt and he couldn’t even keep the $10k student loans forgiveness and Medicaid got even more cut on his watch. Fuckers don’t give a single fuck about us. We are on our own, but like you said, they have their smoothed brain cheerleaders who are all over their dicks no matter what.
Morons- “he’s not a king and didn’t do everything so I’m gonna sit out and cry and let a fascist be elected who will be 100x worse. Look at me- im making a difference!”
That’s also the problem. Your kind are NEVER pleased unless you get 100℅. Wake up- NO ONE gets 100℅ of what they want and by doing this crap you make it so your vote isn’t worth fighting for because you’re not reliable in the least.
But hey, go off king
There ya go. Bullying people into voting “blue no matter who”. It has always been this "either a democrat or a ‘fascist’ " bullshit. Literally every single elections. The morons are the ones who keep falling for it every single time. Maybe this country does need a fascist to run it to the ground so the real morons wake up and stop this cycle of bullshit. You’ll never catch that carrot, trust me.
Wow, trying something new, huh? I definitely haven’t heard this exact same material every election since the 80s! How fresh and new! big ideas! If only somebody would have come up with “more social programs” and “tax corporations and the wealthy” before! I guess nobody thinking of these concepts must be why none of it ever happens, and not because the executive is just one of three branches of the US government so candidates for president can just vomit whatever hopeful fever dreams they want to, knowing full well none of it will ever make it past congress.
Ok. The alternative is to vote for the former president that actually implemented a massive tax cut for the rich. So clearly, it matters who you pick.
Also, Biden has managed to pardon a shit ton in student loans because he could bypass congress. So clearly, it’s not just paying lip service, but actually walking the walk when it’s available to him.
Vote in a Dem majority in both houses (with a margin so DINOs cant block them), and we can actually get something done.
It’s easy for them to say those words when all they have to do is ignore everything that actually happened.
Biden’s biggest mistake is not being more vocal about his accomplishments. He’s greatly exceeded my expectations.
He definitely has. The first few months of his presidency was crazy too. A litany of executive orders to course correct us away from Trumps massive shithole. The shear speed that “sleepy joe” moved at was astounding.
It’s more the media won’t sell that. It doesn’t drive clicks. They don’t publish anything that doesn’t sell and “president does a damn decent job” doesn’t sell.
The sky has been falling forever.
Fwiw, I totally agree he’s done great overall and especially with a razor thin margin the first couple years.
You mean these accomplishments?
Called on congress to block the rail strike: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-calls-on-congress-to-block-potential-railroad-strike
Walks back his own campaign promise for $50k forgiveness: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/539139-biden-balks-at-50k-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/
Goes around congress to sell weapons to Israel: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/29/politics/biden-congress-israel-military-aid/index.html
Forced federal workers back to office: https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/politics/in-person-work-biden-administration/index.html
Increased the defense budget: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/politics/defense-budget-biden-administration/index.html
Biden has spent his entire term fucking over progressive and leftist efforts.
Don’t let perfect stand in the way of good.
Glad to hear things are “good” for you. They’re not for me so I won’t be voting to prop up your experience when you don’t event have the decency to acknowledge mine.
I did acknowledge yours. A president will never make 100% of the people happy 100% of the time. If you’re going to hold your breath for the perfect president, you’re going to suffocate pretty quickly.
Biden was fully expected to uphold the current status quo. While he didn’t follow through on everything, he exceeded expectations and pushed through a lot of good changes.
You can find policy decisions on literally any leader that you’ll disagree with, but at least he has been pushing things in the right direction.
Blah blah
Go back to Russia, comrade
Are you enjoying the traitors tax hikes on working people? Guess what that evil piece of shit did at the same time? Cut taxes on corporations immensely and permanently, whilst making the small tax cuts for individuals purposefully expire.
There’s clearly one party who at least attempts to help the working class while the hilariously evil and overtly corrupt party does everything in their power to hurt us.
Okay, great.
And if it manages to make it through Congress it will be terrible, and if it’s not terrible it will be struck down by the Supreme Court or sued out of existence or legislated against in the states.
Welcome to the separation of powers.
I’m not gonna hold my breath.
“Don’t ever try to do anything positive because it might not work out” is a terrible attitude.
That’s precisely the attitude people had when they voted for Biden in the 2020 primaries over all the other decent options.
That “might” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
How about this: I will eat my own foot shavings if half of this gets passed.
How much do you shave your foot? If you’re going to say this, you need to state a measurable amount
I will save my foot shavings from now on and will eat at most 250 mL (~1 cup) of them if Biden manages to get half of the things he’s proposing here passed.
And I won’t even sprinkle them on pasta. Just straight up with a spoon.
That’s how little faith I have in our government.
And I won’t even sprinkle them on pasta.
The forbidden Parmesan.
I’m saving this in the event:
1.) I remember.
2.) Any of it passes.
Thanks for helping me stay honest
Damn, bruh.
Defeatism!
I’m sorry for understanding how our government works and our nation’s actual demographics.
All you’re doing is approving and reinforcing this state of affairs by sharing your defeatist attitude.
If you don’t like it, either try and help do something about it, or shut the fuck up.
This state of affairs doesn’t need help being reinforced. It’s been carved in stone and blood for 250 years. It’s supported by people who profit greatly from people thinking that elections are how you change things.
Me pointing this out pales in comparison to all of that. Unless you think one asshole on a barely used social network has that sort of power, which would be fucking awesome.
Oh, so you want it to be this way? Because you’re clearly not shutting the fuck up.
I forgot this is a libs only zone, and that criticism means you’re the enemy.
I’ll be sure to temper my anarchism in the future, while I watch the system you love so dearly continue to fail everyone.
Oh hey, look. You’re still not shutting the fuck up. Let’s indulge this conversation more.
Criticism is useful when it’s constructive. When it highlights a problem in order to find a solution. What you’re doing is not constructive in any way. It’s equivalent to wanting us to accept this system as it is.
No one here is implying that this system is perfect or that we love it. Biden is literally trying to make a change to the failing system here, and you’re lambasting him for trying. You’re being entirely hypocritical.
So you can either continue being a hypocrite, or actually shut the fuck up.
