thegoodlife3 All American 39314 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " We're talking about housing and you mention the GI Bill, which in relation to housing has that. I suppose you meant that it was a successful federal piece of legislation,but I don't see how that is a valid argument cause it is just way too generic so I didn't assume that" |
and you’d be way wrong
this is why I mentioned the GI Bill:
https://www.history.com/news/gi-bill-black-wwii-veterans-benefits4/24/2023 1:38:47 PM |
emnsk All American 2841 Posts user info edit post |
Okay, I don't see what this *specifically* has to do with local governments obstructing real solutions to housing though? Or this bill 4/24/2023 1:46:31 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39314 Posts user info edit post |
it’s a pretty large root cause of housing inequality and it was a federal program
only reason I brought it up is because you asserted that housing issues are very local and have very little to do with federal government 4/24/2023 1:52:10 PM |
emnsk All American 2841 Posts user info edit post |
Okay. To clarify, I meant that most of the issues at the root in terms of the supply of housing are local, and thus we need local change for a sustainable future in housing.
What you posted is indeed an example of inequality in a federal program, yeah. I don't dispute that, it is just besides my point here, especially in context of this specific policy that the other dude posted.
Thanks for posting that though, good read. those who deny systemic racism really need to read that... and a lot of other things 4/24/2023 2:36:04 PM |
rjrumfel All American 23028 Posts user info edit post |
Want affordable housing? Pass a bill that keeps corporate America from buying up all the sub 400k houses and renting them out. 4/24/2023 2:48:41 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39314 Posts user info edit post |
I don’t think that policy is worth freaking out about, and I’m in favor of anything that makes an effort to equal the playing field, no matter how small it is
Quote : | " Good credit score? Saved enough for a good down payment on a mortgage?
The WH says screw you buddy!" |
a statement like that makes it seem as though all things are equal, and nothing could be further from the truth4/24/2023 2:51:15 PM |
emnsk All American 2841 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I don’t think that policy is worth freaking out about, and I’m in favor of anything that makes an effort to equal the playing field, no matter how small it is" |
I mean sure you can hold that belief, but doing it by credit score isn't very progressive. I also disagree with that sentiment in general, but we can agree to disagree there.
^^ Yeah. We really need to target the "unproductive elite". All those institutions and companies that really don't do anything but play a middle man or something and make money off of it. Some of them have some role or the other, some of them are just pieces of shit.
problem is no matter what we do, the corporations have their legal teams to find the loopholes. the citizens supposedly have government officials, but guess who funds the government officials? Lol. we must do what we can4/24/2023 8:48:16 PM |
StTexan Let Trump cook! 7218 Posts user info edit post |
What happens if debt limit deal not reached? 4/24/2023 11:18:16 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26146 Posts user info edit post |
Very bad things followed by biggest political blame game in history.] 4/25/2023 6:53:12 AM |
Bullet All American 28434 Posts user info edit post |
^^^that totally sounds like something a college student would say. 4/25/2023 9:41:45 AM |
emnsk All American 2841 Posts user info edit post |
[user]justin123h[/user] 4/25/2023 10:13:06 AM |
Bullet All American 28434 Posts user info edit post |
So how does this work? Is it guaranteed that there won't be a primary? I really have doubts about whether he could even make it through another four years. 4/25/2023 2:17:33 PM |
emnsk All American 2841 Posts user info edit post |
I think he'll do it his gaffe per speech rate might increase
If he does die though, I feel like unless Kamala miraculously changes her image, the Republicans will steamroll 2028. but it is perhaps too early to say that, who knows if any charismatic democrat bros could emerge, and if the GOP could fix themselves up a bit till then if Trump too dies or something A lot can change quick...
[Edited on April 25, 2023 at 2:42 PM. Reason : this is my 666th post. POLITICANS ARE THE MARK OF THE DEVIL-Lol] 4/25/2023 2:41:42 PM |
rjrumfel All American 23028 Posts user info edit post |
Kamala would be a disastrous president.
I think there might be some on-the-fence voters that would actually weigh Trump vs a potential Kamala presidency. 4/25/2023 2:51:45 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39314 Posts user info edit post |
lol 4/25/2023 2:59:55 PM |
emnsk All American 2841 Posts user info edit post |
is it just me or is Biden's tweeting style annoying
Quote : | "My economic plan is a blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America. It’s for you." |
Quote : | "Under my predecessor, Infrastructure Week was a punchline.
Now, we’re making Infrastructure Decade a headline." |
Quote : | "It's time for public school teachers to get a raise." |
he definitely deserves more credit than most of the 'generic online crowd' tends to give him
The one liners and couplet attempts just get on my nerves perhaps I'm just tired of politician-speak in general
[Edited on April 25, 2023 at 3:11 PM. Reason : ---]4/25/2023 3:11:24 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39314 Posts user info edit post |
nobody should give a damn about the tweets from a normal, sane president
they aren’t even written by him
[Edited on April 25, 2023 at 3:37 PM. Reason : .] 4/25/2023 3:36:40 PM |
emnsk All American 2841 Posts user info edit post |
Alright 4/25/2023 3:47:04 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72829 Posts user info edit post |
I think this lady runs Biden's Twitter. Doesn't mean she writes every scrap, but likely it's her for the most part.
https://newjerseyglobe.com/national/megan-coyne-the-voice-of-new-jersey-is-headed-to-the-white-house/ 4/27/2023 12:52:45 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26146 Posts user info edit post |
She's a little too excited for that photo. 4/27/2023 12:58:50 PM |
emnsk All American 2841 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Who lets New Jersey have a Twitter?” tweeted someone with 88 followers.
The reply – “Your mom” – had nearly a half-million likes and 85,000 retweets." |
Lmao4/27/2023 1:45:19 PM |
qntmfred retired 40741 Posts user info edit post |
saw headline about house oversight committee press conference detailing $10M in wire transfers from foreign nationals to Biden family members. obviously an investigation with partisan motives, but anything to this? 5/10/2023 11:48:13 AM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39314 Posts user info edit post |
nope 5/10/2023 11:54:03 AM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26146 Posts user info edit post |
Hunter Biden is obviously a shady loser. But in an important difference versus the previous administration, he doesn't hold an official office or position of influence. I don't believe in protecting a criminal just because he's related to the President, but let's not act like this this the same as Trump family graft, corruption, and nepotism. 5/11/2023 6:27:01 AM |
rwoody Save TWW 37762 Posts user info edit post |
Posting here bc if all the student loan discussions, but do folks think about the gop voting that loanees should be penalized for payments missed during covid pay holidays? 5/27/2023 12:54:51 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26146 Posts user info edit post |
I'm sure folks think about it bc if all the discussions. 5/27/2023 3:31:04 PM |
rwoody Save TWW 37762 Posts user info edit post |
The grink follows me everywhere 5/27/2023 5:13:56 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26146 Posts user info edit post |
You're premium, though. Not that hard to proofread and / or ghost edit. Please do your fellow users the courtesy of allowing them to understand your attempts to express thoughts and ideas! 5/27/2023 6:23:24 PM |
rwoody Save TWW 37762 Posts user info edit post |
The post the other day was worse, seems like this one is easily comprehensible. Premium doesn't get you any extra edit window as far as I know. It's not that big of a deal either way. 5/27/2023 6:41:23 PM |
StTexan Let Trump cook! 7218 Posts user info edit post |
This is serious as the nintendo power glove 5/27/2023 6:50:58 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26146 Posts user info edit post |
^^Well, did you mean to say "WHAT do folks think about. . ." meaning you are soliciting our thoughts, or did you mean it as written questioning whether certain third party individuals were thinking about the issue at all? Because I legitimately don't know.
I'm being overly dramatic of course, but I know you're capable of better, so I seek to hold you to that standard, as you do me. 5/27/2023 7:58:39 PM |
rwoody Save TWW 37762 Posts user info edit post |
Yea i was curious if some of the folks that had discussed Biden's cancelation had also heard about this bill that would turn all the loan holiday time into missed payments and accrued interest. Seems extremely punitive to me. 5/27/2023 10:09:47 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26146 Posts user info edit post |
OIC! 5/28/2023 6:51:59 AM |
HaLo All American 14265 Posts user info edit post |
That would be hilarious if the GOP did that 5/28/2023 7:35:38 PM |
rwoody Save TWW 37762 Posts user info edit post |
Weird! 5/28/2023 10:30:42 PM |
rwoody Save TWW 37762 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Yea i was curious if some of the folks that had discussed Biden's cancelation had also heard about this bill that would turn all the loan holiday time into missed payments and accrued interest. Seems extremely punitive to me." |
Looks like this was able to be kept out in the latest deal.5/30/2023 12:03:05 PM |
utowncha All American 901 Posts user info edit post |
is there a hunter specific thread? cant believe dude is gonna plea. terrible idea! 6/20/2023 10:11:29 AM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26146 Posts user info edit post |
Why terrible? 6/20/2023 10:21:56 AM |
utowncha All American 901 Posts user info edit post |
opens the floodgates to other biden related investigations. 6/20/2023 10:24:01 AM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26146 Posts user info edit post |
Guilty is guilty. He's a crook. That doesn't mean someone else isn't. Isn't hiding behind power the very thing we want to disallow? 6/20/2023 11:33:47 AM |
GrumpyGOP yovo yovo bonsoir 18194 Posts user info edit post |
The Hunter thing is lose-lose even though Biden did everything right. He struck the perfect balance between loving father and President, expressing support while remaining hands-off with the investigation. For all the good it will do him. Democrats will continue not giving a shit about Hunter Biden, and Republicans will continue clamoring for his blood. The closest thing you can find to a positive outcome here is that at least the President didn't do anything to actively contribute to the fantasy that he's rigging the system in his son's favor. 6/21/2023 10:56:47 AM |
Pupils DiL8t All American 4960 Posts user info edit post |
Any thoughts on the I.R.S. whistle-blower, Gary Shapley, testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee?
https://tinyurl.com/tyysj8w7
Quote : | "The I.R.S. official, Gary Shapley, oversaw the agency's role in the investigation of Mr. Biden's taxes and says his criticism of the Justice Department led to him being denied a promotion. He told the House Ways and Means Committee that [U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss] had been rebuffed by top federal prosecutors in Los Angeles and Washington when he had raised the prospect of pursuing charges against the president's son in those jurisdictions.
Mr. Shapley, testifying under what Republicans say are whistle-blower protections, also said that he had witnessed Mr. Weiss saying last year that he would not be the 'deciding official' regarding whether to prosecute [Hunter] Biden, and that Mr. Weiss had been turned down when he sought special counsel status, which would have allowed him greater flexibility in handling the case." |
Quote : | "But it remains unclear how much of the difference in the accounts reflects possible factors like miscommunication, clashing substantive judgments among agencies over how best to pursue a prosecution, or personal enmity among officials working on a high-pressure, high-profile case. Investigators like Mr. Shapley whose job it is to uncover evidence often have different perspectives from prosecutors who have to take into account how to treat defendants fairly and present cases to juries." |
Quote : | "Mr. Garland, addressing reporters on Friday, forcefully denied Mr. Shapley's claims. Mr. Weiss said in a letter to Congress this month that he had not been constrained in pursuing the investigation. Mr. Weiss said in the letter, dated June 7, that he had been 'granted ultimate authority over this matter, including responsibility for deciding where, when and whether to file charges.'" |
[Edited on June 28, 2023 at 8:21 AM. Reason : ]6/28/2023 8:20:20 AM |
moron All American 34156 Posts user info edit post |
Assuming the economy doesn’t collapse over the next year and a half, Biden is going to get re-elected easily I think
Don’t think anyone in the gop is going to come remotely close to beating him at this point 7/10/2023 7:30:51 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26146 Posts user info edit post |
Hope that proves correct since almost everyone the GOP is putting forward is insane and / or traitorous or sycophantic. 7/10/2023 7:53:40 PM |
Pupils DiL8t All American 4960 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ An update regarding this story:
https://tinyurl.com/2p34mbhe
Quote : | "David C. Weiss, the federal prosecutor in Delaware who has led the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden, on Monday rebutted a key element of testimony to Congress by an Internal Revenue Service official who said that Mr. Weiss complained about being blocked from pursuing the case the way he wanted.
In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mr. Weiss said that he had never asked Justice Department officials to give him special counsel status to pursue the case, contradicting testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee by the I.R.S. official, Gary Shapley, who said Mr. Weiss had sought that status and been turned down.
Mr. Weiss suggested that Mr. Shapley might have misunderstood him during an October 2022 meeting. Mr. Weiss, the U.S. attorney for Delaware, who was appointed to the role under President Donald J. Trump, said in the letter that he had approached a department higher-up about the possibility of requesting status as a special attorney, not as a special counsel...
'To clarify an apparent misperception and to avoid future confusion, I wish to make one point clear: In this case, I have not requested special counsel designation,' Mr. Weiss told Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Instead, Mr. Weiss said he 'had discussions with departmental officials regarding potential appointment' as a special attorney, 'which would have allowed me to file charges in a district outside my own without the partnership of the local U.S. attorney.'
Mr. Weiss added in the letter to Mr. Graham that he had 'never been denied the authority to bring charges in any jurisdiction.'" |
Quote : | "Mr. Weiss, who has described the Hunter Biden investigation as 'ongoing,' did not say if he had followed through and requested to be appointed special attorney to the career official who served as his contact at Justice Department headquarters.
Nor did he explicitly address a key assertion made by Mr. Shapley: that Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys in California and Washington had discouraged Mr. Weiss from prosecuting Hunter Biden on felony tax charges stemming from a period when the president's son was earning millions working with foreign-controlled businesses and investors." |
Meanwhile, Republicans' other whistle-blower who had gone missing, Gal Luft, has been charged by the SDNY for acting as an unregistered foreign agent, trafficking in arms, violating U.S. sanctions against Iran and making false statements to federal agents; an Israeli spy, he apparently went missing after being arrested in Cyprus in February for trafficking arms to Libya and China.
https://www.justice.gov/media/1304836/dl?inline
[Edited on July 11, 2023 at 8:39 AM. Reason : ]7/11/2023 8:34:50 AM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39314 Posts user info edit post |
pretty entertaining to watch them continually trip over their own dicks 7/11/2023 1:30:25 PM |
moron All American 34156 Posts user info edit post |
Their entire ideologies now are based on conspiracy theory and eventually this crashes against reality. 7/11/2023 4:30:01 PM |
utowncha All American 901 Posts user info edit post |
oh man, plea deal collapsed. 7/26/2023 4:47:32 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26146 Posts user info edit post |
Hunter is clearly a crook. 7/26/2023 6:52:09 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39314 Posts user info edit post |
biggest scandal in the history of the country 7/27/2023 1:43:56 AM |