US Politics Thread

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Would that include Don Jr put his toddler leash back on?

I’m not convinced it’s not a family pastime!

 

[TinFoilHat]

Sadly, this is not a parody account. An actual serving Republican member of the Senate actually posted this. I dread to think what dirt Putin has on this guy.

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Lady G probably got one his special male friends to tweet that.

 

[Zuriblue]

Yes, yes, we get it . . . . you lot are so put upon.

They could teach the red Scouse a thing or two about victimhood.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

They could teach the red Scouse a thing or two about victimhood.

Maybe they'd feel more at home on RAWK?

 

[Zuriblue]

Maybe they'd feel more at home on RAWK?

Well they do get a bit Rawkous.

 

[Vic]

I’ve said before and I’ll say it again, America is a conglomeration of different “countries,”’all of which are very different, have different geography, different cultures, and different politics…both historically and currently.

However, the one constant is that the more money you have, the more you can either insulate from or ingratiate yourself into the vagaries of those politics.

I have spent my entire working life here trying to figure out the “how much” and “where” that will help me live the kind of retired life I can enjoy…all while I have been living close to work, by my wife’s family, in a nice village, but paying an arm & a leg to do it for the last 30 years, so my kids had a good life and their American family close by!

Houses are $600,000+, property taxes are $15,000 a year, sales taxes are 10% (12% on non-grocery food), state income taxes are 5%, village sticker for each car is another $100 apiece, and that’s all on top of the federal Income taxes. Yeah, “it keeps out the riff-raff,” as they say, but it bleeds and bleeds and bleeds you dry while you’re trying to get ahead.

And I know I’m one of the very lucky ones.

Which of course explains why the poor seem so keen on voting for the rich.

 

[Vic]

Would that include Don Jr putting his toddler leash back on?

I don't think Trump just saying no would sort the drug problem. Maybe if the military take out Don Jr.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Which of course explains why the poor seem so keen on voting for the rich.

Americans are aspirational. Brits might not understand this thinking.

 

[Vic]

Americans are aspirational. Brits might not understand this thinking.

Aspiration we understand. The American Dream seems a triumph of delusional hope over experience. "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" is a noble aspiration, but how old do you have to be before you realise you're not going to get rich?