I didn't call Trump Hitler. I said that the mentality where you simply accept and stand by a leader and ignore all of their faults is the exact mentality that led to Hitler being possible. Nobody should ever blindly accept every action or call that a leader makes. That is not patriotism, it is fascism.
if the faults are in regard to their job i'd agree …….. when I hire someone for a job , I judge them on how well they do the job I hired them for , not how I feel about them personally ……… nobody I know agrees with everything the president does , any president in my lifetime ….. your definition of fascism has a bit to be desired …………….
As for the insanity... Pretty much every single one of his appointments has been ridiculous and the opposite of what it should be. And lets see what about making it legal to shoot a mom and cubs hibernating in their den? Are you down with that? I'm not.
ridiculous would infer to me illogical ?an example would be ? seems to me he has appointed extremely well qualified people to his cabinet ? one of his strengths , imo , seems to be in hiring the right people for the job , unlike the previous president when trump came into this job he was experienced in that aspect ...…...…the economy seems to be going in the right direction …… the international affairs he's facing are worse than any president of my lifetime , thanks to Clinton , Obama and bush ignoring what needed done , and letting the US get in the position it is , something needs done on this front asap , before our position worsens … the bear cub thing ? they just removed the federal government from state business , they didn't advocate the killing of baby bears and their moms , the states control their hunting laws ,they still do , as far as shooting bear cubs , the federal government did not legalize it , the state hunting laws still apply if it's legal in a state , it's the state that makes it legal , because the state government deems it necessary and/or not harmful to the population , shooting hibernating momma bears and their cubs , rings of tearing nursing babies from their mom's breast , the guy must be an animal narrative !!!!!! marijuana is illegal federally , but legal in many states , the feds aren't bustin weed shops in Denver , do you think they should be ? …….. states rights ? seems to be a liberal desire when it suits them ?
He messed up the student loan repayment plans which directly effects me. Obama had actually made some tiny baby steps towards making the student loan repayment plans better by making payments tied to your income and believe me that saved me because I couldn't afford the payments prior to that. Now I am back to struggling to make payments.
what specific changes have occurred ? I really am not aware of any aside from tax deductions on discharged loans ? the interest rate has risen , I guess if you have a variable rate it would affect you ? interest rates were held at 0 for obamas entire 2 terms , 0 interest rates is not a sustainable practice , regardless that is a fed decision ? I believe it was Obama who tied student loan interest rates to the the markets , has nothing to do with trumps policies ? the high cost of college is not the government , I believe this administration is pressuring universities and colleges to help subsidize the cost ? student debt is becoming a potential national economic crisis , it needs addressed , "baby steps" aren't going to cut it , I would also wonder what baby steps Obama took ? best I could tell his economic policy was 0 interest rates and subsidize the economy with trillions of dollars of borrowed money , and ignore any problems ……. the housing crash was 6 trillion , I believe student debt is around 2 trillion and growing ? can you give me specific changes trump made that are detrimental to folks with student loans ? which by the way both of my daughters are paying also ? trump in a speech in ohio said ," one of the only things the government makes money on is student loans , and it's the one thing they shouldn't be making money on"
Which brings us to your complaint about free education. Do you see it as a negative to have an educated populace?
education is a must , both my daughters as their husbands are all highly educated , and their kids know education is not an option , as they did , it's been my belief for most all my life ………. "free " education , do you think free education is free?????? the government takes $1000 out of every one of my paychecks , I pay a ridiculous amount of property tax on a house I own outright , I pay 7-8% tax on everything I buy , 28 cents on every gallon of gas , I pay tax on my water , my phone , home heating , electric , I just was required to replace the city sidewalk in front of my house , only to have my property tax increased based on improvements ………… my math , which is pretty good , tells me nothing is "free"
I think the best thing we could possibly do is make sure that all Americans have a higher education whether it be university or trade school.
some of the dumbest folks I've met are educated …………… parenting is the problem , "educating" some of the folks i'm encountering won't help …….
You can't have a productive society that competes on a global level if you don't support education and betterment. And you can't have a successful society if those that do choose to educate and better themselves are stuck paying it off for their entire lives.
at my daughters graduation the first ones , I saw all these kids getting bachelor degrees in communication , psychology , business , and thought the majority of those kids are going end up in lawn care or sales ……….. my late wife had a degree in psychology , she worked in an hr department with folks some of which had high school educations ……I just today received a resume for a welding job from a woman with a bachelor degree in psychology , summa cum laude , if she would have spent the time it took to get that degree working on welding , she might have been qualified for the job …. a guy worked for me as a welder fitter for 20 plus yrs had a degree in political science and journalism ….. two guys with high school educations made more money than he did ………… you can't teach smart , parenting , proper direction , after that it's destiny …...
I have been graduated over 10 years and make a good income but I am nowhere near paying off my debt and it is unlikely I will have it paid off in the next ten years. I make my payments every month and it is a struggle. I would be contributing more to the economy overall if all of my money wasn't going to paying off student debt. How is that okay?
if the government wasn't taking that $1000 bucks out of my paycheck , i'd be contributing more to the economy myself , how is that ok ? more free stuff is gonna cost me more , to much free stuff and i'll be broke , it's not possible any other way . schools need threatened with regulation , maybe less tax exemptions , less government funding . drug companies need threatened with deregulation , hospitals and insurance companies threatened with government intrusion and deregulation ……… the politicians supported by lobbyist need removed , the good old boys club needs broken up ……. guys like steyer and soros need investigated , put a special council on those two crooks …..
I did every single thing I should have in life. I was an honor student in HighSchool. I didn't have sex. I didn't do drugs. I got fabulous scores on my SATs, I got scholarships for college but not nearly enough to pay the whole outrageously priced thing.
trump agrees with you on the cost of these colleges and universities , he's calling on schools with these outrageous endowments to help lower the cost ……. that isn't a government caused problem , that is the greedy boards of these schools , education is a tax exempt , federally subsidized , cash cow business that makes a lot of folks really rich , and other folks really poor …..
I worked while in school, I volunteered while in school, I interned while in school and I got straight As while in school. I graduated, I got a good job (lucky for me as so many didn't). So tell me exactly where I am a welfare, grasping, greedy whatever that republicans would want to call me because I think I shouldn't have to be paying for following the correct path my entire life.
i'm not anymore a republican than Donald trump is , or Reagan was , you don't sound like a "welfare , grasping , greedy person" to me ??????? and I doubt folks with my political leaning would draw the conclusion you think ? I think the fact you feel that way explains a lot ……….. the only thing I've seen fair in this life is how unfair it can be ……….. I grew up pretty poor , knew right from the get go nobody owed me anything , and wasn't giving me nothing …….. it don't take much to keep me happy , my kids did better than me , that is satisfying ……… my dogues , you couldn't buy the dogues I've had , I worked for them , I know dogs , you can't buy that ……...……….. Nick , I been around or a bit and it's true "you can't always get what you want …………..." , the government can’t give it to you either , anyone tells you they can is lying or misinformed …….. socialism fails because the people needed to fuel it have no incentive to do better……..capitalism is all about incentive , my incentive right now is to keep what I have obtained through this system , take away my stuff , tell me I’m getting what I’m getting and I’m quitting my job that same day …….
You think this system makes sense? Punishing the people who do what they should and are good contributing educated members of society? In other countries I could have followed this same path and would be doing much better than I am now rather than living paycheck to paycheck and praying every day that I never get sick or nothing bad befalls me, praying that economy doesn't slump...
what countries would that be ? the system doesn't punish people , life does , this system rewards perseverance ……. you understand a government doesn’t produce an income , they are an expense , ………. I've lived paycheck to paycheck my whole life , as do most folks I know , I had 2 kids by the time I was 20 ,their mother and I had high school educations ……. I had 3 people and a few dogs depending on me , nobody to help us but ourselves ……I worked for and got the stuff I own , and supported the government better than they'll ever support me … lifes tough , I've had fun , even when I was broke , I've always lived within my means , went to work sick and hurt more times than I could possibly remember , to keep my stuff , excelled at my job to get better jobs and more money , this system offers incentive ………..
which brings us to your outrageous claim that the leftists want the economy to fail.
"outrageous" I am past positive on that claim ……. not folks like you , folks like Pelosi , schumer , Schiff , waters , they need folks like you to feel the pain so they can offer to help you , for your vote ……. If the government could solve your problems , everyone would live in California …… the democratic leadership absolutely without question , beyond any doubt want this economy to fail ……. if you don't know that , at some point in your life you will , I assure you I am correct on that...…….
Bill Maher Hopes For Economic Disaster To Get Rid Of Trump
Bill Maher Hopes For Economic Disaster To Get Rid Of Trump
You think I want my entire life to fall apart? Absolutely not. Which brings us to your question about what Bush did wrong? How about tanking the whole economy for one. And I felt that in a bad way just out of university. There was a hiring freeze, my company laid off most of its employees(not me thank god), there was a promotion freeze, there was a raise freeze, there were no bonuses... for years. But, did my student loan payments stop coming in? Nope. Did expenses go down? No, they went up with the soaring price of gas.
you really don't understand that recession...…. you obviously been informed by politicians ... in 2003 bush tried to pass legislation for government oversight of fannie mae and Freddie mac , it was blocked by the democrats on the basis it would deny poor folks who couldn't afford homes the ability to buy a home … ….. do you see the irony in that ?????? deny folks who can't afford a home a loan to buy a home ?????? there are books written on that recession , it goes back to paying for the Vietnam war , and privatizing fannie mae ……….. you'll get it , I invite you to fact check me ?
trump opened up a lot of energy production which lowered gas prices , and aided national security …….. domestic production , which is our only control on gas prices , was crippled by obama policies , they decimated the industry , put most of it out of business , opec jumped right in to help , they knew it was bad for America...….. I believe today the US may be the largest oil producer in the world ………..
Honestly there is so much in your response that I don't have the energy or desire to unpack it all. And I am sure you will feel the same about my response and that's fine and probably better because I have a feeling it is going to be a bit like slamming ones head against a wall, entirely unproductive.
that's ashame folks that know me seem to think i'm a pretty logical person ……. some rich folks have even trusted their money to my logic for decades …….. you should see the stuff my kids got , the only help they got from me was the raising I gave them , the example/ethics I showed them , and the logical thinking they assimilated …if their kids do better than them and I had nothing , that'd be enough for me , and it took this incentivized "system" for it to happen