meanwhile, the 2017 tax cuts and jobs act contained a provision that now prevents companies from deducting research and development, expenses, including software development.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
That is not my perspective or my experience. Try again.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Listen, dude: If you don't have enough english comprehension to understand I was expressing dismay at our system of government and not criticism of Joe "The Guy You're All Making Me Vote For" Biden, then I don't think this will be a fruitful conversation.
But if you want some constructive criticism to pass on to your boss, how about this: Turn every campaign event into a food back and free soup kitchen. Spend every dime of campaign contributions on paying off medical debt.
I guarantee that would work better at beating Trump than anything his highly paid consultants could ever post on Tik Tok.
P.S. One more liberal berating me about how "it has to be this way" will not convince me.
If you don’t have enough english comprehension to understand I was expressing dismay at our system of government and not criticism of Joe “The Guy You’re All Making Me Vote For” Biden, then I don’t think this will be a fruitful conversation.
Shills like you intentionally straddle that line so when you’re called out you can pretend that you were just nebulously criticizing the state of things instead of trying to influence an election.
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.
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!
Drives a pickup with a bunch of window decals like FJB, Punisher Skull Thin Blue Line, maga 2024, and We The People while complaining about how gays and trans are constantly "shoving it in his face".
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”
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):
<span style="color:#323232;">REPRESENTATIVE GREENE: What about Laken Riley?
</span><span style="color:#323232;">(Cross-talk.)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">AUDIENCE: Booo —
</span><span style="color:#323232;">REPRESENTATIVE GREENE: Say her name!
</span><span style="color:#323232;">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.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">REPRESENTATIVE GREENE: By an illegal!
</span><span style="color:#323232;">THE PRESIDENT: By an illegal. That’s right. But how many of thousands of people are being killed by legals?
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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.
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.)
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.
Executive + congressional majority is sufficient for taxes. Biden had this in the past, he just didn’t do it because — like always — he has no intent to, and is just making worthless campaign promises in a shoddy attempt to buy more votes.
Executive + congressional majority is sufficient for taxes. Biden had this in the past, he just didn’t do it because — like always — he has no intent to, and is just making worthless campaign promises in a shoddy attempt to buy more votes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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