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In reply to the discussion: Hoping to defeat Trump this November may be a fools errand. [View all]exboyfil
(18,344 posts)10. I think we are in a double bind
I don't think we have a way out. I can't convince otherwise intelligent people at my workplace of the unfitness of Trump (these are folks who have Masters degrees in Engineering).
I guess throw out some math.
$6T to address this virus. That is 75 years of federal spending on TANF and Food Stamps. That is twice the amount that is in the Social Security Trust Fund. Six times what was collected in Social Security payments last year. Nearly $20K for every many, woman, and child in the US. Three times the total deficit for Obama's second term.
That and Trump, who has settled multiple multi-million dollar fraud cases, is asking that the only watchdogs over spending that money are his own hand chosen appointees.
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Stop this defeatist crap already. We're not beaten yet. The country is seeing trump's...
brush
Apr 2020
#6
Look at it this way. The virus is taking up all the press coverage now and has been since the last..
brush
Apr 2020
#45
Sometimes deepest fears are best left unexpressed. I prefer to motivate, not depress
hlthe2b
Apr 2020
#4
I'm not content with "just vote" either, but I posted ideas for you in a similar thread
ck4829
Apr 2020
#37
I agree with shockey, we need to sound the alarm and act on the fear of this happening
njhoneybadger
Apr 2020
#52
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields
struggle4progress
Apr 2020
#57