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B402, Two parties have created the situation America finds itself in now. Which is much better for the most wealthy than for others, we have always agreed on that. Your problem is you blame it all on Democrats which is patently irrational. Clearly biased, see again:

Indisputably there are two major parties is American politics. Unarguably the general direction of the country is determined by the ever-evolving interaction between the two major parties, by legislation passed in Congress, and by legislation passed in individual states. Undoubtedly the Republican party has acted in opposition to Democrat efforts to improve the lives of the poor and the working class in the USA, for decades. Optimal obstructionism has been their game. Unquestionably, you with your incessant 'it's all the Democrat's fault,' push a lie every day on this board every time you even imply it. Unequivocally that makes you a most dishonest partisan dickhead, and truly makes your claim to be independent as fraudulent as you present yourself to others. You claim humanitarian values. You support the other. You are a fraud. Unquestionably.
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Dems have created a much better health system and have more people with healthcare insurance than ever before. Democrats have created a higher minimum wage. Democrats have created more jobs. Democrats have worked to preserve a safety net for the most vulnerable, not as good as Australia's but Australia's represents too much socialism to get it past the American conservative forces which you favor. As you well know many American voters have been indoctrinated to be against umm, socialistic programs such as the health system setup for veterans. Democrats have worked to cleaner cities and a cleaner environment for all. Democrats have created more jobs.

I've been looking for Krugman's post which your guy seemingly intended to link to here:

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Gene Ludwig

Managing Partner, Canapi | CEO, Ludwig Advisors | Chair, Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity | Founder, Promontory family of companies | Author, The Vanishing American Dream | Fmr Comptroller of the Currency
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With keen analysis and insight Paul Krugman, writing for his The New York Times .. https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-new-york-times?trk=public_post-text .. newsletter, takes a deep dive into why Americans’ view of inflation varies based on a variety of factors. For instance, a low-income family may have a different take on the impact of inflation based on how they spend, as ultimately “rich people spend differently.” At the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity we took a similar view in developing the True Living Cost Index (lisep.org/tlc), which focuses on tracking rising prices for the necessities of life. And what we found was eye-opening: prices for middle- and lower-income families have risen 1.4 times faster than the Consumer Price Index indicates.
https://lnkd.in/eRwwgWwG .. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gene-ludwig_opinion-the-rich-spend-differently-from-activity-7173379746255343617-NFyx

so far to no avail. Democrats are not "Dems are a cultural party now, not resembling the
dems of old at all,,,,,,They even want me to hate myself,,,,,,fuck em..."

but you blaming them for hating yourself should not surprise anyone here.

The culture war is a Republican creation which you have consistently contributed to:

B402, Obnoxious little man. That said, it is not a new publication, and am wondering why now you are so obsessed with it. Also, your choice of how to approach it sucks, only an obnoxious little person would choose to do it in a way particularly chosen offend some here. Whom do you think you will impress or even influence by your approach. There was outrage at Playboy too, although many women liberation activists saw it's wider worth. As for the five year-old Gender Queer, you seem obviously attracted to the images. See:

How a YA oral-sex scene touched off Texas' latest culture war

A coming-of-age memoir by a California writer has been seized upon by politicians
who want greater control over the kinds of books available in Texas schools.
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Confirmation bias?? LOL While we have posted critical of Biden you have never (that
i've seen) posted critically of the Republican side, at least perhaps more than once.

And, you have told this board to get fucked since you arrived so what else to expect.

Eight years on, yet still as relevant:

Monday, July 03, 2017

Paul Krugman: Oh! What a Lovely Trade War

"If we start breaking those rules, others will too":

Oh! What a Lovely Trade War, by Paul Krugmn, NYTimes .. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/opinion/trump-trade-war.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 : ...Axios reports that the White House believes that Trump’s base “likes the idea” of a trade war, and “will love the fight.”

Yep, that’s a great way to make policy.

O.K., so what’s complicated about trade policy?

First, a lot of modern trade is in intermediate goods — stuff that is used to make other stuff. A tariff on steel helps steel producers, but it hurts downstream steel consumers like the auto industry. So even the direct impact of protectionism on jobs is unclear.

Then there are the indirect effects, which mean that any job gains in an industry protected by tariffs must be compared with job losses elsewhere. Normally, in fact, trade and trade policy have little if any effect on total employment. They affect what kinds of jobs we have; but the total number, not so much. ...

Then there’s the response of other countries. International trade is governed by rules — rules America helped put in place. If we start breaking those rules, others will too...

And it’s foolish to imagine that America would “win” such a war. ... Anyway, trade isn’t about winning and losing: it generally makes both sides of the deal richer, and a trade war usually hurts all the countries involved.

I’m not making a purist case for free trade here. Rapid growth in globalization has hurt some American workers, and an import surge after 2000 disrupted industries and communities. But a Trumpist trade war would only exacerbate the damage, for a couple of reasons.

One is that globalization has already happened, and U.S. industries are now embedded in a web of international transactions. So a trade war would disrupt communities the same way that rising trade did in the past. There’s an old joke about a motorist who runs over a pedestrian, then tries to fix the damage by backing up — running over the victim a second time. Trumpist trade policy would be like that.

Also, the tariffs now being proposed would boost capital-intensive industries that employ relatively few workers per dollar of sales; these tariffs would, if anything, further tilt the distribution of income against labor.

So will Trump actually go through with this? He might. ...

Trump’s promises on trade, while unorthodox, were just as fraudulent as his promises on health care. In this area, as in, well, everything, he has no idea what he’s talking about. And his ignorance-based policy won’t end well.
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