Current or modern politics in the United States

[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by LadyLuck

How the Senate voted:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...-shutdown.html

"Senate Democrats blocked a spending bill on Friday night that would have prevented a government shutdown. The procedural motion to advance the bill needed 60 votes to pass."

This is a grossly unfair characterization. 5 Republicans voted against the bill, which offset the votes of the 5 Democrats who voted for it. The bill would have failed in any event as 60 votes were needed. The Democrats had previously warned that they would not support this short term spending bill without the bi-partisan DACA provisions that had been negotiated, then withdrawn when the president broke his word and reneged on his promise to sign the legislation.

It is frankly disgusting that President Trump and the Republicans cannot be trusted to keep their word and then seek to blame the fallout on the Democrats. The polls are showing that the voters are not deceived by this treachery.

[BustyWomenLovr]

Well as Trump himself has said - blame for a shutdown goes to the top - The President. But then again, no one knew being President was so hard.

[Roubignol]

Originally Posted by Brian249x

This sounds like most of his "charitable contributions." Why is there all this funny business around Trump and money?

http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...one-year-after

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-inaugu...missing-783934

You don't suppose it is all going into some accounts in Cyprus, Switzerland, or the Cayman Islands do you?[/IMG][/URL]

I recently listened (sadly you don't speak french, but I'm glad to send you the link of the video and you can click on subtitle to read the text ... it can help to understand) a French banker (Charles Gave) working in Hong-Kong, telling that the Clinton created a huge financial mafia. They used the dollar as a weapon to lead the financial business of the world.
They protected all the US bankers in 2008 who destroyed the financial system instead to clarify the situation and even sent them to jail.
According to him, during a crisis that happened at his time, the Reagan's government sent about 40 directors or managers of banks in jail.

We have an almost criminal mafia that took power in the United States. (Video in French)

So... are we sure that the Democrats are far better than the Republican... or even Trump?
Because according to Charles Gave, the 2008 financial crisis was... a manufactured crisis. And the Democrats didn't send to jail criminal bankers.

[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by xyzde69

I recently listened (sadly you don't speak french, but I'm glad to send you the link of the video and you can click on subtitle to read the text ... it can help to understand) a French banker (Charles Gave) working in Hong-Kong, telling that the Clinton created a huge financial mafia. They used the dollar as a weapon to lead the financial business of the world.
They protected all the US bankers in 2008 who destroyed the financial system instead to clarify the situation and even sent them to jail.
According to him, during a crisis that happened at his time, the Reagan's government sent about 40 directors or managers of banks in jail.

I don't know about your film. It seems to have inaccuracies. Goldman Sachs was ascendant long before Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. For example, Henry Paulsen was George W. Bush's Treasury Secretary who spearheaded the bailout of Wall Street in the years 2007-2008. He came to the Treasury from his previous job as CEO of Goldman Sachs.

The jailing of bankers in the Reagan and Bush senior years was different. The bankers and directors jailed were from small local banks not from the big banks and Wall Street investment banks.

The Clintons and all other national political figures have to make deals with the big banks. The big international banks and the central banks of England, France, Germany, China, the European Central Bank, the United States Federal Reserve Bank, and the International Monetary Fund are like a club. Governments can dictate to them and apply pressure, but the banks can also make things very difficult for governments.

The Koch brothers, U.S. oil barons, have set up a network of corporations and private individuals that provides campaign funds and advertising for Conservative causes and candidates throughout the United States. The Clintons appear to be latecomers to the political finance and influence game and very much small potatoes. People like Michael Bloomberg and George Soros have a lot more money and have been in the game much longer. The Conservative Republican donors are more numerous and control more wealth, but prefer to operate out of the spotlight.

[tsunamiSD]

Another case of Republicans twisting, bending, breaking the law/rules of governance and 'fair play.' Not a good idea, no matter which party was involved. And I certainly do not think that signatures should continue to be allowed if the person who signed changed his/her mind after finding out what the petition was really about...

GOP Recall Bid For Control in Nevada Raises Fears

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[ballyhoo]

Originally Posted by tsunamiSD

Another case of Republicans twisting, bending, breaking the law/rules of governance and 'fair play.' Not a good idea, no matter which party was involved. And I certainly do not think that signatures should continue to be allowed if the person who signed changed his/her mind after finding out what the petition was really about...

“That’s the way, uh-huh uh-huh, WE like it, uh-huh uh-huh.”

(or some such similar chorus like that) anyway...

both parties suck. the system isn’t broke, it’s kaput! and the electoral college
is an outdated and antiquated joke. seriously, ONE person, ONE vote...

how about a “law” saying that if an individual makes more than $30,000 a year,
they can’t run for, or be elected to hold office of ANY sort whatsoever?

I dunno, I’m dumb. guess I’ll just watch some reruns of “Cannon”.

[Arturo2nd]

The Republicans are really pushing their luck. Democrats and progressives control the cities and banking centers. Republicans are A) the minority party and B) concentrated in rural areas. Most execs have trouble working a smartphone. When law and order break down, antifa can execute the skinheads and start tracking down the Republican traitors to the people. If Melania is smart, she'll do Trump herself and flee the country.

[Roubignol]

Bill Gates just said that the Trump taxes cuts were unfair.

"I should be paying higher taxes"

According to him, Trump's taxes are regressive. He's ready to pay higher taxes.

How popular is Bill Gates in the US?
Wouldn't he be a good candidate and president for the USA?

He's an engineer who knows what means to regulate a system to be efficient, not a moron building casinos.

[Rogerbh]

A dreamer who I guess thought her picture should be in the news.



http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/25/ne...hool-shooting/

[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by xyzde69

Bill Gates just said that the Trump taxes cuts were unfair.

"I should be paying higher taxes"

According to him, Trump's taxes are regressive. He's ready to pay higher taxes.

How popular is Bill Gates in the US?
Wouldn't he be a good candidate and president for the USA?

He's an engineer who knows what means to regulate a system to be efficient, not a moron building casinos.

Bill Gates is unpopular with many folks who believe that Microsoft has indulged in monopolistic business practices. He seems to have no interest in running for office and to be quite sincere in his philanthropic work.

It does take a very special kind of moron to go bankrupt while running casinos. I have known several people who learned the hard way about the house edge built into casino gambling games. If you are lucky, you can play for hours before losing what you are prepared to risk or even win some. In the long run, you will prove to yourself that those fancy casinos don't stay open by sheer luck.