Re: Today In: FAFO
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:21 am
is this the part where Mich tells us all the list of European countries he has “been to”?
is this the part where Mich tells us all the list of European countries he has “been to”?
^^^twocoach wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:13 amLots of improvements have been made but many more remain. If we could get the lunatics to stop voting idiots and grifters into important Congressional positions, we could get more done.jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:09 amThe US has every conceivable advantage. We should be looking to take the good parts of what other countries do, and do them better.twocoach wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:04 am
Eh, no. It isn't that at all. We're already well ahead of Europe in the grand scheme of things and there are no nations even remotely comparable to the US in size of land mass and scale of economy. I'd just like to see this country continue to try to be a more improved version of itself.
The wackos are making a strong case against representative democracy.Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:22 am^^^
Except for the real need to protect children from Drag Queens and let everyone walk around openly with a semi-automatic gun, we agree 100%.
Likely why he comes across as nothing, if not cosmopolitan.Overlander wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:21 amis this the part where Mich tells us all the list of European countries he has “been to”?
Yeah, soon, if they have their way, elections won't even matter. Because
I tend to lean more conservative than liberal, fiscally. And I’m not, as a general matter, in favor of paying for things that don’t benefit me.Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:57 amLikely why he comes across as nothing, if not cosmopolitan.Overlander wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:21 amis this the part where Mich tells us all the list of European countries he has “been to”?
It is mind blowing. Hard to believe, and harder to believe that the cult is ok with it.
The biggest advantage is a safe landing if you have life changing events. There is also a fairness threshhold too which allows a basic standard of living for everyone driving crime down.jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 11:02 amI tend to lean more conservative than liberal, fiscally. And I’m not, as a general matter, in favor of paying for things that don’t benefit me.Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:57 amLikely why he comes across as nothing, if not cosmopolitan.Overlander wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:21 am
is this the part where Mich tells us all the list of European countries he has “been to”?
But I think a whole lot of Americans - especially right-leaning Americans - simply do not have a very good sense for what Europeans GET for higher taxes.
I’m not at all advocating to make the US European. But if we’re having the conversation, it should be had with the facts in full view.
The pull-yerself-up-by-yer-bootstraps crowd (which is also the omg-you-guys-the-CRIME crowd) does not like to think about the relationship between social programs and crime. Because that crowd does not like to think about proactive approaches to anything. Just emotional, ad hoc reactionary-ness.Sparko wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:46 pmThe biggest advantage is a safe landing if you have life changing events. There is also a fairness threshhold too which allows a basic standard of living for everyone driving crime down.jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 11:02 amI tend to lean more conservative than liberal, fiscally. And I’m not, as a general matter, in favor of paying for things that don’t benefit me.
But I think a whole lot of Americans - especially right-leaning Americans - simply do not have a very good sense for what Europeans GET for higher taxes.
I’m not at all advocating to make the US European. But if we’re having the conversation, it should be had with the facts in full view.
I don’t know how tying healthcare to an employer is Freedom. Whatever that is, I guess opposite of socialism, is holding back upward mobility of the US population more than anything. If you wanted to strike out on your own, where you could get healthcare is probably the biggest barrier. I guess the idiots who are fighting a public healthcare option are not going to strike out on their own?? But it’s the biggest deterrent to entrepreneurship.jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 11:02 amI tend to lean more conservative than liberal, fiscally. And I’m not, as a general matter, in favor of paying for things that don’t benefit me.Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:57 amLikely why he comes across as nothing, if not cosmopolitan.Overlander wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:21 am
is this the part where Mich tells us all the list of European countries he has “been to”?
But I think a whole lot of Americans - especially right-leaning Americans - simply do not have a very good sense for what Europeans GET for higher taxes.
I’m not at all advocating to make the US European. But if we’re having the conversation, it should be had with the facts in full view.
I am in favor of nationalized healthcare.zsn wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:47 pmI don’t know how tying healthcare to an employer is Freedom. Whatever that is, I guess opposite of socialism, is holding back upward mobility of the US population more than anything. If you wanted to strike out on your own, where you could get healthcare is probably the biggest barrier. I guess the idiots who are fighting a public healthcare option are not going to strike out on their own?? But it’s the biggest deterrent to entrepreneurship.jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 11:02 amI tend to lean more conservative than liberal, fiscally. And I’m not, as a general matter, in favor of paying for things that don’t benefit me.
But I think a whole lot of Americans - especially right-leaning Americans - simply do not have a very good sense for what Europeans GET for higher taxes.
I’m not at all advocating to make the US European. But if we’re having the conversation, it should be had with the facts in full view.