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Tenpoundbass
2020 Jun 13, 8:10am
Tenpoundbass
2020 Jun 13, 8:10am
At first I misread this title as "Should we start a new Socialist Party"
I think the Federal Government should take control of our Federal Elections, and rip it out from these organized businesses that are Corporate Political Parties.
There should be two Federal Tickets the Right Ticket and the Left Ticket.
All left leaning parties regardless who they are all primary in the Left Primary and all Right leaning parties primary in the Right primary.
That way the Democrats and the Republican party executives, don't dictate who our political choices are.
Have Liberals, Democrats, Socialists, Green and Progressives all duke it out on the Left ticket.
Have Libertarians, conservatives, and republicans duke it out on the Right ticket.
That way half of our political leaning, the sensible people who are conservatives, wont have this dirt and shit that the Democrats smear on their Stockholm Syndrome victims and convince them that the Republicans are meanie Corporate stooges and Bible thumpers. It will be bigger and greater than the GOP, and the Dixie Democrat Party.
I think the Federal Government should take control of our Federal Elections, and rip it out from these organized businesses that are Corporate Political Parties.
There should be two Federal Tickets the Right Ticket and the Left Ticket.
All left leaning parties regardless who they are all primary in the Left Primary and all Right leaning parties primary in the Right primary.
That way the Democrats and the Republican party executives, don't dictate who our political choices are.
Have Liberals, Democrats, Socialists, Green and Progressives all duke it out on the Left ticket.
Have Libertarians, conservatives, and republicans duke it out on the Right ticket.
That way half of our political leaning, the sensible people who are conservatives, wont have this dirt and shit that the Democrats smear on their Stockholm Syndrome victims and convince them that the Republicans are meanie Corporate stooges and Bible thumpers. It will be bigger and greater than the GOP, and the Dixie Democrat Party.
Should we start a new political party? Seriously. I'm sick of it.
My sons’ futures are being mortgaged at a record rate and no one is talking about it. Trump has added far more debt than Obama, and not a word about it from Republicans. Democrat’s are similarly proposing crazy new levels of spending. Both are the party of more. Just a question of which group they cater to, but it's all coming on the backs of me and you so pick your poison.
Media in this case has been a co-conspirator too. I’m a big fan of the fourth branch of government and normally don't throw out lines like that, but this week has been a remarkable one for what's not been talked about.
There has been wall to wall coverage of the demonstrations, coronavirus and more - but it's eerily silent on what's going to get us...our national debt.
We topped $26 trillion in National debt this week, and that's a number that means nothing to any of us. It's just some really big number, so consider putting a context to it to make it real.
The debt’s growth has been mind numbing, and far outpaced growth in the economy which is a key indicator in our ability to pay for its cost. Treasury department numbers show the national debt hit $24 trillion on April 7th and $25 trillion on May 5th….and now $26 trillion on June 10th.
Its growth comes with the deficits our federal government now runs and the Congressional Budget Office forecasts that this year’s deficit will hit $3.7 trillion, which would be more than two times the record $1.4 trillion deficit set in 2009.
Our federal government recorded a budget deficit of $1.88 trillion for the first eight months of this budget year, and this is larger than any annual shortfall in U.S. history.
In short, this is financial insanity. We are going to get so burned by this.
Remember to think of this as a way of getting your arms around these big numbers….
Equate trillions to the 60 seconds that make up a minute:
1000 seconds would equal 17 minutes.
1 million seconds would equal 12 days
1 billion seconds would equal 32 years.
..and...
1 trillion seconds would equal 32,000 years.....
Sincerely,