What's Trump's stance actually on the state level book bans in Utah, Tennessee, Idaho, and South Carolina? — Benkei
She's certainly moving right on some issues but not others. One example is the border where she's clearly just attached herself to the bipartisan border bill Trump killed. Walz it seems is going along with that pivot. — Mr Bee
Same with her pivot on fracking. — Mr Bee
That being said, she's still in favor of alot of the things that Walz did and is clearly not choosing to moderate on every single issue. I guess she's betting on labels being less important than the actual policies themselves. — Mr Bee
I do think Harris and Walz are better on the issues if you go into detail about them, which is why I think it could backfire if the GOP start attacking Walz for legalizing weed or giving Minnesota paid family leave. — Mr Bee
Trump and Vance are able to win on the issues if it's more vibes based though. People feel like the economy sucks because of high prices. — Mr Bee
What does Trump actually plan to do about it? Apparently drill more and flood the global market in oil to crash gas prices but that isn't gonna bring grocery prices down obviously. — Mr Bee
One thing that may make it worse is his idea for a 10% tariff on all imported goods (and 60% on Chinese goods), which if you believe that higher taxes means higher prices for the consumer as it trickles down, would obviously be inflationary to the average voter. Trump assures us that it's not inflationary somehow but... — Mr Bee
Yeah that answer specifically was why I compared him to Bernie. He doesn't adopt the label like he does but he certainly doesn't shy away from it either. — Mr Bee
Typical Trump cultist response: the guy repeating Fox News talking points accuses his opponent of— wait for it— repeating “talking points.” — Mikie
I can hear this on CNN — Mikie
That bill is a total fake. It's designed to codify the ongoing disaster but get Republicans to sign on to it. They wisely declined. — fishfry
But you are agreeing with my point. Yes she is trying to tack to the center and renounce or deny many of her former leftist positions. So why pick a leftist as veep? That undermines her centrism. — fishfry
Both Trump and Kamala are appealing to their respective bases, and nobody's making a play for the center. Whichever one of them figures out that elections are decided in the center will win. — fishfry
I think it's the tampons in the boys' room that's triggering some on the right. I actually don't even know much about his actual policies in office. — fishfry
He should be hitting her on immigration. Instead he's yammering about her race. And the other day at a rally he attacked the Republican governor of Georgia. He's so undisciplined. He just can not focus on what's important. I think he's lost a step too. In 2016 when he insulted people he was funny. Now he's just angry. This race could go either way. The guy is 78 and he's looking every day of it lately. — fishfry
It'll bring energy prices down. Biden's energy policy, which is also Harris's, has been terrible. Americans know that. — fishfry
Like I say ... Kam tacks to the center and she picks a proud socialist as her veep. Bad pick. Not to mention today's Stolen Valor brouhaha. Walz is technically in violation of a Federal felony, one that he himself voted into law. Which by the way is a bad look for Kam's campaign in that the issue caught them by surprise. They should have vetted him more closely and been prepared to deal with the military stuff. — fishfry
Piketty's Capitalism in the 21st century — Benkei
What is to be done: global agreement to tax the rich. — Fooloso4
If there cannot be global agreement to tax the rich, individual countries can impose taxes through tariffs. It might be argued that this puts the burden on those who are not wealthy, but if a company is going to pass on costs to the consumer it will do so whether that tax is in the form of a tariff or not. — Fooloso4
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