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SKJ

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  1. You must see that he acts, continually, as someone who has been bought and paid for, right. I mean, it's seriously out there for all to see, and not even a little bit. Arguing from a point of "he's not because it hasn't been proven" is turning a blind eye to his conduct out in the open. Just be rational
  2. You must realize that literally nothing has been disproved, and that Trump has literally behaved as if been bought and paid for, right. You must see this. It's literally impossible to not see it. In fact, Fox doesn't even argue it, they just shift directions.
  3. Oh. I see who you are now. Hi, the You came back to troll. And show you refuse to read before you argue. Good to know
  4. And you're going to but for Trump? Wow. I mean, you realize how stupid that makes you look, right
  5. I think your lost. You actually WANT 4 more years of a complete, inept, shitshow? Look how far we've fallen
  6. Ok. There's a lot of shit in this post, but let's break it down. There are 4 different ways it adds up to 2.4 trillion. The "savings" through a semi consolidation of welfare programs. The VAT (which doesn't tax only 5 companies, which is a hilarious assumption...) The economic stimulus And the "dark savings" which is what we'll call it. Jail will be reduced by getting rid of stupid drug laws, but will also be reduced through this. It's not surgery. You could go read his platform, but that might be too much for you (yang2020.com if you're interested) Studies actually show the opposite when it comes to health and nutrition, though, but you know, that's just science shit. And no, it's not only idiots that support him. Go read his shit, then you'll at least be arguing from some point of fact.
  7. Holy fuck the Trump fans are oozing out of the woodwork on some sort of victory lap. There's really no victory at all to be had, either way, if you love this country.
  8. Right, but what you literally said was that you loved to trigger libs, which is basically trolling. I'm not saying you're a troll, but I'm done ways, it's what you're saying. I really can't see why trying to trigger someone is anything but trolling. Anyways, back to whatever it is that is going on in this thread
  9. So what you're saying is, you're trolling?
  10. Don't tell anyone, but 800 billion of those savings is from a sort of consolidation of welfare programs. The other savings, a statistic he used from the Roosevelt institute, "We currently spend over one trillion dollars on health care, incarceration, homelessness services and the like. We would save $100 – 200 billion as people would take better care of themselves and avoid the emergency room, jail, and the street and would generally be more functional. Universal Basic Income would pay for itself by helping people avoid our institutions, which is when our costs shoot up. Some studies have shown that $1 to a poor parent will result in as much as $7 in cost-savings and economic growth." That's just a couple hundred billion that is coming from the "hidden savings" that you wouldn't want to count, because gambling...
  11. Maybe grassroots advertising? I mean, hell, he's only raised a few hundred k. You have people running that have raised millions and have not even a policy point to talk about. I can't understand how a grassroots movement isn't good enough for you all. He's making his platform clear with literally no money
  12. https://twitter.com/cushbomb/status/1106021514917367808?s=20
  13. This seems smart
  14. Yang is going to say that it shouldn't be pushed by doctors as some sort of medical necessity. It's not. Shapiro is going to droll on about culture, to which Yang is going to say it's perfectly fine to do if that's your belief, but it's not a true medical procedure. It's a silly debate. But it's access to a lot more eyes and ears. It's not like CNN has set up a town hall for him, since they think his policies are fringe... The actuality of it are there is more inertia in the status quo, which is empty policy and nonsense bullshit feel-good speeches with little-to-no policy behind them.
  15. Have you seen every one of his appearances? He's trying. But everyone dismisses the idea because, and I'm just guessing here, but the self serving stupidity of the elites don't want to give it a lot of thought. Plus, the whole bootstrapping meme from the whole of the spectrum from the shitlibs to the right wing think it's unamerican to enact. It doesn't matter. We're going to elect another hollow shell, like Obama
  16. Yeah, I wish Shapiro would debate him on Ubi or any number of his positions, but at this point, any media is good media for Yang. The truth if the matter is that Ubi should carry him into the white House on its own. No one else sees it. The automation of factory jobs brought us Trump. How are we doing on fixing that? Well, considering only one person has an idea that would fix it in this whole presidential clusterfuck, I guess we'll never know. We're all just going to watch the world burn with these dumbass policies from anyone else. And yes, 2.4 trillion is the number, but it's much smaller once you consider that even the savings from it will cut it in half, then a VAT that will help us actually capture taxes from Amazon, Google, Facebook, and others, since they live tax free. Yang is getting any part of media he can get in order to save this shithole of a country. The meme war helped get us Trump, so why not use it to get us an actual smart person?
  17. He came out against it being a medically necessary procedure that doctors guide people into. Not against the right to do it if you do choose.
  18. Nm
  19. He's right, though.
  20. I'm safe
  21. I would think that most Americans, especially in the states that are going to be beaten to death with the upcoming job losses, wouldn't see it as communism, since they'd be in it. The only thing anywhere near communism is the rich's entanglement with government.
  22. I would be crazy excited for a yang/butti paring. A Yang in the booty if-you-will
  23. This is an important thing to understand
  24. Well ok Mr Yang. I mean, he's actually pushing a candidacy of ideas. From his recent email: Both Iowa and New Hampshire, along with nearly the entire country, are struggling with opiates. A student asked me this question in Marshalltown, Iowa: “I have friends walking around my high school with fentanyl patches on their arms who are already addicted to opiates. A lot of them would never tell anyone they have a problem because they think they’d go to jail. Would you consider decriminalizing opiates? I think more people would be able to get help.” I answered: “I’m on board with decriminalizing marijuana use—in part because it’s a safer way to manage pain for many people—but I have to look into what decriminalizing opiates would mean for Americans. I’d be open to it if it seemed like it would help us get people healthier faster.” I’ve been looking into it. A couple other countries have taken this step and it has improved public health. Portugaldecriminalized these drugs in 2001; if caught with a small amount of opiates, you have the drugs taken away and are referred to treatment and counseling. This had dramatic positive effects—today, the drug-related death rate in Portugal is five times lower than the E.U. average and one-fiftieth (2%) of the US. Portugal is not the US. But its example may be helpful. We have an addiction crisis on our hands. More than 11 million Americans are addicted to opiates right now. 8 Americans are dying of drug overdoses every hour. For many Americans, the progression goes from Oxycontin to heroin to fentanyl, progressively cheaper ways to get similar effects. This opiate crisis began when Purdue Pharma flooded the market with enough Oxycontin for hundreds of thousands of Americans under the pretense that it was a non-addictive painkiller. They were fined $635 million by the government for fraudulent marketing. But they made $30 billion. That means they paid a 2% fine for unleashing a plague that is killing tens of thousands of Americans each year. That's more Americans than died in the Vietnam War. To me, the Federal Government screwed up by turning a blind eye when Purdue Pharma was initiating this plague. We should do everything in our power to give more Americans a fighting chance to free themselves from addiction and get well. It is destroying families and communities before our eyes. It is possible that criminalizing opiates decreases access and use. But for a public health crisis of this magnitude, the criminal justice system seems to be a terrible first resort. It pushes a lot of the activity underground and makes addicts more likely to hide their addiction. Addiction is a disease—you shouldn't criminalize people that you are trying to help. Especially when it may be partially your fault that they got addicted in the first place. I am increasingly open to the idea that we should explore decriminalizing opiates to some extent in order to more effectively address the public health crisis. We have to face facts. Millions of Americans are using these drugs right now. The priority should be doing all we can to help, not punishing people and pushing the behavior into the dark. Portugal may have gotten it right.
  25. Yeah, I understand that, but then again, there are those that are just as unreasonable on the other side, those that believe that if they bring charges against someone that they're just guilty as hell. I understand that it's never going to change, but there's an element to each end of the spectrum that should not serve for lack of fairness.
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