Seems like less Americans care about each other these days compared to our honorable past.

[Andrew_Jackson_FTW]

1. Big blue cities are puss cases. The public schools and the teacher's unions are programming hatred with bullshit like CRT and the "1619 Project". When the Budget gets slashed and Welfare and medicaid get cut then they will see what their false teaching has wrought.
Ron Desantis solved this in FL.

2. We don't have a lack of patriotism problem here out in the country.

I agree 100%. The teachers unions have become a disaster. Maybe they were good in the 1960s. But they’re teaching BLM propaganda and so they should be defunded perhaps if you’re talking about any public schools that teach BLM or CRT propaganda.

Now another issue is the divorce problem in America. And the trend of so-called Trophy Wives. Women who marry a man for their money, and then get a huge divorce settlement when they want to. So that should be reversed and something should be done about that to cap the divorce settlements…including men who divorce wealthy women who simply married a woman for money. …. obviously happens a lot more with Trophy Wives but I guess there are things like trophy husband’s.


Having a cap on divorce settlements That will help eliminate the so-called Trophy Wives, or at least help to mitigate it. And put more of an emphasis on true love.

I think it’s safe to say, and paying homage to our parents and grandparents that we had much more true love in this country then we do today

 

[Dagosa]

Too many Democrats think American history is evil, and that white people are privileged. This is no good for society.

There is still “evil” if you call using child labor to keep prices down. There are still the privileged that wealth can bring.Both are honestly true.

 

[kyzr]

In addition to the informative points you bring up above. We must address the denigration of American society. What can we do to get the abortion rates, divorce rates, children born out of wedlock rates, depression rates, and drug use among young people down?

What can we do to get those numbers down and what can we do to get the numbers of single young men who have not had sex in a year …higher.
60% of young men are single, 30% of young women are single. 30% of young men have not had sex in over a year or are virgins. That is terrible for society and it helps lead to mass school shootings. We did not have my school shootings in America history. It was a non-problem. In fact mass shootings in general were almost nonexistent until the late 1990s was Columbine starting at all really. Before then you had like one, two or no mass shootings Isa year iWe did not have my school shootings in America history. It was a non-problem. In fact mass shootings in general were almost nonexistent until the late 1990s …Columbine starting at all really. Before then you had like one, two or no mass shootings each year in America.

The majority of mass school shooters are single, lonely marijuana addicted young white men. So something has to be done to reverse those trends. Not to mention the many young black men who turn to the gangs.

Having a better social dynamic is just as if not more important than our economy being improved. In order to get more Americans working better jobs they need to be off drugs. We have 100,000 Americans each year dying from fentanyl abuse. Millions of Americans addicted to hard-core drugs and using marijuana all the time so I don’t have a solution necessarily right away but maybe you do.

STOP! Social engineering is what got us into this mess. I don't want a Federal "Truth Czar". I also don't want Chinese or other foreign entities corrupting our youth, so stopping Tic-Tok is ok. Those are NOT pressing problems.

The collapse of the US dollar is a pressing problem. Lets focus on the high priority problems.

 

[initforme]

People in general are overworked and stressed out. Too little vacation time is an issue.

 

[Andrew_Jackson_FTW]

STOP! Social engineering is what got us into this mess. I don't want a Federal "Truth Czar". I also don't want Chinese or other foreign entities corrupting our youth, so stopping Tic-Tok is ok. Those are NOT pressing problems.

The collapse of the US dollar is a pressing problem. Lets focus on the high priority problems.

Sorry about the misunderstanding I don’t believe in any kind of social engineering. But we definitely have to have solutions to serious issues in our country like the huge number of single young men, the high divorce rates, the high abortion rates

Because those issues lead to laziness and high drug use, which intern lead to less people wanting to work, and it hurts our economy. So it’s something that cannot be ignored. I think it would help if Republicans and Democrats at least talked about it and used leadership positions to help young men to be stronger and better.


You rightly talk about fixing our tax policies in this country, well, something to strongly consider is that people can’t pay taxes if they’re using drugs all the time, if they are single and lonely and not leaving their house. They’re not gonna be able to buy things that help our economy out.


I have a radical solution I think that should be considered ….banning things like pornography, TikTok, and only fans. They are a serious detriment to society , this trend of alarming numbers of single young men cannot continue.

 

[kyzr]

That is interesting but to your point it’s not going to hit rich people as hard. It doesn’t really affect much if they have say $100 million sure they’re paying more taxes but it affects of poor person much more in the sense that a poor person might not even be able to afford it…whereas a rich person can afford it, and they just lose some money but they’re still super rich.

The US has a $30T GDP. We need all segments paying taxes. The rich get hammered by income taxes and by eliminating Capital Gains, thereby making all investment earnings ordinary income.
The poor, the bottom half of incomes, don't really pay any income taxes, they need to pay the fuck up.

 

[kyzr]

I agree 100%. The teachers unions have become a disaster. Maybe they were good in the 1960s. But they’re teaching BLM propaganda and so they should be defunded perhaps if you’re talking about any public schools that teach BLM or CRT propaganda.

Now another issue is the divorce problem in America. And the trend of so-called Trophy Wives. Women who marry a man for their money, and then get a huge divorce settlement when they want to. So that should be reversed and something should be done about that to cap the divorce settlements…including men who divorce wealthy women who simply married a woman for money. …. obviously happens a lot more with Trophy Wives but I guess there are things like trophy husband’s. Having a cap on divorce settlements That will help eliminate the so-called Trophy Wives, or at least help to mitigate it. And put more of an emphasis on true love.

I think it’s safe to say, and paying homage to our parents and grandparents that we had much more true love in this country then we do today

STOP with the bullshit issues. Focus on the serious problems.

 

[citygator]

I’ve always respected our ancestors those who came before us. Our parents and grandparents gave us the greatest middle class in world history.

And now, today, with the downfall of western Christian civilization, we see the rise of materialism and narcissism.

Too many Democrats think American history is evil, and that white people are privileged. This is no good for society.

And some Republicans are narcissists, they are selfish. They are against national healthcare. They are against middle-class people getting better wages. They complain about UPS workers getting raise , they complain about auto workers getting raises with this was the norm for 75 years in this country, and it worked out greatly. We ain’t talking about fast food workers were talking about people who build our country and have to pass a mechanical aptitude test.

Also I’ve seen a few older Americans who have children and happiness ….that tell young people “it’s OK to be single and high all the time”, what’s that all about?


America is a shit hole in a number of ways today and hopefully we can bring our country back to greatness that we had in the 1950s.

Another USMB "get off my lawn" old man post. Awesome.

 

[kyzr]

Sorry about the misunderstanding I don’t believe in any kind of social engineering. But we definitely have to have solutions to serious issues in our country like the huge number of single young men, the high divorce rates, the high abortion rates

Because those issues lead to laziness and high drug use, which intern lead to less people wanting to work, and it hurts our economy. So it’s something that cannot be ignored. I think it would help if Republicans and Democrats at least talked about it and used leadership positions to help young men to be stronger and better.

You rightly talk about fixing our tax policies in this country, well, something to strongly consider is that people can’t pay taxes if they’re using drugs all the time, if they are single and lonely and not leaving their house. They’re not gonna be able to buy things that help our economy out.

I have a radical solution I think that should be considered ….banning things like pornography, TikTok, and only fans. They are a serious detriment to society , this trend of alarming numbers of single young men cannot continue.

1. The war on drugs was lost many years ago. Any loser who tries drugs deserves to die. Like any loser who grabs a gun and robs or kills. We need to start putting criminals behind bars again.

2. Banning anything just makes a black-market, like "prohibition". Dumb idea.

3. The $30T US economy is doing just fine without the losers. A "loser" means their parents and the schools failed them.

 

[Andrew_Jackson_FTW]

1. The war on drugs was lost many years ago. Any loser who tries drugs deserves to die. Like any loser who grabs a gun and robs or kills. We need to start putting criminals behind bars again.

2. Banning anything just makes a black-market, like "prohibition". Dumb idea.

3. The US economy is doing just fine without the losers. A "loser" means their parents and the schools failed them.

These are some valid points, but also in response. You can see all over America like in places like San Francisco. These types of so-called losers, create problems for tax paying Americans. So that’s a big problem. You look at the mass looting in malls across America, largely by BLM type kids that’s a problem for society at large… these kids are not being held accountable, and they are being told how evil in Racist America Distri is, so what are they care about robbing people. If they had a moral foundation, they would want to work a real job and not rob people.

We should have higher church attendance in this country. That’s also part of the problem low church attendance that is

We need to bring back the “dare program”. I remember that in the late 1990s it would instill in young children to join sports teams, join the book club, stay away from drugs, and stand up to bullies. Police officers would visit my middle school in the late 90s and teach kids about doing the right things.

now, I also want to speak about homosexuality and gay marriage. It’s an issue to look at here what I have to say. There’s been so kind gay and lesbian couples I have meant, and even as a Christian I think it’s something that should be allowed in terms of gay marriage and lesbian marriage. But it is something the Bible addresses so it can be difficult to talk about. But it’s something that has to be discussed.

I think that if we applied your economic ideas and my social ideas, it would create for a better country overnight. You see because we have such a serious economic problems and a massive social problem. There are way too many young men who are lonely, depressed It leads to Mass school shootings that is literally killing children. So with my social solutions in your economic solutions, we would have more people off drugs, nobody watching pornography because it doesn’t exist so more young men who want to be a masculine man and meet women in real life so they can get a job and contribute to our taxes.

Because without people willing to work, we’re just gonna have more and more financial problem.

 

[Andrew_Jackson_FTW]

Those lockdown because of the fake coronavirus were brutal. It instilled the idea of being lazy and getting paid money for it among many Americans. That’s against the vision of FDR and Eisenhower , who during the World War II era said hard work should be rewarded and people should not get handouts. By God, the Republicans and Democrats of the World War II era were great men and women.

 

[kyzr]

These are some valid points, but also in response. You can see all over America like in places like San Francisco. These types of so-called losers, create problems for tax paying Americans. So that’s a big problem. You look at the mask looting in malls across America, largely by BLM type kids that’s a problem for society at large

We need to bring back the “dare program”. I remember that in the late 1990s it would instill in young children to join sports teams, join the book club, stay away from drugs, and stand up to bullies.

now, I also want to speak about homosexuality and gay marriage. It’s an issue to look at what I have to say. There’s been so many kind, gay and lesbian couples I have meant, and even as a Christian I think it’s something that should be allowed in terms of gay marriage and lesbian marriage. But it is something the Bible addresses so it can be difficult to talk about. But it’s something that has to be discussed.

I think that if we applied your economic ideas in my social ideas, it would create for a better country overnight. You see because we have such a serious, dead problem and a massive social problem. There are way too many young man who are lonely, depressed again. It leads to Matt school shootings that is literally killing children. So with my social solutions in your economic solutions, we would have more people off drugs, nobody watching pornography, because it doesn’t exist more young man who want to be a masculine man and meet women in real life so they can get a job and contribute to our taxes.

Because without people willing to work, we’re just gonna have more and more financial problem.

You really can't focus on anything can you? You're all over the place.

Ok, point by point:

1. San Francisco is what happens when democrats rule too long. Look at FL cities or TX cities.

2. Yeah, ok, I'm sure the Dare Program will be taken seriously by kids today, especially inner city blacks.

3. Homos need to get back to their gay bars and leave our kids alone. I don't want my kids reading gay books, seeing drag shows, or any other fucked up nonsense the teacher's unions push, like tranny bullshit. My religion tells me how to live. Teachers need to TEACH, and not push the woke or gay agenda. Teachers are failing students.

4. Where I worked we had random drug screenings. We need that all over to reduce drug use.

 

[WEATHER53]

Saying we need to figure something out, and putting up a workable solution are two different things.
The problem is that the DC morons borrowed $100,000 for every American. That stupidity is coming due.

Here is my solution: (Ron Desantis likes the new Remittance Tax to pay for the wall)

1. Add a 4% Federal Sales Tax on all sales (gains ~400b/yr)
2. Add a 0.2% financial transaction tax on ALL financial buy/sell transactions (stocks, bonds, derivatives, bitcoin, etc.) (gains 150b/yr, see link below)
3. Add a Remittance Tax on all money sent out of the US (gains ~$6b/yr, see link below)
4. Remove the cap on SS tax, and raise the ages 1-year from 62/67 to 63/68 (saves SS)
5. Raise the tax and co-pay for Medicare, and a co-pay for Medicaid
6. Remove Capital Gains tax break (39% to 20%) gain is ordinary income. ($100b/yr gained)
7. So if all of the above taxes were implemented, the Budget Deficit would be reduced by $650b a year. To get a surplus to start paying down the $33T Debt spending would need to be reduced to 2021 levels, $4T a year, not $7T a year.

Financial Transactions Tax: What You Need to Know - SmartAsset

A financial transactions tax is levied on trades made of stocks, bonds, derivatives and other financial products. It is favored by progressives.

smartasset.com

The United States Loses $150 Billion Annually in Remittances

Many Americans know very little, if anything, about “remittances,” (also known as “remittance payments”) and how they affect the U.S. economy. The term “remittance” refers to money earned in the United States that is transferred to relatives, friends or business associates who are still abroad...

www.fairus.org

Yeah all of that is taking money from people who diligently earned it for people who don’t try. Ineffectiveness is not a mental nor emotional subsidy issue.

 

[WEATHER53]

These are some valid points, but also in response. You can see all over America like in places like San Francisco. These types of so-called losers, create problems for tax paying Americans. So that’s a big problem. You look at the mass looting in malls across America, largely by BLM type kids that’s a problem for society at large… these kids are not being held accountable, and they are being told how evil in Racist America Distri is, so what are they care about robbing people. If they had a moral foundation, they would want to work a real job and not rob people.

We should have higher church attendance in this country. That’s also part of the problem low church attendance that is

We need to bring back the “dare program”. I remember that in the late 1990s it would instill in young children to join sports teams, join the book club, stay away from drugs, and stand up to bullies. Police officers would visit my middle school in the late 90s and teach kids about doing the right things.

now, I also want to speak about homosexuality and gay marriage. It’s an issue to look at here what I have to say. There’s been so kind gay and lesbian couples I have meant, and even as a Christian I think it’s something that should be allowed in terms of gay marriage and lesbian marriage. But it is something the Bible addresses so it can be difficult to talk about. But it’s something that has to be discussed.

I think that if we applied your economic ideas and my social ideas, it would create for a better country overnight. You see because we have such a serious economic problems and a massive social problem. There are way too many young men who are lonely, depressed It leads to Mass school shootings that is literally killing children. So with my social solutions in your economic solutions, we would have more people off drugs, nobody watching pornography because it doesn’t exist so more young men who want to be a masculine man and meet women in real life so they can get a job and contribute to our taxes.

Because without people willing to work, we’re just gonna have more and more financial problem.

Church instills discipline and adherence to morals and libs reject both

 

[kyzr]

Yeah all of that is taking money from people who diligently earned it for people who don’t try. Ineffectiveness is not a mental nor emotional subsidy issue.

So you's like to eliminate Welfare and Medicaid? (unearned entitlements)

 

[Andrew_Jackson_FTW]

So you's like to eliminate Welfare and Medicaid? (unearned entitlements)

Not to be eliminated for children without parents, handicapped folks or mentally disabled adults…

I believe in Christian morals and American morals in general being applied to our social policies.

 

[kyzr]

Not for children without parents, or mentally disabled adults.
I believe in Christian morals and American morals in general

So who should get benefits, Social Security & Medicare folks who paid into it their entire life, or the Welfare and Medicaid "charity" people.
When the dollar collapses we won't be able to borrow any more money.
We can't afford both. I believe in fiscal reality.

 

[Dagosa]

The US has a $30T GDP. We need all segments paying taxes. The rich get hammered by income taxes and by eliminating Capital Gains, thereby making all investment earnings ordinary income.
The poor, the bottom half of incomes, don't really pay any income taxes, they need to pay the fuck up.

As usual, you make your bogus whine and only consider federal income taxes which are progressive..

The working poor pay FICA taxes that the rich have capped. They pay sales tax, state income tax, property tax directly or through their rental Fees. They pay taxes on every commodity they buy. They can’t take deductions that the rich can because they can’t afford to make charitable deductions or like business owners who take trips and buy vehicles they use for 40% of their business, they get to right off and pay little to no taxes. They can take trips tax Free, buy vehicles tax free and even get reduced property taxes. With the gop tax deductions some of the richest people in the US paid no federal income taxes either.

And guess what ? All the taxes the poor have to pay that the rich don’t pay reduced amount, are nearly all FLAT RATE.
Only math illiterates make the arguments you do.
No,one wants freebees more than republicans who want their taxes cut so the poor can pay more..

 

[kyzr]

As usual, you make your bogus whine and only consider federal income taxes which are progressive..

The working poor pay FICA taxes that the rich have capped. They pay sales tax, state income tax, property tax directly or through their rental Fees. They pay taxes on every commodity they buy. They can’t take deductions that the rich can because they can’t afford to make charitable deductions or like business owners who take trips and buy vehicles they use for 40% of their business, they get to right off and pay little to no taxes. They can take trips tax Free, buy vehicles tax free and even get reduced property taxes. With the gop tax deductions some of the richest people in the US paid no federal income taxes either.

And guess what ? All the taxes the poor have to pay that the rich don’t pay reduced amount, are nearly all FLAT RATE.
Only math illiterates make the arguments you do.

You type words without the math.
So show us your math.
How do you get to a balanced budget with a $500b surplus to start paying down the debt?
My math is on post-12. Put up or STFU.

p.s. my math removes the cap on FICA.

 

[Dagosa]

You type words without the math.
So show us your math.
How do you get to a balanced budget with a $500b surplus to start paying down the debt?
My math is on post-12. Put up or STFU.

You’re hilarious. Only the more liberal party of democrats have LOWERED THE DEFICIT.

Republicans HAVE never lowered deficits and lowered spending while cutting taxes.

Your math illiteracy is amazing. The poor don’t make enough wealth to pay down the debt.,

THE top 10% HOLD 70% of the wealth, and you want the poor to,pay…

you math illiterates, the bottom 50% only have 2.4% of the wealth.

YOU COULD Take all their money , kill them and bury them, and you’d still be in debt by the TRILLIONS
Is that your plan ?