Watch and react to polls or commit to the long-term mission?

[IM2]

1950’s…before we were $36 Trillion in debt, before 50 million illegals, before we had to trip over homeless on our streets, when our middle-class was booming, when we were united and likeminded…before our sons wore pajama pants to their barista job, before our children were suicidal and on anxiety and depression meds?
Are you sure you don’t want to return to 1950?

The 1950's weren't like that. Homeless people existed then. There aren't 50 million illegals here now, and illegals were here in the 50's. The middle class was being built because of government handouts, there was no unity of like-mindedness, and:

On June 1, 1953, the United States Senate adopted Senate Resolution 89. This resolution created the Senate Judiciary Committee on Juvenile Delinquency in the United States to study youth crime.

Let us take a look at some of the findings.

“In the 8-year period, from 1948 through 1956, juvenile court cases more than doubled while the child population of that age group increased only 19 percent. As in previous years, the increase is at a much greater rate in rural areas than in urban areas, and the ratio of 5 boy delinquents to every 1 girl delinquent is still in evidence.

“In the year 1956, there were upwards of 1,300,000 boys and girls coming to the attention of local law-enforcement officers. Approximately one-fourth of the police cases are referred to juvenile courts. The remaining juvenile court cases are referred from individuals and other agencies in the community.”

From 1948 until 1956, juvenile crime rose in rural areas. Juvenile crime was rising faster than juvenile population growth. This was primarily happening in white communities.

In the 1950s, the switchblade knife was the cause of a lot of deaths and suffering.

“Of the robberies committed in 1956, 43.2 percent were by persons under 21 years of age. A switchblade knife is frequently part of the perpetrator’s equipment in this type of crime. In New York City alone in 1956, there was an increase of 92.1 percent of those under 16 arrested for the possession of dangerous weapons, one of the most common of which is the switchblade knife.

Out of several hundred questionnaires sent by the subcommittee to purchasers of switchblade knives, whose names were derived from a distributor’s mailing list, 133 responses have been received. Seventy--five percent of the purchasers were under 20 years of age, and of this group, 43 percent were between 11 and 15 years of age.

Source: Juvenile Delinquency Report of the Committee on the Judiciary,| United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, (85th cong., 2d ~ss.), March 27, 1958, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

This is a small snapshot of the 1950s. There was all kinds of unrest. But in the fantasy world of the white male racist, the 1950s was a great time.

 

[IM2]

I take each issue on its own, I don't concern myself with what any side takes. The hypocrisy of both sides is too much for me to take them seriously. And whether either political side is happy or pissed, I can't see reason for that to be any concern of mine.

Getting back to the commitment to tariffs, the economic reports such as today's provide answers to what path the situation takes. The influence of media is overblown in my view. Sugar coating bad news and downplaying good news isn't going to supplant a voter's own personal experience.

The tariffs have not hit yet. This was the first quarter report. April 2nd was not in the first quarter.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

There’s a very simple very obvious distinction to be made…nearly all of one party’s policies are destructive for America on their face while the other party’s policies are all very clearly aimed to benefit America/Americans.
Do you make that distinction?

Nonsense.

You are partisan as they come.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

That’s a-lot of words…I’m asking you and not the “sides”….Which core Democrat policies are clearly favorable for America/Americans?
Which core Republican policies are clearly not favorable for America/Americans?
Have you noticed that questions such as these ALWAYS get side-stepped by fence-sitters…why do you think that is?

Reasonable people can compromise. You can't.

 

[my2¢]

The tariffs have not hit yet. This was the first quarter report. April 2nd was not in the first quarter.

The report BrokeLoser referred to (at least with me) was yesterday's release of the April' employment report that came in at 177,00 new jobs for the month.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

The report BrokeLoser referred to (at least with me) was yesterday's release of the April' employment report that came in at 177,00 new jobs for the month.

A good figure but not great.

 

[IM2]

The report BrokeLoser referred to (at least with me) was yesterday's release of the April' employment report that came in at 177,00 new jobs for the month.

And? April 5th was Freedom Day when Trump initiated tariffs. The tariffs have not hit yet, and so April jobs would not have been affected. The reports starting in June or July are probably going to tell the story. But Trump supporters look for anything to validate their belief in that buffoon.

 

[IM2]

"There’s a very simple very obvious distinction to be made…nearly all of one party’s policies are destructive for America on their face while the other party’s policies are all very clearly aimed to benefit America/Americans.
Do you make that distinction?"

The MAGA party's policies are destructive to Americans on their face.