2016 US Presidential Election Thread

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why

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that is definitely the most important problem with that post

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hopefully yes

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So far, Jeb Bush's plan to boost incomes doesn't involve higher wages, increased overtime eligibility or greater educational opportunity — instead, "people need to work longer hours and through their productivity gain more income for their families."

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015 ... ?CMP=fb_us

jeb bush is terribler than i thought

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i am trying and failing to think of how that comic is a thing

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Yeah, that came to mind earlier. It's honestly kind of cool in an academic way.

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Some of them suck less than others, and that inexplicably makes me interested in the proceedings.

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Unfortunately, neither party actually understands economics

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One of my few issues with Mr. Sanders is that a $15 minimum wage is really extreme and we don't actually know what it would do to the economy (anyone who tells you they know is probably lying). Yes, it might accomplish what the movement set out to do. Or it could very well cause equivalent price inflation, resulting in the poor being no better off than before and the middle class getting pwnt.

I think the simple fact that we don't know what such a drastic increase would do (because it's never happened before), in itself, makes it a bad idea. I do support a rise in minimum wage, but that's a *lot*.

Meanwhile, the Republicans still think temporary tax cuts stimulate the economy in a meaningful fashion, and they'll be hopeless until they figure out that they're very inefficient.

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Anything that reduces the role of government is a good thing

oh well i guess you won't be needing these police and fire departments then

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Anything that reduces the role of government is a good thing

oh well i guess you won't be needing these police and fire departments then

We can keep those, just not the $18 Trillion debt.

the debt isn't the same as government involvement. i agree with you, but you probably wouldn't like how i would fund paying it off

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oh maybe you would actually

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Yep!

Though I think the sample size on that data is lacking!

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donald trump makes me want to campaign for jeb bush

like phone calls and everything

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Considering they also liked Romney IIRC, I honestly could not tell you what new hampshire is looking for in a candiadate seeing as those three people have nothing in common

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I'm not sure I entirely get why his appeal is lacking with women/minorities/poor people

Like legitimately if anyone knows this please enlighten me

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that would be a depressing reason for anything

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Did you honestly think that post was a good idea

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what's an effective tax rate?

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Oh, that makes sense

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If Biden wasn't so prone to dumb shit, he'd be more likely to unseat her.

I'm in a "all politicians not named Sanders are evil and I wish I agreed with him more so I could be okay with that" mood right now though.

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I'm going to just sit back and imagine a single issue candidate for electoral reform and cast all my dream ballots for their dream self and possibly commit dream voter fraud.

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Of course. It's a dream, after all.

(All I really want is "not first past the post")

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I feel like betting on presidential nominees & other events like that, which I know is a thing, is free money and I have no idea how legal it is or isn't

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I don't think they feel bad about themselves for thinking those things in the first place though.