Sheldon Whitehouse for President!

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Sheldon Whitehouse for President!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h5HJCA ... s Assault
Watch as Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse connects the dots between the current GOP push to roll back voting rights, and the dark money behind Republican efforts to capture the courts.
I am more favorably impressed by Senator Whitehouse every time I read or see anything about him or by him. His logic and facts on this issue are simply unassailable. He is no doubt one of the most intelligent and well informed elected officials in government - especially the Federal Government. No one I know does a better job than him of explaining the issues and dangers that confront our republic. He understands, among other things, the reality and the dangers of climate change and other human influences on environment and pollution, at least as well as (if not better than) anyone else currently in government, including even Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez herself, as far as I can tell. I would actually rather see him run for President in 2024 than Joe Biden. I would definitely vote for him over almost anyone else I can think of at the moment!

He and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would make an awesome team in the next Presidential election, except for the fact that she would still be about 2 years short of the age requirement by then. I think Whitehouse is a clearer and more profound thinker than Biden, as well as younger and being more likely to last through the next Presidential Term. I think Biden would do the nation and the world a great favor if he decided to decline to run for a second term, and endorse Whitehouse to run in his stead, choosing himself to go into a (hopefully) well deserved retirement by then. If not in '24, he and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could form an awesome ticket in the '28 election. I am also intrigued by the very idea of a president whose name is the same as that of the presidential residence. If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ran as President, with Whitehouse as VP, that would be great too!
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Wow! Thanks for posting that, Gunnar.
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It's disgraceful and tragic that leading Republicans (and let's be honest, even some Democrats, like Joe Manchin, for example) influenced by corporate donors are willfully opposing what polls show that the vast majority (in some cases, nearly 100%, as pointed out by Senator Whitehouse) clearly want. As Al Gore pointed out, it is as if much of the government leadership (especially the GOP part) is being taken over and influenced by a new kind of AI (Artificial Insanity).
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It's a shame that billionaires are able to buy politicians. Wonder if the insanity that has lapsed nearly all Republicans into the darkside would provide some measure of proof against this? Their craving for Trump outweighing their desire to feel at the trough of dark money? Even in their insanity, they may have retained their craving.
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If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ran as President, with Whitehouse as VP, that would be great too!
Which do you like best? Socialist redistribution from working to nonworking people or economy killing environmentalism?
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ajax18 wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 2:17 pm
If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ran as President, with Whitehouse as VP, that would be great too!
Which do you like best? Socialist redistribution from working to nonworking people or economy killing environmentalism?
Me, I think it would be very good if billionaires had to pay the same tax rate as, say. ophthalmologists, so the US could have infrastructure as good as or better than, say, China, going to college did not mean a crippling debt burden, and maybe ophthalmologists paid a bit less tax than now.

Do you find anything in that idea to dislike?
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Me, I think it would be very good if billionaires had to pay the same tax rate as, say. ophthalmologists, so the US could have infrastructure as good as or better than, say, China, going to college did not mean a crippling debt burden, and maybe ophthalmologists paid a bit less tax than now.

Do you find anything in that idea to dislike?
There's nothing to dislike in that other than I disagree with your version of the facts. The top 1% already pay 50% of the taxes. They sure pay a higher rate than Optometrists.

If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez really thought the world were going to end in five years due to global warming, perhaps she'd be interested in serious solutions like curbing the exponential population growth in Latin America. They're not scared of global warming. It's just a scare tactic to push through socialism (often disguised as infrastructure as of late) just as COVID was used for the same purpose.

It amazes me that she can afford a Tesla but somehow fixing her abuela's roof is the American taxpayers responsibility. I'm ready to go to war with people like this and have been for a long time.
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ajax18 wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:59 pm
There's nothing to dislike in that other than I disagree with your version of the facts. The top 1% already pay 50% of the taxes. They sure pay a higher rate than Optometrists.
For example, do you think Donald Trump is in the top 1%? I ask because he paid $750 in taxes the last year before becoming president.
ajax18 wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:59 pm
If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez really thought the world were going to end in five years due to global warming, perhaps she'd be interested in serious solutions like curbing the exponential population growth in Latin America.
Out of curiosity, what do you think the fertility rate is for Latin America?
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Out of curiosity, what do you think the fertility rate is for Latin America?
A lot higher than they are willing to pay for on their own, and a lot higher than the fertility rate amongst net taxpayers in the US. Do you realize that even if US were to reduce carbon emissions to zero, the earth would still get 0.2 degrees warmer?
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Xanax > makes specious claim

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