Pelosi telling the reporter to don't fuck with me with that shit!
She's pretty badass. And fuck that idiot for asking a stupid, antagonizing question for a sound bite. Probably from some shit news agency.
Pelosi telling the reporter to don't fuck with me with that shit!
She's pretty badass. And fuck that idiot for asking a stupid, antagonizing question for a sound bite. Probably from some shit news agency.
Lol I'm 27 and I don't think I have even $1,000 in retirement/401K. Saving for retirement is a luxury most millennials cannot afford. Up until the last 2 years I don't think I'd ever had a job that even offered any retirement plans.
Meanwhile I've got about $40k in student loan debt.
Can someone explain Biden's support beyond the "Hey, I remember that name" factor? Are there people out there legit excited about his platform who actually think Biden, today, would be a great President? (Not just "better than Trump"-good, which is every candidate.)Biden might be an old idiot but people seem to like him for whatever reason. Nominating him would probably do a lot to cement our gains in the suburbs where someone like Bernie could cause a backlash. A Biden/Harris ticket for example could be extremely potent for bringing a lot of elements of the Democratic Party together!
Yeah, I've already accepted that I'll either work until I die, or some actual political/policy solution will have occurred by then.Retirement as a concept won't exist for the people who are saddled with student debts in a few years, anyway. We are rapidly moving to work until you die territory.
Yeah, earlier this year I got a job in the public sector/local government that actually has a not terrible plan, as far as I can tell. I don't contribute much (budget is already really tight with with credit card and student loan payments, rent, car+insurance, etc.) but eh, the employer contribution isn't bad.I think that's about what age I was when I started my 401K. My only benefit is I got in right at the end of the recession in 2008/somewhere in 2009. I didn't make a lot of money back then, but always did 6% (employer matched 3%) and it's been pretty good. I've changed jobs since and make quite a bit more than the last one and was able to roll it over to this job's 401K plan.
Glad you're getting in now, albeit the sticks are already pretty high to begin with. Anyway, there's no too late to start, but I sometimes kick myself for not starting earlier. No biggie, though.
Boomers will have bankrupted Social Security anyway.Retirement as a concept won't exist for the people who are saddled with student debts in a few years, anyway. We are rapidly moving to work until you die territory.
But also happens to own tons of local news organizations and papers across the country where they can spread their crap.Sinclaire, which isn't news. Just Boris Epsthyen yelling at people with his shitty hot takes.
Boomers will have bankrupted Social Security anyway.
"[From 2035] only an estimated 77% of expected Social Security benefits will continue to be paid from the government's tax revenues"
But then you'd pay tax on that income before it was paid toward the loanWouldn't the simpler version of this be telling someone "Don't pay into your 401k"?
It's quite irresponsible, especially coming from a Republican whose party has long held the belief that you need to be 110% responsible in saving your own money for your future.
We really can't keep running on cutting taxes for the middle class every election either. Eventually you do need to raise taxes for everyone. Especially if you want to expand the welfare state.
This sounds like the slimmest of gainsBut then you'd pay tax on that income before it was paid toward the loan
but regardless this helps basically nobody
Can someone explain Biden's support beyond the "Hey, I remember that name" factor? Are there people out there legit excited about his platform who actually think Biden, today, would be a great President? (Not just "better than Trump"-good, which is every candidate.)
It just seems like so much "I think he can win because all the polls say he can win, so that's why I'll pick him."
Yeah it's interesting this is never really touched on by deficit hawks, for example. If Obama and Congress had let the Clinton tax rates go back into effect in 2010 for everyone, that would have nearly wiped out the deficit by the time Obama left office:We really can't keep running on cutting taxes for the middle class every election either. Eventually you do need to raise taxes for everyone. Especially if you want to expand the welfare state.
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Deficit only matters when the opposition is in power. Watch your Rand Pauls start crying about the deficit again when Dems take control.Yeah it's interesting this is never really touched on by deficit hawks, for example. If Obama and Congress had let the Clinton tax rates go back into effect in 2010 for everyone, that would have nearly wiped out the entire deficit.
They should be called deficit bears, not deficit hawks. They love to hibernate for 8 years at a time.Yeah it's interesting this is never really touched on by deficit hawks, for example.
This is painfully dumb.
Student: I can't find a job with solid or any benefits and debt is crippling my ability to invest in myself or my life
Rand Paul: Just pay off your dept with your 401k!
Student: I hardly have any money in there. Using what little I have will further hurt my ability to retire, wont it?
Rand Paul: B O O T S T R A P S
New poll for California
Sanders
24%
Warren
22%
Biden
14%
Buttigieg
12%
Harris
7%
Steyer
1%
Deficit only matters when the opposition is in power. Watch your Rand Pauls start crying about the deficit again when Dems take control.
Oh of course, I know how the game is played.They should be called deficit bears, not deficit hawks. They love to hibernate for 8 years at a time.
15% is the threshold, yes (though I believe it's also evaluated by county or district or something, so it's not quite as simple as "if you get under 15% statewide you get nothing").Wouldn't these nummbers mean only Warren and Bernie would receive delegates from California? This would be a disaster for Biden, delegates-wise.
Assuming these are the final results then Biden would receive no delegates.Wouldn't these nummbers mean only Warren and Bernie would receive delegates from California? This would be a disaster for Biden, delegates-wise.
Also James Rosen:
The network cited no reason for Rosen's exit and did not announce it on the air. According to Rosen's former colleagues, however, he had an established pattern of flirting aggressively with many peers and had made sexual advances toward three female Fox News journalists, including two reporters and a producer. And his departure followed increased scrutiny of his behavior at the network, according to colleagues.
The GOP cycle. Pass irresponsible, time-limited tax cuts paid for by deficit spending, then campaign against Democrats by saying they're going to "raise taxes" when said irresponsible tax cuts expire. And claim the deficit's so high because social program exist, and since only lazy leeches would ever use social benefits, they should be slashed to the bone. And any Democrat who disagrees is only concerned about giving free stuff to lazy people...Yeah it's interesting this is never really touched on by deficit hawks, for example. If Obama and Congress had let the Clinton tax rates go back into effect in 2010 for everyone, that would have nearly wiped out the deficit by the time Obama left office:
Like most state polls it has a 4% margin of error, and there are polls from just a couple of weeks earlier that show Biden in the lead (He got 28 and 24 in the last two polls in november), then a few weeks before that for Warren. State polls outside of Iowa and NH aren't showing much atm since there are so few with such a huge MOE.Assuming these are the final results then Biden would receive no delegates.
There's a strong possibility of Biden not getting any delegates from Iowa as well.
Imagine the Democratic frontrunner getting 0 delegates from California, the biggest Democratic state...
You have to consider that delegates are awarded by statewide and by congressional districts so if he met the threashold in some of them he would still get delegates from CAAssuming these are the final results then Biden would receive no delegates.
There's a strong possibility of Biden not getting any delegates from Iowa as well.
Imagine the Democratic frontrunner getting 0 delegates from California, the biggest Democratic state...
Can someone explain Biden's support beyond the "Hey, I remember that name" factor? Are there people out there legit excited about his platform who actually think Biden, today, would be a great President? (Not just "better than Trump"-good, which is every candidate.)
It just seems like so much "I think he can win because all the polls say he can win, so that's why I'll pick him."
fwiw Biden isn't running on middle class tax cuts, although his tax policy (which coincidentally was just released today!) doesn't raise taxes on the middle class either.The GOP cycle. Pass irresponsible, time-limited tax cuts paid for by deficit spending, then campaign against Democrats by saying they're going to "raise taxes" when said irresponsible tax cuts expire. And claim the deficit's so high because social program exist, and since only lazy leeches would ever use social benefits, they should be slashed to the bone. And any Democrat who disagrees is only concerned about giving free stuff to lazy people...
And since Democrats are always running against this same platform, they say "middle class tax cuts" every time to appear reasonable to people who don't see the larger picture.
Honestly, though? More than dumb, it actually exposes how full of shit the GOP is when it comes to the economy/job market and what that means in regard to the bleak outlook for people who uh, basically aren't making a lot of money, and who aren't baby boomers, trying to build a future.This is painfully dumb.
Student: I can't find a job with solid or any benefits and debt is crippling my ability to invest in myself or my life
Rand Paul: Just pay off your dept with your 401k!
Student: I hardly have any money in there. Using what little I have will further hurt my ability to retire, wont it?
Rand Paul: B O O T S T R A P S
Warren went through a fairly natural cycle of challenging the front runner and not quite breaking through. Doesn't mean it's over or anything but I also don't think there was some specific derailment.
I mean, people clearly just like the guy. It wasn't that long ago that everyone loved Uncle Joe until he got in the way of Warren and Sanders. He might stumble over his words but he's an affable, kind man who people seem to connect with. More than just name recognition he is a known quantity with experience in the executive branch. Compared to Warren or Sanders you know you are getting a pretty standard Democratic administration with Biden. He has been able to position himself well as a less 'extreme' option. This country is a lot more conservative than we'd like to acknowledge, and most people are simply uninterested in upending the system or following up Trump with an extremely progressive candidate. Unfortunately. Biden lets people feel like our norms haven't been entirely eroded and we can still have a "normal" President.
I wouldn't consider myself a Biden supporter but its not a mystery why people like him and this kind of rhetoric about all his supporters being low information voters who jumped when they heard a name they recognized is unhelpful and ignorant. Biden has been leading the polls the whole time and has rock solid support from black folks. Throw a VP like Harris and that sounds to me like a pretty solid coalition. Acting like it's all just name recognition and no one "actually" supports him is why the online left has been predicting his imminent demise since the race started. This country is not full of people who are secretly massive supporters of progressive ideas and only support Biden because of name recognition - people just like what he has to offer. Something that very few people "actually" support and only polls well because of name recognition is more like M4A, not Joe Biden.
They want to keep people poor and desperate, that's why. They have basically ushered in an Aristocracy and want to make sure it stays that way.I know that Republicans don't want to solve issues, but I still don't get why they keep proposing ideas that literally doesn't solve anything.
Also its crazy that they either propose policies that either kill off the majority of their voters or that doesn't do anything that helps the majority of them.
I know that Republicans don't want to solve issues, but I still don't get why they keep proposing ideas that literally doesn't solve anything.
Also its crazy that they either propose policies that either kill off the majority of their voters or that doesn't do anything that helps the majority of them.