Adjectives for the Biden Administration today
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Ill prepared. Incompetent. Unstable. Corrupt. Evasive. Veiled. Dismissive. Untrustworthy. Nepotistic. Biased. Untruthful about Biden’s physical competence.
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It is July, 2021, so about 7 months post election. In that time, what have Biden/Harris done to make things “better”? Please refrain from telling me that anyone/anything other than Trump is better. Seriously, aren’t you who voted for them experiencing buyers remorse??? How can you, in any way, call what they are doing “progress” or “success”? They seem to be hell bent on ruining our economy and creating a far deeper divide amongst us than even Trump could have created. You’d think, with the economy moving along swimmingly, that people would feel hopeful for the future. So what did he do immediately after the election?? Canceled jobs. Raised gas prices. Opened the border. WTF! How is this success??? He said he won’t raise your taxes but EVERYONE is paying more for EVERYTHING.
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Ok. Noted. He is helping you with an entitlement program funded by taxpayers. I wonder how long this kind of spending will be able to continue before taxpayers say, “ no more!”.
If you qualify for this, my guess is that you aren’t earning a whole lot. That sucks. Honestly. I hope nothing but a prosperous future for you and your family.
Unfortunately, given how inflation is rising due to his administration’s mishandling of the economy, that entitlement you will be receiving won’t go very far. It’s one of those things that looks good on paper but in reality will not age well. Like Cash for Clunkers. Still, it’s better than nothing I guess. I’d think a strong economy where you could prosper and climb would be more welcome than a handout but that’s just my stupid opinion. I accept that not everyone would agree.
If you qualify for this, my guess is that you aren’t earning a whole lot. That sucks. Honestly. I hope nothing but a prosperous future for you and your family.
Unfortunately, given how inflation is rising due to his administration’s mishandling of the economy, that entitlement you will be receiving won’t go very far. It’s one of those things that looks good on paper but in reality will not age well. Like Cash for Clunkers. Still, it’s better than nothing I guess. I’d think a strong economy where you could prosper and climb would be more welcome than a handout but that’s just my stupid opinion. I accept that not everyone would agree.
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Hmm.. He isn't "helping" me with a penny. Guess your Ni isn't all that sharp for an INFJ, so allow me to expound. I don't even live in the states. But here is the difference between us, as I see it. I don't believe in the term "working poor".
If you call hard working parents qualifying for a tax credit "entitled"... then I feel bad for you. It's not a hand out. It literally falls under the earned income regulation, hence going to working parents.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/per...ding-when-the-money-should-arrive/ar-BB1g9ZWp
(From an approved source).
I don't believe in he term Socialism so I need to feel sorry for you? (I did forget top start with the stipulation this is not going to change anyone's mind).
So the premise is that people who CHOSE to have children deserve to be paid to take care of those children by either other people with children who got themselves in a position to make more money or better yet, by people who chose to not have children? Lyndon Johnson's Poverty program(s) how did that work out? (They didn't). Further that the government spending money it does not have is a good idea? If you or I do that (I don't think it actually matters where either one of us live) it ends in Bankruptcy which isn't good for anyone.
If I give you something that you didn't have, with the stipulation you don't have to do anything to receive it (other than procreate) how is that not a hand out? Having sex entitles people to other people's tax dollars? If that is the case then why aren't all people who have sex getting their fair share? (I'll wait)
https://www.eitc.irs.gov/
This is not someone's opinion, this is not speculation or, wishful thinking this is the U.S. Government's I.R.A. official website. Frankly the amount of information on there is pretty much staggering.
My highlights are the list of publications for: Qualifying without a qualifying child (OK?)....One can go to the IRS's publications: 501, 503, 596 and 972.
There is also a section explaining how to go about getting paid: If the child doesn't live on the North American continent.
Depending on the year and economy this program is now costing someone (feel free to label that how you'd like) to the tune of approximately $65 Billion a year.
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Everything about this post reeks of bitterness and it turns my stomach, to be honest. I can't even reason with someone who thinks like you do, sadly. Honestly this isn't worth my time trying, so I won't. But I did think empathy and mercy were a natural part of the INFJ tapestry. Seeing your and a few others here respond on the topic, I wonder if any of you are mistyped. Alas, I don't care about that. What I do care about is that we live in a world where people who work hard are paid a fair wage so that they can live in a normal middle class life, as most all people did in the 1950's who had a full time job and supported their families.
What has happened is that these same jobs today, belonging to hard working parents, are no longer paid a fair wage for it. Not everybody has the money to climb your countries social ladder and or receive an affordable education. You are essentially saying that anyone who hasn't had those opportunities but works hard at full time jobs, sometimes two jobs, does not deserve to have a child with their spouse?
You don't get to decide who is deserving of a child or not. Sorry to inform you, but rich republicans are not God. God says to all married people, not just rich ones, "Be fruitful and procreate".. Try and remember that.
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"The eye of a needle" is a portion of a quotation attributed to Jesus in the synoptic gospels: "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. ... Jesus responded, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven."
Fair enough - I'll play......so using that logic wouldn't taking free money from the Guberment risk one's entry to heaven?
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Do you actually think that small amount in contrast to the exorbitant expense of a house payment alone in today's market, much less the compilation of all living expenses combined is going to make that family rich? Probably not.
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Larry. May I call you that? You have said some things here that say a lot to me. My NI is intact and working flawlessly. That is why I felt triggered to reply to this post. I see right through the Democrat/Communists agenda. I am the kid in the crowd pointing out the naked Emperor. I have been my whole life. Unfortunately, to me, you seem to have fallen for it.
I am an Electrician. I work with my hands. I am a Veteran as well. I went to college on the GI Bill but my Sociology degree didn’t offer a job that would provide me and my family the quality of life I wanted for us all so I went for the trades, where I had been since I was 11. I am solidly “middle class”. I own my own business as an Electrical Contractor. I also was raised by a single father who was on and off the Dole routinely throughout my childhood. He could have worked harder if he wanted to but he chose otherwise. Getting a food basket from the Knights of Columbus at Thanksgiving was an embarrassment to me when I was a kid because I knew we must be poor and there wasn’t really a good reason for it, to me. So “rich Republican” is a title that just doesn’t fit me. Frankly, I reject it.
You bring up God and Jesus to help make your point. If ever there were something in this life that rankles the INFJ to their core it would be or should be Organized Religion. I see right through this agenda as well and seriously wonder how other people seem incapable of doing so. But, hey, as Tom Robbins says, “your belief system should make you feel great about being alive”, if yours does, good for you. My point though is, I don’t buy religion. Your use of it to teach me a lesson is lost on me. It holds no currency. If God doesn’t want Me in Their Heaven, Their loss. Also, I believe that God helps those who help themselves. Do you not?
Seeing as you don’t live in the US, I wanted to say that the word “entitlement” is not mine. It is used to define programs such as Social Security, Child Tax Credit, VA Benefits, Disability, etc.
if you have bothered to read this far, thank you. I know it can be difficult to tolerate an opposing viewpoint. I will leave you with this, as it sums things up on the topics we’ve been discussing. Maybe it will ring true for you, maybe not.
“Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, feed him for life.”
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I was talking to someone else entirely, haha. I was talking to Larry, who I believe has stated before that he also has faith, and that is why I discussed the scriptural viewpoint with him on the topics he addressed me with.
But to respond, I understand your plight. I understand that you were raised by a single parent, I'm one of those. I also understand your country, as it is my country too. I was born and raised in the States and moved to Europe as a grown woman. I went to college in the States full time carrying a 4.0 Gpa, had my own business who I was the owner \ sole employee of - having clients after or before classes, sometimes both, and did so whilst raising two little girls. I totally understand the value of hard work and support it fully. But sometimes no matter how hard a person or parents work,( especially in capitalist countries ) it's just not enough. Sometimes people become ill, through no fault of their own either mentally or physically. Sometimes people don't have a trade like you did to turn to, or any chance at an education. In such an instance where a person wishes to have a career or to work but is unable, then there is nothing entitled about such tax credits. I don't support the idea of someone just sitting around getting high all day and having it all paid for them. I never said that. I also agree that we teach a man to fish to feed him for a lifetime. But telling people who need help that they're entitled chafes me, because one day most people will be old and need their social security etc, or maybe disability, who knows, and then what? What about during the Corona lockdowns? How many middle class people and even rich upper class business owners found themselves quickly in need of help? That doesn't make them entitled, it makes them human. At least that is the point I was trying to make with Larry.
I do believe in socialism though, because in my opinion it's the only way to make capitalist countries play fair as far as paying hard working people what they deserve, when it doesn't happen wage wise. If people were paid a good and decent wage for their work, regardless of how many degrees they held, there would be zero need for socialism in the first place. Therefor I don't feel sorry when I hear people cry about it.
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I just want to chime in that by far the most significant contribution to poverty are private central banking and fractional reserve commercial banking.
“Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create deposits, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of Bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create deposits.”
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(1880-1941) President of the Bank of England in the 1920's, the second richest man in Britain
Speaking at the Commencement Address of the University of Texas in 1927
Ref: The Legalized Crime of Banking (1958) by Silas W. Adams
Banking is wholly incompatible with capitalism. There is not a capitalist economy on earth.
If anyone wants a war on poverty, eliminate the above. Don't have a nation's money system be a monopoly of psychopathic international bankers.
Any politician, Democrat or Republican, that does not go after the core issue cares not enough for the poor.
Obama did it during his tenure. Too big to fail as he propped criminal financial institutions up on the backs of everyone, including the poor. FDR did it in spades when he forced all Americans to fork over their lawful money in exchange for federal reserve notes which devalued against that lawful money by I believe 40% within a couple months.
These are friends of the ultra-rich. They care not for the poor. You shall know them by their works.
“Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create deposits, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of Bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create deposits.”
~ Sir Josiah Stamp
(1880-1941) President of the Bank of England in the 1920's, the second richest man in Britain
Speaking at the Commencement Address of the University of Texas in 1927
Ref: The Legalized Crime of Banking (1958) by Silas W. Adams
Banking is wholly incompatible with capitalism. There is not a capitalist economy on earth.
If anyone wants a war on poverty, eliminate the above. Don't have a nation's money system be a monopoly of psychopathic international bankers.
Any politician, Democrat or Republican, that does not go after the core issue cares not enough for the poor.
Obama did it during his tenure. Too big to fail as he propped criminal financial institutions up on the backs of everyone, including the poor. FDR did it in spades when he forced all Americans to fork over their lawful money in exchange for federal reserve notes which devalued against that lawful money by I believe 40% within a couple months.
These are friends of the ultra-rich. They care not for the poor. You shall know them by their works.
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That is too funny that I called you “Larry”, must’ve missed something.
I agree with so much of what you said here in regard to there being safeguards in place for at risk people. I cannot get with true and complete Socialism on any level though. I served in the military and saw first hand what Socialism would look like where everyone at this level gets paid this much regardless of output. That kind of system just doesn’t bring out the best in people, I think. It certainly de-incentivizes them, again IMO. It also opens up another avenue for a host of abuses to take place and I think we have enough of those already.
I would say this though. Working people need to unite, this is true. But they need to unite with the idea of bringing prosperity to the organization they work for. Otherwise they just come off as parasitic. In that scenario, once the host is dead, there’s nothing left to live off of.
The ONLY way to get working people paid what they deserve is in a free market. Working people just need to know how to leverage their labor for a better wage. Unions are good for this but they can get too greedy.
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Hey Vincent,
Corporations are antithetical to capitalism.
While this is a corporation, I think it demonstrates how much wealth goes to those who do not produce at the expense of those who do.
From: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryjosephs/2014/11/05/millionaire-grocery-clerks-the-amazing-winco-foods-story/#c27f7b05700b
In Corvallis, Oregon, a couple miles north of the Oregon State University campus, sits a WinCo Foods discount supermarket and, unless you’re in need of groceries, you might drive by without noticing it. I assure you, however, it’s an extraordinary building, a laboratory of capitalism worthy of pilgrimages by the world’s great business schools. Inside the store labor 130 employees of WinCo – grocery clerks, shelf stockers, display builders, bakery workers – and their combined retirement savings roughly comes to an astounding $100 million. And that figure is growing rapidly, such that in a few years the average wealth of these employees could easily exceed $1 million. Quite a few individual workers already have account balances above that level.
[end of excerpt though the entire article is a really cool read]
I suggest the disparity in wealth between a worker at Walmart and a worker at Winco is an approximation of the extent to which corporatism, as it is commonly conceived, is anti-capitalist.
Corporations are antithetical to capitalism.
While this is a corporation, I think it demonstrates how much wealth goes to those who do not produce at the expense of those who do.
From: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryjosephs/2014/11/05/millionaire-grocery-clerks-the-amazing-winco-foods-story/#c27f7b05700b
In Corvallis, Oregon, a couple miles north of the Oregon State University campus, sits a WinCo Foods discount supermarket and, unless you’re in need of groceries, you might drive by without noticing it. I assure you, however, it’s an extraordinary building, a laboratory of capitalism worthy of pilgrimages by the world’s great business schools. Inside the store labor 130 employees of WinCo – grocery clerks, shelf stockers, display builders, bakery workers – and their combined retirement savings roughly comes to an astounding $100 million. And that figure is growing rapidly, such that in a few years the average wealth of these employees could easily exceed $1 million. Quite a few individual workers already have account balances above that level.
[end of excerpt though the entire article is a really cool read]
I suggest the disparity in wealth between a worker at Walmart and a worker at Winco is an approximation of the extent to which corporatism, as it is commonly conceived, is anti-capitalist.
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Guess that we can add blood sucker to the list as he brought it up himself twice on MSM.
Should keep better company as birds of a feather do flock together.
Should keep better company as birds of a feather do flock together.