2024 Presidential Election | ELECTION DAY 2024

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Paine said:
I really hope Harris tells Hoffman what he wants to hear now but keeps Khan at the FTC. She has been a bright spot in Biden’s admin. I’d be more than willing to give Harris more $$$ if she agrees to keep Khan in charge of the FTC.

I understand the pragmatism of taking the money now, but billionaires shouldn’t influence policy (that’s why they shouldn’t exist at all.)
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I wonder if they weren’t able to influence policy if they would be able to exist?
 
HandsonFire said:
I wonder if they weren’t able to influence policy if they would be able to exist?
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Some would. I mean, it depends on what you mean by "influence policy." If you count as influence the fact that capital gains aren't taxed until realized, sure -- but I'm not sure that's a billionaire driven feature of the tax code. And folks like Buffet were going to make billions.

Imagine how rich Gates would be if he didn't retire from MS and start giving away his money.
 


Americans don’t agree on much but I guess we agree on this.

I hope Biden’s ego is not as fragile as most politicians, it has to be hard to see people so excited about you stepping aside, I don’t care how justified or overdue the decision.
 
nycfan said:


Americans don’t agree on much but I guess we agree on this.

I hope Biden’s ego is not as fragile as most politicians, it has to be hard to see people so excited about you stepping aside, I don’t care how justified or overdue the decision.
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Here's how I look at it. Less than 50 people in the history of the country have been president. Count your blessings, Joe. You are in one of the most select clubs in the entire history of the country and arguably all of modern history. That you couldn't get a second term shouldn't diminish you in any way.
 
nycfan said:


Americans don’t agree on much but I guess we agree on this.

I hope Biden’s ego is not as fragile as most politicians, it has to be hard to see people so excited about you stepping aside, I don’t care how justified or overdue the decision.
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Who are the 8% of Americans who never tip when eating at a sit down restaurant!!!
 


There is truly no bottom to how despicable and utterly depraved many of the people most heavily involved in the MAGA movement are. Even after almost 10 years of this, stuff like this still stuns me. It should not, but it does, and I hope I don’t ever become desensitized to how disgusting this whole movement is. I don’t think there is a day that goes by where I don’t think about what an imbecile I was to vote for this mess in the first place in 2016.
 
Ddseddse said:
Who are the 8% of Americans who never tip when eating at a sit down restaurant!!!
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Tiger Woods and Ben Roethlisberger are two. Big Ben maybe started tipping after that whole rape thing, but he didn't for his first few years in the league. And Tiger famously does not tip.
 
CFordUNC said:


There is truly no bottom to how despicable and utterly depraved many of the people most heavily involved in the MAGA movement are. Even after almost 10 years of this, stuff like this still stuns me. It should not, but it does, and I hope I don’t ever become desensitized to how disgusting this whole movement is. I don’t think there is a day that goes by where I don’t think about what an imbecile I was to vote for this mess in the first place in 2016.
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Imbecile may be a bit much. Let's just chalk it up to ignorance. A lot of people haven't changed as you have. They remain ignorant.
 
nycfan said:


Americans don’t agree on much but I guess we agree on this.

I hope Biden’s ego is not as fragile as most politicians, it has to be hard to see people so excited about you stepping aside, I don’t care how justified or overdue the decision.
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Nothing about the 9% who disapprove says they are Biden supporters; some or all might be Trumplicans.
 
farce said:
Imbecile may be a bit much. Let's just chalk it up to ignorance. A lot of people haven't changed as you have. They remain ignorant.
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I appreciate the grace you and others have given me. I don't know if it's deserved but it's sincerely appreciated. My vote in 2016 is something that I have been struggling with often over the last 8 years, and especially in recent weeks/months.
 
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