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Originally Posted by Buddahaid (Post 2912133)

Hillary is not on trial and irrelevent.

Can you imagine if Clinton appeared in the witness box? That sketch artist's days would surely be numbered. :har:

This is gonna be good. I guess there’s only much Adderall and Mydayis in the world.
Really hope they concentrate on the good and bad of current foreign and domestic policy instead of the usual childish kook fringe drama and conspiracy theories like above

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Biden proposes June and September election debates with Donald Trump, ditching the decades-old tradition of three fall meetings organized by the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates.

Inflation hits 20 percent under Biden, pushing small businesses to the brink

https://thehill.com/opinion/4663651-...-to-the-brink/

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On Wednesday, the country hit a sad milestone: Inflation under President Biden hit 20 percent. The dollar’s value has plummeted under his watch. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also confirmed that the consumer price index is resurgent and growing faster than average wages. Combined with weak GDP growth, this data shows the U.S. economy is reentering stagflation.
Historic inflation is causing declining living standards and a cost-of-living crisis. Under Biden’s presidency, grocery prices have increased by nearly one-third and gas has risen by 50 percent. It feels like every daily convenience — from a turkey sandwich to some handyman help — has increased by 50 percent or more.

Yet Biden seems entirely out of touch with this reality. In a recent CNN interview, he responded to these inflation numbers by claiming, “They have the money to spend.” In reality, it now costs the average American family $12,000 more to maintain the same living standards as before President Biden took office.
Biden also tried to deflect from this consumer pain by claiming he inherited high inflation. Fact-check: Inflation was 1.4 percent when he took office.
The situation is especially bad for small businesses. “Customers that used to come in every week now come in every three weeks,” says Joe Germanotta, a New York restauranteur. This statement reflects what I’m hearing from small businesses nationwide. When people are faced with $20 for a burger or $10 for dry cleaning, they choose to eat and do laundry at home instead.
Small business economic woes are compounded by a credit crunch and crime. Resurgent inflation has forced the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates at 22-year highs, restricting access to capital entrepreneurs need to thrive. One-third of small businesses say increased crime is reducing their earnings.
Democrats’ regulatory and tax onslaught will only add more pressure. The Biden administration recently issued rules expanding overtime pay, banning noncompete contracts, mandating electric vehicle use and regulating internet access. The Corporate Transparency Act, which took effect this year, burdens every small business with annoying reporting requirements and the risk of jail time for noncompliance.
Biden recently promised that if he’s reelected, he will dramatically raise taxes on small businesses by letting the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expire in 2025 as scheduled. That means small businesses would face a 20 percent tax hike, the end of bonus depreciation, and higher tax brackets on their earnings.

Two-thirds of respondents to JCN’s SBIQ nationwide poll of small business owners already say current economic conditions could force them to close. Massive tax hikes like these will push many past the brink.
Biden has spent a half-century in government and doesn’t know what it’s like to run a business. Most Democrats are the same, never signing the front of a paycheck. They treat small businesses as if they were a state of nature, like the Great Lakes or Rocky Mountains.
In reality, small businesses need the right policy environment to thrive — and even survive. What Democrats still can’t do is pass a mandate to stop small businesses from simply closing their doors in the face of these threats and choosing to do something less productive. At least not yet.

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Originally Posted by Rockstar (Post 2912145)

Inflation hits 20 percent under Biden, pushing small businesses to the brink

Just the other day Biden was claiming that inflation was 9% when he took office. The truth is that it was at less than 2% and it didn't hit 9% until he was halfway through his (hopefully only) term.

Can you solely blame Biden for your high inflation ?

Heck it's not only the States who are fighting high inflation.

Markus

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Originally Posted by mapuc (Post 2912151)

Can you solely blame Biden for your high inflation ?

Heck it's not only the States who are fighting high inflation.

Markus

Well Biden is the one who is trying pin it on his predecessor, so why not? It's like how he tries to take credit for creating the jobs that people went back to after the end of the covid lockdown. The man is a serial liar and should be held accountable.

Slinging blame is easy. The hard part is finding someone who will take responsibility. I look at it as a change of command it’s now this administration's responsibility.

So it looks like June 27th is the day for the 1st big debate. Both ought to submit to a drug test beforehand. Bet they’d be disqualified.

Of course Sleepy Joe is responsible for inflation. Green new raw deal for the USA. Biden and his Davos buddies. Nothing that dude does is designed to benefit the average citizen in the USA. He doesn't even seem to care about voters so what might that tell you? :hmmm:

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid (Post 2910797)

RFK jr. has now challenged Trump to debate. Let’s see how the big strong man takes up that offer, or will he run away farting a smoke screen of lame excuses like he did for the primaries?

You do know, Joey and the rest of the country club, Have denied RFK secret service protection. In his run for President.

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Originally Posted by Rockstar (Post 2910842)

But it was still a direct attack on our basic government and type of Democracy. :yep:

Ok what is a basic government ? Are you equating the homeowners association as a form of Democracy ?

Damn i am more than a mile behind , I leave it to ya goodby.

Today, Trump's defense has rested, and the big strong man will once again chicken out and not testify.

And on another note, Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. has released their SEC Form 10Q showing earnings of $700,000.00 and loss of $327,000,000.00. I wonder how this will look in three months when the lock is lifted, and Trump dumps all his shares for cash and runs away.

Plus, the "anywhere, anytime, anyplace" man is already having his media groupies walk back on the statement and complaining like the nest of Karen snowflakes they all are. :Kaleun_Applaud:

Here's the 10Q form.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sec.irpass....-24-026889.pdf

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid (Post 2912600)

Today, Trump's defense has rested, and the big strong man will once again chicken out and not testify.

And why should he? Defendants only testify when it looks like they might lose and that doesn't seem to be the case with such a weak and flawed prosecution as your side has put on here.

It's just like your boy old Joe finally agreeing to have a debate Trump (with many conditions). We both know he wouldn't dare leave his basement if his campaign wasn't in major trouble.

How are you going to deal with it when Trump gets back in the oval office again? :)

So The US State Department sent its condolences to the Islamic regime of Iran after the death of Ebrahim Raisi, otherwise known as "The Butcher of Tehran."

Wow, Joe Biden is really worried about losing Michigan kisses Irans arse for personal political gain

If the Biden administration is looking to offer sincere condolences I suggest they start with the families of US service members killed by Iranian terrorists, their surrogates, and equipment provided.

They can also offer their condolences to the Iranian people mourning the execution, imprisonment, torture, rape and abuse of family members who suffered under Raisi’s tenure.

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Now compare the above Biden Build Back Better BS to to a time when we stood for something. Before some weak senile old man democrat got into office. Below is how we used to view murderous governments

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WILLIAM J. CLINTON

42nd President of the United States: 1993 ‐ 2001
Statement on the Death of Pol Pot

April 16, 1998
The death of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot has again brought to international attention one of the most tragic chapters of inhumanity in the twentieth century. Between 1975 and 1979, Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge followers transformed Cambodia into the killing fields, causing the death of an estimated 2 million of their countrymen in a brutal attempt to transform Cambodian society.

Although the opportunity to hold Pol Pot accountable for his monstrous crimes appears to have passed, senior Khmer Rouge, who exercised leadership from 1975 to 1979, are still at large and share responsibility for the monstrous human rights abuses committed during this period. We must not permit the death of the most notorious of the Khmer Rouge leaders to deter us from the equally important task of bringing these others to justice. And equally, we must renew our determination to prevent such atrocities from occurring in the future.

Now is a time to remember the victims of Pol Pot's murderous reign of terror and to underscore our determination to help the Cambodian people achieve a lasting peace based on respect for basic human rights and democratic principles.

Never vote for anyone who desires to hold political office. If you insist on voting, which in my opinion invokes 2 John 1:11, use your write-in vote and vote for someone who has no interest in becoming involved in politics.

Filling public offices should be done by conscription lottery, like the draft.

"You're looking glum today, what's the matter?"

"I got a notice from the draft board. I have to be president for the next four years!"

Personally, I'd go AWOL. I'd desert so fast it would make their heads spin. When it comes to things like that, I'm with Hazel from John Steinbeck's "Cannery Row".

All political parties look at the voting populace and think to themselves, "Never give a sucker an even break."

:Kaleun_Cheers:

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Originally Posted by August (Post 2912608)

How are you going to deal with it when Trump gets back in the oval office again? :)

Like an adult and accept the results unlike a lot of people cooling their heels in prison and awaiting trial.

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid (Post 2912624)

Like an adult and accept the results unlike a lot of people cooling their heels in prison and awaiting trial.

He can get a prison verdict-This does not prevent him from being elected as your next President.

In this ongoing trial I think he will get a fine nothing more.

Markus

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Originally Posted by mapuc (Post 2912628)

He can get a prison verdict-This does not prevent him from being elected as your next President.

In this ongoing trial I think he will get a fine nothing more.

Markus

A fine sure beats selling out for votes by mourning the lose of a murderer like the Butcher of Tehran.

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Originally Posted by Rockstar (Post 2912638)

A fine sure beats selling out for votes by mourning the loss of a murderer like the Butcher of Tehran.

At least Brandon has a low down dirty reason for sending condolences to Iran over "The Butcher of Tehran", Brandon's buddies at the UN and NATO are taking a moment of silence, and sending their condolences because it's how they genuinely feel about the guy apparently. :o

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The US government debt brake is not holding. Congress has already adjusted the borrowing limit 78 times since 1960. 49 times under Republican presidents and 29 times under Democratic presidents. No matter who is in power: Enough is never enough, which is why the American state as a whole had to raise one trillion dollars for interest payments for the first time in 2023.

Citizens are no better than their state. Savings reached an all-time low in 2023 and credit card debt reached an all-time high. The upturn in the economy - driven by government and private borrowing - is the best upturn money can buy.