***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Nike Jordan]

This was an actual tweet before it was deleted.

 

[RustyShackleford]

deuce king you want to weigh in on this champ?

 

[Belgium]

Meanwhile...
Wolf is an Acting DHS Secretary of course, since there's no way even Republicans would confirm someone this profoundly incompetent.

 

[aepps20]

Meanwhile...
Wolf is an Acting DHS Secretary of course, since there's no way even Republicans would confirm someone this profoundly incompetent.

Kennedy is one of the dumbest politicians out and even he isn't buying this nonsense.

 

[Belgium]

I still can't get over the fact that this stooge answered "human to human" with a straight face when Sen. Kennedy asked him how the virus is transmitted. I'm trying to think of anything dumber he could've responded with and I've come up empty.

 

[deuce king]

deuce king you want to weigh in on this champ?

The poll doesn’t say “People Of Color” as rolaholic likes to refer to us by. Thus rendering this poll completely invalid........what else ya got champ??

 

[rolaholic]

He's polling #1 amongst Dems with people of color (Blacks, Natives, Asians and Hispanics) overall nationally too, Champ

This was an actual tweet before it was deleted.

Bruce Springsteen is rolling over in his vintage Cadilllac

 

[elpablo21]

 

[rolaholic]

Amazing flexibility shown following this up last night

ouch.

with this today



Seems we've finally found the all elusive unity candidate everyone

Spoiler

Mayo or die

 

[keko jones]

The typical US worker can no longer afford a family on a year's salary, showing the dire state of America's middle class

The average American now needs to work 53 weeks to afford the $54,441 living costs of a family of four. There are 52 weeks in a year.

www.businessinsider.com

The typical US worker can no longer afford a family on a year's salary, showing the dire state of America's middle class

The median male US worker now has to earn over a year's salary to afford the annual expenses for a family of four, according to The Cost of Thriving Index in a new report published by conservative think tank the Manhattan Institute and previously reported by The Washington Post.

In 1985, the typical male worker needed 30 weeks' pay to afford the $13,227 required for a family of four's major living costs: housing, healthcare, transportation, and education. As of 2018, those expenditures had risen to $54,441, and our typical male has to work 53 weeks to get there (shown in the chart below). "This is a problem, as there are only 52 weeks in a year," wrote Oren Cass, the report's lead author.

The colored sections represent the four key living costs of middle class life for a family of four. Together, they add up to the total cost of thriving. The line shows the wages for a typical male worker. It's below the total cost of thriving, meaning the male worker's annual income isn't enough to cover all these costs. Andy Kiersz/Business Insider
The Index looked at data from the Bureau Labor of Statistics' estimates for the median usual weekly earnings of men older than age 25 who are employed full-time as wage and salary workers.

Cass formulated the Index on male earnings, as men are historically considered the family breadwinners. His findings for a female breadwinner are even more telling: In 1985, she needed to work 45 weeks to afford the four annual expenses, compared to 66 weeks in 2018.

The typical female worker has an even harder time than the typical male worker affording housing, healthcare, transportation, and college for a family of four. Andy Kiersz/Business Insider
Both sexes are below the total cost of thriving line in the above charts, as measured by the Manhattan Institute. This means a single-earner household is now impossible.

Living costs are outpacing wage increases
The Cost of Thriving Index points to tensions underlying the American economy, from the gender pay gap to skyrocketing living costs that have outpaced wage increases, particularly for younger generations.

Those between ages 25 and 34 have only seen a $29 income increase since 1974, when adjusted for inflation, according to a new SuperMoney report that analyzed US Census Bureau data. Adults ages 35 to 44 made nearly $2,900 more in 2017 than their 1974 counterparts did, while those ages 45 to 54 saw an income growth of nearly $5,400 over that same time period, adjusted for inflation.

Meanwhile, college tuition has more than doubled since the 1970s, bringing national student-loan debt to an all-time high of $1.5 trillion. According to Student Loan Hero, the average student-loan debt for a student who took out loans and graduated in 2018 was a whopping $29,800.

The price of home sales has increased by 39% since the 1970s and national health care costs per person have increased by $9,000 in the same time frame, according to the SuperMoney report.

The increase in so many disparate costs shows that the middle class Americans are carrying several financial burdens — they're behind on homeownership, lagging in retirement savings, and have debt to pay off, according to a previous INSIDER and Morning Consult survey.

When all the paychecks from one year don't pay off a family's living costs, our typical male will feel he's living paycheck to paycheck, but it's actually worse than that.

ninjahood

 

[keko jones]

One thing that infuriates me about Pete is his constant invocation of "This is really important." *****, we the public are capable of discerning what's "really important" without you trying to beat us over the head with your ****-eating condescension.

Gimme Biden's earnest, dementia-inflected centrism over Pete's smug, entitled opportunism. **** Pete.

Pete is the absolute worst.

I'm with you!

 

[elpablo21]

 

[RustyShackleford]

ninjahood

He can't post in here, he is banned

 

[keko jones]

He can't post in here, he is banned

LoL

 

[RustyShackleford]

Might be good news for Biden

 

[noskey]

Might be good news for Biden

Or Bernie

But let's be honest, no matter who wins, all of us win. Because Donald J Trump will be repeating as United States President no matter who you libs choose to be the final sacrifice. #Back2BackPresidentElectChampionOfTheWorld

 

[ajiiiplatinum]

I thought Trump said last month that Heat would kill the Coronavirus?
It's in the high 70s today so the cure is getting closer.

 

[keko jones]

Was this posted?

 

[Belgium]

Probably not the greatest idea to use "states rights" in this context

 

[RustyShackleford]

More evidence that no matter his stance on impeachment, Justin Amash is still trash.

 

[Belgium]

Apparently the Dapper Don is holding a press conference on the coronavirus at 6:30 today. That should be interesting.

 

[rexanglorum]

It’s funny how Buttigieg talks about inclusion and he means that as a dog at Bernie. Meanwhile, Bernie has a coalition with Maoists, Jucheists and Anarchists on his left flank and a number of small business owners, especially those whose business is predicated on local customers having disposable income, on his right flank.

What does Pete have? A bunch of stock characters from middleclassfancy.

 

[aepps20]

Or Bernie

But let's be honest, no matter who wins, all of us win. Because Donald J Trump will be repeating as United States President no matter who you libs choose to be the final sacrifice. #Back2BackPresidentElectChampionOfTheWorld

Well said. Me after our PRESIDENT ELECT hits da Libs with a 5 peat.

 

[sammy863dade]

lets see how much truth comes out at 6:30 stay tuned

 

[fargin]

Apparently the Dapper Don is holding a press conference on the coronavirus at 6:30 today. That should be interesting.