Who else is dead slow lately?

[Tom D]

Who cares anymore. the walking dead babbling again.

 

[Essexfenwick]

The pandemic, which started under trump made the debt soar. Trump shut businesses down and gave out billions to people that didn't even need the money. That was taxpayer money Trump gave out.

My brother in law has a business and got like $250K free money they did not have to pay back. His business was booming in the pandemic selling janitorial supplies.

Biden would have gave out more free money when he took office but Congress blocked it thankfully. That helped slow inflation but all those people went back to work under Biden after the pandemic, which fueled inflation back.

Change the word “pandemic” to “China virus funded by Fauci”

And I agree…inflationary to the max. Nobody producing goods and everybody flush with dollars

 

[alebrewer]

Why can't they just be quiet and patient like we were for the past four years?

I just don't think this chasm can be bridged any longer. We are on a crash course for either a civil war or separation of the states into blue and red countries. Idaho and Oregon have already started the process.

 

[J Grant]

I just don't think this chasm can be bridged any longer. We are on a crash course for either a civil war or separation of the states into blue and red countries. Idaho and Oregon have already started the process.

That lets Pathetic- divide and conquer weaken America, just as Putin and Trump wanted.

It was never those divisive until Trump and his KGB-backed defensive machine the eRW used to constantly rile up his base against - well, everyone who was not them, including their own fellow citizens. All we Democrats and other assorted independents or free-thinking Republicans are doing is voicing our opinion about Trump, which is often negative, it turns out, just like the Trump base heaped loud scorn on Biden and the Democrats for four years. The difference is we tolerated it, you folks, appratnly, can not.

 

[alebrewer]

That lets Pathetic

No name calling here... keep moving.

The difference is we tolerated it, you folks, appratnly, can not.

Is this your idea of 'tolerating'?

 

[alebrewer]

BTW - the divisiveness really started under Obama. It just got worse under T1, then WAY worse under Biden, then WAY worser under T2. Regardless of the cause, though, I do not believe the division is reconcilable. I think the lefties are afraid of the country splitting into two or more, as the red states are the ones prospering RN.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

US economy was kept going by Biden's fiscal spending. Whether you agree or not, government spending helps our economy.

Inflation created by Biden destroyed value. A higher number does not translate into more buying power. In fact, it may hurt it. Inflated home prices are matched by inflated repair costs, inflated property taxes, and inflated insurance costs. Since inflation under Biden was about 30% overall, spending therefore, did not help anyone financially, except politicians themselves.

 

[cashcatz]

inflated property taxes, and inflated insurance costs

These are the big ones. Property taxes have increased at insane levels, easily offsets increase in equity.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

the divisiveness really started under Obama.

The great uniter turned out to be the great divider. And the question is why? White America endorsed him and elected him and then he blamed the woes of America on whites. Under Bush and Clinton there was little in the way of racial discord compared to that since.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

easily offsets increase in equity.

Our state limits tax increases, so the revaluations will jack up annually until aligned with the valuation. And even if we get a downturn and lower home prices, property taxes will continue to rise. And with this sudden flush of tax money, government has no incentive to cut millage rates, just to spend more and make sure no surpluses exist.

And how government works is a mystery. I was talking to the state geologist a couple weeks ago. Seems he has $300,000 budgeted for a new facility to store the large library of well samples, fossils, etc. collected over the past 100 years. The money is there. The approvals from outside agencies involved is not. The current facility is frequently robbed, stealing the lawn mower and tools, and leaks like a sieve and has for 3 decades. As time trickles by, the cost to build such a facility increases and the samples continue to deteriorate in an uncontrolled environment.