Has the GOP lost all of their sanity?

[Eroda Saaniah]

Pro-gun rights Bernie isn't up to snuff for you?

His pro-gun stance has been debunked, and in any event, pro-gun or not, his socialism and his lack of basic economic knowledge is a deal killer. He is nothing more than comic relief for hillary. I will give him that though: he is not hillary.

One does not become an economist out of nothing. I personally dislike his policies, but he is not as economically illiterate as people believe. Giving your people what they need, poor and otherwise, simply seems normal to me. The fact that America hasn't implemented fairer school and healthcare systems is simply disgusting for a western nation, I would say.

[Daburuetchi]

Literally most of what his policies entail consist of catching up with the rest of the devolved world in terms of healthcare, education and infrastructure. Sure he says stupid shite sometimes but that does not detract from the fact that the GOP are committing middle class murder.

Yhe GOP is? Have you seen the list of freebies the dems want to give away? Who do you think will be paying for that?

The people making ludicrous profits and sitting on trillions of dollars and not investing it.

[Galloism]

Literally most of what his policies entail consist of catching up with the rest of the devolved world in terms of healthcare, education and infrastructure. Sure he says stupid shite sometimes but that does not detract from the fact that the GOP are committing middle class murder.

Yhe GOP is? Have you seen the list of freebies the dems want to give away? Who do you think will be paying for that?

Mostly the people who can already afford to and historically paid much higher taxes than they do now.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Literally most of what his policies entail consist of catching up with the rest of the devolved world in terms of healthcare, education and infrastructure. Sure he says stupid shite sometimes but that does not detract from the fact that the GOP are committing middle class murder.

Yhe GOP is? Have you seen the list of freebies the dems want to give away? Who do you think will be paying for that?

Well, we could always put a tax on higher incomes, which so far not every single GOP candidate has touched.

Gee, I wonder why they haven't touched the rich incomes over a million dollars eh?

[Galloism]

Yhe GOP is? Have you seen the list of freebies the dems want to give away? Who do you think will be paying for that?

Well, we could always put a tax on higher incomes, which so far not every single GOP candidate has touched.

Gee, I wonder why they haven't touched the rich incomes over a million dollars eh?

Because they're all millionaires and billionaires, and are backed by millionaires and billionaires.

Incidentally, that's one thing I *LOVE* about Bernie.

You know what he's worth? I looked it up.

About $180,000.

[Camelza]

Pro-gun rights Bernie isn't up to snuff for you?

His pro-gun stance has been debunked, and in any event, pro-gun or not, his socialism and his lack of basic economic knowledge is a deal killer. He is nothing more than comic relief for hillary. I will give him that though: he is not hillary.

Bernie is not a socialist by any definition, just a social democrat.

[Daburuetchi]

Well, we could always put a tax on higher incomes, which so far not every single GOP candidate has touched.

Gee, I wonder why they haven't touched the rich incomes over a million dollars eh?

Because they're all millionaires and billionaires, and are backed by millionaires and billionaires.

Incidentally, that's one thing I *LOVE* about Bernie.

You know what he's worth? I looked it up.

About $180,000.

That still makes him better off than 99% of the planet and that does not mean he is any less of a capitalist shill

[Galloism]

Because they're all millionaires and billionaires, and are backed by millionaires and billionaires.

Incidentally, that's one thing I *LOVE* about Bernie.

You know what he's worth? I looked it up.

About $180,000.

That still makes him better off than 99% of the planet and that does not mean he is any less of a capitalist shill

You know what, he's the most down to earth we've got.

Yeah, he's a little "angry old man yells at cloud" sometimes, but he knows what it's like to be actually poor and to be a middle class American. He doesn't consider it a hardship that he had to start out with only a $1,000,000 loan.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Because they're all millionaires and billionaires, and are backed by millionaires and billionaires.

Incidentally, that's one thing I *LOVE* about Bernie.

You know what he's worth? I looked it up.

About $180,000.

That still makes him better off than 99% of the planet and that does not mean he is any less of a capitalist shill

Oh, believe me, Sanders is a capitalist by the widest definition.

He's just less into fucking people over.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

That still makes him better off than 99% of the planet and that does not mean he is any less of a capitalist shill

You know what, he's the most down to earth we've got.

Yeah, he's a little "angry old man yells at cloud" sometimes, but he knows what it's like to be actually poor and to be a middle class American. He doesn't consider it a hardship that he had to start out with only a $1,000,000 loan.

Don't even remind me, I might just get into a rant in this thread about this...

[Ashmoria]

I have no idea why you would want that. a country with more than 300million people cant operate on a small government.

This is one of the reasons I want New England to secede. It would get the government down to a more reasonable scale and make it possible to return to a representative democracy in which representatives can make themselves accessible to the common man on the street. Under the current system, congressional districts are so large that it's simply impossible for congresspeople to listen to and address everyone's concerns. When you write to your representative and get back a form letter instead of a personal response, it's not their fault. It's because the constituency that they are being asked to represent is unmanageable.

we should totally double the size of the house of representatives. maybe triple it. maybe sextuple it.... 100,000/rep would be around 3000 reps eh?

[Galloism]

This is one of the reasons I want New England to secede. It would get the government down to a more reasonable scale and make it possible to return to a representative democracy in which representatives can make themselves accessible to the common man on the street. Under the current system, congressional districts are so large that it's simply impossible for congresspeople to listen to and address everyone's concerns. When you write to your representative and get back a form letter instead of a personal response, it's not their fault. It's because the constituency that they are being asked to represent is unmanageable.

we should totally double the size of the house of representatives. maybe triple it. maybe sextuple it.... 100,000/rep would be around 3000 reps eh?

We'd have to expand the building.

[Denaliland]

Firstly, how is Carson unelectable?

Secondly, political parties shift on spectrums. Nobody would've expected a Socialist like Sanders. Tea party is just a new movement, like the progressive party in a way.

[Daburuetchi]

Firstly, how is Carson unelectable?

Secondly, political parties shift on spectrums. Nobody would've expected a Socialist like Sanders. Tea party is just a new movement, like the progressive party in a way.

Every time someone calls Sanders a socialist a bear cub in Russia cries itself to sleep

[USS Monitor]

This is one of the reasons I want New England to secede. It would get the government down to a more reasonable scale and make it possible to return to a representative democracy in which representatives can make themselves accessible to the common man on the street. Under the current system, congressional districts are so large that it's simply impossible for congresspeople to listen to and address everyone's concerns. When you write to your representative and get back a form letter instead of a personal response, it's not their fault. It's because the constituency that they are being asked to represent is unmanageable.

we should totally double the size of the house of representatives. maybe triple it. maybe sextuple it.... 100,000/rep would be around 3000 reps eh?

That would create its own problems with managing debates within the House. It might be an improvement over the status quo, but I still like the idea of an independent New England.

[Eol Sha]

This is one of the reasons I want New England to secede. It would get the government down to a more reasonable scale and make it possible to return to a representative democracy in which representatives can make themselves accessible to the common man on the street. Under the current system, congressional districts are so large that it's simply impossible for congresspeople to listen to and address everyone's concerns. When you write to your representative and get back a form letter instead of a personal response, it's not their fault. It's because the constituency that they are being asked to represent is unmanageable.

we should totally double the size of the house of representatives. maybe triple it. maybe sextuple it.... 100,000/rep would be around 3000 reps eh?

I'd be down for that.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

we should totally double the size of the house of representatives. maybe triple it. maybe sextuple it.... 100,000/rep would be around 3000 reps eh?

That would create its own problems with managing debates within the House. It might be an improvement over the status quo, but I still like the idea of an independent New England.

I'm not all that thrilled. Independent states would create their own issues.

[Eol Sha]

Because they're all millionaires and billionaires, and are backed by millionaires and billionaires.

Incidentally, that's one thing I *LOVE* about Bernie.

You know what he's worth? I looked it up.

About $180,000.

That still makes him better off than 99% of the planet and that does not mean he is any less of a capitalist shill

Given how much Senators are paid annually (I think $120k) if Bernie was no longer a Senator he'd be making about a third of $180k or so. Still upper middle-class, but not wealthy.

[Eol Sha]

we should totally double the size of the house of representatives. maybe triple it. maybe sextuple it.... 100,000/rep would be around 3000 reps eh?

That would create its own problems with managing debates within the House. It might be an improvement over the status quo, but I still like the idea of an independent New England.

That leaves the rest of the country out of luck as the influence of conservatives just grows even more.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

That still makes him better off than 99% of the planet and that does not mean he is any less of a capitalist shill

Given how much Senators are paid annually (I think $120k) if Bernie was no longer a Senator he'd be making about a third of that or so. Still upper middle-class, but not wealthy.

I don't think that's what you meant to say, since 120k/3 = 40k...

[Eol Sha]

Given how much Senators are paid annually (I think $120k) if Bernie was no longer a Senator he'd be making about a third of that or so. Still upper middle-class, but not wealthy.

I don't think that's what you meant to say...

???

A third of $180k.

Given how much Senators are paid annually (I think $120k) if Bernie was no longer a Senator he'd be making about a third of that or so. Still upper middle-class, but not wealthy.

I don't think that's what you meant to say, since 120k/3 = 40k...

Ah. I'll fix that.

[Gyrenaica]

Nope. Mainly trump making republicans look horrible.

[Ashmoria]

we should totally double the size of the house of representatives. maybe triple it. maybe sextuple it.... 100,000/rep would be around 3000 reps eh?

That would create its own problems with managing debates within the House. It might be an improvement over the status quo, but I still like the idea of an independent New England.

fine for YOU but *I* would probably end up in the new Texan union.

[Kraylandia]

When did they have it in the first place?

[Trumpostan]

well it may be crazy on a national level but it is dead serious sane on a state and local level.

This.

In state and local elections, where the turnout is often lower, they are doing very well indeed. You can say about their crazy voters what you want, but those people actually show up to vote. The teabaggers are motivated, motivated to destroy the country and motivated to vote.