Schumer is going to walk his party off the cliff

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@e7alr

Denial is always the first stage…

It’s not denial it’s a hypothesis. The If should have given it away. Thanks to a 24 hour news cycle Americans have a very short attention span.

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@e7alr

Denial is always the first stage…

It’s not denial it’s a hypothesis. The If should have given it away. Thanks to a 24 hour news cycle Americans have a very short attention span.

The family “paycheck to spending” cycle is an ongoing thing. Like the family children, the family budget is a nightly dinner table issue. The checking account balance, the credit card balance and the bills due in the current pay period are not driven by a news cycle.

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@zantax

@Jezcoe

@zantax

Well that was brilliant. If Republicans ever want to get rid of the filibuster the Democrats just gave them cover and didn’t get anything out of doing so. Hilarious.

How so? It got voted down.

48 democrats voted to end it, going to be tough for them to complain now if Republicans get rid of it in the future.

It goes the other way too: all the R’s voted to keep it.

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@Paul_Thomson

@GrandWazoo

And just a few weeks ago both Manchin and Sinema voted for a filibusterer carve out in order to pass the debt ceiling raise. People have made this sound like it is a very rare thing, when it really isn’t. And time will tell if various state Republicans attempt to overturn elections. And if that happens the Republicans in the Senate are going to get a lot of questions. I will hope that any overreach of voting laws and gerrymandering will get shot down in the courts. And that applies to both sides.

Well, if the citizens wanted to have their electoral system overhauled unilaterally by a motley cabal of globalists, socialists, fascists and comunists to “save democracy” they’ll vote out Sinema and Manchin and a lot of Republicans next opportunity they get.

In the meantime, until Democrats can replace them with high moral character people, the country is going to suffer under the oppression of the Jim Crow 2.0 Era.

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@JayJay

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@JayJay

I understand that.

But they should do it.

Because it would get these people back to doing what they are supposed to be doing…reaching a consensus, not engaging in continuous warfare.

No it wouldn’t. The party that had 51% would just ignore the other half. They might as well not be there.

Nope if the minority had a real case they would have the stones to do a real filibuster.

It’s not up to them. The call for the vote that could result in a filibuster lies in the hands of the Majority Leader.

And if the Majority Leader wanted the minority on record they would call for that vote.

All the rules do now is make it easy for one party to block the legislation of another party simply because they’re the other party.

And the merits or shortcomings of any legislation never get discussed. Ds think anything Rs propose is bad, and vice versa.

Which will prove that the whole thing was just political kabuki.

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@Supreme_War_Pig

@zantax

@Jezcoe

@zantax

Well that was brilliant. If Republicans ever want to get rid of the filibuster the Democrats just gave them cover and didn’t get anything out of doing so. Hilarious.

How so? It got voted down.

48 democrats voted to end it, going to be tough for them to complain now if Republicans get rid of it in the future.

It goes the other way too: all the R’s voted to keep it.

And? The democrats had largely voted to keep it in the past. The new thing is, they almost unanimously voted to ditch it now. If Republicans need it, they have a free pass now, same as supreme court filibuster removal. Your boys messed up. And got nothing in return.

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And R’s voting in the future to end the filibuster will now be on record voting to preserve it. Of course R’s and their enablers have proven themselves to be remarkably resistant to shame.

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So far only the Democrats who signed the letter supporting the filibuster in 2017 have anything to be ashamed of regarding hypocrisy and the filibuster.

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@Jezcoe

Zero Republicans voted for it.

Why would they vote yes in the future?

Yes. This could be one of several aces in the hole for the GOP. Dems have shown they are determined to remove the filibuster. One more reason never to allow them to get anywhere near 59 % of the Senate.

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@e7alr

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@e7alr

Denial is always the first stage…

It’s not denial it’s a hypothesis. The If should have given it away. Thanks to a 24 hour news cycle Americans have a very short attention span.

The family “paycheck to spending” cycle is an ongoing thing. Like the family children, the family budget is a nightly dinner table issue. The checking account balance, the credit card balance and the bills due in the current pay period are not driven by a news cycle.

Oh of course they are. Something about perception. Now who said something about perception being the most important factor.

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Your checking account balance is a reality, your pay is a reality, your expenses are a reality, the current cost of goods and services is a reality. There is a stability measure that compares economic expectations vs actual outcomes. Expectations are always higher than outcomes. It is the delta between them that drives societal action. there is a comfort level within any society. Close the delta and societal satisfaction increases. Actually increase expectations along with closing the delta and a new comfort level will be established with the associated amplification in societal satisfaction. But increase the delta and societal dissatisfaction will increase. Advocate for, or worse, actually lower societal expectations and societal dissatisfaction with be exponentially increased, possibly to the point of civil unrest.

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@e7alr

Your checking account balance is a reality, your pay is a reality, your expenses are a reality, the current cost of goods and services is a reality. There is a stability measure that compares economic expectations vs actual outcomes. Expectations are always higher than outcomes. It is the delta between them that drives societal action. there is a comfort level within any society. Close the delta and societal satisfaction increases. Actually increase expectations along with closing the delta and a new comfort level will be established with the associated amplification in societal satisfaction. But increase the delta and societal dissatisfaction will increase. Advocate for, or worse, actually lower societal expectations and societal dissatisfaction with be exponentially increased, possibly to the point of civil unrest.

My theory is based on the fact that people think that economy is in shambles with 3.9 percent unemployment rate, growing gdp etc. while people of course notice increase in prices especially if it’s a spike the psychological hit is temporary and the perception of it being continuously bad is being fed by punditry and campaigns. That’s why it’s the economy stupid is such a perfect slogan because the perception about the economy is so easy to affect.

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@e7alr

Your checking account balance is a reality, your pay is a reality, your expenses are a reality, the current cost of goods and services is a reality. There is a stability measure that compares economic expectations vs actual outcomes. Expectations are always higher than outcomes. It is the delta between them that drives societal action. there is a comfort level within any society. Close the delta and societal satisfaction increases. Actually increase expectations along with closing the delta and a new comfort level will be established with the associated amplification in societal satisfaction. But increase the delta and societal dissatisfaction will increase. Advocate for, or worse, actually lower societal expectations and societal dissatisfaction with be exponentially increased, possibly to the point of civil unrest.

My theory is based on the fact that people think that economy is in shambles with 3.9 percent unemployment rate, growing gdp etc. while people of course notice increase in prices especially if it’s a spike the psychological hit is temporary and the perception of it being continuously bad is being fed by punditry and campaigns. That’s why it’s the economy stupid is such a perfect slogan because the perception about the economy is so easy to affect.

People aren’t going to get used to the current median house price any time soon.

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@zantax

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@e7alr

Your checking account balance is a reality, your pay is a reality, your expenses are a reality, the current cost of goods and services is a reality. There is a stability measure that compares economic expectations vs actual outcomes. Expectations are always higher than outcomes. It is the delta between them that drives societal action. there is a comfort level within any society. Close the delta and societal satisfaction increases. Actually increase expectations along with closing the delta and a new comfort level will be established with the associated amplification in societal satisfaction. But increase the delta and societal dissatisfaction will increase. Advocate for, or worse, actually lower societal expectations and societal dissatisfaction with be exponentially increased, possibly to the point of civil unrest.

My theory is based on the fact that people think that economy is in shambles with 3.9 percent unemployment rate, growing gdp etc. while people of course notice increase in prices especially if it’s a spike the psychological hit is temporary and the perception of it being continuously bad is being fed by punditry and campaigns. That’s why it’s the economy stupid is such a perfect slogan because the perception about the economy is so easy to affect.

People aren’t going to get used to the current median house price any time soon.

Did they in 2006? Or are these new people?

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@zantax

@FreeAndClear

@e7alr

Your checking account balance is a reality, your pay is a reality, your expenses are a reality, the current cost of goods and services is a reality. There is a stability measure that compares economic expectations vs actual outcomes. Expectations are always higher than outcomes. It is the delta between them that drives societal action. there is a comfort level within any society. Close the delta and societal satisfaction increases. Actually increase expectations along with closing the delta and a new comfort level will be established with the associated amplification in societal satisfaction. But increase the delta and societal dissatisfaction will increase. Advocate for, or worse, actually lower societal expectations and societal dissatisfaction with be exponentially increased, possibly to the point of civil unrest.

My theory is based on the fact that people think that economy is in shambles with 3.9 percent unemployment rate, growing gdp etc. while people of course notice increase in prices especially if it’s a spike the psychological hit is temporary and the perception of it being continuously bad is being fed by punditry and campaigns. That’s why it’s the economy stupid is such a perfect slogan because the perception about the economy is so easy to affect.

People aren’t going to get used to the current median house price any time soon.

Did they in 2006? Or are these new people?

It’s always new people, people who don’t currently own one.

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@zantax

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@zantax

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@e7alr

Your checking account balance is a reality, your pay is a reality, your expenses are a reality, the current cost of goods and services is a reality. There is a stability measure that compares economic expectations vs actual outcomes. Expectations are always higher than outcomes. It is the delta between them that drives societal action. there is a comfort level within any society. Close the delta and societal satisfaction increases. Actually increase expectations along with closing the delta and a new comfort level will be established with the associated amplification in societal satisfaction. But increase the delta and societal dissatisfaction will increase. Advocate for, or worse, actually lower societal expectations and societal dissatisfaction with be exponentially increased, possibly to the point of civil unrest.

My theory is based on the fact that people think that economy is in shambles with 3.9 percent unemployment rate, growing gdp etc. while people of course notice increase in prices especially if it’s a spike the psychological hit is temporary and the perception of it being continuously bad is being fed by punditry and campaigns. That’s why it’s the economy stupid is such a perfect slogan because the perception about the economy is so easy to affect.

People aren’t going to get used to the current median house price any time soon.

Did they in 2006? Or are these new people?

It’s always new people, people who don’t currently own one.

But did the old people keep buying in 2006? Despite a record high media house price?

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@e7alr

Your checking account balance is a reality, your pay is a reality, your expenses are a reality, the current cost of goods and services is a reality. There is a stability measure that compares economic expectations vs actual outcomes. Expectations are always higher than outcomes. It is the delta between them that drives societal action. there is a comfort level within any society. Close the delta and societal satisfaction increases. Actually increase expectations along with closing the delta and a new comfort level will be established with the associated amplification in societal satisfaction. But increase the delta and societal dissatisfaction will increase. Advocate for, or worse, actually lower societal expectations and societal dissatisfaction with be exponentially increased, possibly to the point of civil unrest.

My theory is based on the fact that people think that economy is in shambles with 3.9 percent unemployment rate, growing gdp etc. while people of course notice increase in prices especially if it’s a spike the psychological hit is temporary and the perception of it being continuously bad is being fed by punditry and campaigns. That’s why it’s the economy stupid is such a perfect slogan because the perception about the economy is so easy to affect.

I am going to guess that you either didn’t take macro economics, of didn’t do well in the class. Unemployment rates decoupled from labor participation is a false metric. GDP growth by currency devaluation is also a false metric. And as rents are a lagging metric inflation is no where near finished.

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Labor participation again…. Just amazing every time a democrat in power. Otherwise Not a whiff of it.

Decoupled. Please don’t condescend and then launch into a talking point

More importantly you think that people look at labor participation rate. That’s why they think the economy is in shambles. Just wow

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Labor participation again…. Just amazing every time a democrat in power. Otherwise Not a whiff of it.

Decoupled. Please don’t condescend and then launch into a talking point

More importantly you think that people look at labor participation rate. That’s why they think the economy is in shambles. Just wow

The problem is inflation. Everyone hates inflation. Millions of people took a pay cut this year even if they got a raise. No amount of pointing to the stock market or UE numbers erases that.

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Agreed. That’s what started the conversation