Discussion » Questions » Current Events and News » Is this what you are voting for?

Is this what you are voting for?

Graph from Yahoo Finance (not the title)

https://www.instagram.com/yahoofinance/p/DAs-L-NN-mf/



Posted - November 2

Responses


  • 16777
    Similar shaped graphs (combined with hyperinflation) saw Hitler elected in Germany in 1933. How did that turn out?

    Too short a yardstick, BTW. Take it from 2009. Obama, after navigating America's way out of Bush2's GFC, saw more jobs created in his last two years than Trump in his first three, BEFORE COVID. And that hit a lot harder than it would have had Trump taken it seriously early enough. More peacetime deaths than any other POTUS in history.
      November 3, 2024 12:00 AM MDT
    2

  • 34270
    The timeliness are from after the covid re-openings.  It is where it should be.  Take it up with Yahoo. 

    There were more covid deaths under Kamala than Trump. 
      November 3, 2024 4:36 AM MST
    0

  • 3707
    Let me say this so the people in the back can hear - KAMALA HARRIS HAS NOT BEEN PRESIDENT.  Stop blaming her for everything.
      November 3, 2024 8:33 AM MST
    1

  • 34270
    Kamala is in office now as VP.  BIDEN has said he deferred all policies both foreign and domestic to HER. And she has said very clearly, "there is nothing that comes to mind that she would do differently."   Kamala was also the deciding vote on bills that have effected the economy.
    So Kamala owns this economy and foreign policy of this Biden/Harris Administration. This post was edited by my2cents at November 3, 2024 8:51 AM MST
      November 3, 2024 8:50 AM MST
    0

  • 3707
    If you say so.
      November 3, 2024 11:38 AM MST
    0

  • 34270
    Are any of the things I listed incorrect? And if so which one. 
      November 3, 2024 12:37 PM MST
    0

  • 10637
    You're wasting your breath.  "MAGAists" are so convinced that trump is their savior that they are deaf to anything but the lies he spews forth.  One cannot reason with them.
      November 3, 2024 9:53 AM MST
    1

  • 34270
    Is Kamala the current sitting VP?
    Did Biden say he deferred policy both foreign and domestic to Kamala? 
    Did Kamala say the was not any thing she would change?
    Did Kamala cast the deciding vote on inflation act? 

    Answer to all of those questions is YES. This post was edited by my2cents at November 3, 2024 10:23 AM MST
      November 3, 2024 10:13 AM MST
    0

  • 3707
    It was the Inflation REDUCTION Act and it reduced inflation.  Would you rather it be in the vicinity of 9%.  Do you even realize what you write?

    From Biden's letter:

    " ... I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term."


    From Biden's statement:

    "I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term."

    "I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party
    this year."

    https://www.npr.org/2024/07/21/g-s1-12544/biden-letter-withdraw-harris-endorsement

    If Biden said he was turning over the duties of his office to Harris, perhaps you could see fit to post the link.  If you can't find a link - maybe you're imagining that's what he said.  

    When asked what she would have done differently, she said nothing came to mind.  Perhaps she was being tactful in not criticizing Biden on national television.
      November 3, 2024 3:50 PM MST
    0

  • 34270
    Yes, they called it the Inflation Reduction Act. 

    It was in fact a environmental bill....a partial Green New Deal under the guise of Inflation Reduction. 
    I did NOT say Biden was turning over his powers to Kamala. 
    Here is Biden's quote when asked what advice he gave the vice president to defeat former President Trump in November.
    "Be herself. Look, she is smart as hell. Number one, she’s tough. She was a first-rate prosecutor…and as vice president, there wasn’t a single thing that I did that she couldn’t do. And so I was able to delegate [to] her responsibility on everything from foreign policy to domestic policy," Biden said.
    And now couple that with Kamala's "There is nothing that comes to mind" that she would do differently.  

    And the fact that when asked what will be the difference between her and Biden's administration...."I am not Biden."   A non answer.  
    She owns this economy and the foreign policy.  
      November 3, 2024 4:27 PM MST
    0

  • 3707
    Your words:  "BIDEN has said he deferred all policies both foreign and domestic to HER."

    Being able to delegate tasks to her and her actually having her make all decisions are two different things, but I guess that's too nuanced.
      November 3, 2024 5:56 PM MST
    0

  • 34270
    Kamala herself said she had a voice in most of the decisions.

    Both Kamala and Biden have said she had a say in everything....every decision.  KAMALA was "the last person in the room." 

    She will be leaving the room on Jan 25 2025. Will not matter then is she is first or last only that she and Biden get out. This post was edited by my2cents at November 4, 2024 6:03 AM MST
      November 3, 2024 6:35 PM MST
    0

  • 3707
    True, which makes me think I'm a masochist.
      November 3, 2024 11:35 AM MST
    1

  • 3707
    I know.  It's called masochism.
      November 3, 2024 3:36 PM MST
    0

  • 10637
    Whenever I see or hear that word, the song Masochism Tango quickly comes to mind.
      November 3, 2024 4:03 PM MST
    1

  • 16777
    The most amazing thing about Dr Lehrer is that his schtick remains insanely relevant, sixty years later.
      November 4, 2024 5:22 AM MST
    1