US Election 2016

EWHendo · #1 03-14-2016

So as not to take other threads off topic, I'm starting this thread.

Its very nice that Bernie has joined us on the forums, as I am giving him my full support!

realdeals · #2 03-14-2016

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So as not to take other threads off topic, I'm starting this thread.

Its very nice that Bernie has joined us on the forums, as I am giving him my full support!

No politics

...like rsot said.

rsot · #3 03-14-2016

realdeals is right on

we aren't turning this forum into a political discussion.

Easter coming up - any fun recipes ppl want to put up?

EWHendo · #4 03-14-2016

Interesting. I thought this space was for "Off-Topic Conversation," and that "The Rules are Relaxed in here"

slokor · #5 03-14-2016

Relaxed being the operative word - not outright dismissed.
Nothing good can come out of political discussion here...

glacier922 · #6 03-14-2016

For stealther, I think John mcafee is the best choice.

yotano211 · #7 03-14-2016

I am doing a write in vote for Fidel Castro.

**ilcarletto** · #8 03-15-2016

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realdeals is right on

we aren't turning this forum into a political discussion.

Easter coming up - any fun recipes ppl want to put up?

Dedicated to GB. Hope she'll be back soon

**aspkin** · #9 03-15-2016

Well.. as long as Trump is a viable option.. I'll allow it.

Just for the entertainment value.

rsot · #10 03-15-2016

Bigboss is opening the flood gates...

yaBeh8ater · #11 03-15-2016

i read somewhere that trump should be president because he is exactly what the us has become. a joke.

rsot · #12 03-15-2016

If it ends up being him vs Clinton...I don't know if US is ready for female president yet...

yaBeh8ater · #13 03-15-2016

i didn't think we were ready for an african american president. got one anyways.

phaz0rz · #14 03-15-2016

Trump is a successful business man.
Sanders would make it impossible to run a business (any profits would be dispersed in a communist fashion).

I own 3 businesses and want them to be successful. I don't understand why any aspiring business person would vote for a communist. Bernie Sanders is anti-capitalism all the way.

Go Trump/Trump Steaks!

yankee · #15 03-15-2016

I hope this thread gets closed. Im the type of person who looses all respect for financially illiterate people.

**ilcarletto** · #16 03-15-2016

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Originally Posted by phaz0rz

Trump is a successful business man.
Sanders would make it impossible to run a business (any profits would be dispersed in a communist fashion).

I own 3 businesses and want them to be successful. I don't understand why any aspiring business person would vote for a communist. Bernie Sanders is anti-capitalism all the way.

Go Trump/Trump Steaks!

LOL!!!

We did the same mistake (and fall in the same trap) years ago and still regret it.
Learn from history, here below a "successful business man"

EWHendo · #17 03-15-2016

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Trump is a successful business man.

Is he though? I will admit that I am not totally versed in his financial history, but it seems to me that most of his 'success' come from being a reality TV personality and having a brand.

Simply Googling "Donald Trump Business Acumen" will bring up a host of articles detailing what appears to be his overwhelmingly mediocre businessman-ship.

Here is an excerpt that summarizes his business success:

Had Trump never gone into the business world and simply invested his share of his father's real estate company into a mutual fund of S&P 500 stocks in the 1970s, he'd be worth around the same amount that he is today. It's a reminder that the biggest reason he has so much wealth, as Vox's Dylan Matthews points out, is because he was born into it.

EWHendo · #18 03-15-2016

Also, can anyone show me any materials in which Sander's platform would "make it impossible to run a business (any profits would be dispersed in a communist fashion)"

My understanding is that his platform not total wealth re-distribution, but rather is based on ending this:

A new report by the Economic Policy Institute shows that CEO compensation at the largest corporations has ballooned by 937 percent since 1978, when adjusted for inflation. A typical worker’s compensation grew a measly 10.2 percent over the same period.

The average CEO compensation at the 350 publicly owned companies with the largest annual revenue in the U.S. last year was $15.2 million, according to the EPI, a left-leaning think tank. That’s a 21.7 percent rise since just 2010.

realdeals · #19 03-15-2016

Great thread.........if you have insomnia.

EWHendo · #20 03-15-2016

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Great thread.........if you have insomnia.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your thoughtful insight.

realdeals · #21 03-15-2016

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I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your thoughtful insight.

Your previous thoughtful insight was that everyone that votes or supports Trump is a racist, so you are in absolutely no position to comment to anyone.....EVER.

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I'm not a racist.

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No one... I just thought I would preempt any attempt to sway me toward voting for Trump. Voting for Trump is advocating racism, among other forms of discrimination.

Besides, my thoughtful insight is far better than someone copy and pasting words and terms they do not understand.

EWHendo · #22 03-15-2016

I did not say that anyone who supports Trump is a racist. What I said is that anyone who supports Trump is condoning racism. You don't have to share every trait with the person you vote for, but by voting for them you are condoning their views / actions.

There is a difference between being racist and voting for a racist leader. Personally, I cannot fathom condoning a leader who is blatantly racist.