Current Events > Andrew Yang is the jokiest of all the joke candidates.

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I thought that Sanders was the biggest joke candidate, but even he draws the line somewhere - UBI.

Even though Sanders is the most left-wing candidate available, he's against the radical left proposal of UBI because it is total nonsense.

It baffles me that people just don't get better jobs, so they popularize far-left radicals like Sanders or people with radical far-left ideas like Yang. Is it truly easier to hope far-left candidates will become POTUS and magically enact their insane ideas in a staunchly capitalist country?

For all the effort people go through for canvasing for people like Sanders, Yang, Warren, etc., they could have been applying for better jobs. True insanity. And what's worse is, they actually think policies like UBI and Universal Healthcare are actually good.

"Wreck the economy so I can have more money for 2 days before rampant inflation and the price of everything skyrocketing." - Democrats nowadays.

Sanders is worse imo. He wants to eliminate student debt. Lmfao. Libs literally think everything should be free and we shouldnt work hard for anything.
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ZenvoST1 posted...

It baffles me that people just don't get better jobs

wow you're a genius
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SomeLikeItHoth posted...

Sanders is worse imo. He wants to eliminate student debt. Lmfao. Libs literally think everything should be free and we shouldnt work hard for anything.

To be honest, eliminating student debt is a RADICAL idea but not as insane as literally giving people a ton of free money for no reason.

metallica846 posted...

I always get a lil confused by these topics.

Like, we spent TRILLIONS of dollars on these wars right? If we spent that money instead on Universal Healthcare wouldn't we be better off? The money is going to be spent anyways. Republicans don't give a shit about the debt so why not spend it on something good? Do people really love insurance companies this much to be so against everyone having insurance?

Why do people get so upset when we spend the money on helping our people instead of invading other countries? They just refuse to let Americans keep the money in country in favor of more tanks and jets. Baffling to me.

What do military expenses have to do with giving away free money to people who for some reason choose not to be able to get it themselves?

We have some pretty powerful rivals and America has been slowly losing it's sole superpower status because Democrats hold office and gut our military. If anything we need to spend FAR MORE on our military to maintain our global presence.

Bad health care and other social systems are only going to imperial our economy, and thus our national security.

Delirious_Beard posted...

ZenvoST1 posted...

It baffles me that people just don't get better jobs

wow you're a genius

I wouldn't say I'm a genius for it. It's a rather simple solution. It's just that for some reason, people would rather live in poverty and demand people like me fund their lifestyle with my hard-earned money.

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If you can afford it who cares if people get free stuff

Problem is affording it. Who has the best ideas for that part.
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Jobs are overrated. Just pick the right stocks and you'll never have to work.
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HydraSlayer82 posted...

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Looks like someone can't argue the point.

BilalPowell posted...

Jobs are overrated. Just pick the right stocks and you'll never have to work.

Rich people love to work even if they have stocks. That's the difference in mentality between the rich and the poor. The rich will work, love to work, and keep working, even if they can live without it.

But the poor can't really live without working, and then choose not to work, and then we get expensive wastes of money like social security, and then they want even more and more public debt when they realize existing programs still aren't enough to buy them lambos and the latest iPhones.

HydraSlayer82 posted...

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Andrew Yang also wore a MATH pin on his tieless suit. He's easily the most relatable of the candidates.
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BilalPowell posted...

Andrew Yang also wore a MATH pin on his tieless suit. He's easily the most relatable of the candidates.

It's interesting that leftists love Yang, though he keeps literally stealing from Trump's campaign tactics. It's like leftists love Trump for all the good he's done but just can't bring themselves to admit it.

metallica846 posted...

I always get a lil confused by these topics.

Like, we spent TRILLIONS of dollars on these wars right? If we spent that money instead on Universal Healthcare wouldn't we be better off? The money is going to be spent anyways. Republicans don't give a shit about the debt so why not spend it on something good? Do people really love insurance companies this much to be so against everyone having insurance?

Why do people get so upset when we spend the money on helping our people instead of invading other countries? They just refuse to let Americans keep the money in country in favor of more tanks and jets. Baffling to me.

The thing is, the military is only 20% of the budget, whereas entitlements is just about 50. If we can't make it work with half of all of our money I don't see what throwing another 5 or 10% on top would do.

There's also the fact that every time the US pulls out of a region people tend to start murdering each other, so it's a question of what or how much responsibility we have to police these areas.
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Leftists hate Yang actually, if this board is anything to go by.
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ZenvoST1 posted...

BilalPowell posted...

Andrew Yang also wore a MATH pin on his tieless suit. He's easily the most relatable of the candidates.

It's interesting that leftists love Yang, though he keeps literally stealing from Trump's campaign tactics. It's like leftists love Trump for all the good he's done but just can't bring themselves to admit it.

Only a small portion. He's in 5th place or something. More leftists are still all aboard the socialism train than the Yang train.
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s0nicfan posted...

metallica846 posted...

I always get a lil confused by these topics.

Like, we spent TRILLIONS of dollars on these wars right? If we spent that money instead on Universal Healthcare wouldn't we be better off? The money is going to be spent anyways. Republicans don't give a shit about the debt so why not spend it on something good? Do people really love insurance companies this much to be so against everyone having insurance?

Why do people get so upset when we spend the money on helping our people instead of invading other countries? They just refuse to let Americans keep the money in country in favor of more tanks and jets. Baffling to me.

The thing is, the military is only 20% of the budget, whereas entitlements is just about 50. If we can't make it work with half of all of our money I don't see what throwing another 5 or 10% on top would do.

There's also the fact that every time the US pulls out of a region people tend to start murdering each other, so it's a question of what or how much responsibility we have to police these areas.

Great post. I hate to have to say the US has to 'police' anything, but we really need to. As soon as we pull out anywhere, Russia, China, Iran, or whoever else, will jump in to cause chaos.

Our government should be doing what it can do best - military and foreign relations / interventions. All this talk of "we need free stuff" is just distracting us from what we need to be doing to secure America long-term.

ZenvoST1 posted...

It's interesting that leftists love Yang, though he keeps literally stealing from Trump's campaign tactics. It's like leftists love Trump for all the good he's done but just can't bring themselves to admit it.

Tactics and goals are very different things; his approach to campaigning doesn't necessarily have to be used for the dumb, shitty purposes Trump is after.
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ZenvoST1 posted...

Our government should be doing what it can do best - military and foreign relations / interventions.

We are dogshit at that.
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Antifar posted...

ZenvoST1 posted...

It's interesting that leftists love Yang, though he keeps literally stealing from Trump's campaign tactics. It's like leftists love Trump for all the good he's done but just can't bring themselves to admit it.

Tactics and goals are very different things; his approach to campaigning doesn't necessarily have to be used for the dumb, shitty purposes Trump is after.

There's no "dumb, shitty purposes Trump is after". All the guy wants to do is restore America to it's former glory, and liberals are constantly making up hoaxes against him.

Did liberals say anything about Clinton's emails? No. But then they allege Ivanka and Trump mishandled classified information.

Oh and what about when Trump found out Biden was doing corruption with the Ukraine? Time for a hoax about Trump and the Ukraine.

The Democrats just make things up about Trump to cover their corruption. And yet Trump is still standing strong and will win in 2020.

Antifar posted...

ZenvoST1 posted...

Our government should be doing what it can do best - military and foreign relations / interventions.

We are dogshit at that.

Only because Democrats like Obama keep getting into office and screwing up military campaigns. You can thank Obama for ISIS. Also how did Libya go for the liberals?

ZenvoST1 posted...

Only because Democrats like Obama keep getting into office and screwing up military campaigns. You can thank Obama for ISIS. Also how did Libya go for the liberals?

When I said we, I meant we. The US government is dogshit at military interventions.
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Think of 1k a month as a 1k/month tax cut. Don't republicans love tax cuts?
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It's not really a tax cut if you're just paying for it with taxes.
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BilalPowell posted...

It's not really a tax cut if you're just paying for it with taxes.

It depends on how many people will gain more money per month than they spend on extra taxes.
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The Right: "We will cut corporate tax rates to give you more money if you vote for me."
The Left: "We will give you money from public funds if you vote for me."

One seems more sustainable.
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I could tell you where you jumped the shark but it doesn't really matter. You're here to get a rise.

What should actually scare you though is that there are people with your ideas who have power and it's going to destroy the republican party which is rapidly losing credibility. If things keep going this way, we are going to see a massive push towards people like Yang (left libertarian) and Sanders.

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HydraSlayer82 posted...

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so whose alt was TC again
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for all my skepticism of ubi, the fact that the figure he's proposing is similar to the amount printed annually by the fed piques my interest

like, what if he's going to make the fed irrelevant and possibly bring an end to the top-down system we've had in place since 1913

might be cool
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Imagine voting for Trump in 2020.
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