Current Events > Pete Buttigieg really is the worst kind of weasel imho

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Balrog0
12/13/19 3:56:29 PM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/us/politics/buttigieg-sanders-warren-free-tuition.html

Im all for gathering tax revenue from millionaires and billionaires, Mr. Buttigieg told reporters in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday. Im skeptical of spending it on millionaires and billionaires.

however he also signed this letter as a mayor, opposing the cap on the state and local tax deduction that was included in the tax cuts and jobs act:
https://www.usmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Mayors-Letter-on-Tax-Reform-092517-FINAL.pdf

here is how repealing the SALT cap would look in terms of which incomes benefit


basically I see a man with no convictions but a real desire to be in charge for whatever reason

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Antifar
12/13/19 3:58:28 PM
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The thing about millionaires and billionaires is that there really aren't a lot of them. He's smart enough to know this, just as he's smart enough to know that they aren't necessarily sending their kids to public schools even if they are made tuition-free.
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Smashingpmkns
12/13/19 3:59:29 PM
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All those billionaires sending their kids to community college should be ecstatic about free tuition
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Krojen
12/15/19 4:16:16 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
basically I see a man with no convictions but a real desire to be in charge for whatever reason
This is a good example, but you could throw blind darts all day at his career timeline and policy framing while landing on this conclusion. The worst weasel for sure.

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Sackgurl
12/15/19 4:37:24 PM
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right but those are the millionaires (and, more commonly outside the 1% subset, near-millionaires) in blue states who donate to dems consistently

democrats defending their own funding stream is certainly not any more surprising than the no-compromises approach the GOP took to the corporate tax cut

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darkprince45
12/15/19 4:49:56 PM
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Whats up with Ces anti pete rhetoric lately

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Extreme_light
12/15/19 4:50:41 PM
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He really shown his colors when he so easily switched his stances and positions without ever really giving a lot of specific details on a lot of plans.

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ScazarMeltex
12/15/19 4:52:27 PM
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darkprince45 posted...
Whats up with Ces anti pete rhetoric lately
He's a man of zero principles who is also essentially a republican on economic issues while trying to run for the dem nomination. IE he fucking deseves it.

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metralo
12/15/19 4:55:59 PM
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darkprince45 posted...
Whats up with Ces anti pete rhetoric lately
He's a piece of shit? Its incredibly easy to see through him. Its even more obvious when the media is suddenly pushing the living fuck out of him. He's just another typical neocon like Obama or Biden are. Someone who will assuredly lose to Trump.

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CruelBuffalo
12/15/19 4:59:59 PM
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metralo posted...
He's a piece of shit? Its incredibly easy to see through him. Its even more obvious when the media is suddenly pushing the living fuck out of him. He's just another typical neocon like Obama or Biden are. Someone who will assuredly lose to Trump.

words have meaning. Obama nor Biden are neocons

and yeah not allowing us to deduct SALT hurt Californians and New Yorkers super hard....not sure why you are arguing in favor of it...

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metralo
12/15/19 5:02:34 PM
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the absolutely are lmao

i understand CE thinks that obama is hyper left wing for whatever reason but he's a conservative 100%

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TheHoldSteady
12/15/19 5:02:44 PM
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Buttgieg has no chance tbf

Impossible for a Dem to win without rallying black voters, and he has no credibility with them

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CruelBuffalo
12/15/19 5:05:00 PM
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metralo posted...
the absolutely are lmao

i understand CE thinks that obama is hyper left wing for whatever reason but he's a conservative 100%


no one but conservative trolls think Obama is hyper left wing, but he is 100% not a conservative. Words have meanings.
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TheHoldSteady
12/15/19 5:07:05 PM
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CruelBuffalo posted...
no one but conservative trolls think Obama is hyper left wing, but he is 100% not a conservative. Words have meanings.

Are you trolling? I don't see how anyone could look at Obama's viewpoints and think he's anything but a moderate

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CruelBuffalo
12/15/19 5:07:56 PM
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TheHoldSteady posted...
Are you trolling? I don't see how anyone could look at Obama's viewpoints and think he's anything but a moderate

moderate =/= conservative =/= neo-con

lol like I said, words have meanings yall
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TheHoldSteady
12/15/19 5:09:04 PM
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CruelBuffalo posted...
moderate =/= conservative =/= neo-con

lol like I said, words have meanings yall

I saw that you edited a "not" into your post. Whatever

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CruelBuffalo
12/15/19 5:10:12 PM
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TheHoldSteady posted...
I saw that you edited a "not" into your post. Whatever

correct, I made a mistake when typing it.

obama a moderate, I can handle a discussion.

conservative & neo-con? Ludicrous.
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Extreme_light
12/15/19 5:14:49 PM
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TheHoldSteady posted...
Are you trolling? I don't see how anyone could look at Obama's viewpoints and think he's anything but a moderate
Moderate and conservative are not the same thing...

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ScazarMeltex
12/15/19 5:53:59 PM
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Extreme_light posted...
Moderate and conservative are not the same thing...
Obama certainly wasn't left of center.

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ThyCorndog
12/15/19 5:54:47 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
basically I see a man with no convictions but a real desire to be in charge for whatever reason
That is the essence of buttigieg, yeah

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Omnislasher
12/15/19 8:18:28 PM
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Wewillrocku
12/15/19 8:20:15 PM
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CruelBuffalo posted...
no one but conservative trolls think Obama is hyper left wing, but he is 100% not a conservative. Words have meanings.
you should write for wikipedia (unless you already do) since you have all the answers.

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Balrog0
12/16/19 7:32:02 AM
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CruelBuffalo posted...
words have meaning. Obama nor Biden are neocons

and yeah not allowing us to deduct SALT hurt Californians and New Yorkers super hard....not sure why you are arguing in favor of it...

Because the premise he's using to argue against many other policies like M4A and free college, which would do more to help poor people -- that they also help rich people -- applies much more strongly in this case

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