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Marionumber1
Posted on 04-17-17 04:27 AM, in Shit's going down in USA (and everywhere else too) Link | #82569
I'm not incredibly upset about Trump not releasing his tax returns, but transparency is always a good thing. Most liberals are probably expecting to find lurid financial ties to Russia that will lead to his impeachment, which I think is ridiculous. What's more likely is that they'll show he's a poster-boy for tax evasion by the wealthy.

And it seems that war is the best way to unite the American people behind you. It worked for George W. Bush, when 9/11 and the "war on terror" sent his popularity soaring and made everyone forget the stolen 2000 election.

Marionumber1
Posted on 05-04-17 08:56 PM, in Shit's going down in USA (and everywhere else too) Link | #82855
Posted by LeftyGreenMario
Le Penn isn't even a good choice.

It's Hillary vs. Trump all over again. It's just that one induces more vomiting than the other.


These kinds of elections don't make it clear-cut who's worse. In general, neoliberals (like Hillary or Macron) are more insidiously awful than alt-righters/fascists, and are pushing a more dangerous foreign policy. The fact that they get to be called "centrists" is proof of how well their agenda gets disguised as the "reasonable", "moderate" one.

Marionumber1
Posted on 05-06-17 05:17 PM, in Shit's going down in USA (and everywhere else too) Link | #82872
Posted by StarTrekVoyager
I strongly believe that Roosevelt-like methods to make the economy restart after 1929 crisis are not possible today, especially in France, which is nowhere as 'rich' (notice the quotation marks) as Switzerland, Luxemburg or even Germany. What I mean is that we have a lot of debt, and that demand policy is too expensive. See when every single mayor complained that Hollande cut out budget to small cities etc. and increased taxes? There's a reason, which is basically that French State doesn't have money. And I perfectly understand the "more wages equals more consumption equals more profit for companies equals more jobs"philosophy defended by Mélenchon & co, but it isn't viable.
Macron's idea is basically offer policy. By removing stupid rules & taxes that throttles bosses of small companies and even greater ones, they'll be able to hire more easily, etc. Another key thing is social dialogue. By removing the forced equality which means construction workers obey the exact same rules as, say, game devs, Macron wants to allow negotiation between employees and bosses to decide of special rules within the company.

Finally, what bothers me in both far right and far left is the "Infinite money" meme.


I don't agree with that. Demand is what drives supply, not the other way around. Businesses are incentivized to produce and hire because people are there to buy their products and services. And the middle class is the biggest contributor to the consumer economy. As such, government economic policy should be focused on raising the financial stature of the lower classes, since it creates consumption that stimulates the rest of the economy.

Supply-side policy (cutting taxes and regulations) is a misguided (if not malicious) inversion of this. Cutting taxes and deregulating businesses is fundamentally just a handout, one that primarily targets the wealthy and corporations. It doesn't automatically incentivize job creation. If the lower and middle classes (the main consumer market) isn't any better off, there isn't going to be much (if any) motivation to produce more, hire more workers, and start businesses.

In reality, the idea of helping the "job creators" so that they'll help everyone else is used by policymakers as an excuse to funnel money into the pockets of the economic elite. They want tax and regulatory breaks, and don't want to give back to the rest of society. Here in America, we've had this kind of supply-side policy for decades. Wages have stagnated, labor rights are destroyed, and bank failures are common thanks to deregulation allowing the financial industry to consolidate and engage in risky speculation.

As for concerns about paying for these programs, keep in mind that FDR's financial policies were enacted in the midst of the Great Depression, the lowest point in the US's economy. They did initially lead to deficits, but they ultimately got the economy revitalized. In fact, when FDR briefly switched to austerity policy in 1937-1938 at the behest of his cabinet, some of the earlier economic gains were lost and the economy went back into recession. Demand-side policy is good for the economy.

I ultimately agree with StapleButter about how capitalism is inherently flawed. My preference for demand-side policy and robust regulation is really about putting a bandage over the significant problems capitalism creates, such as major inequities and environmental degradation. But while we live in a capitalist system, it's best to focus on helping the lower and middle classes, who are the real job creators in a capitalist economy.

Marionumber1
Posted on 05-21-17 07:52 PM, in Shit's going down in USA (and everywhere else too) Link | #83254
The Russia narrative is absolute garbage. Business deals with them are most likely corruption, but they're not treasonous, and the fact that only Trump is being targeted in this manner when both parties engage in corrupt dealings with domestic and foreign oligarchs proves that this is just politically-motivated. Meanwhile, absolutely no evidence exists for Russia "hacking the election", and the supposed evidence that has been trotted out makes it seem less likely to be Russia. Not only would Pence be worse than Trump (a religious extremist who can actually get stuff done), there are unlikely to be any legitimate grounds to impeach Trump.

Marionumber1
Posted on 05-22-17 05:52 PM, in Shit's going down in USA (and everywhere else too) Link | #83290
Posted by StarTrekVoyager
Actually our Russian friends tried to influence French campaign by pirating Macron's campaign emails and joining blatant fakes to the mix. Well, it didn't work but still.


How do you know that Russia was the one who hacked Macron's emails? The fact that there was Cyrillic metadata left behind, as if Russia is the only one who could do that?

Marionumber1
Posted on 05-25-17 01:10 AM, in Shit's going down in USA (and everywhere else too) Link | #83333
New article of mine about rigged US elections, and the criminals running the voting machine companies: http://marionumber1.blogspot.com/2017/05/electronic-voting-and-deep-state.html

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Marionumber1
Posted on 06-13-17 12:50 AM, in The SmithJrBlaquaLuigi Saga, ep III -- The Asploding Parcel Link | #83721
You should consider reporting that threat to US law enforcement, even though it probably wasn't credible. Show him that he can't just say whatever he wants without consequences.

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