(07-31-2024, 11:29 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote:

(07-31-2024, 11:13 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: But those people will remember the Trump economy when that proverbial curtain closes behind them in the voting booth. Reasonable people vote with their wallets.

I may have heard it correctly on the background TV but there's $1.7 billion in student debt forgiveness so a bunch of people are experiencing less debt as a result.

Also, not everyone votes with their pocketbooks.  Many people favor pro-choice, climate, and other topics over money.  That said, anyone who is smart enough (or even lucky enough) can capitalize on either types of governing rule.  If one let's the President dictate their financial success, they are not meant to be wealthy in the first place ....

Can of worms here. Not everybody wants to live wealthy. Wealth can be measured in a variety of ways. Some of us maybe just want to live comfortably and maybe not paycheck-to-paycheck. Maybe some of us would like to save, say, $800 per month instead of $400 or $500 per month, because, they simply have things come up in life that require money. Car breaks down, a sick parent, sick child, or spouse. 

[BLEEP] happens. However, your pocketbook's overall health can give you the means that you need to be less pro-choice as an individual, since, you know? Maybe you can afford a pack of jimmy's or your baby mama can afford birth control. Maybe the climate situation changes little by little, because, you know? Maybe my nice Honda gas powered lawnmower just went to [BLEEP] and I need that extra $200 to buy the shiny new EGO all battery powered one, doing my part there for climate change, no? 

For me. It's always going to be about the following when I select a President:

1. My income and my future saving's. America worships the Dollar. Let's not [BLEEP] ourselves. Career politicians, lobbyism and corruption are all self evident here to begin with. When my income is healthy? So is my life in general. So is the economy, people have some spending money, it's good for everybody. 

2. Global tensions. I hate the fact that our country imposed itself into this World Policeman role. Personally? Let the animals wipe themselves out. Stop giving away our tax dollars to bottomless pits riddled with ideologies that only seem to have a cyclical system of abuse and self assured destruction. 

3. Freedom. Maintain our original rights and do not trespass upon standard laws. I don't care if you identify as a unicorn with a 12 inch pecker but somehow can claim you're a woman once a week every Saturday when it's convenient for you. I just want my guns. You can also abort your kid. Provided you can make a decision within three months. Full term abortion is just wrong. [BLEEP] or get off the pot quickly in that regard.

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