2016 POTUS Election Thread

[BipolarFuk]

 

[jsmith6919]

"I saw it on the internet it must be true!!"

Pie chart of 'federal spending' circulating on the Internet is misleading
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/17/facebook-posts/pie-chart-federal-spending-circulating-internet-mi/

 

[L.T. Fan]

I know of no Republican who blames the deficit on food stamps.

 

[NoDak]

I see the memetard has been putting in some overtime.

 

[Jiggyfly]

I know of no Republican who blames the deficit on food stamps.

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/07/reforming-the-food-stamp-program

Abstract: The food stamp program is due for reauthorization as part of a new farm bill. It is the second most expensive means-tested aid program, increasing from $19.8 billon in 2000 to $84.6 billion in 2011, and President Barack Obama has proposed a budget to keep food stamp spending at sharply elevated levels for the next decade. The national debt has topped $16 trillion and will continue to grow rapidly for the foreseeable future. To preserve the economy, government spending, including welfare spending, must be put on a more prudent course. Congress and the Administration should transform food stamps into a program that encourages work and self-sufficiency, close eligibility loopholes, and, after the recession ends, reduce food stamp spending to pre-recession levels.

 

[L.T. Fan]

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/07/reforming-the-food-stamp-program

Thanks for the article and even though it mentions food stamps and other expenditures, it doesn't say it is the cause for the deficit. Bipo's post stated it was the cause for the deficit.. It is just one of several things that were mentioned. It doesn't even mention Republicians.

 

[2233boys]

Oh don't get me wrong, I don't want a government, big corporation president in office.

Bill and Hilary really aren't either same. Bill was pretty dang moderate.

Hillary is as well. She plays a progressive when the polling is right.

 

[BipolarFuk]

 

[L.T. Fan]

Bitchy pundit looks like a credible source.

 

[Clay_Allison]

At this point I watch this speech and I wish that there was any candidate worthy of it.

 

[VA Cowboy]

Even the democrats ' outsider' candidate has a long political resume. Meanwhile the republicans are divided among a collection of villains from Captain Planet, who have zero political experience.

Hillary's entire political experience involves being married to Bill, moving to liberal NY and winning a Senate seat based on her husband's name and then being handed a Sec of State position by Obama where she failed miserably. Now she's expectation to be handed the Dem nomination and the Presidency based again on her husbands last name.

 

[skidadl]

Hillary's entire political experience involves being married to Bill, moving to liberal NY and winning a Senate seat based on her husband's name and then being handed a Sec of State position by Obama where she failed miserably. Now she's expectation to be handed the Dem nomination and the Presidency based again on her husbands last name.

Yes. Exactly.

 

[townsend]

Hillary's entire political experience involves being married to Bill, moving to liberal NY and winning a Senate seat based on her husband's name and then being handed a Sec of State position by Obama where she failed miserably. Now she's expectation to be handed the Dem nomination and the Presidency based again on her husbands last name.

That's a decent point, but it doesn't differ all that much from almost every other presidential candidate. Who you are related to matters a lot in politics. There's a reason why nearly all the presidents are blood relatives.

 

[NoDak]

There's a reason why nearly all the presidents are blood relatives.

Huh?

 

[Clay_Allison]

Huh?

I think he might mean 'to at least one other president'. but I have no idea what the numbers are.

 

[townsend]

https://www.quora.com/Are-all-the-U-S-Presidents-related-to-each-other

 

[BipolarFuk]

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Wow, a post of yours I actually agree with.

 

[L.T. Fan]

What are we talking about here? Employment or world police?

 

[Genghis Khan]

That's pretty much bullshit. The "rest of the world" absolutely wants us involved, just on their terms. "Act in OUR best interest, not yours!" Fuck that. No one else is expected to do so.

Also, there isn't one collective "rest of the world" so the entire argument is flawed regardless.