stargazersmith

rbreich , 4 days ago to Random

My Take on the Debate | Robert Reich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FievfSDoLYk&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

stargazersmith , 4 days ago

@rbreich
I believe that the circus the media debates now present combined with the total non-compliant and dishonest character of Trump totally nullifies the point of having national debates at all.

The idea is to help the public know about the candidates. A program that covers the contestants' records before a panel perhaps would be a better device. Their records tell you who they are, but much of the public is unaware of their records.

rbreich , 14 days ago to Random

Why are we talking about whether paying fast food workers a better wage will drive up the cost of a Big Mac instead of asking how much McDonald's CEO's $19.2 million salary is driving up the cost? Hello?

stargazersmith , 13 days ago

@rbreich
I think this "cut to the chase" method of exposing misdirected arguments should be known as:

"Reich's razor" , because Robert Reich is so adept at it.

rbreich , 21 days ago to Random

Who’s the real elite in America? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/whos-the-real-elite-in-america?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

stargazersmith , 21 days ago

@rbreich
Great article, but you left out engineers.

Just kidding.

rbreich , 24 days ago to Random

Settle a bet for me. Which of these terrible things Trump did is worst?

stargazersmith , 24 days ago

@rbreich
I guess from having worked years in and for the military, I think easily the theft and at best casual handling of Top Secret material is the worst.

rbreich , 26 days ago to Random

Rich donors are paying as much as $300,000 per person to attend a Trump fundraiser in San Francisco today. What do they expect in return for their money?

stargazersmith , 25 days ago

@rbreich
Explain me this.

Why would anyone anticipate making a deal with a person having ran a fraudulent foundation, being found a fraud by NY, and convicted of fraud relating to his first presidential run?

rbreich , 27 days ago to Random

Trump had been involved in 4,000+ lawsuits before he ever rode down that escalator in 2015. He's not in legal trouble because he's running for president. He's running for president to escape his legal trouble.

stargazersmith , 27 days ago

@rbreich
I'm surprised he hasn't left the country.

rbreich , 1 month ago to Random

Trump asked Big Oil to give him $1 billion for his campaign last month.

He promised lower taxes and to gut environmental regulations in return.

Big Oil CEOs already appear to be taking him up on the offer, inviting Trump to a fundraiser in Houston yesterday.

Be warned.

stargazersmith , 1 month ago

@rbreich
Does it not amaze you that billionaires, perceived as exceedingly perceptive businessmen, are gullible enough to make a deal, any kind of deal, with a man with Trump's fraudulent business past?

rbreich , 1 month ago to Random

Every day the Supreme Court fails to make a decision in Trump’s immunity case is effectively a decision in his favor.

They're acting like an arm of Trump's campaign by letting him run out the clock on his prosecution.

stargazersmith , 1 month ago

@rbreich
It's a precarious gamble. If Trump losses, which odds on he will, he is severely sunk. And likely the walls will come tumbling down around a couple Justices as well.

If/when a former president is convicted of a felony, convicting Justices won't seem a big deal.

rbreich , 1 month ago to Random

Each of Trump's 34 criminal counts of false business filings in the New York case carries a penalty of up to four years in prison.

If Trump is convicted, what should the sentence be?

stargazersmith , 1 month ago

@rbreich
As much as the law allows.

rbreich , 1 month ago to Random

Reminder that Trump is floating cuts to Social Security and Medicare — supposedly to address the debt — yet supports extending his tax cuts for the rich, adding $4.6 trillion to the deficit.

This isn't about the debt.

It’s about doing the bidding of his wealthy donors.

stargazersmith , 1 month ago

@rbreich
So we have a habitual lier with multiple bankruptcies in his business background, multiple lawyers and workers who complain he never paid them, and

??? Anyone trusts TFG enough to make a deal with him? Isn't that much like having a pet rattlesnake?

georgetakei , 1 month ago to Random

Welp, did not have that on my 2024 bingo card. https://www.comicsands.com/rfk-jr-dead-worm-brain-2668201876.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

stargazersmith , 1 month ago

@georgetakei
I should get a few points, I was guessing brain tumor.

rbreich , 1 month ago to Random

Call me crazy, but maybe presidents who get themselves indicted shouldn't have their criminal trials presided over by judges they themselves appointed.

stargazersmith , 1 month ago

@rbreich
It seems like all of the words I've read and examples I've been given about conflict of interest, often imposed harshly to civil service employees and banking employees, don't matter a hoot to the the upper level government employees -- where I'd think they would most apply.

The behavior of our esteemed judges are showing either how hollow our "society of laws" or how hollow they are. Our image in the world is severely tarnished.

rbreich , 1 month ago to Random

You know something has gone terribly wrong when 94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies while the average Wall Street employee gets a bonus of $176,500. Hello?

stargazersmith , 1 month ago

@rbreich
So we have a choice. The best educational and medical systems in the world, or we can have billionaires.

That seems like an easy choice, how are we getting it wrong?

georgetakei , 2 months ago to Random

Now this is genius.

stargazersmith , 2 months ago

@georgetakei
Like my 4 year old granddaughter labeled her small trampoline a jumpoline.

georgetakei , 2 months ago to Random

Each time he opens his mouth is more embarrassing than the last. https://www.comicsands.com/aaron-rogers-conspiracy-fauci-hiv-2667813825.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

stargazersmith , 2 months ago

@georgetakei
In Rogers' defense, as QB he has been hit in the head a number of times.