Voter suppression is UnAmerican and can not be tolerated. Majority Vets get their meds shipped via USPS -60,000/day
Philadelphia Inquirer 8/14/2020
Trump’s assault on Postal Service and voting is a plot against American democracy | Editorial
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On Thursday morning, after months of attacks on the United States Postal Service and vote-by-mail, President Donald Trump admitted that the two efforts are connected as a part of one voter disenfranchisement effort. In a Fox Business Network interview, Trump said that the sticking point for him in the negotiations over a new coronavirus economic relief package is Post Office funding: “If we don’t make a deal, that means they don’t get the money. That means they can’t have universal mail-in voting. They just can’t have it.”
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Post office workers protest after mail sorting machines were removed
Expect a delay in your mail. Postal workers in Charlotte said seven sorting machines were removed from a post office in Charlotte. Protests were amped up against changes underway ahead of the fall election...
OPINION: Trump's Post Office attack damages democracy
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night" has stopped postal workers from delivering the mail for 245 years, but now that agency is facing the greatest obstacle to its mission: President Donald Trump.
He's using the levers of the U.S. government, specifically the U.S. Postal Service, to help win reelection. Trump has spewed nonsense for months that voting by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic would lead to fraud. Experts disagree.
In May, Trump installed Louis DeJoy as our new postmaster general. DeJoy is a Trump mega-donor and former fundraiser for the 2020 Republican National Convention. DeJoy has no experience with the USPS except maybe eyeing it and hoping it will fail since he and his wife claim up to $75 million in assets from USPS competitors.
DeJoy has admitted to implementing sweeping changes that can slow mail delivery during the pandemic. That mail includes Social Security checks and prescriptions. The Veterans Administration fills 80 percent of its prescriptions by mail.
Those changes included banning overtime, leaving mail behind in distribution centers and replacing dozens of top executives.
In several states, mailboxes were being removed from streets until Montana's Republican and Democratic senators protested. Now, the USPS says it will stop removing them until after the election...
... Trump defended DeJoy's actions, calling him an "efficient operator." It's hard to see how DeJoy's removing sorting machines that can process 35,000 pieces of mail per hour could be considered "efficient."
Responding to the pandemic, the House in May passed the Heroes Act that funded state and local governments, testing, essential workers, unemployment benefits and an eviction moratorium. It also contained $25 billion for the USPS.
Trump admitted he was intentionally blocking federal funding to the Post Office to discourage the use of mail-in ballots in November's election, and it seems his plan may be working...
Trump has called the Post Office a joke, but a Pew Research Center survey found 91 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the Post Office.
Americans are also fond of free and fair elections, but Trump is undermining both...
Insinuating that minorities don’t have the capacity to obtain a voter ID or make it to the polls is an incredibly racist statement against them and you should be ashamed of yourself. I really hope you don’t base your patient care around the patients race as well. You also need to stop perpetuating the myth of “marginalized” populations as policies which oppress certain races have not been in existence in almost 60 years. That is unless you are talking about the marginalization or the top income earners in America who face tremendous tax inequality which Trunp has helped try to combat through his tax cuts.
Monster of a President? Get a life. Where were you when Bush was attacking Iraq or when Obama was praising the life of a terrorist who bombed children and set people on fire because they were a certain race. Trump is a hard working capitalist and has fought for America as a whole which upsets people like you for some reason. The left needs to be ashamed of themselves through their promotion of policies which support voter fraud, weaponization of conspiracy theories, and promotion of groups that are currently destroying America each and every night.
What are you talking about? Where was I when Bush was attacking Iraq and while Obama was praising the life of a terrorist? Are you talking about Bin Laden? Obama had him disposed of. Please review the history of the tax codes starting with Eisenhower when the top tax rate was 70%. The Democrats at the time of the But it wasn’t Reagan who first proposed bringing the top rate down: This is a quote from Politico in an article proposing that the ilk of AOC should not propose to soak the rich. "It was Democrats in Congress who killed the 70 percent tax bracket. Their reasons for doing so hold important lessons for Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and any other progressive who wants to use the tax code to roll back income inequality and make the rich pay their fair share." So during the 80's the Democrats lowered the top rate to 50%.
Wealthy people have NEVER paid less for the privilege of living in a country that helped them along in becoming billionaires. The people in the lower tax brackets pay a much larger portion of their income in taxes than the people in the 37% bracket. Do the math; if the guy in the 37% tax bracket made 16 billion dollars as a hedge fund manager, he can claim most of his/her income as capital gains and pay nothing on billions of dollars. Now you can be sure that the little guy in the 22% bracket is paying 22% since he has no capital gains to hide behind. Amazon paid no taxes in 2018 and 2019.. On paper Jeff Besoz only made about $81,000 because everything else is in Amazon stock. Just because I believe Trump is the Anti-christ doesn't mean that I am aligned with AOC, but I do think Elizabeth Warren would made a great head of the treasury department - just didn't want her for president. Most Democrats are middle-of-the road people trapped in the same party as some yahoos but our yahoos aren't people out advocating more guns and less testing, we are messier and have to spend more time herding cats. But we're not stupid or mean and we are going to get Caligula out of office.
the caption for the graph below is: Analysis of Caltech/MIT "2008 Survey of the Performance of American Elections." Chart includes all reasons surveyed except those for which all group responses were less than 25 percent (bad weather, forgot); substantially similar reasons are collapsed into a single category and averaged.
the caption for the graph below is: Analysis of Caltech/MIT "2008 Survey of the Performance of American Elections." Chart includes all reasons surveyed except those for which all group responses were less than 25 percent (bad weather, forgot); substantially similar reasons are collapsed into a single category and averaged.
4000 respondents in 15 states not a very good size at all. Obtaining a government issued ID is not difficult. Maybe we should stop requiring IDs for the purchase of alcohol as it may “disenfranchise” alcoholics who can’t obtain an ID. How you don’t the absurdity of attacking measures that protect the legitimacy of American elections blows my mine. The fact is IDs are easily obtained and protect election integrity and taking an Uber these days is cheap. It’s not hard to get somewhere if you need to and insinuating that certiain groups don’t have the capability to simply obtain and ID or read a bus schedule is racism plain and simple.
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1 hour ago, GordonGekko said:
Insinuating that minorities don’t have the capacity to obtain a voter ID or make it to the polls is an incredibly racist statement against them and you should be ashamed of yourself. I really hope you don’t base your patient care around the patients race as well. You also need to stop perpetuating the myth of “marginalized” populations as policies which oppress certain races have not been in existence in almost 60 years. That is unless you are talking about the marginalization or the top income earners in America who face tremendous tax inequality which Trunp has helped try to combat through his tax cuts.
Monster of a President? Get a life. Where were you when Bush was attacking Iraq or when Obama was praising the life of a terrorist who bombed children and set people on fire because they were a certain race. Trump is a hard working capitalist and has fought for America as a whole which upsets people like you for some reason. The left needs to be ashamed of themselves through their promotion of policies which support voter fraud, weaponization of conspiracy theories, and promotion of groups that are currently destroying America each and every night.
I am not "insinuating" anything. These are proven, indisputable facts - something that Trump and his supporters greatly resist being hard and solid, I realize. It's so hard to spin facts, isn't it? But you are giving it a good try by trying to frame ME as the one who is racist.
4 minutes ago, GordonGekko said:
4000 respondents in 15 states not a very good size at all. Obtaining a government issued ID is not difficult. Maybe we should stop requiring IDs for the purchase of alcohol as it may “disenfranchise” alcoholics who can’t obtain an ID. How you don’t the absurdity of attacking measures that protect the legitimacy of American elections blows my mine. The fact is IDs are easily obtained and protect election integrity and taking an Uber these days is cheap. It’s not hard to get somewhere if you need to and insinuating that certiain groups don’t have the capability to simply obtain and ID or read a bus schedule is racism plain and simple.
What nonsense. I work daily with the indigent, minority, marginalized and undocumented. You are not living in reality if you think an Uber is something everyone can afford.
24 minutes ago, londonflo said:
Sometimes HCarroll362/GordonGekko it helps to get out of your brain and into the facts.
the caption for the graph below is: Analysis of Caltech/MIT "2008 Survey of the Performance of American Elections." Chart includes all reasons surveyed except those for which all group responses were less than 25 percent (bad weather, forgot); substantially similar reasons are collapsed into a single category and averaged.
Trump and his crew dislike facts greatly and prefer gaslighting or insulting instead. Stating that I am racist is ridiculous.
Do you write this stuff with a straight face? ? You are right on the capitalist part: a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism
Hard working can hardly be used to describe his work ethic. Trump has spent nearly 22 percent of his days in office at one of his golf properties for some portion of the day.
Let me put that in terms of our working life. A fulltime employee works 260 days. 22 % of those days NOT working but still counted in your 260 days is 57 days. Let me ask you this: Do you only work 9 1/2 months and get 2 1/2 months off a year (not counting vacation)? How do you get one of those jobs -- by lying, cheating and stealing, I guess.
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How many times has Trump played golf as President of the United States? Since taking office on Jan. 20, 2017, Mr. Trump has reportedly been on the grounds of his golf courses or played golf elsewhere 287 times since becoming President, and that's as of Aug. 15, 2020.
The cost of Trump's golf rounds to the American taxpayer varies by round and course, but it has totaled so far in the tens of millions of dollars. The Secret Service has spent at least $550,000 in third-party golf cart rentals and over $500,000 to stay overnight at Trump-owned properties, including his New Jersey country club.
He previously was on pace to visit his golf clubs more than 650 times in an eight-year presidency. However, his pace as of Aug. 6, 2018 now indicates Trump would spend as much as 745 days of his presidency at a golf course if he wins a second term and serves both terms to completion.
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1 minute ago, Nurse SMS said:
I am not "insinuating" anything. These are proven, indisputable facts - something that Trump and his supporters greatly resist being hard and solid. Trump is not a capitalist. He is a criminal, a hedonist, a narcissist and as anti-American as they come. Nobody has done more to dismantle America than him. I pray nightly for his defeat or demise.
What nonsense. I work daily with the indigent, minority, marginalized and undocumented. You are not living in reality if you think an Uber is something everyone can afford.
Again more racism against minorities. You insinuate that they are at a lower level than others as you lump them together with the “indigent” and “undocumented” or do you mean illegal? Trump is a capitalist and a great example of the American dream regardless of what you say. He is he most Pro-American president since Reagan and really the only thing protecting this country from people to trying to turn this place into Venezuela. The poorest of Americans are still in the top 1% of people worldwide and to claim that populations are marginalized in America is not only false it’s outright offensive.
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2 minutes ago, GordonGekko said:
Again more racism against minorities. You insinuate that they are at a lower level than others as you lump them together with the “indigent” and “undocumented” or do you mean illegal? Trump is a capitalist and a great example of the American dream regardless of what you say. He is he most Pro-American president since Reagan and really the only thing protecting this country from people to trying to turn this place into Venezuela. The poorest of Americans are still in the top 1% of people worldwide and to claim that populations are marginalized in America is not only false it’s outright offensive.
More gaslighting. I am not "insinuating" anything. I won't argue this with you because you aren't even in the same reality as the rest of us. If you think the US is an even playing field, you are delusional. I live this every. single. day. and work with these populations every. single. day. You don't even know what you are talking about.
Reagan would despise him. As does Bush and pretty much every living president. Trump is an embarrassment and I look forward to his defeat.
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2 minutes ago, londonflo said:
Do you write this stuff with a straight face? ? You are right on the capitalist part: a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism
Hard working can hardly be used to describe his work ethic. Trump has spent nearly 22 percent of his days in office at one of his golf properties for some portion of the day.
Let me put that in terms of our working life. A fulltime employee works 260 days. 22 % of those days NOT working but still counted in your 260 days is 57 days. Let me ask you this: Do you only work 9 1/2 months and get 2 1/2 months off a year (not counting vacation)? How do you get one of those jobs -- by lying, cheating and stealing, I guess.
Work 9.5 months and be off 2.5 months? Just become a teacher then
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5 minutes ago, Nurse SMS said:
More gaslighting. I am not "insinuating" anything. I won't argue this with you because you aren't even in the same reality as the rest of us. If you think the US is an even playing field, you are delusional. I live this every. single. day. and work with these populations every. single. day. You don't even know what you are talking about.
Reagan would despise him. As does Bush and pretty much every living president. Trump is an embarrassment and I look forward to his defeat.
I never said it’s an even playing field. The top 1% pay over 40% of federal income taxes. That is true inequality and essentially economic slavery. Do yourself a favor and read some Milton Friedman or Thomas Sowell rather than tabloids.
I work ER. You don’t think I don’t work with these populations. It’s all about lifestyle choices. Stay in school, don’t do drugs, no kids out of wedlock, etc and you guarantee yourself a spot in the middle class. There has never been more opportunity in America than there is today.
Teachers only get paid for the 9.5 months they work. I should know. I was a nursing instructor for over 40 years and I still had to work PRN and some Summer school time to make ends meet. Trump has boasted that he doesn't take his Presidential salary (over $1.00) but look again:
While you marveling at the generosity of Mr. Trump, let me ask you this?
Can you call in for 75 days a year and still get paid?
And of course when Trump is NOT working as President, his golf properties make money from what you and I pay into income tax:
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The Secret Service has spent at least $550,000 in third-party golf cart rentals and over $500,000 to stay overnight at Trump-owned properties, including his New Jersey country club.
In summary, let's see what Gordon has learned in this SHORT lesson (teachers always like to summarize what they have presented)
Trump works less than teachers do and makes so much money (or has inherited it) from other venues, that he can donate his salary to charity with a subsequent tax deduction that financially benefits him, his children and his properties.
Trump is steering tax dollars (that Gordon and Londonflo are earning and paying in income tax) through the Secret Service to his golf properties.
Trump promised the American people, that if elected, he would never have the time or interest in golfing. Trump was lying even before he took office.
Trump and his crew dislike facts greatly and prefer gaslighting or insulting instead.
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Post office workers protest after mail sorting machines were removed
Expect a delay in your mail. Postal workers in Charlotte said seven sorting machines were removed from a post office in Charlotte. Protests were amped up against changes underway ahead of the fall election...
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article245050000.html