Time for a thread lock!
It's quite obvious who we are voting for by now.
I disagree! This is a good and open discussion. It has not gone downhill and been reduced to insults and name calling. Opposing views should be welcome and I thank Skip for allowing it. If it goes into the muddy weeds I'm sure he will reel it in.
Many have discussed the overspending and inflation. To me, this is a core issue both sides SHOULD agree on. In my opinion, EVERY president spends too much. I'll forgive Trump a little bit. When Covid hit, we knew very little about the virus and for no other reason than fear, we were asked to sit home and not work. Because the government asked us to not work, they had to provide a little relief. However, it was Trump that recognized covid as something that we had little to no control over and he had to fight to get people back to work and off the gov dime. He still spent too much.
Every one of us knows that if you spend 175% of your income you're probably nuts. If you do it year after year, you are headed for a painful reality check. The US gov is OVER spending at a rate of 1 trillion dollars EVERY 100 DAYS! The fed will always find a way to pay the bills. The money will be borrowed or just "created".
Every dollar that is created chips away at the purchasing power of every dollar you currently have. This is inflation.
K Harris is not stupid, or is she? I don't know, but look at what she will spend on. I could go on and on about specific spending, but I won't. Each one of us must decide if we are OK having our dollar trashed to pay for her stupid projects. ($60 trillion in green projects) The one that maybe pisses me off most is paying for illegals to come here, be processed here, to be sheltered, fed here, and not work here. We have veterans getting far less than people breaking our laws to game our system. STUPID! My point is that we will spend on what we need to. It's the extras that will send eggs to $22/dozen.
I'll go one step further. The monetary system is in HUGE trouble. It is completely unsustainable. A massive spending spree could tip it over the edge, causing a collapse of the dollar. Whether you think it's intentional or not, this would force the system (world system?) into a new currency, likely a digital currency (one world currency?). Ask yourself if there is any better way to control a population than with a digital currency. You WILL behave how you are told or you won't eat, get medical care, have heat or even electricity. The gov will have total control. This has already taken place in parts of China. (social credit system) Do you trust your government?
