The Real timschochet

Right. People now need to realize that voting for any 3rd party candidate is meaningless unless it’s in a swing state, and then it’s a vote for Trump. And not voting is meaningless unless it’s in a swing state and then it’s a vote for Trump with a few exceptions.

He’s alright. I don’t mind him. He’s got integrity for sure. But Schiff is in a different league. Smart, eloquent, incisive, far seeing, and generally right on the important stuff.

So Haley’s out, Hopefully for those who haven’t been paying attention, this will crystallize the stark choice we have before us: it’s Biden or Trump. That’s it; there are no other options. The sooner the American people fully realize and accept this, the better.

You can say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. (Which you will discover, to your regret, this November.)

She’s a good woman. I met her at a pro-abortion rally last year.

Update- and it is Steve Garvey! So Adam Schiff will be our next Senator. Not bad. I will miss Katie Porter in the House. Hopefully she returns in 2026.

The votes for Haley are still around 25-30% in each state Trump is winning, even in the closed primary states where Dems can’t vote. The obvious question is how many of these folks will vote for Trump in November. If at least half of them vote for Biden or stay home in the swing states, Trump is in deep trouble. But there’s no way to predict this right now.

Steve Garvey appears to be doing very well early. And that is good for Schiff. Schiff didn’t want to face Katie Porter. Facing Garvey guarantees Schiff the senate seat,

Thanks but I will decline the offer of being penstrated by you. In a related topic after I looked it up last night I discovered that Gender Queer is available on Kindle for free. So now I plan to read it. I will keep you guys updated.

Thank you. I enjoy Reason magazine and the Cato Institute. If I sound like them that’s quite the compliment.

If you’re correct about this the appeals court will throw the case out. We’ll see. But the judge, and several legal experts I have listened to, have dismissed your points here which were largely made by Trump’s attorneys.

It doesn’t suppress US wages. It actually increases them. And it increases employment and prosperity because when consumers have more money due to what they’ve saved, they spend it elsewhere. Your other two points are correct: it’s illegal and it can often lead to exploitation. The obvious way to solve both issues is to make these folks legal. Allow exceptions to the minimum wage system, and regulate all undocumented immigrants and provide them legal protections. This has been obvious for years but our collective xenophobia, much worse now in the era of Trump, will not allow common sense to prevail.

Not too many. And if we impose the all powerful state you apparently desire here not too many will want to come here either. Congrats!

Whether it’s “on me” or not, what difference? It’s capitalism. Lay it on me if you want. Or lay it on consumers who naturally want to pay less.

Not politics. Common sense. If a contractor is paying some undocumented laborers a little under the minimum wage, leave them alone. If they’re paying them pennies, the equivalent of slave labor, prosecute. Same logic as with the Trump fraud. If it’s blatant and excessive that’s when the law should step in. This isn’t difficult.

Well I guess this all depends on what you’re trying to achieve. I imagine you would have been very comfortable living in the old East Berlin.

No offense but I think you’re pretty naive if you think the contractors you’re hiring aren’t using undocumented laborers. The vast majority do. That’s the only way they can keep their prices competitive.

Look there are laws on the books which say you can’t lie to banks. I think these laws are good for us and within reason they should be prosecuted. If you tell a bank that a 5 million dollar property is worth 6 million, that should (and is) let go. If you tell a bank that a 5 million dollar property is worth 30 million then I think you should be prosecuted. Even if there are no victims.

Well the problem with that, in a capitalist system, is when you attempt it you get a black market. And so here we are. Ever since Karl Marx socialists have struggled attempting to force human beings to pay more in order to to create what they think will be a fairer system for all. But it can’t be done. This incidentally is the same problem with the Green New Deal. You can’t punish people and try to force them into good behavior.

You didn’t answer the question. I will accept the ruling of the appeals court. If they agree with your assessment they will toss the case out and I will agree that you were correct. If they do not will you concede that this was a legitimate case? As far as what I know personally: yes I have seen real estate developers and landlords inflate values. Yes it’s a common practice. But I’ve never seen someone do it to the extent that Trump reportedly did. That’s why I don’t just dismiss it.

I’m not afraid to see what I see. I’m afraid to see what YOU see.

Lol if I had to pay what you call “real wages” (I would call them government regulated wages) it would cost me personally a few hundred more a year. When I employ day laborers, rarely, it’s out of expediency, not cost. It wouldn’t cost me much personally but it would cost all Americans plenty if we somehow removed undocumented immigrants. The most hurt would likely be restaurants, small businesses and agriculture. Prices would soar. The economy would be severely hurt.

It should be no surprise to you that I strongly disagree with Trump’s political ideas and his presence in our current politics. I believe he spreads division, hatred, xenophobia and bigotry. I also think he’s a criminal who belongs in prison. I think he’s poison to our country and that every victory for him, as a general rule, is a defeat for the USA.

I agree with you about black men and weed obviously. Unfortunately it’s not just Biden. It’s a long list of politicians and Presidents in both parties going back decades. I also agree that Democrats hadn’t been much better on this issue than Republicans. To Trump’s credit he actually instituted some prison reform. It was, other than Operation Warp Speed, perhaps the only good accomplishment to come out of his Presidency. It’s very telling that he regrets both actions and won’t ever talk about them, not even to brag.

Damn you should be. It’s terrible. You can read about it here: https://eji.org/issues/prison-conditions/ This is one area where the Soros folks are really fighting the good fight. We have got to have major prison and judicial reform in this country.