$25,000 assistance for a down payment on a house?



Of course, when it does, they'll blame evil capitalism.

At least Andrew Yang put some thought into his universal basic income proposal. (I didn't say it was right.) In particular, he was candid about how it would be funded (a variation of a VAT tax), something that no other socialist has ever done.

I still live in my first home, and I could use $25k off this pesky, annoying mortgage. Where do I sign up for my free money check?

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
I still live in my first home, and I could use $25k off this pesky, annoying mortgage. Where do I sign up for my free money check?

Mr Skins,
After review of your application for free money towards your mortgage .gov has determined you are not eligible due to your conservative beliefs and the fact that you are indeed a US citizen. The review process has also determined you will be taxed at a higher rate to offset those less fortunate non-citizens that .gov will coddle.
Signed
.gov free money for all except you!

^^^ That may sound facetious, but it isn't farfetched at all.

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Originally posted by egregore:
^^^ That may sound facetious, but it isn't farfetched at all.

It kind of stings when parody rings so true.

If you are dependent on largess from big corporations to fund your campaign, it would be best not to tell the same corporations that you are going to implement communist price controls what will harm/destroy those businesses.

Price Control – How it Really Really Works
The egg farmer produces eggs for $2 and sells them to the wholesaler for $3. The wholesaler sells them to ACME for $4 which sells them to me for $5.
The Gov. tells ACME to sell eggs for $4 so ACME tells the wholesaler I will give you $3. The wholesaler tells the egg farmer I will give you $2. The egg farmer says I can’t, that is my cost. So the wholesaler says then I can’t buy your eggs and tells ACME sorry, not at that price. So ACME has no eggs to sell and there is now a shortage of eggs and a black market gets underway selling eggs for $6.
Meanwhile the big egg producers kill their chickens and sell their business and retire to Florida. The small egg producers contribute to the black market and the system returns to equilibrium – but with shortages and higher prices.
The Gov. changes hands and immediately repeal Price Control. ACME calls the wholesaler and orders cases of eggs. The wholesaler calls the egg producer and find the phone line is disconnected and discovers the farm is now a Gov. data center monitoring the black market. The wholesaler tells ACME, sorry no eggs and I continue buying the occasional egg for $6.
bms 20240817

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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:
If you are dependent on largess from big corporations to fund your campaign, it would be best not to tell the same corporations that you are going to implement communist price controls what will harm/destroy those businesses.

But they do anyway, expecting carve-outs or other preferential treatment, or, if nothing else, to be eaten last. This is nothing short of bribery.

Despite her miraculous resurrection as 'popular' by the mainstream media, I have a good feeling right now.

Absent a repeat of 2020 fraud, which I sincerely hope like hell that Trump has countermeasure plans for. The squishy middle are going to walk into that voting booth and vote based on the economy.

All of her support is astro-turf or toxic white karens.

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Originally posted by IndianaBoy:
... toxic white karens.

We need to stop with the Karen moniker. Why? Well, because I don't like it. Simple as that. It's played and annoying and all too often used by the left as a racial slur.

Instead call them Affluent White Female Liberals, AWFLs pronounced "awfuls."

Thank you.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by IndianaBoy:
... toxic white karens.

We need to stop with the Karen moniker. Why? Well, because I don't like it. Simple as that. It's played and annoying and all too often used by the left as a racial slur.

Instead call them Affluent White Female Liberals, AWFLs pronounced "awfuls."

Thank you.

AWFL is funny as well.

^^^ Well, not all Karens are "awfuls". So...

Im going to continue to use the Karen moniker. Why? Cause I like it. Simple as that.

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Originally posted by k5blazer:
Im going to continue to use the Karen moniker. Why? Cause I like it. Simple as that.

Problem is, most of you guys aren't even using it correctly and the term has lost all meaning. It originally meant a busybody "let me speak to your manager" type who generally gets her comeuppance in whatever scenario being related, but it has become a catch-all for any woman displaying any kind of behavior someone doesn't like. It's a meaningless term anymore.

^^^^ Exactly

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Originally posted by 12131:
^^^ Well, not all Karens are "awfuls". So...

Yeah, that's kind of my point. The word has become a catch-all. The danger for this election is not some rando woman doing something stupid and annoying, it's the single, well-off, white liberal female who nearly universally votes for the dems. They are a huge problem.

I agree that these women are a problem but there is nothing we can do to change their vote. I know people who can’t stand a candidate and know they are bad but will vote for them because they are a democrat. A lot of my former female coworkers are voting for Kamala even thought they think she is an idiot. I have trouble understanding that but also realize they are not going to change their vote. Are they Karens? No. But they aren’t affluent white females either.

A radical, pro-chinese, race-based Maoist communist:



Curtis Bowers interviews top communism expert Trevor Loudon to discuss the connections of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to the Marxist and Communist China. Loudon unpacks Kamala‘s communist roots, beginning with her father who was a famous communist in the revolutionary movement.
Because Harris and Walz are not simply liberal but red to the core they will do everything in their power to continue collapsing America. Whether it’s defunding the police, imprisoning dissidents, spending trillions to bankrupt the system, mutilating children, eradicating parental rights, destroying American sovereignty, and indoctrinating the masses, it appears they aspire to create the conditions for a communist world revolution.

I know we can't change their minds. That's why they are a problem.

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Originally posted by k5blazer:
But they aren’t affluent white females either.

I just like the acronym.

My former coworkers didn’t like to use Karen. They preferred Yolanda.

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Originally posted by k5blazer:
I agree that these women are a problem but there is nothing we can do to change their vote. I know people who can’t stand a candidate and know they are bad but will vote for them because they are a democrat. A lot of my former female coworkers are voting for Kamala even thought they think she is an idiot. I have trouble understanding that but also realize they are not going to change their vote. Are they Karens? No. But they aren’t affluent white females either.

They already have their own term

They’re called fucking morons