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In other words, “trickle down” may not work in economics, but it works in authoritarian politics.

But what is the consequence?

That must really depend on where you live, because I know a LOT of people making that kind of money who aren’t living extravagantly, but are definitely not living within their means.

They could be, with proper money management and a decent budget, but they generally aren’t. The type of income in that zone often tends to come with jobs that require physical presence in an area that’s really expensive to live, with expensive childcare and a need to have it; often people also own a mortgage and a car lease and eat their lunches at restaurants as part of the social networking needed to maintain employment relationships.

Michael Moore attempts to be relevant.

If this happened in Russia: “whistleblower falls out window as expected.”

In the US it’s “whistleblower found dead, suicide not ruled out.”

What’s interesting is that this doesn’t even tell the whole picture.

Because those people earning $170k/year? More than likely their net worth is negative. They owe more than they’re making, and even at that income rate and excluding long term debt, they have just enough in savings to last three months max.

Essentially, we get to eat cake every so often, while bread rapidly becomes unaffordable.

Canada has had a law on the books to end it for years now; the one outstanding condition was getting USA to go along with it.

Eventually though, he’ll alienate the wrong right winger.

Look! Squirrel!

I’m really surprised he wasn’t one already.

“Hello everybody, and welcome to the Joe Biden Show. First of all, I’d like you to look under your seat. If you find an envelope, pull it out, please.”

“That’s right! You get a pardon! And YOU get a pardon! Everybody gets a pardon!”

Many conservatives would disagree with you about the role of government.

At the end of the day, the role of government is to manage a group of people such that they’re profitable enough over time to support the government.

Does anything other than tradition prevent a candidate from running in the primaries of both the R and D conventions? Could the same person end up as the candidate for both parties?

Their simple rule is “if other people can be happy and content doing things that my world view says are wrong, they must be forced to stop, or my world view is in jeopardy.”

…yet.

And most of the animal species; that’s the sad part.

But it’s not like it will be the first time; dinosaurs weren’t known for thinking on climate timescales either.

I’m pretty sure they mean pardoning people for stuff that happened in the past that Trump has stated he wants to bring charges over.

Thing is, it only works that way if the incoming president feels constrained to abide by tradition and play by the tules. In reality, Trump can just change the rules and do what he wants.

It will stop through natural causes. Humans aren’t wired to collectively think on climate timescales.

Well… THAT is quite the endorsement for Kevin Roberts.

It definitely helps frame Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation that they’re willing to throw away traditional family values in the pursuit of autocracy.