Comments on: White people and the Democratic Party

By: Kai Akker

Kai Akker — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 22:49:32 +0000

Deficit spending seriously increased under Trump. No? –Manju

Trump budgeting has gone the wrong direction. But the big deficits occurred under Obama. Obama’s best year, F2016, was still worse than Bush’s worst year, F2008. A very clear picture in here: https://www.briefing.com/Investor/Calendars/Economic/Releases/budget.htm

As for the future, rising rates are costing an extra $100 billion this year, but Trump has issued some cost-cutting measures. Perhaps Democrats in the House will bring out some more serious efforts from the President.

By: Mike K

Mike K — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 16:24:08 +0000

On the topic of crystal balls, I think we are still living with the consequences of World War I. Long story but “Whig progress” pretty much ended with that. Our post World War II prosperity was based on Europe being destroyed and Asia not yet being engaged in the modern world, except Japan which was also destroyed.

Deficit spending seriously increased under Trump. No?
Instead of me elaborating, perhaps you could explain first.

Obama doubled the national debt. Trump is alone in Washington with the Ruling Class being composed of both parties. The GOP Congress could have done something but it has been useless since Hastert became Speaker. Ryan was not as obviously corrupt but no improvement. Trump dopes not write spending bills. Your concept of Civics has been shaky before.

You might read Codevilla’s essay, “The Ruling Class,” if you are interested. I’m not sure you are.

Art Deco, I grant that the bulge in the SS Trust Fund in the 90s was a dilemma to invest. In fact, it was spent.

By: F

Sat, 05 Jan 2019 15:04:31 +0000

The thing about identity politics that always confuses me is why Democrats are able to benefit from it. They have the black vote in Chicago, for example, but are black Chicagoans better off after having voted D for decades? It would not appear that way. And we have all heard what the minority unemployment figures are under Trump — better than they’ve ever been, in some cases. But the Democrats still took the House. I just don’t get it. Saying you care is worth more votes than showing through policies that you care.

By: Manju

Manju — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 11:54:10 +0000

Mike K:

…“Progressives” have no idea about how long the deficit can be ignored until the economy crashes and we have national bankruptcy…Maybe I’m too pessimistic but I see few signs of sanity. Trump is very alone.

I don’t get this. Deficit spending seriously increased under Trump. No?

Instead of me elaborating, perhaps you could explain first.

By: FOAF

FOAF — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 09:48:22 +0000

Great comment, Lee. As always with the left the issue is never the issue, it’s just a means to gain power. When they want portray white people as old and fading then Hispanics are POC. When Zimmerman turned out to be Hispanic instead of Jewish they came up with a term they had never used before, “white Hispanic”.

By: Steve57

Steve57 — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 04:27:39 +0000

It’s even worse. It’s now down to, “I’m White, therefore I shouldn’t exist.” Watch these people.

By: charles

charles — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 03:46:43 +0000

A white male married to a “woman of color”, such as NYC’s de blasio would be okay.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 01:31:19 +0000

I was talking with someone recently about “what is white?” In response to some statistic that in 2042 “whites” will be the minority in the US.

What is “white”?

A hundred years ago, in the US, Italians and Jews were not considered “white.” Now, not only are Ashkenazim, but also Sephardim and Mizrahim called* “white” while Middle Eastern and North African moslems are considered* “people of color.” Latinos/Hispanics vary — remember George Zimmerman was called a “white Hispanic?” Alexandria Ocasio-Nutjob is a “woman of color,” while my Sicilian uncle, who was darker and spoke with a heavy accent, was considered* “white.” Georgians (from the country, not the state) and Armenians get called* “white” while Chechens and Azeribaijanis are considered* “people of color.” Rashida Tlaibi is a “woman of color,” but what so they* say up blondie Ahed Tamimi?

And then… When does “blackness” fade? Are Rashida Jones’s children “black” even though they have only one mostly black grandparent (who had white ancestors)? Quincy Delight Jones III is Swedish. If he marries a fellow Swede who’s blond, will their children be “black”? What about their grandchildren? (Look at Dumas fils and let me know.)

Identity politics gets the woke people tied up on knots. (They have so much in common with the Nazis and the racists who focused on “octoroons” who were obsessed with fractions of “racial” make up.)

(* — Note: the people considering and calling people “white” or “people of color” are the PC police, the woke, the identity politicians, etc.)

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:59:29 +0000

The die was probably cast in the 90s when the GOP Congress stole the Social Security surplus from the working Baby Boomers to “balance the budget.”

Social Security taxes are invested in Treasury issues. They always have been.

By: parker

parker — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:05:34 +0000

Under universal health care I would not have had my knee replacement last February. Too old. CO2 climate change is ridiculous and they refuse to make their computer models public. So far the polar regions are not ice free, polar bears continue to breed, seas are not rising to drown Central Park and Seattle, etc. I doubt 50.1 % of voters give a damn. Unless 50.1% are brainwashed, those 2 issues are kaput.