Good point, but they were “guaranteed” by the company- they were not subject to rise and fall of the stock market.  Of course, many companies declared bankruptcy in order to end that guarantee and push employees to 401ks

Ah, but according to Tea Party Uncle, they were the “competition” for most liberal and that’s why they got rid of them.  I wish I were joking.

They were competitors, not in the sense that they were both liberal, but that they were competing to attract the disaffected residents of Germany.

By pushing all pensions and retirement accounts to 401ks, it essentially forces us to worship the stock market and love our abusers.

It’s complicated, but in short, the argument is Nazis were/are liberals. They believe that because the Nazis are viewed as bad and had the word socialist in their name.  That’s about as deep as they go, honestly.

Calling a white women Becky isn’t racist for the same reason that calling a white person a cracker isn’t racist. It’s the same reason that when a 5 year old hits you, you don’t punch them in the face and pretend that they were the same. There is a lack of power.

It’s been in the Top 100 names since the 1940s. It’s been the top 50 or so since the 1980s, especially for white people. So, it’s perfectly apt to use it. 

SCOTUS will be fine with Gerrymandering until it starts to benefit Dems if/when they take back states. Magically, suddenly, SCOTUS will “refine” their guidance to make it less partisan. If Repubs take back a lot of states, expect further guidance from SCOTUS that is more forgiving of gerrymandering.  The current…

In case you were wondering:

What’s pulling to the right gotten democrats over the past 40 years (on average)? Are we viewed as moderates by independents or the GOP? Have we been on a general upswing in rural areas? After all, we’ve been pulling right for the last 40 years, we must have big gains in rural areas.

Why not both?

The net approval ratings for Trump move from negative to positive for persons over 55, and really start to rise if they don’t have a college education. But to your point, POC are more consistently against Trump, etc. and are likely more vulnerable.

The evil in me says, ‘this is what they’ve been voting for, for the last 30+ years.’ They just got unlucky enough to not be able to get all that socialism they say they hate before the ladder is pulled up by early to mid Baby Boomers.

Cool- now that the commerce secretary has “leeway,” we can people how many guns they own in the next Census.

The Purdue family should be next.

How does he think higher tariffs will make things better?

So, she’s a right wing religious zealot who wants to impose her religion on others, who is simultaneously a left wing atheist who wants to remove god from all aspects of our lives. She wants to suppress all women by letting them choose if they want to get an abortion.

What do you view as the great moments in American history?

Source? Also, the second question? How are they so much different from the Saudis?

So what are Iran’s modern links to terrorism?

We could have a society where wealthy people exist and average people do just fine by taxing the wealthy at higher rates, and providing basic services and rights to all persons.