I was agreeing with you about the budget being difficult to cut without draconian measures. So take the W.
Deficits under Biden have been higher than Trump. They would be even higher had Manchin and Sinema not stopped the $3.5T Spendapalooza.
Wasn't seeing the agreeing. I'll take the W. I needed that or another M to finish a table.
As an engineer, I can safely say we are trillions behind in spending for infrastructure. There is so much. Additionally a Nuclear power build out is needed as well. Granted, it'll be in vain, but shouldn't we at least try? The problem America has is it is stuck in Reaganomics and the past. Is the government spending too much? Probably not spending enough. The Boomers are draining the budget at the moment. It is too bad we were never able to actually address that in Congress. But the GOP want FICA to die. So, they are letting it. I
I'd love for Walz to preside over the Senate, but I'm doubtful Osborn is going to pull a miracle in Nebraska. And even if he does, he'll probably be another Manchin and there will be brake pumping.
I'm not losing sleep over a child tax credit.
Indeed. One great thing that Tesla accomplished is to make EVs viable, even cool.
I'll have you know in 1989, a fella could get drunk, a nice girl, a clean room, and breakfast for two (being the gentleman I am) all for about $50. Pretty damn savvy if you ask me.
It was in the "sure". Don't quite get the table joke. What kind of table are you making?
I agree about the infrastructure. That's why I do not fault him about the bipartisan infrastructure bill. That was needed. But after all the COVID spending (which could and should have ended sooner) and the infrastructure bill, Dems wanted to spend $3.5T more on non-infrastructure spending such as higher child tax credits, free childcare and tax cuts for the blue state rich. That was too much in addition to all the spending already made and inflation already increasing.
We are definitely spending too much overall. Deficits are high, and interest payments are 13% of the total budget. That is not sustainable.
And there is no obvious solution to the entitlements problem. We can tinker on the edges, like increasing the retirement age, but that won't be popular.
I think Friends is overrated, but I always liked this one.
Hopefully.
It's part of the problem though.
What is the cost now? And what's a good time of year to visit?
What do you mean he came from big money? He had middle class parents. Had to pay his own way through college. He had 100,000 in student loan debt. Nothing like Trump! Trump inherited 413 million dollars!
^ This.
Oprah Winfrey.
She is a snake oil saleswoman who hosted a crappy talk show. No thanks!
As opposed to Trump?
GM's EV1 was the inspiration for the Tesla. The Tesla founders said exactly that. It showed that electric cars could be a viable mode of transportation. And i'm still seeing Chevy Volts on the roads.
Is he supposed to be some kind of measuring stick for president? Should he not be a cautionary example instead?
True. She is very good at what she does. So are successful televangelists. Does not mean I have to respect their racket or think that they would make good presidents.
Again with Trump. Very few people on this forum see Trump as a mold that future presidential candidates should fit.
This forum is nothing like a representative sample of Americans.
Depending on your definition of "viable", EVs could be a viable mode of transportation for a century.
Yes, those weren't bad. They were also made after Tesla changed the image of electric cars.
And the next 21 years? It's not like Musk just came in and put his feet up on the desk while the company ran itself. Being a great engineer is not a business plan. Investors need a business plan. Considering what Tesla set out to accomplish, a damn good business plan if they were to keep the venture capital spigot open.
They weare also more successful than Tesla cars of the era.
Neither did EV1. Also, had plentiful deposits of oil had not been discovered, EVs would probably have become ubiquitous in the first half of the 20s century. Gasoline and diesel are very practical liquid fuels with high energy density, and they were made cheaply by refining plentiful crude oil deposits. Hard to compete with that.
They served different market segments. Volt is a plug-in hybrid versus full BEVs that Tesla has always been selling.
No, it isn't. But you are trying to 'sell' Oprah as a viable Democratic presidential candidate. And your retort to criticism of her is "Trump is no different". That might work for an audience that does not intensely dislike Trump.
They tend to be Republicans. I do not think Democrats, even those outside this forum, are clamoring for a Trumpian candidate for 2028 (should Kamala lose) or 2032 (should Kamala win).
