Billionaires see fortunes rise by 27% during the pandemic

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: neutronflux
I didn’t say its right or wrong.

Exactly, you didn't say it was wrong, therefore you think it was appropriate.

If you felt otherwise you would have said so in one of your pathological multi-post replies.

That is not the context of the argument.

Your trying to say Trump is “crushing” the middle class because Trump didn’t do anything against lockdowns day one.

Now
Is this statement false.

So yes. There is literally nothing legal the Trump administration could do in the face of established law concerning states first 28 - to thirty days of emergency powers.

originally posted by: neutronflux
Your trying to say Trump is “crushing” the middle class because Trump didn’t do anything against lockdowns day one.

Exactly, and you support that action.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: neutronflux
Your trying to say Trump is “crushing” the middle class because Trump didn’t do anything against lockdowns day one.

Exactly, and you support that action.

What action was there to take by the Trump administration.

The point of this whole thing is you stating Trump is “crushing” the middle class because he didn’t take action against states using emergency powers found constitutional over 200 years of history because of the 10th amendment is based on lies, and your misunderstanding.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Answer the question.

Is this false.

So yes. There is literally nothing legal and nothing meaningful the Trump administration could do in the face of established law concerning states first 28 - to thirty days of emergency powers.

originally posted by: neutronflux
What action was there to take by the Trump administration.

Already answered multiple times, pay attention.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: neutronflux
What action was there to take by the Trump administration.

Already answered multiple times, pay attention.

It was your opinion and proven wrong.

Please quote and cite where you said true or false to: “ So yes. There is literally nothing legal and nothing meaningful the Trump administration could do in the face of established law concerning states first 28 - to thirty days of emergency powers.“

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

The big bada$$ ant government champion is angry because Trump didn’t act like a king in the context of court history and the 10 amendment which have established each states own power concerning emergencies keeping in check from a big evil federal government coming in and taking over each state.

originally posted by: neutronflux
It was your opinion and proven wrong.

I didn't ask you if I was right or wrong, you're the one trying to tell me my opinion about government overreach is incorrect based on your support of big government.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: neutronflux
It was your opinion and proven wrong.

I didn't ask you if I was right or wrong, you're the one trying to tell me my opinion about government overreach is incorrect based on your support of big government.

Again..

The point of this whole thing is you stating Trump is “crushing” the middle class because he didn’t take action against states using emergency powers found constitutional over 200 years of history because of the 10th amendment is based on lies, and your misunderstanding.

So. Stop changing the subject.

originally posted by: neutronflux
The point of this whole thing is you stating Trump is “crushing” the middle class because he didn’t take action...

Yup, that's exactly it and you're butthurt over my opinion since you're a big government advocate.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: neutronflux
The point of this whole thing is you stating Trump is “crushing” the middle class because he didn’t take action...

Yup, that's exactly it and you're butthurt over my opinion since you're a big government advocate.

It’s a opinion proven wrong in the context you cannot provide any examples of any state’s emergency powers being unconstitutional as defined by two hundred years of historical court cases.

Which brings it back to.

Please quote and cite where you said true or false to: “ So yes. There is literally nothing legal and nothing meaningful the Trump administration could do in the face of established law concerning states first 28 - to thirty days of emergency powers.“

originally posted by: neutronflux
It’s a opinion proven wrong...

Nope, I still think my opinion is 100% correct but thanks for playing. Maybe the government will send you a fruit basket for your support.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: neutronflux
It’s a opinion proven wrong...

Nope, I still think my opinion is 100% correct but thanks for playing. Maybe the government will send you a fruit basket for your support.

Sorry that two hundred years of legal challenges to states emergency powers proves there is no context that Trump could legally or meaningfully do anything from the get go of the first 28 to 30 days of state lockdowns.

Now.

Moving on.

Now answer:

The DOJ has involvement in being against extended lockdowns that abuse emergency powers.

Is that a false statement

Lockdowns that targeted specific people’s had injections injected at the state level and did not require DOJ action. Is that a false statement.

I wonder how many of these billionaires/100 millionaires are liberal...

The republican tax scams and Reganomics are the cause of the wealth shifting to the wealthiest Americans. Every class from the lowest to the upper middle class have seen their wealth be redistributed to the most upper class. This has been going on since 1980 and the stats bear this out. Republicans are getting more brazen recently with their most recent tax scam and Covid relief distributions. We need to un-redistribute the wealth that was stolen from working people.

a reply to: ras321

Provide a viable option. I mean, blaming Republicans may be technically correct. But remember that the 90s and 2010's were all Democrat White Houses. And there have been quite a few opportunities for Democrats to right the ship legislatively as well.

Problem is, the DNC doesn't do things much different. Other than who they are stealing my money to give to.

Any "workers party" would likely be socialist in nature (which is what the DNC is trying to portray itself as, after all the offshoring that happened under their watch).

But, like i said in an earlier post: if we don't pay attention to this, Millenials and Gen Z wholly intend to upend the system. Its not worked for them at all. Im Gen X, and it really hasn't worked for me either. But revolution looms on the horizon. And instead of correcting it, our legislative bodies just continue to march headlong into it.

originally posted by: Xtrozero
I wonder how many of these billionaires/100 millionaires are liberal...

Its all about expediency. Nothing more. If Jeff Bezos gave each of his employees 105k, he would still be left with the same amount of money he had at the start of the pandemic. Just consider the volume of that.

From a national security standpoint, it is unconscionable that we have allowed this to happen. The guy has enough money to fund both ends of entire wars, so long as he isn't trying to topple the US (you'd need much more than that to topple the US). His ability to disrupt the entire globe to build his own ends is a tragic happening of the technological age.

a reply to: dug88

So?

originally posted by: neutronflux
Sorry that two hundred years of legal challenges to states emergency powers proves there is no context that Trump could legally or meaningfully do anything from the get go of the first 28 to 30 days of state lockdowns.

There has been nothing like this prior so stop thinking this happened before.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

The 1918 flu certainly is a precedent. But with that, the development and rise of medical technology and accumen absolutely mediates that precedent.

We struggled with COVID treatment in the early days. Quickly, treatment plans and approaches were developed that made this struggle far less.

Texas has become a stark division between urban and rural areas. Rural areas are proceeding with life as normal. Urban folks are doing weekend trips into rural areas to enjoy a less restrictive life for awhile. I saw a video from my hometown last night with several hundred locals in a downtown festival. The area I live and work in right now has an enormous swell of Austin and DFW residents every weekend. They come to be around people, to feel normal, and to enjoy life for awhile. Some will nervously say "I forgot my mask" while they wait for others to tell them to not worry about it.

My view is you either live freely or you don't. Everyone there understands the risk, and has made decisions about it. The friend I mentioned dying earlier, she was from my hometown in West Texas. Everyone knew her. Everyone has contributed to her funeral fund to help bury her and bring family closure and peace. And everyone is still going about life like normal. They are painfully aware there is a disease that can kill circulating. And they just do not care. You either live free, or you don't.