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kathryn13 t1_ivndm97 wrote

I’m a woman and I want to control my own body.

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Alternative_Push5798 OP t1_ivnfjlu wrote

oh please! translation: you want to murder babies. the democrats are playing gullible people like you like a fiddle

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[deleted] t1_ivnjzp4 wrote

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kathryn13 t1_ivnks83 wrote

Salty. You're so clever. Good boy. Wanna biscuit?

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oceanofice t1_ivnmcmv wrote

You want the federal government to control your body instead?

You think the government gives you the right to have an abortion because you give them legitimacy by consent.

Downvote though because you have no brain.

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grubba_tuba t1_ivnyl5t wrote

Right because men hold zero responsibility for sex, which is a two (or more) party act. Children should never be a punishment for sex. And are you voting democratic then? To support birth control so that people don’t get accidentally pregnant and have an abortion? If not then sit down and shut up.

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vexingsilence t1_ivows7u wrote

Children are a blessing, not a punishment. Only a depraved individual without an ounce of humanity could think otherwise.

>To support birth control

Sandra, it's cheap and available practically everywhere.

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vikingenvy t1_ivnbr2t wrote

I’m not a fascist, gay hating, Nazi. I care about people other than myself.

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Alternative_Push5798 OP t1_ivnc977 wrote

yeah, you probably support BLM and antifa, two domestic terrorist organizations.

you probably think there are more than 2 genders too.

no wonder you're so confused

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WrongdoerClean7529 t1_ivni84x wrote

Republicans have no plans to fix the economy besides tax cuts for the rich and dismantling federal programs. Unless you’re rich why would you not vote democrat.

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oceanofice t1_ivnm4nv wrote

Deficits created by excessive spending spur inflation because the government will need to either tax or borrow the money to fund it. That is not good for the economy long term it leads to gloated bureaucracy and wasteful spending. Too much borrowing and money creation leads to higher inflation, that’s apparent, only a Keynesian would support deficit spending to justify irresponsible fiscal and monetary policies.

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sound_of_apocalypto t1_ivo1lxr wrote

Was Trump a Keynesian when he bailed out Wall Street, increasing the money supply in the process?

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oceanofice t1_ivo2l86 wrote

Yeah they all run deficits and increase debt. Bailouts are more like a money laundering operation where the government commits organized robbery on the working class and gives it to their big business friends.

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LeoRodz t1_ivoac7c wrote

Short answer: Trump

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Long answer: I was raised in a conservative(ish) household, so naturally aligned myself with the GOP when I could legally vote. This was back in 2016. Then I saw what kind of candidate the GOP was ready to throw in the WH: A "successful businessman" with 6 bankruptcies, a "man of faith" having publicly cheated and denigrated woman left and right. A man of "law and order" with a questionable (to say the least) background.

Then you follow the news and for all of the problems we have in this country, the GOP is all about "freedom" and "small government, lower taxes". Nothing else, no solutions. This is before the rightmost wing dabbled in christian nationalism, which I can't believe we have to keep repeating: keep your faith to yourself, let me have mine.

I'm all about "to each their own" and by no means consider myself a hardcore democrat. But you can't convince me that the country is going to hell and the likes of Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ted Cruz, Dr. Oz and my god, Diehl in MA is the solution. Friend, the GOP needs better candidates.

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puckhead11 t1_ivothef wrote

Short answer? As a former Republican, I don't hate my fellow Americans like the current toxic MAGA Dumpster fire Republican party.

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grubba_tuba t1_ivnf30a wrote

Because I’m not an insane person

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bobby_j_canada t1_ivonpek wrote

Grandpa this isn't Google, it's time to get off the computer and go to bed.

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BuyAfraid t1_ivoo2nd wrote

Because I support democracy and want to continue having free and fair elections.

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Garfish16 t1_ivqxv0z wrote

I want to ensure a future for my children where they can shit in a litterbox at school.

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Veebearz t1_ivqx921 wrote

That this is a question you have asked, without looking around you and taking in the legit madness of the republican party (at least a LOT of this party), makes me sad.

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mod-corruption t1_ivnj5op wrote

The real question is: why would anyone vote for repub or dem rather than rioting in the streets?

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5nd t1_ivn5vce wrote

Boo

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oceanofice t1_ivnkyua wrote

I think they campaign harder and make people scared because they’re more effective at appealing to people’s emotions by attacking straw men. I was watching tv at my grandparents and saw the ad about republicans wanting to take away her retirement…

They spent way more money on ads misrepresenting their opponents policies.

I would not vote Democrat or Republican.

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Yeahokguy13 t1_ivocg74 wrote

So your saying the GOP doesn’t employ fear as a tactic? Lol

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oceanofice t1_ivpqlc2 wrote

No I’m saying The Democratic Party is better at it. They’re a different wing of the same party.

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Plenty-Bit2029 t1_ivo0tfa wrote

To vote Democrat is voting for the destruction of your country:

Look at all the democrat controlled places.

The worst ones: Detroit etc etc...

The better one California, people are leaving in droves.

Even massasuckchusetts!!!!

Electing democrats is teetotally idiotic!!!!

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Magnolia-Rush t1_ivp1wfz wrote

How would you explain 9 out of the 10 states with the highest rates of poverty being very solid Republican states?

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BARRYTHUNDERWOOD t1_ivpeyxq wrote

Man I would workshop that a little more, I think you could have either gone with Massuckchusetts or Massachusucks, but Massasuckchusetts is just objectively bad writing

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Alternative_Push5798 OP t1_ivn4vgy wrote

if inflation, high gas prices, murdering babies, high crime and shortages on goods is your thing, i cannot think of one positive reason why

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grubba_tuba t1_ivnf6ux wrote

You posted this to troll and piss people off. Not for actual conversation.

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Decent-Door-8951 t1_ivn8am9 wrote

Inflation and high gas prices are caused by the dems? Lol it's happening world wide and compared to most countries, we don't have it so bad. (Thanks Joe)

Murduring babies? Babies are after birth. And abortion should only be discussed between a doctor and the patient. Abortion is healthcare. Plus actual kids are being shot in school and shit isn't being done to fix that. (Because people care about guns more than children)

Republican led states actually have higher violent crime per capita if you can read statistics.

Again shortage on goods is a world wide phenomenon.

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Decent-Door-8951 t1_ivnayhd wrote

1.) What's even your point

2.) The US doesn't have it so bad compared to other countries, you know, because inflation is happening world wide.

3.) Sure it's simple to understand that more people = more crime, but that's just not accurate. If you actually research violent crime per capita across states, your more likely to be victim of a violent crime in republican led states.

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Alternative_Push5798 OP t1_ivn9irf wrote

thanking Joe for paying more for gas than you used to just a few short years ago is stupidity. low information voter

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Decent-Door-8951 t1_ivnbptj wrote

Crazy how a country that rhymes with Crussia stopped exporting oil for whatever reason and gas prices shot up world wide🤷‍♂️

Also, gas prices would still be low if we had a much more diverse energy and transportation grid (electric vehicles, hydrogen vehicles) and didn't have to rely so much on gas. I wish that there was a party that supported that.(hint it's not republicans)

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vexingsilence t1_ivnkpdt wrote

It'd make more sense to tap into domestic oil resources. You can't switch a significant chunk of the motor vehicles on the road over to EV in a short period of time. We're constrained by the number of high voltage batteries that can be produced given the scarce metals required. Vehicle parts in general are hard to source, even for traditional gas powered models.

But even if we could replace the vehicle fleets with EVs, we don't have the electricity we'd need. We're stuck using a lot of natural gas. Green energy won't get us there. If it could, Germany wouldn't be switching back to coal. We need nuclear, and no one on the left is going to support that. Those are the same jackasses that did everything they could to stop electric companies from building nuclear plants, and the reason why Seabrook NPP is half of what it should have been and why NH electric rates are out of control.

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Decent-Door-8951 t1_ivp8f7p wrote

I agree. It is unrealistic in a short period of time, but if we only think what we can do in short term it will never be done.

Nuclear is really the best source of energy. It's clean, safe, efficient and barely any waste is produced. An ideal clean power grid would be Nuclear and Hydro as base and have wind and solar on smaller scale. It's sad that nuclear has a bad narrative because it's not well taught to the general public.

Recently, nuclear energy is supported by dems, funding for nuclear energy was part of the infrastructure bill that was passed.

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Alternative_Push5798 OP t1_ivnbug3 wrote

gas prices skyrocketed day one of Biden's presidency. we all know why

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infiniteglass00 t1_ivnf9km wrote

If you're saying gas prices skyrocketed literally day one of his presidency, then you're saying it's the Republican administration that created the conditions for them to skyrocket

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Decent-Door-8951 t1_ivnc978 wrote

Please, do tell me what Biden did that shot gas prices up on DAY ONE. Do you go on the internet at all or just repeat what Tucker Carlson says like you're watching Cocomelon?

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Alternative_Push5798 OP t1_ivncfrw wrote

blocked the keystone pipeline. destroyed thousands of jobs in the process. gas prices skyrocketed

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Decent-Door-8951 t1_ivnddbv wrote

Lol so you dojust repeat Tucker Carlson! So predictable! I see you know nothing about the Keystone pipeline! Fun fact Keystone pipeline is a functioning pipeline that is working right now.

What you are talking about is an extension of the pipeline which transports Canadian oil to be refined in the gulf and then exported to other countries. And experts have found that Keystone XL pipeline would have a negligible affect on the US economy.

In summary, no blocking the Keystone pipeline did not raise gas prices.

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RegularKindaPerson t1_ivnegov wrote

This right here. Also don’t forget the fact that the jobs “lost” were not long term jobs in the first place. Or the fact that the jobs “lost” aren’t even a drop in the bucket compared to the numbers of some of the layoffs that major corporations do every year without help from the government.

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Impossible-Bear-8953 t1_ivp44rx wrote

You realize that 1) that pipeline was less than 10% complete and still wouldn't be completed today? 2) the pipeline was a pass through with the contents already pressed to China etc al.

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nblastoff t1_ivqt5r4 wrote

This is a straight up lie. Prices at that time had been slowly trending upward, but they were far higher a year earlier. Certainly didn't skyrocket.

Here is some data for you all

https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_gas_price#

The site above is a easier way to view the data exported from

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epm0_pte_nus_dpg&f=m

It really does take 10x the effort to disprove bs as it takes to crap it out.

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RegularKindaPerson t1_ivnaywv wrote

Considering that if you adjust for inflation, the national average cost of a gallon of gas in July 2008 is equivalent to $5.10 a gallon today, things aren’t that bad. As I recall, a republican was in his second term in office at the time…..

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grubba_tuba t1_ivnywp0 wrote

And notice zero response to this from OP because he’s embarrassed you called him out.

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Mogus0226 t1_ivnaq8x wrote

Spoken just like someone who has no idea how gas prices actually are set (hint: it's not by the President).

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grubba_tuba t1_ivnfi2p wrote

Gas is more expensive all over the world, is that Joe’s fault too? Also no, most democratic voters/candidates are not trying or wanting to defund the police - we just want better policing. Pretty simple.

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Alternative_Push5798 OP t1_ivna3dq wrote

only a democrat would think paying 2 dollars plus more for gas is a win. such a weird flex

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andrejean1983 t1_ivnanz4 wrote

I don’t feel like inflation is the democrats fault. Out of curiosity, what’s your theory on why inflation is so high?

Gas prices are higher than they were but not terribly high. IMO, it’s due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. And as a supporter of Ukraine, I’m willing to sacrifice a bit at the pump.

I’m pro-life but Im not a fan of where the GOP wants to draw the line in the sand. The Dems position is deplorable but the republicans are far too radical with not allowing it in order to save the life of the mother. This topic is a tough one for me personally.

I personally haven’t seen any rise in crime, not that it isn’t happening, but I feel just as safe now as I did when the GOP had control.

The shortage of goods was due to the policies put in place under Trump during the pandemic. It’s slowly getting better and I actually like the way Biden is cracking down on the semiconductor situation.

Add it all up and my vote went to the Dems.

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Low-Head-1493 t1_ivn6md2 wrote

Feeling a little triggered by early voting results, eh?

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Alternative_Push5798 OP t1_ivn7920 wrote

republicans won the house. what are you even talking about?

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Low-Head-1493 t1_ivoc41g wrote

That “red wave” you all were talking about got downgraded to a ripple. Historically speaking the incumbent party always loses votes. The fact that Democrats didn’t get trounced speaks volumes about the current Republican Party. Did I really need to explain that to you? This is common knowledge. I think even Fox News might be framing it that way.

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