Official LRC President Joseph R Biden Thread

You must have missed the headlines.

I will be so kind as to remind you: "Nearly Half of Americans Fear They Cannot Pay Their Medical Bills"

Hey Gavin

why did you let Kimberly Guiofole slip away? She is smokin hot. And she has some nice new collagen injections around her mouth area. And did you see her dancing in the tent with Trump during the riots? Sexy!

“The best is yet to come “! Yowsa!

You too seem to have no clue.

Here, let me remind you: There isn't any one way to open a wrapped gift. And it doesn't really matter what your mother told you.

Remember, it all makes sense when you realize Trump is on the same side as Russia.

We're watching one of the greatest betrayals of recent history and the worst shooting yourself in the foot I can remember. And this is just the start of the Trump/Russia axis if he is elected.

Iuliia Mendel
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Ukraine has warned its allies that it is facing a “critical” shortage of artillery shells with Russia deploying three times as much firepower on the frontlines each day - Bloomberg
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1) Your kid has to GET into Stanford first.

2) If you make less than ~$130,000 (household income), you'll get full tuition there...and about 60 or so other mostly elite colleges in the US. You don't have to be rich to send a kid to Stanford or an Ivy or again, about 60 or so other US colleges that give GREAT financial aid based on income, so pay off debts, own your house, don't have liquid money anywhere when you are within about 2 years of sending a kid to college. IF your kid is very average, then I can get behind a 529 plan or some other savings. IF your kid is gifted and will likely get into one of those elite colleges that pays decent aid, AND you don't expect to have a household income of more than about $130,000, then do what I suggested.

We’ve given Ukraine plenty of money:

cfr.org

How Much Aid Has the U.S. Sent Ukraine? Here Are Six Charts.

Six charts illustrate the extraordinary level of support the United States has provided Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders.

Link:www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-u...

It helped fuel our massive debt. It helped increase the interest we owe on the debt (because of Bidenflation, the interest we owe on the debt increased hundreds of billions in the past year alone). We need fiscal sanity. Unfortunately it is severely lacking in Washington. We could have paid for four Ukraine aid packages if Biden and the Dems hadn’t fueled inflation so much with their social justice spending spree.

I will be so kind to remind you that it is only liberals that fear they cannot pay their alleged medical bills. Conservatives don't stick their hand out to the nanny teat to pay their contractual obligations under the oath of perjury.

Rnko is on fire!

Anyway, more 'conservative' Americans holding Putin up as the model. An American politician holding up a hostile tyrant as a model. First Trump, and now Abbott. Who's next?

Remember, it all makes sense when you realize Trump and Putin are on the same side.

We're doomed.

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10h "Joe Biden needs to learn from Putin how to work for the national interest," Texas Gov. Gregg Abott said in a message to Biden.

Maybe things have changed in the last 7 years or so but my experiences with colleges and funding were not good. First a family income of less than $130,000 seems very low. Middle class or upper middle class kids get screwed financially. When my kids went through this process they were top notch students, one at the very top of the class the other top 5. The ivies have done away with merit based scholarships. In fact when they find out that you got some outside scholarship based on merit, they reduce your funding by that amount. That truly eliminates any rewards for high achievement. Then they sell a very expensive college program that for some lines of study will just leave a kid in deep debt.

The amount they expect parents to pay is very high. Honestly they are not interested in high achieving white kids from educated parents who are not legacies. They might let you in but they will not not make it easy.

1. Europe is our biggest export market. You would leave Europe to burn, weakening our main export market. Foolish. The much lower cost is to help Europe protect itself from foes.

2. We've significantly weakened a major hostile army without the cost of US soldiers. Win.

3. As a percent of GDP our funding of Ukraine is neglligible.

4. If we first promise help to an ally and then withdraw it, no one will trust us in the future. And it's just immoral to do.

5. Ever heard of allies? Came in useful in the past. I know m'aga doesn't believe in allies, but they are morans. Don't be a moran.

6. The inflation started under the budget of that guy who had prostitutes spank him. The rapist tax cheat who hung out with Epstein. the guy who is banned from having a charity because he stole from it. the one who took payments from China while president. Remember him? Biden has solved the inflation. Try to keep up.

7. Most of the military aid we gave Ukraine came back to the US in the form of purchases from our own defense industry. American jobs, taxes, etc.

I’m not a warmonger whatsoever. I’m really not. And I see that many of the US military actions have turned out bad in hindsight.

But I am trying to understand how the GOP has so quickly turned into the party of Putin on so many issues. Letting Russia have Ukraine at this point would be the most self defeating action I can think of. Not to mention the immorality of letting an ally be slaughtered. We can’t pretend that all of the sudden the GOP found Jesus and is concerned about deficit spending. it must be something else.

the only thing I can think of is that the money Putin is spending to influence Americans opinion is proving to be a wonderful investment. Not to mention the flat out buying of GOP lawmakers via oligarchs and the NRA. If we have learned anything during the time of Trump it is that US gullibility might dwarf even Russian citizens gullibility to propaganda and BS.

that said, to be fair, there has always been a very strong isolationist movement in the US. Esp among 'conservatives.' FDR had to promise the US would not enter WW2 to get elected for example.

Conservatives were wrong in the 1930s to want to abandon Europe to the Germans and conservatives are wrong today to want to abandon Europe to the Russians.

Another parallel:

In the 1930s many right wing Americans identified closer with the Nazis than with, say, the liberal French. Same thing today - many Americans identify closer with 'conservative' 'Christian' Russia than scrappy liberal democracies like Ukraine.

You know, Russia outlaws gay marriage and has a strong leader so they are the good guys, right? Right? (sarc)

My kid is going to be smart but probably not a hard worker in high school if they're anything like me. They also don't exist yet and who knows what college cost will be like in 20-25 years or so. But it extends beyond college. I'd like to travel the world with them and have enough money to send them to space camp or whatever they want to do. My mom bought hard wood floors instead of sending me on an enrichment trip once. I'd like to not have to make those types of choices.

Also fortunately/unfortunately our household income is already over 130,000. My goal is to get it much much higher. Georgia has a wonderful higher education system that rewards good grades with paid tuition. Pretty sure it was made by Republicans which is pretty incredible if you think about it. Funding public education is not usually their thing

It's hard for me not to like this guy.

Biden Boom Blotter

Biden should have a 60% approval rating

Massive job creation

ultra-low unemployment rate of 3.7%

Wages climbing fast

Houses at all time high values

Stock market at all time high values

Inflation down to 2.3%ish

Oil production at all time highs

Investment in manufacturing at all time highs

US the fastest grower among all big industrial economies

Maybe Bidenomics is putting America first? Just not the way you morans prefer?

Today:

The United States delivered a much bigger-than-expected batch of jobs last month, adding further evidence that the economy still has plenty of steam.
Employers added 353,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department reported on Friday, and the unemployment rate remained at 3.7 percent.

I promise not to turn this into the Down goes Dow thread but wanted to let you know how important it is to just put some money away and leave it there.

The S & P has a historical return of about 11%. At that return (provided you have a diversified portfolio) your portfolio will almost double every 6 years (72/11). So if 20-year-old Johnny is able to put away $20,000 into a diversified group of index funds, this is what his portfolio will look like (again at historical returns):

Johnny age 20: $20,000

Age 26: $40,000

Age 32: $80,000

Age 38: $160,000

Age 44: $320,000

Age 50: $640,000

Age 56: $1,280,00

Age 62: $2,560,000

Age 68: $5,120,000

Again, this is just off the initial $20,000 with no additional contributions.

Sally's right - if people start saving into a 529 when baby is born and keep saving every month for 18 years, college won't be too much of a burden. But hardly any Americans do that.