Current Affairs General US politics (ie, not POTUS related)

[grandjoeblue]

I actually tended to believe that China was a global powerhouse 10 years ago (not 10 years in the future). While the US was needlessly preoccupied with a country they didn't need to invade and then a country they also didn't need to occupy, China was busy setting up shop in Africa, Brazil, Madagascar, islands around India, building the new silk road, buying up our debt, sealing a deal with Russia that had geopolitical and military technology, etc.

You are correct. China has a presence everywhere with involvement in infrastructure systems across the globe. They invest huge sums to get countries in Africa for example on their side.

The USA has focused on the middle east whilst allowing China to massively expand its influence everywhere else.

 

[verreauxi]

 

[Tin-Tin]

 

[TN Toffee]

Points taken. But Trump is going. In a few days time he will no longer be President. Biden then has the job of unifying the country. Who benefits from an impeachment of Trump that won’t even have happened while he is President, and probably wouldn’t succeed anyway. The people ?, the Democrats ? Biden ? who ? ......

If we were to look the other way on what happened last week because of this reasoning, that basically sets the precedent that any sitting President who loses their re-election bid effectively has carte blanche for a little over two months as his term comes to an end.

 

[Huyton Layne]

Errr. Obviously the Hollywood pedo ring is targeting whites and whites are more important to the world as they look like white Jesus.

 

[peteblue]

If we were to look the other way on what happened last week because of this reasoning, that basically sets the precedent that any sitting President who loses their re-election bid effectively has carte blanche for a little over two months as his term comes to an end.

Indeed, which is why the U.K. changes its PM almost overnight.....

 

[verreauxi]

Errr. Obviously the Hollywood pedo ring is targeting whites and whites are more important to the world as they look like white Jesus.

Both accurate and sad.

 

[RAFUH]

It seems the money could be better spent on making sure more people who couldn't go to college even a technical school have the opportunity to do so. A lot of debt is among those with advanced degrees, so the forgiveness is favoring the privileged; and there is no incentive for people to seek out other financial means if they know their loan will be forgiven. Maybe just make the cost of higher education at public universities/colleges realistic and affordable--oh wait, if the government did that, that would be socialism. Nevermind, let's just keep the cost of an English degree from University of Virginia at 136,000.

As someone that is still paying off decent chunk of college debt part of which is due to an advanced professional degree that allows me a better than decent income, I tend to agree.

If we address college related debt (or prevention of said debt), I would prefer to see it specific to debt from undergraduate and technical school especially for those that are the first in family to attend college/post secondary schools.

 

[carolinablue232]

It seems the money could be better spent on making sure more people who couldn't go to college even a technical school have the opportunity to do so. A lot of debt is among those with advanced degrees, so the forgiveness is favoring the privileged; and there is no incentive for people to seek out other financial means if they know their loan will be forgiven. Maybe just make the cost of higher education at public universities/colleges realistic and affordable--oh wait, if the government did that, that would be socialism. Nevermind, let's just keep the cost of an English degree from University of Virginia at 136,000.

The bolded definitely needs to happen. Fix it at the source.

 

[summerisle]

 

[TN Toffee]

Awesome. Unfortunately, social media won’t make the decision. It’ll probably be up to our MAGA infested state legislature.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Melba Toast]

Nevermind, let's just keep the cost of an English degree from University of Virginia at 136,000.

 

[BlueTX]

Awesome. Unfortunately, social media won’t make the decision. It’ll probably be up to our MAGA infested state legislature.

Dis Dolly at your peril, MAGA.