The Trump implosion thread!

Quote: Dalex64

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_suppression_in_the_United_States

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A lot of this is perpetuated under the lie that voter fraud is a big problem, when evidence supports voter suppression as an actual widespread problem and voter fraud is very minor and limited.

Quote: terapined

Even a voter like me was harassed
I was in total shock
I already voted and I actually had a hard time voting
They did not like my signature. They said my signature needed to match
WTF, Its a signature, no 2 exactly alike, simply similar
They actually refused my signature, it was not similar enough.
I had to sign again trying to imitate exactly my sig on my License.
She studied the sig a few min then allowed me to vote
Really sad what this country has come to

Quote: Dalex64

Yeah, that fortune you quoted was part of it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/us/politics/trump-tax-cuts-middle-class.html

Reporter: You said “lower tax cuts.” You said that you wanted tax cuts by Nov. 1. Congress isn’t even in session. How is that possible?

Mr. Trump: No, we’re going to be passing — no, no. We’re putting in a resolution sometime in the next week, or week and a half, two weeks.

Reporter: A resolution where?

Mr. Trump: We’re going to put in — we’re giving a middle-income tax reduction of about 10 percent. We’re doing it now for middle-income people. This is not for business; this is for middle. That’s on top of the tax decrease that we’ve already given them.

Reporter: Are you signing an executive order for that?

Mr. Trump: No. No. No. I’m going through Congress.

Reporter: But Congress isn’t in session, though.

Mr. Trump: We won’t have time to do the vote. We’ll do the vote later.

It is a completely empty promise, and you can tell he is expecting to lose the house and not having to follow through, and blame the Democrats. Sorta like how the republicans "tried" to repeal the ACA while under the protection of Obama's veto.

Even if the republicans held the house, this would have little chance of passing. It doesn't benefit the rich, and the current tax cut has been a disaster in terms of it's proven inability to pay for itself.

Quote: FrGamble

Rather than this make believe tax cut I read an interesting article that promoted a reduced payroll tax that would go directly into a personal retirement fund. This would actually help the middle class and everyone depend on something other than the entitlements that we all know are going to be defunct long before many of us here are going to retire. It wouldn't be money dirggectly available to citizens, but it would be a big help when retirement comes and the promises of the government are not there.

Quote: AZDuffman

George Bush proposed this in 2005, and the Democrats and the liberal groups savaged him to no end until it died.
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A federal judge on Friday ordered that new U.S. citizens must be allowed to vote if they show proof of citizenship at the polls.
U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross ruled against Secretary of State Brian Kemp(R), who had argued that state law already provides a process for new citizens to vote.
But Ross’ order said that process wasn’t working because some citizens have been turned away from the polls.
The ruling comes just four days before Tuesday’s election for governor between Kemp, a Republican, and Stacey Abrams, a Democrat.

Quote: rxwine

https://politics.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/judge-orders-georgia-make-easier-for-new-citizens-vote/b02SGeanXrCpZeg1ryjZjN/

Quote: Evenbob

I remember that. Odd FrG has forgotten
all about it. Oh, wait, it's not odd at all.

Quote: FrGamble

I didn't forget it. You can call them "Trump Retirement Accounts". Maybe it is more needed now then back then and maybe it can get better support. Unfortunately with our divided nature of our country right now there seems to be no room to compromise on anything.