I don’t know what to make of Musk’s actions of late. I mean, at first, it seemed like a staged “spat” but it seems a lot less likely now. Musk has said some things that are quite leftist. He mentioned how we need a carbon tax, and he’s made a lot of his money through government favoritism.
07/06/2025 4:00:06 AM PDT
· 160 of 164 meyer
to janetjanet998
I think this push to make a third party stems from Elon’s wish to continue government subsidies for his electric vehicles and his desire for a carbon tax.
He seems more poised to attract those on the left and RINOs (or am I being redundant) more than conservatives.
07/06/2025 3:57:54 AM PDT
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to janetjanet998
We’ve seen this before.
Ross Perot, while clearly the superior candidate in that election, split the vote in such a way that Slick Willie won, rather than “no new taxes” Papa Bush.
07/05/2025 7:41:48 PM PDT
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to CondoleezzaProtege
No, they didn’t. the left is going to try that nonsense, but I haven’t seen any glitch or failure to predict the weather as accurately (or inaccurately) as was done in the past.
AI and the deep state news media will claim otherwise, but they’re still full of malarkey.
I’m going to wait and see a little more before I say too much (which is not like me) about the potential amnesty - because I am strongly against it, if amnesty is the right word to use here.
On its face, the “ranked choice voting” defies the concept of “one man, one vote” for it appears that more than one vote is extracted or allowed from each voter.
In my view, it’s unconstitutional. You vote once and only once in an election. Period. All beneficiaries of “rank choice” voting should be expelled from their respective positions and face new, honest elections where each voter gets one and only one vote.
The bill has a lot of warts - it is far from perfect. But, it’s a major step in the right direction and given the thin majorities and crybabies in the 2 chambers, it’s probably amazing that even it assed.
I’d like to see any economic justification for Powell’s actions (or inactions). There is none.
Used to be, right or wrong, back in the Greenspan days, you lowered rates to get the economy warmed up, and you’d raise them to slow it down. And there may have actually been justification for doing things. They don’t even BS about it now.