Perhaps the numbers of blacks voting democratic started trending upwards in the 1930s. Perhaps mostly in the northern states. But I’m telling you, since the 1960s into the 1970s thanks to racist republicans Goldwater and Nixon with that southern strategy crap sealed the deal for the republicans. No Republican presidential candidate got no more than 15% of the black vote ever since.
Putting aside the idea that your conflating minorities with low income workers as a premise for your comments, lets use low income earners in the analysis.
I'm not sure why you care. Nobody is forcing anyone to by an electric car, There will be plenty of gas powered cars around for the foreseeable future.
I'm not an open boarders guy but what evidence do you have for this. Again unemployment has been near record lows for over a year now and wages are growing. There are other issues with open borders but what are you using as your data points?
Energy cost are falling rapidly. WTC is @ $68 per barrel this morning. Natural Gas prices are lower than they were during most of Trump's administration and that's without adjusting for inflation. Electricity prices are up a little bit but have been stable over the last year.
That's just a talking point. One could argue we have a shortage of teachers due to the low pay and loss of benefits resulting from a decrease in the strength of teacher's unions. Also the investments in charter schools and private schools are not helping those "left behind" in the public schools. Education is a complicated issue. Blaming it all on teacher's unions just isn't supported by the facts.
This isn't the 80s..... I'm not sure we're still building large housing projects anymore. There is subsidized housing for low income families but I'm not aware of the building of large scale housing projects in the last several years.
I have no idea what your income or wealth is but I'll let you in on a little secret. All those "benefits" the middle class is getting from the Trump era tax cuts pale in comparison to the benefits wealthier American's are getting. It's not hyperbole... If you understand the ins and outs of the tax code and prepare a few tax returns you'd see it. Depending on your wealth you may be voting against your own interest.
Boiler Buck, I like your comments on the basketball board but I thought I'd challange you on some of your comments.
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Biden's low approval rating is a combination of Biden being old and the the WH/Democrats poor messaging of the good things that has been done during his tenure so far.Thank you for your efforts.
If what you are saying is anywhere close to true, one would expect the Biden Approval Rating to be decent.
But NO, the poor and middle class have spoken. 63% say these polices are NOT working for them.
It's so bad for Americans, even the pariah, loser Trump is polling above Biden. That speaks volumes. Haley is polling 17 points higher than Biden.
People are wanting to run from Biden policy that is hurting their pocket book. Thus, don't take my word, but when 63% say this ain't working for them, that bodes well for my points, not yours.
Joe Biden's approval rating hits new low
The president's approval rating is at an all-time low and he could face a huge challenge to be re-elected.
You laid it out pretty well responding to the Buckster's Faux News'ish talking points. Yes wages are up. Unemployment % is the lowest decades. His comments, along with Boilermaker03's are always full of comments. As far as the immigrants taking jobs from minorities is an old tactic to put on group of folks against another. I know one thing, those immigrants sure can't do what I do and so they ain't taking my job away from me.
How is it hurting the policies of of the poor and middle class when wages are up and employment rate is the lowest in decades. Plus the student loan reimbursement program that the right wingers despise. This program will help folks across the social economic spectrum including the poor and middle class that has student loans. The inflation rise, which is now falling was mostly due to the COVID pandemic response. Corporations price gouging to be precise.
You're speculating and you know it. You have no data to back up your bullshit. All you have is the popular narrative pushed by Democrats. The facts remain. Over 70% of the black vote went Democrat in the 1930's. Full stop. 77% voted Democrat in 1948. So the reality is, that the Civil Rights bill had an effect, but an extremely small one. You've been fed a narrative (another one) and you continue to swallow it whole like the good little sheep that you are.
Your chart is voting for president only. Says nothing about state and local voting. Nor, does it say anything about the number of blacks registered to either party. Still, according your chart, the black democratic vote for president was steady from the 1930s. The in, according to your chart 1964, after the one of the Civil or Voting Rights bills it jump up to nearly 88% and has been steady there ever since. To me the the Civil and Voting rights bills had a tremendous effect plus the republican, Barry Goldwater voting against it. Then came the racist Lee Atwater and the Southern Strategy and it was a wrap for blacks overwhelmingly voting republican locally and presidential.
I paid off my student loans and I love this program. It will help the economy as these folks will have more money to spend. If they have a mortgage, the burden of paying that is gone. As far as your daughters, assuming that their kids won't qualify for Pell Grants and need a student loan, I would bet that they would not refuse an offer for the government to forgive that loan. I wonder hoe many right wingers or children of these right wingers have applied for this loan forgiveness program. If it such a bad thing, no right winger should not apply for it, correct?
Almost all economic indicators are up. Prices are the problem and they’re not likely coming back down as the economy heats up. They probably won’t ever get back to pre pandemic levels. But that’s what MAGA expects and what they harp on.
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This here is the main problem. You're too focused on the inequality part to not understand that everyone benefited. People like you won't be happy unless the top are brought down closer to everyone else. The reality is that when that happens, everyone suffers. Inequality isn't the problem it's been made out to be. Everyone benefited from the tax cuts. The middle and lower class more so than the upper by percentage. That's just a fact.
Because you're buying into the spin and hype. Things aren't as good as they make it out to be. Just look at the links I gave above to SCboiler1.
The loan forgiveness is just another vote buying scheme. That's all the Democrats can do because their policies are shit.
No. You're intentionally misrepresenting the data because you don't want to admit the facts. The facts are that the VAST majority switched in the 1930's. Just admit it. 1948 77% voted Democrat. It went up another 10% after 1964, but you cannot in good faith make the claim that going up 10% is greater than over 50-60% in the 1930's. (and that's being generous because I doubt 10-20% voted Dem before then considering they were the KKK)
Someone besides me understands the labor participation rate.Infographic: Real Wages Rise Again as Wage Growth Outpaces Inflation
This chart shows the year-over-year change in consumer prices, real and nominal hourly earnings in the United States.
Real wage growth is up a tiny bit. A pathetic amount really at 0.5%. If you look at the chart, wage growth has been declining since about March 2022 (light blue line). Inflation being down is what makes it appear wage growth is up at all. The policies of this administration have been horrific and this graph shows just how horrible it's been. Massive inflation hurt people terribly.
US Labor Force Participation Rate Monthly Analysis: Employment Situation | YCharts
In depth view into US Labor Force Participation Rate including historical data from 1948 to 2024, charts and stats.
As far as unemployment, part of that is the labor participation rate. If you click the above link and select "max" you can see that the labor participation rate is still well below what it was when Trump was in office. Unemployment alone doesn't tell you anything worth while. You have to include the participation rate, otherwise it's easy for the data to get manipulated into making things not look so bad.
12 US States Are Planning to Ban the Sale of Gas-Powered Cars
To curb tailpipe emissions and boost EV and plug-in hybrid sales, California is working toward banning the purchase of combustion cars. Eleven more US states announced plans to follow suit.
The statement that you made here is not the reality in these states. It's likely to only get worse. The best thing that could happen for us all is that people stop buying them all together and force the industry to move in a different direction as electric cars are not the solution. They aren't even close to a viable solution.
Illegal Immigration Hurts African Americans
Illegal immigration is hurting African Americans, according to research by a Vanderbilt professor of law and political science. In Debating Immigration, a book of essays that Carol Swain edited and contributed to, she says African Americans are losing more jobs to illegal immigrants than other...
This here is the main problem. You're too focused on the inequality part to not understand that everyone benefited. People like you won't be happy unless the top are brought down closer to everyone else. The reality is that when that happens, everyone suffers. Inequality isn't the problem it's been made out to be. Everyone benefited from the tax cuts. The middle and lower class more so than the upper by percentage. That's just a fact.
That little chart just shows blacks voting in the presidential elections. Perhaps blacks voted for the least racist president at the time. FDR in that case. Little did they know that parts of the New Deal did not include blacks, ironically the welfare system. The chart does not show how many blacks were registered democrats or Republican. Or how they voted in state and local elections. I’m a registered democrat but nothing is stopping me to get high on crack and vote for a Republican to be president in 2024. I keep telling y’all a Christie/Haley ticket is intriguing. You may get 15% blacks to go for that ticket. But remain voting for democratic candidates for state and local.
Did you seriously just refer to FDR as the least racist president of their time?
Yeah, maybe blacks thought that FDR was less racist than Hoover who he beat in 1933. Who knows. But certainly FDR was less racist than Woodrow Wilson.
Jesus, just about anyone is less racist than WW. That's not a very high standard.
