"I loved my previous life. I had so many things going," Trump told Reuters in an interview. "This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier."

No matter your opinion on Trump, the bolded is hilariously dumb. Unless Reuters took snippets from a reincarnation debate out of context.

I changed my mind.

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Pretty sure Trump got a boner from his specch in front of the NRA today.

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Pretty sure a bunch of NRA members also got boners.

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The super-wealthy should have their wealth expropriated with force and dealt with as criminals if they resist. Wealth isn't generated by the wealthy, it's generated by the blood, sweat, tears, pain and debt of billions of people who will never be close to becoming wealthy. Wealth is literally violence.

I'm certain she'd end up traumatized and/or depressed. That would make it even harder to find work, or even apply for it. Sounds expensive and counterproductive.

Anyway, in Norway, you don't receive unemployment benefits unless you're a job-seeker. The Labour and Welfare Administration requires you to actively look for jobs and be willing to accept just about any kind of work, practically anywhere in the country. It's practically impossible to live comfortably off of unemployment benefits, even in Norway. Most people who have to aren't very satisfied about it - this also goes for countries that provide "generous benefits".

Generous benefits do NOT make jobless lazy: Study claims countries with best welfare have the least happy unemployed | Daily Mail Online
"So where are all of these able-bodied lazy adults who are luxuriating off of their benefits? They are a fabrication."

7 Common Myths About People on Welfare - Everyday Feminism

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea...-gwb033015.php

I probably agree with their ideas in those articles, but those aren't very reliable sources.

Didn't catch this edit. You're strawmanning the scenario, we were discussing the event of people abusing the system, not every single parent who uses government assistance.

This article. So much. <3

Vice.com - Dislike Trump? Well, Obama Has Always Been Cool with Taking Wall Street Cash

It's no revelation that, despite the rhetoric, Dems have a long term and passionate romance with Wall Street.

You may be right, I've been hearing bad things about the Daily Mail. I rarely read it. The second one has a clear political agenda (which I'm biased towards). I never heard about the last one before. I didn't think too much about it, I just did a quick Google search and read through a couple of articles I found. I'm sure there are many more reliable sources out there supporting the same claims.

How about rejecting both the Dems and the GOP? Just a thought.

https://www.vice.com/en_us

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Even CNN's Republican pundits Kayleigh McEnany and Paris Dennard agreed last night that this is much ado about nothing, and both would do it for a ton less money.

Grasping at straws 101.

I'm sure of it. I'm just not about that bias, ya know.

Way ahead of ya. I guess I talk more **** on the Dems here because people have the GOP ****-talking taken care of. Plus, a Democrat was at the point of discussion here.

Obvious bias doesn't really support my point, either. But I doubt that the editors of the Daily Mail share my political leanings.

I wasn't really directing it at you, it was more of a general remark. ;)

To further my point, during Obama's 8 years as President he was a ton more tougher on Wall Street than GWB during his 8 years. He went along with bail outs to fix Bush's wrongs, because every single economic adviser back then were saying that if those firms failed, the entire USA economy would've totally melted down.

He's a private citizen with no power to impact any policy, laws, or influence over Wall Street or big banks. That's Trump's job at the moment. Let's not lose the focus on that.

Private citizen offered $400K to make a speech? No ****ing brainer.

The US government should offer free welfare for life for anyone willing to be sterilized before the age of 20.

Instead of rewarding people for having children they can't afford be proactive to prevent it.

That bar is so low that it's underground.

No brain is what it takes to think that Obama isn't being a hypocrite here.

So basically you're okay with Democrats who make bad decisions starving to death.

What does starving have to due with a political party? Twisted opinion man. You do realize that the vast majority of areas in the USA that are living below the poverty level consistantly vote Republican. Right? And they are also the majority of welfare recipients. (how does this get lost on so many clear thinking people?)

You need a new prescription for your glasses. Or maybe just trim your Okie beard.

Except the ****-ups mentioned in the article paved the way for the president you despise to come to power. ;)

You only have yourself to blame for Trump buddy boy, especially since you obviously have nothing to say in regards to Obama's actions with Eric Holder post-bailout.

I was mocking him from our discussion earlier. He doesn't like discussing things so now I just say dumb things to get him going and then ignore him.

But to answer your question, absolutely nothing.

This is akin to you leaving a flaming bag of dog **** at my door and then ringing the bell. I answer the door, stamp out the fire, and then you blame me for having **** on my shoe.

He makes quite a few very sound points. My opinion of your ideolgy has shifted recently so that's as far as I'll go.

Because Republicans always try to point the blame for welfare and social services at the feet of Democrats. Re-read what DWV posted. He's flat out blaming Democrats for sucking the system.

YOU read his post again. He never said anything of the sort and even if he did, it's not like the Dems are innocent just because the GOP is worse.

No I'm not lol... I'm flat out making fun of elph for a comment he made earlier about starving children. I just told you that. We have a hate/hate relationship, that works wonderfully well, and no one ever gets actually upset. You should try it.

It's really not, it's a bad thing to expect it though.

It is when the people that get the help are rich white males with no sense of what it means to be depressed or mentally unstable or what it mwas to be poor. But sure, you can ask for help. Just don't expect it.

I don't take the time to analyze every word of every post leading up to ones I respond to. I guess all of the subtleties of the full exchange escaped me. My bad. I'll pay more attention from now on.

Carry on.

On a side note, why you making so much fun of Elph? He makes great points, although sometimes a bit naively. Ant should be the real target here. If he ruled the world Ayn Rand would be smiling in her grave.

Learning more and more new stuff about members here on a daily basic.

Carry on.

Mostly because of the superiority complex, complete lack of real world experience, and lazy posting style. Other than that we cool.

Let's hear about your real world experience? And you come across with a wicked superiority complex too buddy. His posting style is not lazy. Look up the word succinct.

I knew this was coming.. It's absolutely reasonable to rely on your government for things, it's a two way street. I really meant that, it's not always possible for them to help and you should always rely on yourself to get things done before others.

and again you go adding specifics like spending money, which i didn't bring up. You can rely on the government in more ways than financially.

lmfao

Nobody is intelligent or even a good person unless they're 100% agreeing with you.

Do I? I explain my position, ask for people with dissenting opinions to explain their position(which usually leads to personal attacks, strawmen, or goal post moving, or subjective bs I don't have time for), and admit when I am naive to a subject I'm discussing.

What kind of real world experiences of mine would you like to know about? Scraping by with hardly any food, working multiple jobs while attending community college, with no health insurance and paying for rent & car/insurance? Not being able to get a 4 year degree because I couldn't afford it living on my own? Not really sure what you're looking for.. No I don't have as much experience as you, just like elph doesn't have as much as me.

Sorry for assuming.. Feel free to tell me about your experiences in life as an independent adult.

Everyone has a style. It takes a while to establish. It also sucks when you lean on it all the time. Add some substance to the conversation or take your cliche'd responses elsewhere. You've become tired with your predictable crap. "You are obviously inferior to me, therefore I'll point it out as a way to discount your response."

Just because I disagree with you. See how that works?

Russian judge gives it an 8.5 out of 10.

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Ja but the problem is that you don't agree with Chula and are willing to discuss the nuances of a situation without just globbing onto the black and white depiction from the media.

Getting upset and calling me predictable/pretentious/a big meanie is just as predictable as me pointing out when you say something stupid. And it's not because I disagree with you on this subject, it's the approach you're taking towards DWV for trying to have a grownup conversation instead of this youtube comment section ****storm.

Is it at this point I should insult you and imply it's your ****ing fault? Because that's precisely what you did to me.

People floating along in a lifeboat should unify. Not punch each other in the face until some start falling out.

Source please.

It was my fault. I made that decision. I learned a lot from it, and I'm thankful to have had it. It made me financially responsible, motivated, and gave me an amazing work ethic. I didn't ever complain or make excuses, I got through it putting in the work. So sure you can insult me, I'm not easily offended.

Tsk tsk tsk. You are welcome to come up with legitimate criticism at some point before I die of old age. Until then, pretend Obama had your best interests at heart eight years ago. :rofl:

As for me, Trump could die tomorrow and I'd laugh. You should learn to recognize, however, that his failures are partly a consequence of underlying issues your own party did not bother to address due to laziness, stupidity and numerous other factors. And now we have to live with him.

It is though, because opinions change over time and with experience.. and you can call bull**** on me if you want, but I used to think very similarly to you and argue with people my age in the exact same ways you're arguing with me now. The only difference is you are more educated on the topics than I was at the time, and the world was in a different place.

Are you even following the grownup **** I'm posting about. This isn't the ****ing media. (again, your snobby pretension rears it's head).

List my stupid statements. Please. You came out and called me stupid. Back it up. Without pretension. Bring it on.

It makes me sad when you start a conversation with me and then ignore my reply to insult Frown. :(

Dude, happy for you. Believe it or not, you got lucky. Tons of people have amazing work ethics and bust their butts, and still don't get through. Don't anoint yourself.

But you hurled the first rock, even though you knew my family's circumstances. That sting hasn't quite worn off yet.