Election Night (or days, or weeks, or whatever) 2022

[AM64]

How can all of these states still be counting a full day after? Tennessee always has our stuff done on time and nobody works at our polling districts but grannies and church ladies lol… get the lead out, or do things more efficiently, straggle states lol

NV is the one you have to really wonder about. Of all the states you'd think NV would know a thing or two about math. Over a day later they haven't gotten to the 80% counted mark.

 

[BowlBrother85]

Voting shouldn’t be overly convenient. If you can’t plan for one day a year in advance then you obviously don’t give a s***. If dims need a month to round up voters and get them a voting station then tough s***.

There is nothing which says that "Voting shouldn't be overly convenient."

 

[volfanhill]

Voting shouldn’t be overly convenient. If you can’t plan for one day a year in advance then you obviously don’t give a s***. If dims need a month to round up voters and get them to a voting station then tough s***.

That's bulshat. Voting is a right like owning a gun. It should be as easy and accessible as possible. When you think about it a right isn't something I should have to work for.

 

[C-south]

That's bulshat. Voting is a right like owning a gun. It should be as easy and accessible as possible.

You chose the dumbest comparison possible trying to make an argument.

 

[volfanhill]

You chose the dumbest comparison possible trying to make an argument.

Are they both rights?

 

[C-south]

Are they both rights?

And exercising one is about as far from convenient as you can get.

 

[AM64]

Paychecks would go up. Not down like now

Which just means we are further screwed. We need to build our own stuff, and it can't happen when we have the highest labor cost in the world. Inflated wages are probably doing more damage than extreme fuel prices because the rest of the world is paying extreme prices for fuel, too.

 

[volfanhill]

And exercising one is about as far from convenient as you can get.

So you ignored my question. Great convo.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Why do you think voting is difficult? It literally took me 10 minutes, counting driving time, to early vote.

 

[C-south]

So you ignored my question. Great convo.

I’m pleasantly surprised you’re for making it easier to obtain firearms. Less restrictions on what you can get and no background check or photo ID.

 

[volfanhill]

Why do you think voting is difficult? It literally took me 10 minutes, counting driving time, to early vote.

I don't. @C-south said it shouldn't be convenient. I totally disagree with that

 

[volfanhill]

I’m pleasantly surprised you’re for making it easier to obtain firearms. Less restrictions on what you can get and no background check or photo ID.

All for it

 

[C-south]

I don't. @C-south said it shouldn't be convenient. I totally disagree with that

And making as much effort as the person you replied to is too inconvenient for many. Specifically one party.

 

[AM64]

It won't. In 30 years, gas will be $13 a gallon. Starting wage for unskilled receptionist type work will be $40-$50 an hour. This is simply how the American economy ages.

@AM64 if you don't mind what was the year, hourly pay, and cost of a gallon of gas when you first got a job (even part time or seasonal in school)?

Same Qs for your 1st job out of college?

The first real job was 1965 working in the summer machining parts for electric motors. Seems like I was making just over $2.50 an hour, also seems like gas was less than 30 cents/gallon. In 1967 when I quit school and enlisted in the Army I was making a whopping $99/month. In 1976 as a new engineer with an MS from UT, my starting salary was around $18K/mo. We also bought US made goods because we hadn't priced labor too high to be uncompetitive with the world market. Labor inflation is a losing game.

 

[BowlBrother85]

Why do you think voting is difficult? It literally took me 10 minutes, counting driving time, to early vote.

Exercising the right to vote is obviously not the same experience for every American.

Why Do Nonwhite Georgia Voters Have To Wait In Line For Hours? Too Few Polling Places

This article is from 2020, but it gets at the heart of a longstanding problem in the urban areas of red states.

 

[kiddiedoc]

I don't. @C-south said it shouldn't be convenient. I totally disagree with that

Oh, sorry. I missed the conversation, I guess. I definitely agree that it shouldn't be difficult, and I'm very pleased with my local precinct.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Exercising the right to vote is obviously not the same experience for every American.

Why Do Nonwhite Georgia Voters Have To Wait In Line For Hours? Too Few Polling Places

This article is from 2010, but it gets at the heart of a longstanding problem in the urban areas of red states.

Is early voting an option there?

 

[Weezer]

So Pubs are going to get the House, right? Just need a little gridlock to block those partisan bills.

 

[BowlBrother85]

So Pubs are going to get the House, right? Just need a little gridlock to block those partisan bills.

Yep. They only needed to pick up 5 seats. It looks like they will pick up 9. That is not a strong showing for the party not in power, during the mid-terms. I've mentioned this before, but on Monday night, Newt Gingrich went on Sean Hannity's show and predicted that Republicans would pick up 44 seats.

 

[AM64]

It's gonna be interesting if AM64 will answer those Qs I asked earlier.

Any other old timers are welcome to as well

Sorryyy. I was off watching TV with the wife. And you are easier - and safer - to ignore.

 

[AM64]

3-1 Dem for Voters 18-30. That’s the demographic that salvaged the left.

Figures. People who think they know it all and don't have anything figured out vote for dems. If you aren't out of school and working and facing what it takes to get by in the world, you have no business voting. Dems know they have a good thing going with the kid vote though.

 

[AM64]

With that $15/hour one might partake a meal for one hours work.
Inflation is the Biggest Issue. A Crisis. Most folks dont understand.

Now what is causing it..now it gets messy. Real messy.

Think also about government programs like Social Security where people paid in based on wages made decades ago and are paid out based on today's rates. Think also about the difference you can pay in to retirement accounts now vs what you'll need later - investment market returns all look good until collapses like 2008 wipe them out. The faster inflation increases, the less secure retirements will be.

 

[AM64]

I don't know.
How many people are willing to make less if things cost less? [Rhetorical]

Like ND40 said, deflation is bad. And stagflation is derided. Seems like the only flation we agree on is INflation.

Inflation is for tires ... and footballs.

 

[Weezer]

Yep. They only needed to pick up 5 seats. It looks like they will pick up 9. That is not a strong showing for the party not in power, during the mid-terms. I've mentioned this before, but on Monday night, Newt Gingrich went on Sean Hannity's show and predicted that Republicans would pick up 44 seats.

I don't care. As long as the Pubs take one chamber, Biden can't railroad through his partisan agenda. It's always better when control is split. I don't care who sits in the WH. Better to have split control since they're all dumbasses.

 

[AM64]

So my main idea behind it..... Less time with shipping since it doesnt have to travel over seas. Also bring more jobs back gets more people in the workforce, there for more people have money to spend, there for more consumers buying products. Also bringing it back to America allows us to use American products to create said product which creates more money distribution in the American market. So the idea is normal demand, high quantity of product - lower prices.

It all kinda worked until US labor exceeded Chinese labor and shipping costs and any import duties. When you manage that on labor costs, you've screwed up royally.