Snapshots of Your DEMOCRATIC Party, 21st Century Style

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

From a report today, % of people who believe that the political system is broken:


US Adults: 59%

Democrats: 57%

Republicans: 63%

So did the Republicans convince the people that the system is broken or did they simply take advantage of the prevailing sentiment?



https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/u...s-economy.html

Wow! 57% of Dems.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Wow! 57% of Dems.

A political system that elects a sexual predator, fraudster, felon and Putin- hugging insurrectionist is indeed not healthy.

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

From a report today, % of people who believe that the political system is broken:


US Adults: 59%

Democrats: 57%

Republicans: 63%

So did the Republicans convince the people that the system is broken or did they simply take advantage of the prevailing sentiment?



https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/u...s-economy.html

Seems 63% of Republicans believed the system is broken. Not suprising that because that's what their leaders have been telling them. From years of backing the lie that the election was stolen in 2020 while remaining mute about all the other Republican wins.

[Oerets]

More like Dems think it is broken due to the loss of working together to solve problems. Reaching across the isle so to speak.

The Reps thinking it is due in having the need to reach across the isle to solve problems....

[Dondilion]

The last 30 years has weighed heavily on the egalitarian and economic aspiration of the people. Real wages have been stagnant and basic dreams have become unaffordable. So young couples do not want kids. They say day care is too expensive.
The economic model now is just inflation masquerading as economic progress. What the system needs is a gigantic reset. A chance for a reset occurred in 2008 but this was rejected and Quantitative Easing pushed forward. However QE exacerbated inequality, (as those closest to the money printing benefited the most) encouraged and prolonged inflation.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

The last 30 years has weighed heavily on the egalitarian and economic aspiration of the people. Real wages have been stagnant and basic dreams have become unaffordable. So young couples do not want kids. They say day care is too expensive.
The economic model now is just inflation masquerading as economic progress. What the system needs is a gigantic reset. A chance for a reset occurred in 2008 but this was rejected and Quantitative Easing pushed forward. However QE exacerbated inequality, (as those closest to the money printing benefited the most) encouraged and prolonged inflation.

The two basic needs of this country have not been met and doubt will ever be met which is affordable housing and affordable healthcare. Both of these are quite complex issues. Builders would rather build houses where people can afford to buy them and the fact that real estate is a great investment, people that can afford them are lining up to buy them while very few affordable homes are built as the ranks of the homeless are ever expanding.

As to healthcare, Obamacare was just a band-aid which has also been whittled down by the wingnuts while the real cost of healthcare continues to go up and the uninsured ranks continue to expand like the homeless.

Can anything be done? Not really when tax cuts are offered to people who do not need it, IRS is being decimated impacting tax collections and last but not least, ballooning deficits.

[Watcher]

I think the US is fucked; and I don´t think they will ever recover.

The "richest" country in the world is also probably the only civilized country in the world that doesn´t have universal health care for its citizens. And any politician, or political party that tries to raise the US to ,say, European standards, will never be elected because that would mean raising taxes.

I pay 19% sales tax, and approximately 7.5% of my gross pay for Health insurance. That health insurance would even cover a family with 10 kids or more; all for the same price.

I gladly pay these taxes and high gas prices because WE GET SOMETHING IN RETURN FOR IT!

The rich in the US don´t want to give up 1 cent for the benefit of society; even the uneducated and poor would be against higher taxes, even if it benefited them greatly, because " but eggs are expensive!"

I don´t want to insult anyone personally that lives in the US, but the rest of the world stopped looking up to the US a LONG time ago. We PITY you; and I mean that seriously.


Americans complain about the price of gas, but adjusted for inflation, I think it is even cheaper that 30 years ago.

For a bit of context; I am a US citizen (I´m working on changing that), that came to Germany at 20 years of age 40 years ago.

[Watcher]

I don´t have any anxiety of "what happens if I lose my job, or if I get sick, maybe even so sick that I can´t work any more?"

Because the system that I pay/paid into will take care of me . It wouldn´t be a life of luxury, but we would always have a roof over our heads, food to eat, and medical care.

I am mentally relaxed, and can just enjoy life.

A few more benefits of living in Germany:

No "Hire and Fire" work situation. The longer you work somewhere, the longer the termination notice time is. I think after 10 years or so, the forewarning time is over 6 months. And they cant´t just fire you just because. The have to have a very good reason.

When you rent an apartment, so can stay there your ENTIRE LIFE. Not get kicked out at the end of every month. There are exceptions to this, but are too lengthy to explain here.

All full time workers get at least 4 weeks of paid vacation; most get 6 weeks, though.

When I get sick, I don´t lose one cent of pay. Only if I am sick for longer than 6 weeks at a time would my pay stop coming from my boss. I would then get 60% of my pay from the health insurance company.

That´s not much, but much better than nothing

Ok, it´s not so easy to own a gun here. You have to be a hunter or a member of a shooting club. But I don´t feel the need to own. one

[Oasis]

Just the gun culture alone would depress me, and I likely would have died a while ago due to the inadequate health care if I lived in the USA.

I like Americans in general, but you lot have a hell of a cross to bear, and worse it will be with Trump at the helm.

[Oerets]

Was lucky to have worked with people from all over this planet when employed by a major US airline.

From my experiences the loudest voice know it all in any break room. Would be the a US worker telling, yes informing someone from Europe, Canada, Africa ... what it is like in Europe, Canada, Africa... Proudly in their ignorance are they, all the while being listen to so graciously by those who do know.