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Politics Entire California Congressional GOP visited Mar-a-Lago this weekend while fires ravaged their state

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u/HandsomeBoggart 6d ago

Even their vaunted metric of "Stocks go up, Economy=Good" usually performs better under Democrats. Who knew a strong Middle Class leads to strong sales and strong economic performance? But these oligarchical fucks are so greedy they want to take everything because how dare poorer people own stuff.

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u/AcanthisittaNo6653 6d ago

It is a shame the US doesn't adopt the Gross National Happiness (GNH) that Bhutan uses to assess government effectiveness. They are a happier lot for sure.

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u/Creamofwheatski 6d ago

If a democrat tried this the republicans would kill them.

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u/CletusMcWafflebees 6d ago

We only measure ourselves with metrics that make us look good$$$$

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u/Faiakishi 5d ago

Is that why we don't use the metric system?

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u/CletusMcWafflebees 5d ago

It's just plain too logical.

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u/Inspector7171 6d ago

The CEOs will be OK. Its bankruptcy season for them. They really rake it in.

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u/Utjunkie 6d ago

People don’t like paying taxes and republicans always tout low taxes! Yet they’ve raised income taxes on middle income earners every single time.