Exact reaction I was going to use, brilliant.
2020 US Elections | Biden certified as President | Dems control Congress
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Why isn't it on a weekend? It was one of the shocks of adult life to find out that not every country holds elections on a Sunday. It seems so natural.
I really would be interested to know why that happened. But still, I could never film a documentary like that for that reason
Good question. The only thing I can think of is plain old voter suppression. Even Trump has said something like «if we make voting easier no republican will ever win again».
Who the feck is Lil Pump?
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/140859/economics/the-laffer-curve/
Almost all reputable economists believe that having a top rate of tax of say 50% will have absolutely bugger all effect on economic growth compared to having 30% or 40%, yet it has a large effect on budget deficits. And in fact many economists believe that up to 60-70% top rate of income tax is actually the correct level for most economies.
So yeah, you guys have low taxes and shit loads of debt - you're doing it wrong, it's unsustainable and it's bad economics.
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Something something tradition.
I just checked and apparently it's always on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November. Sundays were out of the question (historically speaking) because of Church service.
It's a civil holiday in Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and West Virgina, and 30 other states have statutes which force companies to provide their employees with enough time to vote. Colorado, Oregon and Washington conduct all elections through mail-in voting, and 37 states alongside Washington DC allow for early voting practices. So I guess it's better than it's ever been right now (and I think we're on course for an historically high voter turnout too?).
Where is everyone watching the election?
This is just a myth. A pervasive myth because the super-wealthy and the market fundamentalists try to keep spreading this myth but its neither true in theory nor is it true in reality when we examine what has actually happened when taxes on the rich and corporations are cut. The reality is taxing the super-wealthy and biggest corporations is the only thing that can save an eventual market collapse. Continuing with this level of laissez-faire will eventually lead to a collapse or ridiculous inequality.
You can only "just raise prices" to whatever you want if you have a monopoly on a necessity.
If you don't have a monopoly on a necessity, any corporate tax increase will be split between an increase in your prices and a drop in your profits.
The balance between the two depends on the elasticity of demand for your product (see long version, below).
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ref/econ101e.html
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Between his own hilarity coming fast and furious and the memes and clips that result from it ll be a busy day.
Yeah, I expected something like that. Those reasons obviously have no relevance now.
Because of Founders. Sunday was for worshipping. Monday was not possible cause for many back then it took a very long time of travelling to reach the poll station. So the founders decided to make it on Tuesday (enough time for people who leave their home on Monday to reach the polls on Tuesday and then to be able to go to market on Wednesday, when the market happened traditionally).
250 years later make no sense, but well, nothing in American politics make any sense.
NB: oh well, explained in some posts above.
Probably at home.
I think the undecided voters will break in Biden's direction. He may well cruise it.
You're not hiding behind a non-scalable wall at the White House?
FFS
Between his own hilarity coming fast and furious and the memes and clips that result from it ll be a busy day.
Consider yourself lucky and pretend you never heard the name.
I read that they couldn’t do it on Sundays (church) And Wednesday was market day. They needed a day before voting to travel to the polling place, which ruled out Monday and Thursday. So they chose Tuesday (though I don’t know why Friday/Saturday weren’t considered to be honest). The time of year was convenient regarding harvest being over and winter not hitting quite yet. (I haven’t fact checked any of this recently)
interestingly States initially could choose different days within a certain window, until 1845 when Congress chose a uniform date “the first Tuesday after the first Monday” (to avoid Nov 1st I believe).
In some states I believe it is now a public holiday, and other states have various other provisions. In California I believe you are supposed to get 2 paid hours off if you can’t otherwise get the time off to vote.
As for why it’s not changed since, one could point to “tradition,” intentionally leaving another obstacle to people voting, or I’m sure people have other reasons
Not going to lie, Weezy, 50 etc coming out in support of Trump is really, really weird. I'm almost sure they all condemned the outright racist actions of the American police force, and yet they support the man who has refused to condemn these actions, offers support to these same racist police and indeed has showed support for other outright racist groups. It's so strange.
Is it really because he's more likely to help them with respect to paying less taxes?
Is it really because he's more likely to help them with respect to paying less taxes?
Yes
Yup.
Someone's not in the Gucci Gang.
To be fair Lil Wayne said he didn't care a jot about BLM.
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Beautiful stuff
Did he really say that? Fecking hell.
Granted he grew up with Birdman so I assume he was privileged since he was young, but still, to view the world through a lens like that is tragic.
Shameful
That's them owned.
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Can we make a separate thread for election day with links inside to guide people on the best news streams and entertainment shows.
50 has done a 180 and been critical of Trump now hasn’t he? He should likely have just stfu in the first place if he doesn’t understand what he’s talking about.
All the codeine messed up Lil Wayne’s brain so I’m not surprised he gets on well with Sudafed Don.
Ice Cube recently was critical of people suggesting the support was just about greed so I’m hesitant to suggest something like that. I do think “nothing can stop me” -minded wealthy men are drawn to a character’s such as Trump. Some people see his behaviour as ultra masculine.
Also...Important to remember being a talented/successful musician is like being a great sports star, no guarantee it means you’re intelligent in any other areas. Not everyone is Tupac, who was calling out people for wanting to be like Trump back in the early 90s
I'm working tomorrow so going to get some sleep at some point, but I can't decide if I'm going to stay up til 2ish (Irish time) or go to bed early and get up at 4ish to see how things are panning out.
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@fishfingers15 your vote has been powerful. also jammu is no longer a part of india.
Saw a good article about that recently on why some young rich black folks support Trump and it basically came down to the same phenomenon Trump exhibits - being so out of touch and infatuated with their own "success" that they see themselves in the guy.
It really is an odd mental leap to make but in a way it also shows how damaging that train of thought is to the black community imho- they are are being told by Rs that if you just work hard you ll be successful. Problem is of course that you cant look at what's literally less than a handful who got also lucky to get the fame and money they got. It conveys the message that somehow that that's a viable path for everyone. As we all know its not. My wife sees it a lot in her line of work where particularly in that community they think becoming a famous rapper or ball player or simply "entrepreneur" are the only way out of poverty etc. You can do well in life without being a millionaire or famous - that's what the focus should be on - but instead guys like 50 or Pump reinforce the belief that somehow they simply earned it all and just got there by working hard. Its extremely disingenuous and counter-productive imho... I know Im going off topic here so Ill leave it at that. Hope I didnt insult anyone.
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