US US Politics General 2 - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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Members of the Trump Administration
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[WelperHelper99]

You guys realize we'll still have pennies, right? We have a fuck ton of of pennies. I got pennies in my wallet from the 60s. Halting production for a few years doesn't mean the penny suddenly dies

 

[Chainsaw Juggler]

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[Clyde Cash's Left Teste]

Not the penny.

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What ever happened to putting Harriet Tubman on the 20 dollar bill?

 

[gibbslets]

The clues weren't obvious. Who tf pays attention to ugly smackhead Pete Davidson's tabloid fodder? (well, when he's not dating a hot female celebrity).

He also wore a Superbowl ring a few weeks ago:

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In one of Skeet's comedy specials, he jokes (if you calls his comedy "jokes") about being friends with/riding in a private jet with a member of the mafia (I think Ndragheta?). So, food for thought...

Didn’t he have wigger face tattoos? New test tube clone much?

 

[It's Little Alex Horne]

So has Philly greased up the light poles already?

(I don't follow football - is Philly winning funny?)

 

[draggs]

Missing good old Ronnie Raygun who finally cleaned up the global mess FDR created by putting the Soviet Union in its place: the ash heap of history

And FDR wasn't so much a secret pinko who loved commienism as he was a massive egomaniacal retard who thought he could turn Stalin into a not-demon by the force of his amazing aristocratic personality. For reals he thought he could personally charm Stalin into bean a gud boi who wouldint do nuffin

 

[Breadbassket]

You guys realize we'll still have pennies, right? We have a fuck ton of of pennies. I got pennies in my wallet from the 60s. Halting production for a few years doesn't mean the penny suddenly dies

What indicates what Trump is stating is temporary? Even if pennies are commonplace now as time goes on the amount in circulation will gradually dwindle down more and more.

 

[Desu Mountain]

Pennies are necessary because everything ends in $X.99 and sales tax makes the total price a number that isn't necessarily divisible by five. Since no one wants to adjust prices to be some kind of base 10 counting system so every denomination will always end in 5 or 0, pennies need to exist to fill the gap.

Shit costing 9.99 has nothing to do with sales tax. It's because a product that costs 9.99 looks a lot cheaper than one that costs 10.00, even though they're effectively the same price. You are falling for a marketing trick.

 

[LiquidKid]

FDR did a lot to help America during the economic crisis

FDR was one of our worst presidents. His “help” was repealing prohibition to profit off it while simultaneously spreading the lie that it wasn’t an effective policy, and then spreading socialism throughout the entire country and allowing the communist party in America to grow. I have absolutely nothing positive to say about that wheelchair ridden fuck

 

[Nuns with guns]

FDR did a lot to help America during the economic crisis, and was clearly a great man.

Oh sweet summer child.

 

[Irene and 22 others]

Between FDR, Lincoln, Washington, and good ol' Teddy, I can't decide which one's the best president. FDR did a lot to help America during the economic crisis, and was clearly a great man. Lincoln, despite the hell that was the Civil War, did an excellent job with helping abolish slavery. Washington, because despite having all the power in the world to do what he want with the newly formed American government, kept things modest, and made it where the President wasn't some all encompassing ruler. And Teddy Roosevelt is obvious: The man was just great all around.

FDR is one of the worst presidents in this country's history and a good deal of the reason the country has been a mess for the last century. Trump has made a good start with cutting out some of the bloat, but until a president removes the absolute cancer that FDR injected into the system the nation will not fully recover.

I also don't know how you leave Jefferson off of your list. Washington gets points for realizing that that stepping away from power could set a powerful precedent (that FDR absolutely fucked up like the faggot communist that he was, may his. crippled ass rot in hell forever) but Jefferson was by any other metric a better president.

 

[Levitcus prime24]

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They are so close to their 2 brain cells rubbing together.

 

[Eventide]

There's also the plane crash in Philadelphia the other day. Looks like the NFL writers chose the #PhillyStrong version of the script. It works for them too because it's become a mainstream talking point that the NFL is rigged for certain teams like me and others have been saying for years. Now they can claim that it isn't rigged, which normies will eat up. My theory is they're trying to make Eagles-Chiefs like what Patriots-Colts was in the 00s/early 10s. It's all fake and gay like wrestling and the writers will probably try and make the Chiefs the heel team just like the Patriots were.

As an Okie I was taught from a young age by my gramps that the only football games worth watching are college football - the best football coaches are college football coaches (often paid tens of millions of dollars by universities) for a good reason. NFL doesn't need good coaches since they just rig games if they want a team to win.

Didn’t he have wigger face tattoos? New test tube clone much?

He apparently spent 200,000 grand on tattoo removal last year. Arguably a waste of money, since he still looks like he got whacked in the face with an ugly stick

 

[WelperHelper99]

What indicates what Trump is stating is temporary? Even if pennies are commonplace now as time goes on the amount in circulation will gradually dwindle down more and more.

The majority of them aren't even in the public apparently.

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Trump leaves in 4 years for one. Second a temporary suspension makes more sense than just nuking it. Just make more when you need more every few years. You don't have to change the entire system and you save a few bucks.

 

[UnidentifiedFlyingOrchid]

Call it world war .5

War of the Spanish Succession would be World War 0. All started because this Habsburg died without heir:

Charles II of Spain

 

[John Shedletsky]

FDR is one of the worst presidents in this country's history and a good deal of the reason the country has been a mess for the last century. Trump has made a good start with cutting out some of the bloat, but until a president removes the absolute cancer that FDR injected into the system the nation will not fully recover.

I also don't know how you leave Jefferson off of your list. Washington gets points for realizing that that stepping away from power could set a powerful precedent (that FDR absolutely fucked up like the faggot communist that he was, may his. crippled ass rot in hell forever) but Jefferson was by any other metric a better president.

I edited my post to include some addendums. I forgot that FDR was pulling some fucked up shit. Forgive me, as I'm running out of energy here.
Jefferson is good too, but I highlight Washington specifically because of his modest approach to leadership in America. Even if Jefferson, by comparison, was better. It takes a lot of goodness within someone's heart to be as modest as Washington was, given his unique position at the time.

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

Crackpot Idea: shift all current US balances 1 decimal place. $12.34 becomes $1.23. Now pennies are worth the equivalent to what dimes currently are. Also, eggs will be 10x cheaper (along with everything else). Gas at 30¢ and a federal minimum wage under a dollar.

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They literally did that in failing countries. Yugoslavia springs to mind around 89/90. They produced new bank notes and knocked 4 zeros off the value of old ones.

 

[Teshub]

What ever happened to putting Harriet Tubman on the 20 dollar bill?

We're trying not to devalue our currency.

 

[Lammy]

So has Philly greased up the light poles already?

(I don't follow football - is Philly winning funny?)

The Chiefs are the seemingly ref-favored golden child team (and also tied to the currently popular-to-hate Taylor Swift), so them losing is funny.
Philly sports fans have a tendency to lose their shit at their teams playing (win or lose) in any major sporting event. AFAIK the pole greasing is a legit city ordinance (and probably already in place today)

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

Shit costing 9.99 has nothing to do with sales tax. It's because a product that costs 9.99 looks a lot cheaper than one that costs 10.00, even though they're effectively the same price. You are falling for a marketing trick.

Either way, I need pennies to pay exact change. Whether it cost $4.99 or $5.53 after sales tax, I still need pennies.