My city is having an election. The incumbent mayor (Democrat) is backed by big business while the challenger is more traditional in this town; backed by the fire, police, and utility (city owned) unions. The incumbent has more campaign cash but the challenger (Democrat) has more manpower.
My problem is that they are both tied to special interests. The incumbent has brought in some development, but at a cost. We got a new Amazon distribution center, but part of the deal is they pay nothing, nada, zero, for their utilities. This type of deal, along with property tax breaks, TIFF, and other inducements have resulted in our utility rates going up almost 100% in the past few years. Our property tax rates are now 4th highest in the nation.
The challenger, on the other hand, has promised police and fire great new contracts, even better retirement and lots of new equipment. They already have a "great" deal without any enhancements. (These union members are required to live within city limits, so they carry some serious clout).
My city has been run by Democrats for generations. There is no opposition. Only infighting within the Democratic machine.
Most judgeships and other city offices, like Treasurer, have no opposition on the ballot. No one runs against the people in power.
My state (Kansas) is run by Republicans. It has problems of it's own due to one party rule.
At least at the national level power changes hands once in a while.
Sorry about the rant, but I'm sick of one party rule. It's why many cities and some states are in such sorry shape.
My city is having an election. The incumbent mayor (Democrat) is backed by big business while the challenger is more traditional in this town; backed by the fire, police, and utility (city owned) unions. The incumbent has more campaign cash but the challenger (Democrat) has more manpower.
My problem is that they are both tied to special interests. The incumbent has brought in some development, but at a cost. We got a new Amazon distribution center, but part of the deal is they pay nothing, nada, zero, for their utilities. This type of deal, along with property tax breaks, TIFF, and other inducements have resulted in our utility rates going up almost 100% in the past few years. Our property tax rates are now 4th highest in the nation.
The challenger, on the other hand, has promised police and fire great new contracts, even better retirement and lots of new equipment. They already have a "great" deal without any enhancements. (These union members are required to live within city limits, so they carry some serious clout).
My city has been run by Democrats for generations. There is no opposition. Only infighting within the Democratic machine.
Most judgeships and other city offices, like Treasurer, have no opposition on the ballot. No one runs against the people in power.
My state (Kansas) is run by Republicans. It has problems of it's own due to one party rule.
At least at the national level power changes hands once in a while.
Sorry about the rant, but I'm sick of one party rule. It's why many cities and some states are in such sorry shape.
In about 50 years after massive demographic change hits full force like a tidal wave the GOP will be reduced to a minor,regional,party.
Wait and see.
"What goes around,comes around."
:lol:
You are worse than 'Chicken Little" with that line.Nobody can project what the demographics of either party will be.
My city is having an election. The incumbent mayor (Democrat) is backed by big business while the challenger is more traditional in this town; backed by the fire, police, and utility (city owned) unions. The incumbent has more campaign cash but the challenger (Democrat) has more manpower.
My problem is that they are both tied to special interests. The incumbent has brought in some development, but at a cost. We got a new Amazon distribution center, but part of the deal is they pay nothing, nada, zero, for their utilities. This type of deal, along with property tax breaks, TIFF, and other inducements have resulted in our utility rates going up almost 100% in the past few years. Our property tax rates are now 4th highest in the nation.
The challenger, on the other hand, has promised police and fire great new contracts, even better retirement and lots of new equipment. They already have a "great" deal without any enhancements. (These union members are required to live within city limits, so they carry some serious clout).
My city has been run by Democrats for generations. There is no opposition. Only infighting within the Democratic machine.
Most judgeships and other city offices, like Treasurer, have no opposition on the ballot. No one runs against the people in power.
My state (Kansas) is run by Republicans. It has problems of it's own due to one party rule.
At least at the national level power changes hands once in a while.
Sorry about the rant, but I'm sick of one party rule. It's why many cities and some states are in such sorry shape.
You are worse than 'Chicken Little" with that line. Nobody can project what the demographics of either party will be.
In about 50 years after massive demographic change hits full force like a tidal wave the GOP will be reduced to a minor,regional,party.
Wait and see.
"What goes around,comes around."
:lol:
Every time you repeat this silly line, I think of how many times you repeated how badly Hillary was gonna stomp Trump. Andit gives me hope.
Do you manually type this out the six or seven times a day you post it, or, do you copy and paste it from a book mark somewhere. Daily Kos maybe? Huffpo? Raw Story?
Come back and tell us how much hope you have in about 50 years after massive demographic change hits.
"No one can stop time and/or change."
In about 50 years after massive demographic change hits full force like a tidal wave the GOP will be reduced to a minor,regional,party.
Wait and see.
"What goes around,comes around."
:lol:
My city has been run by Democrats for generations. There is no opposition. Only infighting within the Democratic machine.
Most judgeships and other city offices, like Treasurer, have no opposition on the ballot. No one runs against the people in power.
My state (Kansas) is run by Republicans. It has problems of it's own due to one party rule.
At least at the national level power changes hands once in a while.
Sorry about the rant, but I'm sick of one party rule. It's why many cities and some states are in such sorry shape.
Didn't you tells over and over that President Trump would never win the election?
Not good with predictions....:lol:
My city is having an election. The incumbent mayor (Democrat) is backed by big business while the challenger is more traditional in this town; backed by the fire, police, and utility (city owned) unions. The incumbent has more campaign cash but the challenger (Democrat) has more manpower.
Predictions like these have error rates, that can be wrong once in awhile, but over the long haul they always work themselves out. It's like predicting the climate vs predicting the weather another concept you conservatives struggle with. Knowing how hot or cold it's going to be in two weeks can be tricky, but recognizing a trend that the planet is warming is pretty easy. The Republican party can't win without old racist white people. There will be fewer of those in the future. Given that Republicans have only one the popular vote in 1 out of the last 7 straight presidential elections you can't afford to have more and more of your base die off.
Didn't you tells over and over that President Trump would never win the election?
Not good with predictions....:lol:
Doesn't matter how large the group was, they all made the same evil choice.Babble nonsense.... Demonizing large groups of people who vote differently then you.
Wishing....no? I'd prefer to open their minds to reality, but given that they're mostly too old, too closed-minded, and too bigotted to learn anything new, I will take solace in the reality that every year there's about a million of them or so that we no longer have to worry about ****ing up our future any longer.Wishing people dead?
So glad President Trump pulled us out of the extremely bad Paris deal!
In about 50 years after massive demographic change hits full force like a tidal wave the GOP will be reduced to a minor,regional,party.
Wait and see.
"What goes around,comes around."
:lol:
I used to think this, too. That Republicans had no real future due to shifting demographics. Usually demographics drives most things. But how do you explain entire blocks of voters changing sides? Several solid Democratic states voted for Trump. The old Democratic South switched to Reagan, and stayed there. What I believe now, is the excesses by one party, built up over decades of politics, often leads to a resurgence of the other side. Liberal excesses will lead to a conservative backlash.
And if you examine Hispanic and/or black social values, they are much more in line with the family values of the Republican party. It is only on the issue of civil rights and immigration that the Democrats hold these voters. And what happens when Hispanics and immigrant blacks eventually dominate the business world? They will discover the importance of lower taxes and less regulation, that's what will happen.
So I think we will always have both a liberal and a conservative party in this country. Power will swing between the two depending on their excesses. Only the color will change.
Believe whatever you want to believe.It will have no effect on reality.
Changing the political scene is a matter of not waiting for someone else to fix it -- but rather taking the initiative yourself. Start a group now, discuss the changes you'd like to see. Nominate someone in the next election who will represent those goals and then do your best to sell that person to the community. Listen to everyone and ignore no one. You can do it. Make you next election count.
Now that's a cogent answer. Not. Haven't you seen that every time one party is counted down and out it comes back because the dominant party screws it up? The Democrats will make a come back. Then they will inflict excesses on the society, and the Republicans will make a come back. The cycle will repeat just like it's always done. Here in Kansas the excesses of the Brownback administration led to the election of many "moderate" Republicans (Democrats really) who have returned tax rates to all time highs. We'll see how that goes over time.
There are states and cities that have always been either liberal or conservative. They will remain that way, and opposition will come from within the party like it did in Kansas, and will do in Illinois. But the general nature of those places will continue, either liberal or conservative, though they will go through their own swings.On the national level control will always have more radical swings.
Doesn't matter how large the group was, they all made the same evil choice.
Wishing....no? I'd prefer to open their minds to reality, but given that they're mostly too old, too closed-minded, and too bigotted to learn anything new, I will take solace in the reality that every year there's about a million of them or so that we no longer have to worry about ****ing up our future any longer.
Oh, you mean the one that every single solitary other responsible nation(and even some otherwise irresponsible ones) has signed up for.
American Exceptionalism died the day Donald Trump won the Presidency. The second Trump was sworn in, the United States lost any credibility, and ability to buck international consensus, and pretend that we're the smart ones who are doing things are own way.
One year ago today candidate Trump became president-elect Trump. A great day for the United States of America. One year later, the left is still
in the resist mode. Screaming and yelling every day. The democratic party is in implosion mode. The old party chairman dishing dirt on Hillary and her campaign.
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