(11-05-2025 08:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote: It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D
Who is John Galt?
I cannot wait to watch the epic disaster that NYC is about to become. Every democrat running for office in America in 2026 is gonna have this anchor around their neck and JD Vance all but won the 2028 POTUS election last night
(11-05-2025 08:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote: It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D
Who is John Galt?
I cannot wait to watch the epic disaster that NYC is about to become. Every democrat running for office in America in 2026 is gonna have this anchor around their neck and JD Vance all but won the 2028 POTUS election last night
that's the key to the deal ... these were high profile isolated in every shading of blue...
while I hate it for VA and NJ, they're simply gonna have to learn the lessons the hard way...
I almost look at it as a political blessing ... they're now the crash test dummies that will further 'drive' dissent and lack of prosperity whilst the 'south will rise again' will smile as it all plays out...
I've been sayin' it for moons ... haven't I been callin' it, mon shere?! ... *stealin' his sayin' ...
(11-05-2025 08:10 AM)miko33 Wrote: Regarding Virginia - did Youngkin govern so poorly that the Dems were able to gain? Or did he do a good job but it didn't matter because too many people focus on the parties and not policy and performance? Probably the latter, but I don't live in VA so...
It became clear that the national Dems had to engineer a government shutdown to juice its base. That was an extraordinary measure to take. Very similar to the extraordinary measures it took to get Biden over the top in 2020 plus other Dem wins. No, I'm not saying the elections were "rigged" in the classic sense. However, ballot harvesting is real, it's a loophole allowed in most states, and I consider it a form of legal cheating because we know many of those whose votes were harvested would not vote on their own otherwise.
IMHO, I don't think the Dems truly turned the tide so much as taken unusual measures to get their voters to the polls by sabotaging their benefits. Unfortunately, too many voters aren't wise enough to understand who actually hurt them financially. I don't see this translating into momentum for Dems in 2026.
Youngkin did a good job, Spamberger and company will drive VA down, hope I am wrong. Given that VA is built on the federal workforce, it is obvious that those workers will go against the Republicans and Trump. VA is now California east...possibly. conservative areas had poor turnout...
Agree, Youngkin did fine. The problem - - probably unsolvable - - are the 1.5mm in federal drones in the NoVa cities and counties, and somewhat less in the Richmond and Norfolk regions.
Otherwise, for the most part, state gov't is not in our business. Although not Florida, taxes are not overly oppressive. I don't expect that to change, and there is not a lot else that the governor or legislature is likely to do that will make a noticeable impact on people's daily lives. The two exceptions that came into play in 2021 were the COVID lockdowns under Gov. Ralph "Blackface" Northam and the teacher's union control over our schools. But absent these special circumstances, this state will likely continue defaulting to blue.
I will have to admit that Virginia is not worth much effort or money from Republicans going forward.
(This post was last modified: 11-05-2025 08:56 AM by AdoptedMonarch.)
(11-04-2025 08:02 PM)stinkfist Wrote: wow ... good luck, VA ... I hate it for youse...
Thanks. I hate it too. We have way too many blue idiots in this state - especially the commuters living within 50 miles of D.C.
I’m too old for this to make any meaningful difference in my life. But it is still very sad.
I’ve known for some time that the proud Commonwealth of Virginia had lost its common sense. Mr. X. is not a one-off troll like tanq. He is representative of a huge constituency that thinks the government exists to dole out our rights and livelihood.
But now with this election, it appears that our state has lost its soul as well. If you don’t agree to accept the nanny state, then we will want to put two bullets in your head and wish death upon your little fascist children.
The final point - - and I know that this is going to piss a lot of you off - - it sure seems that the arrogant prick Obama still retains some political heft. It also seems that Trump, notwithstanding his undeniable successes on all fronts, remains a huge political drag.
Eff it. I’m too old to up and move. I’ll just keep my head down, pay my taxes and gradually work into retirement. Painful as it is to admit, andy’s pessimism seems to have proven correct.
It's not pessimism, AM. It's the truth. Democrats don't offer anything other than we will kill Trump and his supporters to get what we want.
I'm so sick of seeing so many right-wingers continue to go about their lives like ostriches with their heads in the sand, claiming to hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil.
They also continue to have this false notion that a Communist takeover can't possibly happen here. It is happening here. But, again, they don't want to say it, for whatever reasons that are beyond me. Maybe they want it to happen so they can be viewed as martyrs for future generations. Unfortunately, future historians will not be kind to the right wingers in this country.
The Dems did as expected last night. They won decisive victories in liberal states. It would’ve been nice if we could’ve peeled off New Jersey, but we were running a two time loser. California was always going to vote for prop 50. The only surprise to me and real disappointment was the Attorney General battle that we lost to a man who wished death upon Republicans. As far as Mamdani goes I don’t know how it plays out in the long run, basically the Democrats have a locked in 48% of the country and Republicans have a locked in 48% of the country and there are a few independence that serve swing votes. In 2028 will Mamdani and the communist energize the progressive base enough to overcome the independent voters who will obviously be turned off by Mamdani? I am not sure how that plays out, but I’m sure it will get ugly.
All I know is that we’re coming off the longest shut down in the nations history and a communist just got elected mayor of our largest city. The country is basically in a cold Civil War and AI is about to turn society upside down, I could not possibly be more worried about this nation than I am today
(11-05-2025 08:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote: It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D
Who is John Galt?
I cannot wait to watch the epic disaster that NYC is about to become.
Why the **** do you even care?
(This post was last modified: 11-05-2025 09:24 AM by Redwingtom.)
(11-05-2025 08:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote: It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D
Who is John Galt?
I cannot wait to watch the epic disaster that NYC is about to become.
Why the **** do you even care?
Because our tax dollars are being spent there. Not that you would know anything about that. People on spousal support usually dont pay taxes.
(11-05-2025 09:19 AM)No Bull Wrote: The Dems did as expected last night. They won decisive victories in liberal states. It would’ve been nice if we could’ve peeled off New Jersey, but we were running a two time loser. California was always going to vote for prop 50. The only surprise to me and real disappointment was the Attorney General battle that we lost to a man who wished death upon Republicans. As far as Mamdani goes I don’t know how it plays out in the long run, basically the Democrats have a locked in 48% of the country and Republicans have a locked in 48% of the country and there are a few independence that serve swing votes. In 2028 will Mamdani and the communist energize the progressive base enough to overcome the independent voters who will obviously be turned off by Mamdani? I am not sure how that plays out, but I’m sure it will get ugly.
All I know is that we’re coming off the longest shut down in the nations history and a communist just got elected mayor of our largest city. The country is basically in a cold Civil War and AI is about to turn society upside down, I could not possibly be more worried about this nation than I am today
America died a long time ago. The funeral continues to go on and on.
(11-05-2025 08:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote: It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D
Who is John Galt?
I cannot wait to watch the epic disaster that NYC is about to become.
Why the **** do you even care?
Because our tax dollars are being spent there. Not that you would know anything about that. People on spousal support usually dont pay taxes.
in FY 2024 NY sent $76B more in federal taxes than it received in federal funds.
Compare that with Mississippi that received $33B more in federal funds than it sent in taxes, and Bammer which received $45B more in funds than it sent in taxes.
California and NY pay for all the welfare MAGA states get.
(11-05-2025 08:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote: It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D
Who is John Galt?
I cannot wait to watch the epic disaster that NYC is about to become.
Why the **** do you even care?
Because I despise democrats (especially ones like this goat fkn towel head) and love to see them fail.
(11-05-2025 08:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote: It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D
Who is John Galt?
I cannot wait to watch the epic disaster that NYC is about to become.
Why the **** do you even care?
Because our tax dollars are being spent there. Not that you would know anything about that. People on spousal support usually dont pay taxes.
FFS, you're ignorant. Our tax dollars are spent everywhere...I don't spend a second of my day worrying about what any Mayor in any random red city is doing.
And you're projecting again...you're the one who had a wife who divorced them, not me.
The biggest myth of politics is that the political center is right-of-center economically and left-of-center culturally. It's the exact opposite of that. The only people who believe that are those that only socialize with people on the cocktail circuit.
Steve Bannon is basically right. We can either get rid of all the social Darwinist weirdos that want to get rid of Social Security and Medicare or we can lose the culture wars. If we let all of these globalist billionaires wreck the social safety net the left will inevitably take power and win on issues like men in women's sports, open borders, DEI, etc.
It's amazing to me that some Republicans thought this election would go well for them when you're basically holding substantial premium increases over the American people. MTG is also right, BTW. If you don't want universal health care Republicans will have to fix the health care system.
(11-05-2025 08:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote: It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D
Who is John Galt?
I cannot wait to watch the epic disaster that NYC is about to become.
Why the **** do you even care?
Because our tax dollars are being spent there. Not that you would know anything about that. People on spousal support usually dont pay taxes.
FFS, you're ignorant. Our tax dollars are spent everywhere...I don't spend a second of my day worrying about what any Mayor in any random red city is doing.
And you're projecting again...you're the one who had a wife who divorced them, not me.
TBF, NYC isn't just a typical random city. It's the hub of finance in our country, and seeing a socialist mayor elected SHOULD BE concerning to many people outside of NYC. We'll see how it goes. I strongly doubt he does a good job.
(11-05-2025 08:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote: It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D
Who is John Galt?
I cannot wait to watch the epic disaster that NYC is about to become.
Why the **** do you even care?
Because our tax dollars are being spent there. Not that you would know anything about that. People on spousal support usually dont pay taxes.
in FY 2024 NY sent $76B more in federal taxes than it received in federal funds.
Compare that with Mississippi that received $33B more in federal funds than it sent in taxes, and Bammer which received $45B more in funds than it sent in taxes.
California and NY pay for all the welfare MAGA states get.
b/c west coast and NE $$$ are artificially inflated due to the fiat and accrued demand over time ... equilibrium is finally catching up...
you think it's a 'gotcha' moment ... why are many on the west coast and NE leaving in droves today ... watch their housing markets collapse in the not-too-distant ... hell, subprime lending is now trying to make another run at it ... why do ewe think that is, eh?!
sustainability is where youse in the socialist donktard camp always fail in the long version ... #RPPP (rob peter pay paul)
This is the way I see it: if blue states elect the Demonic nothing really has changed. NY is dark blue and they went that way, VA is light blue and they went that way, Commiefornia is dark blue and that's what they elected. When Red states become Blue then I would worry, all that happened was the status quo remained so who cares. If people want to suffer under the Demonic then it's their choice just don't Schiff yourselves afterward and move to our beautiful Red states, keep your fat S'es or vegetarian diets in your Schiff holes.
*stealin' his sayin' ... 
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