Sounds like Frances is going full out Commie....

Quote:We just finished a post on 2020 hopeful Beto O’Rourke’s extreme position on third-trimester abortions, and now we’re seeing that the popular candidate with virtually no policy positions on anything is going to go ahead and take the socialist route scouted out by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

People had a fit when President Trump declared a national emergency at the border; even though his predecessors had also declared national emergencies, it seemed like a dangerous overreach of presidential power. Just how much power does the president really have?

President Beto will have the power to “break apart” the concentration of wealth, power, and privilege in America and fully share “opportunity.”

Some good replies to that tweet here....

He will break it apart, easily. It will all leave.

If I were CEO of a multinational, and Robert Francis (or Fauxcohontas or Bernie) were elected president, then I would have my company spend the period between Election Day and Inauguration Day getting as much out of the country as possible, including my house. Right now, I'd be making plans for pre-emptive capital flight. I doubt I'm alone--not everybody, but enough to put a severe dent in the economy.

What's he going to do? Attack left leaning companies like Facebook, Amazon and Google?

(03-31-2019 11:46 AM)bullet Wrote:  What's he going to do? Attack left leaning companies like Facebook, Amazon and Google?

No, he won't touch them. It is a dog whistle... he isn't going after the wealthy... he is going after the upper middle class. The doctors, accountants, and small business executives that are considered "rich" by the average man in flyover country. The Facebooks and Amazon's will be in his back pocket and will ensure all he does is raise barriers to entry so they can increase their market share.

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(03-31-2019 12:02 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(03-31-2019 11:46 AM)bullet Wrote:  What's he going to do? Attack left leaning companies like Facebook, Amazon and Google?

No, he won't touch them. It is a dog whistle... he isn't going after the wealthy... he is going after the upper middle class. The doctors, accountants, and small business executives that are considered "rich" by the average man in flyover country. The Facebooks and Amazon's will be in his back pocket and will ensure all he does is raise barriers to entry so they can increase their market share.

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This

(03-31-2019 12:02 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(03-31-2019 11:46 AM)bullet Wrote:  What's he going to do? Attack left leaning companies like Facebook, Amazon and Google?

No, he won't touch them. It is a dog whistle... he isn't going after the wealthy... he is going after the upper middle class. The doctors, accountants, and small business executives that are considered "rich" by the average man in flyover country. The Facebooks and Amazon's will be in his back pocket and will ensure all he does is raise barriers to entry so they can increase their market share.

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Those are the same people that build the societies that are worth ruling over by the ones at the top.

(03-31-2019 11:20 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  He will break it apart, easily. It will all leave.

If I were CEO of a multinational, and Robert Francis (or Fauxcohontas or Bernie) were elected president, then I would have my company spend the period between Election Day and Inauguration Day getting as much out of the country as possible, including my house. Right now, I'd be making plans for pre-emptive capital flight. I doubt I'm alone--not everybody, but enough to put a severe dent in the economy.

#liquidation

#costa

Will someone explain to me how Bezos or the Waltons having billions of dollars in the bank is affecting my opportunity to make money. TIA.

(03-31-2019 12:22 PM)dfarr Wrote:  Will someone explain to me how Bezos or the Waltons having billions of dollars in the bank is affecting my opportunity to make money. TIA.

they're not unless they squeezed ya out....

many local retailers would argue against....

consolidation can be a biatch for many....

(03-31-2019 12:22 PM)dfarr Wrote:  Will someone explain to me how Bezos or the Waltons having billions of dollars in the bank is affecting my opportunity to make money. TIA.

Them having billions has no effect on your ability to "make" your own money.
Beto wants to "take" money from those deemed wealthy and pass it out.
He's not taking about people working for their own.

(03-31-2019 12:02 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(03-31-2019 11:46 AM)bullet Wrote:  What's he going to do? Attack left leaning companies like Facebook, Amazon and Google?

No, he won't touch them. It is a dog whistle... he isn't going after the wealthy... he is going after the upper middle class. The doctors, accountants, and small business executives that are considered "rich" by the average man in flyover country. The Facebooks and Amazon's will be in his back pocket and will ensure all he does is raise barriers to entry so they can increase their market share.

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This is most often how it works

you talk about the 1% and then go after the 1.01-5%... Kinda like how the NCAA gets so mad at schools like UT for cheating that they give SMU the death penalty

Muh fair share. Muh inequality. Muh _____ for all. Muh hooman rights.

So sick of these people.

How is he gonna handle the millions his FIL has accumulated? Stupid people that vote for him are just plain stupid, simple as that.

Another lib candidate. Another ridiculous candidate. They are consistent. Lol.

I've heard that somewhere before........

(03-31-2019 01:20 PM)450bench Wrote:  Another lib candidate. Another ridiculous candidate. They are consistent. Lol.

lol....if nothing else, they are annoyingly consistent....

I view that as a benefit to the right....

their problem is they're in cahoots that equals an entire other level of stupidity....

I see no 'out' other than term limits being established.....and we know that ain' gonna happen cap'n....

So he’s gonna give up his wealth too

(03-31-2019 03:28 PM)gdunn Wrote:  So he’s gonna give up his wealth too

Well, about his wife's family and wealth...

Quote:Young Beto O’Rourke casts himself as the ‘anti-Trump’. But his father-in-law, it turns out, is a billionaire property developer with a contentious relationship with non-white residents — not unlike the President. Beto’s more the proto-Jared Kushner.

The New York Times today revealed the highly interesting news that friend-of-the-little-guy Beto married well. Very well. His wife is not only the daughter of William D. Sanders, aka the Warren Buffet of real estate, Cockburn can reveal she is the only daughter. Sanders’s portfolio is valued at about $20 billion.
[...]
Yahoo profile of O’Rourke described how he ‘married Amy Sanders, a charter school administrator,’ and served on the City Council ‘championing downtown redevelopment.’ But the reporter didn’t bother to look into who Sanders’s father was.

Neither did this Guardian piece.

Or this Washington Post one.

Nor this one in Vanity Fair.

TIME magazine were agog as the congressman cooed, ‘I just want to be as raw and direct and real as I can — and it seems to be working.’

And GQ were content to focus on other members of his family. ‘O’Rourke ascended the stage with his daughter, Molly, riding piggyback. She and her mom, Amy, also dressed in a Diablito uniform, stood by O’Rourke as he presented Daniel with a cake and led a chorus of “Happy Birthday.”’ Cute stuff — but we’d rather hear about their property magnate grandfather if it’s all the same.

LInk

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(03-31-2019 12:19 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-31-2019 11:20 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  He will break it apart, easily. It will all leave.

If I were CEO of a multinational, and Robert Francis (or Fauxcohontas or Bernie) were elected president, then I would have my company spend the period between Election Day and Inauguration Day getting as much out of the country as possible, including my house. Right now, I'd be making plans for pre-emptive capital flight. I doubt I'm alone--not everybody, but enough to put a severe dent in the economy.

#liquidation

#costa

I've debated Costa Rica as retirement location for sometime. Medical System is close to US quality and cheap. Cost of living much cheaper.