Is Biden really that bad?

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Lucky Luke

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Budley Doright said:
And that’s my point, thanks Jim! It’s impossible for any of us to throw the “stone”, we all live in the glass house. Seems some still try though. I do have to say, after reading the poll regarding 30% of the US still believe the election was stolen, I worry 30% is bat shit crazy :(. The Democratic Party needs to get way more vocal IMO about this huge lie and not hold back.
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I'd love it if more people would talk about the problems faced by Australia's first nations people and Torres strait islanders, also the newly joined Cocos keeling islands. Also the South Pacific and Pacific islanders ( i tried once with a Marshall islands thread that the yanks just trolled). There were a few First nations on the Aussie thread a couple years ago before they were banned. Hard topic as what one mob feel is a problem the majority of mobs might not. The Ularu statement is a classic example. Also we have a huge untapped wealth in some community's. People dying with literally millions in the bank that they never touched. The money is often from mining royalties.

But to suggest that Australia has poverty and homelessness worse than America is a big stretch. Perticuley due to our welfare safeguards. Homelessness has risen the last few years due to "the dream is dead" type reasons of housing affordability and low rental availability but our definition of homelessness makes it seem bigger than it is. where as America tries to hide it with "street counts". Poverty is also fairly low and is generally felt by the unemployed and they are given an Unemployment benefit that is below the cost of living but enough to survive on. Currently that's $645 a fortnight plus rental assistance and concession cards for discounts on utilities and even larger discounts off pharmaceuticals than what we normally get under the Pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS). And don't forget seeing a doc is free.

But if the person I replied to thinks America is in the best shape its ever been then id suggest that's not the case and they should remove those rose coloured glasses.
 
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Budley Doright

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Lucky Luke said:
I'd love it if more people would talk about the problems faced by Australia's first nations people and Torres strait islanders, also they newly joined Cocos keeling islands. Also the South Pacific and Pacific islanders ( i tried once with a Marshall islands thread that the yanks just trolled). There were a few First nations on the Aussie thread a couple years ago before they were banned. Hard topic as what one mob feel is a problem the majority of mobs might not. The Ularu statement is a classic example. Also we have a huge untapped wealth in some community's. People dying with literally millions in the bank that they never touched. The money is often from mining royalties.

But to suggest that Australia has poverty and homelessness worse than America is a big stretch. Perticuley due to our welfare safeguards. Homelessness has risen the last few years due to "the dream is dead" type reasons of housing affordability and low rental availability but our definition of homelessness makes it seem bigger than it is. where as America tries to hide it with "street counts". Poverty is also fairly low and is generally felt by the unemployed and they are given an Unemployment benefit that is below the cost of living but enough to survive on. Currently that's $645 a fortnight plus rental assistance and concession cards for discounts on utilities and even larger discounts of pharmaceuticals than what we normally get under the Pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS)

But if the person I replied to thinks America is in the best shape its ever been then id suggest that's not the case and they should remove those rose coloured glasses.
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He was being sarcastic. He/she is a blame Biden for everything dork.
 
Lucky Luke

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Jimdamick

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Lucky Luke said:
your 1/4 aussie then!
What part of ireland do you live in? I've kissed the Blarney stone so i'll be back.
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You kissed that contaminated/disease ridden rock?

Did it work that you could blather with the best of them/bring you luck?

I'm betting no.

I don't think there's an Irish person alive that kissed that bloody rock :)

Anyway, yes, I'm pure Irish, but I must admit sorrowfully though, that I was born in NY, USA.

Both of my parents were from Galway, Connemara to be exact & I have spent a lot of time in Ireland & identify as an Irishman.

Hint, if you go to Europe, DO NOT SAY YOUR AN AMERICAN, as you definitely be fucked with

And far as being 1/4 Aussie, your sorta right.

The Irish did develop your country, being that hundreds of thousands of Irish were sent there by the Brits as a punishment (also cheap labor)

Where in Ireland have you been?

Cool country isn't it.

I wish my parents never left it.

Been a pain in the ass existing here , I have found.

Oh well

It is what it is.


 
Lucky Luke

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Jimdamick said:
You kissed that contaminated/disease ridden rock?

Did it work that you could blather with the best of them/bring you luck?

I'm betting no.

I don't think there's an Irish person alive that kissed that bloody rock :)

Anyway, yes, I'm pure Irish, but I must admit sorrowfully though, that I was born in NY, USA.

Both of my parents were from Galway, Connemara to be exact & I have spent a lot of time in Ireland & identify as an Irishman.

Hint, if you go to Europe, DO NOT SAY YOUR AN AMERICAN, as you definitely be fucked with

And far as being 1/4 Aussie, your sorta right.

The Irish did develop your country, being that hundreds of thousands of Irish were sent there by the Brits as a punishment (also cheap labor)

Where in Ireland have you been?

Cool country isn't it.

I wish my parents never left it.

Been a pain in the ass existing here , I have found.

Oh well

It is what it is.


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I have! lol
I hitchhiked around the place a little bit. Fell head over heels for a few days with a red haired Dublin girl..sigh..

Aussies and the Irish get on real well. The hate of authority burns within us as does the love of a good drink.

I know, when i was in Europe Americans would sew maple leaves on their back packs and tell the locals they were Canadians. The Canadians were not very impressed to say the least.
 
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Jimdamick

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You really don't know much of anything do you?

You must be a Republican :(

If you have the intellect to grasp the data, which I doubt that's possible seeing your posts, look where the USA ranks in the cost of gas in this world, that happens to be going through the same shit.

Gasoline prices around the world, 20-Jun-2022 | GlobalPetrolPrices.com

Go away & save yourself from further humiliation

(Is that better @rollitup/ that one is for you :) )
 
injinji

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wil2279 said:
. . . . . . .Maybe it was record low unemployment numbers or record high employment numbers of minorities. Maybe it was because trump said what he meant even if you didn't like it. . . . . . .
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100% agree. I remember the trumpf economy fondly. It was great. Many of my friends had two and three jobs. Now folks are having to make ends meet with just one job.

Yes trumpf told it like it was. He told us that when you are rich and powerful you can grab poor folks by their privates and there was nothing they could do about. He was telling the truth that day.
 
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Grampah said:
Looks it’s all fine and dandy to want to help, but let’s use the home analogy for arguments sake. If you start seeing black mold on your foundation are you going to spend the money on remediating it to make sure you and yours don’t get sick and you and yours remain in good health, or are you going to ignore it and take your money and fix up bob and shielas front porch all the while allowing your problem to expand and continue risking it for your own household? Yeah grant the west is still a good place to be, but keep ignoring the at home issues and addressing the world issues how many generations will it be before it becomes dire straits? The west has always sent aid to others because the quality of life here remained high, but now it’s moderate to good not high. You advance others when you’re in positions to do so not when there’s more than just cosmetic damages to tend to
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If bob and shielas (?) house was getting shelled by the russian army, then they shot bob in the head and gang raped shielas (?), maybe the black mold could wait a few days.
 
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Oldguyrealy said:
. . . . . . . . . . .Some don't realize that Democrats didn't like minorities or Marijuana until they found they could use them for votes.
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Them damn dixiecrats. Most of the pigmentation based laws of the jim crow era were passed by the Dems. From the 1840's until 1964 they were the racists party. Some minor changes have happened in the US since then.
 
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