China was facing the possibility of total collapse before the trade war, and they are more vulnerable than the US to the effects of the trade war.

I’m not saying the US will “win” the trade war, (no nation will be better off.) but if China comes through on top it will be analogous to Vietnam, where the US has every conventional advantage but political pressure at home forces capitulation.

Trump doesn’t know what he is doing, but there is a chance he gets his way more or less just because he was handed a deck stacked wildly in his favor.

Absolutely. Subsidies just make the problem worse next election cycle.

You forgot the increased subsidies for first time homebuyers in the democrat plan.

You are correct that neither party has proposed a solution that would help because neither party will admit that home prices need to fall, substancially.

Build enough of them and that problem will work itself out.

But you could also regulate or tax your way to making houses undesirable as investments.

Right there must be a wealth transfer.

This is straight up the problem. You cant reduce housing costs without reducing the price of houses. Individuals know this and reject housing development in their communities because they like to see line go up.

But if we want young people to ever be able to move out/buy a house, the price of houses has to fall.

Well off suburbanites should not be exempt from redistribution, but I. Doubt it will happen in a grand revolution.

Completely true.

Do you know what the difference is between a millionaire and a billionaire?

A billion dollars.

There is really no comparison. Doctors, lawyers, tenured professors, even most CEOS are working class compared to the investor class.

That’s some Grade A denial right there.

Everything in the Handmaid’s tale was inspired by real life somewhere. Saudi Arabia for women’s restricted travel.

I would put nothing past y’all quaida.

Honestly, I think the same of you. If you are American, You can’t see the forest for the trees and you voted or allowed the election of someone that was even worse for the palestinians, Americans, and the world.

I’m sure the people being tortured in Cecot in Elsalvador take comfort that at least the Democrats got punished at the polls for their support of Israel.

The Ukrainian families that lost their loved ones when the US cut off intelligence sharing for 48 hours and let the Russians get the jump on exposed troops.

The thousands of US government workers that lost their jobs to DOGE can rest easy knowing that at least Harris didn’t get elected after supporting genocide.

Nobodies life was saved, the isrealies continue their ethnic cleansing, with the full throated support of the US president, but you get to sleep soundly knowing All the death, torture, and suffering is worth it.

Shame.

Electoral politics sucks that way. If all you care about is a single issue, there might be no good option.

I don’t think the applies to Gaza and Palestinians but plenty of people do.

But presidential elections are not about a single issue, unless you are short sighted or it’s your life on the line. The rest of us have to make a judgement about a whole lot of lives and some of us are too self rightious to think clearly.

Yep, no difference whatsoever. /S

If you really believe that then I guess you think nothing was lost.

If you can’t vote against fascism you will get genocide every time.