yes it weird all the GOPers that won in 2020 don't claim their elections were fraudulent.
Only a left wing , liberal idiot would be stupid enough to complain when he won.
to be fair, the loser had millions spent and wasted a lot of court time for nothing.
Must be nice to have a job that lets you stand in line for hours to vote.
you mean there are places to vote where you have to stand in line? Not that way around these parts!! *spit*
Do you mean there are places where you don't have to stand in line to vote? It's almost like we might be disenfranchising some people.
I really have no idea how someone can think that Biden is not worse than Trump. What positive has happened under Biden? I think its sad that we are a nation of millions of people and these are the two best candidates we have?
I am almost certain it is a law that your employer must give you 3 hours paid time off to vote unless the polls are open at least 3 hours before or after your working hours. I could be wrong.
Nobody's wages match inflation. Interest rates make home buying a nightmare. We have no control over illegal immigration. I'm not a Trump homer nor a Biden supporter. I just seriously do not how people can sit here and think these are the two best people to represent America. Biden is legitimately incoherent and Trump has his own problems. But to sit here and act like Biden is an amazing president is ludicrous.
Biden's biggest screw up was adding on to Trumps inflationary spending at the start of his admin.
Typical Liberal,,,,,,,,,,,dont have to make it a Holiday, why cant we vote on Saturday instead of Tuesday????
Bidens in trouble when Andrea Mitchell is pushing a line doubting NBS's own poll showing Trump with a 5% nationwide lead. I dont put much stock in polls but that cant be a good sign for Old Sleepy Joe
polls are pretty much a shot in the dark now since nobody has land lines anymore.
I work harder on the weekends on my little farm than I do at work all week. Hell we could vote on Labor Day !!
I would actually be fine with using an already established holiday as Election Day. This is not an issue that I care deeply about though. More of a "wouldn't it be nice if..." sort of idea.
I probably lean more conservative, but I believe election day should be a national holiday.
That article is from 2020. You do realize the increase in minimum wage is one of the driving factors to inflation right? Minimum wage should not be for people trying to raise a family. It should be for younger adults just starting out that are in high school and college.
As long as employers dont have to pay people to be off of work for an entire day. We generally look the other way if an employee takes off a couple of hours to go vote but companies shouldnt be forced to foot the bill for people to vote.
the law states they must give you three hours off, but nothing about paid. However what is wrong with making election day a national holiday? I see nothing wrong with it.
but then all the riff raff would have a chance to vote and some folks don't want that.
I have to ask how old are you? To say today's home interest rates are making home purchases a nightmare is just really crazy to me. What we saw during the pandemic was just crazy low, you won't see that again unless we see some sort of pandemic, market crash or such and I really don't want to see that. Trump had nothing todo with low housing interest rates or low gas prices, we can thank the pandemic for that.
I'm 31. So no, I wasn't around in the 70s and 80s and definitely wasn't looking to buy a house in the 90s lol. But I have had this conversation with my parents. They built in 1982 when interest rates were 12%. They built their house for less than 80k. That includes land and all. That same house would cost almost 400k to build today and the land would be worth almost 60k. 12% interest is way less on 90k than 7% is on 400-450k. I know we will never see the 2-3% interest again, but even at 5%, you're saving $400/month compared to 7% interest. On a 30 year loan you would save over 150k. I was fortunate enough to buy a house before the pandemic, but I do feel for young adults trying to buy their first home in todays market. When I checked on rates a month or so ago they quoted me at 6.99. Maybe your local banks can quote you that low, but I haven't seen it around here.
Again, 6% on 175k, average home price in 2001, is way less than 7% on 380k, average home price in 2023. The average home price raised almost 100k since 2020. Nobody's wages have increased at that margin. The people that already bought a house, myself included, are not hurt by this. But you take a 25 year old kid trying to buy their first home and it's a lot harder than people who already have equity in a home.
Not saying they should. But my parents were able to build a home at 22 in 1982 equivalent to what a 400k home is today. In our area a 225k home is not a whole lot of a house. If they put 10% down, with taxes and insurance it's going to cost them $1,800/month. What was your payment on your house in 2001? And how much did the house cost?
