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To emes nisht sheker: The Republicans never oppose deficits when the president is a Republican, going back to Reagan, if not further back, to Nixon and Ike.

I don’t think Trump is mentally deranged or ill in any medical or psychological sense. I think he is simply an awful human being, and there is no way to change that, other than by his having a change of heart, which I do not expect, even if he lives another 20 years.

To ujm: You have not replied to my question, which I have asked a number of times: Are you being paid, directly or indirectly, for any of your posts?

To ujm: Are you being paid for your posts?

I read on the internet (so it must be true) that Trump’s picture is being painted on the building where Clorox is made.

This thread reminds me of the joke about how annoying it would be if Jonas Salk’s mother were a neighbor. “So, Estelle, did I tell you about my son Jonas. HE FOUND THE CURE FOR POLIO. So quit telling me about your son the surgeon making all that money in Great Neck.”

To Yserbius: Don’t forget where the government gets its dimes.

I would prefer relief that only goes to those who have no or low income or very limited savings, but in a democracy, imperfect bargains are part of government.

As for Trump’s threatened veto, it is too little and way too late, and part of his scorched-earth tantrumitous exit plan.

I think Trump should have an inaugeration. It is like an inauguration in every respect, except that the inaugerant is no different after the inaugeration than before. It’s like something that helps delusional people calm down and finish their supper.

Bob Grant was entertaining most of the time. I did not agree with most of his political views.

I stopped listening when he referred to Mayor David Dinkins as “the washroom attendant.” Would you listen if he called Senator Joseph Lieberman “the moneychanger”?

Alexander the Great actually accomplished something. Dopey Donny, not so much.

To common saychel: Your arithmetic and history need some work. In the first two of the last 125 years, i.e., 1895 – 1897, a Democrat was president (Grover Akron). And if you count years instead of presidents, Republicans had only 54% of the time, with 60% of the presidents. And there were 13 Republican presidents since 1895, not 12, out of a total of 21 presidents; 62% were Republicans.

You should also consider whether it makes any sense to count Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, Harding, Coolidge and Hoover as in the “same” party as Nixon and those Republicans who came after Nixon.

The Trumpiest pre-Nixon Republican president might be Harding, who was corrupt and fathered an out-of-wedlock child before coming into office (as did Cleveland, a Democrat).

Part of the problem of student loan debt is the rise in tuition substantially in excess of the rate of inflation. I am not clear on the wisdom of student loan debt forgiveness, but it is crucial that something be done about the explosion of tuition rates.

I have always been struck that in all political discussions of student loan debt, the tuition explosion is mentioned very little. In discussing this issue with my adult children, who themselves have children several years away from college, they are taking a much different approach to college: they will send their kids to lower-priced public colleges, rather than the prestigious private colleges they attended as undergraduates. And these days, my kids say, graduate school is the real key to entry into the work force and a profession.

A lot of people, on YWN and in the rest of the world, are misusing the word “anachist,” accusing Trump and his supporters of being anarchists because of their unfounded, unwarranted attempts to overthrow the result of the 2020 presidential election. Anarchists want no government, whereas Trump and his supporters want a governmental dictatorship led by Trump.

To Torahvaluesover: I can’t argue with emojis. I guess you are right and I am wrong.

To Health: 1. Learn the difference between profits and prophets.

2. If Trump continues in office on 1/20/21, I am off to Canada, or Israel, or somewhere where democracy is still alive.

To Yserbius 123: Yes, I ain’t Richard Blaine or Roy Earle. And I think Halachah would require it.

To Health: The Michigan committee was not a court. Giuliani has lost in every court he’s entered on this fraud fairy tale.

Logic alone tells us nothing about the REAL world. Facts are necessary. When you Trump supporters have some facts about election fraud, let me know. In the meantime, stop whining.

It takes more than a single jerk to ruin a political party. It takes lots of jerks willing to coddle him, support his lies, mislead the party rank and file.

Is your opening post intended to enable you to read a bunch of bubbameintzers, or do you want helpful medical information. If the former, you have come to the right place; if the latter, call your doctor.

Chanukah parties? Remember the words of Rabbi Ben Stern: “I told you not to be stupid, you moron.”

To torahvalue: You overrate my authority. I cannot issue orders, I can only give suggestions and advice. As for a list, I know nothing about any such list.