Your views, thoughts or simply opinions. The Economy is not well (understatement). I know there are some here that will try to link the country they are residing in as problems of the USA. Sorry the USA cannot be responsible for 100% of the problems in the world nor should they be expected to help repair all problems.
I know you would like to live under a dictator. I just don't understand why.
Have you ever seen a dictatorship where it is nice to live for the citizens?
The people in my country can’t agree on anything my government can’t agree on anything the democrats and the republicans will never work together so I believe the only way to get any thing done is one person who makes all the decisions and that person is Donald Trump
Out of the White House and back to his Palm Beach club. The 25th amendment is for the removal of a deficient president from office, not to remove anyone from the country. You may be one of his people. I'm not.
I think Cat really wants him back in Florida to stay so he can run for governor in the next election once he is thru leading the country. MFGA, Make Florida Great again!
You might want to rethink that as a landowner i know that if a neighbors tree limbs are hanging over my property I’m aloud to cut them off because judge Judy says i own from earth to the sky
try putting up a antenna tower over 200 feet! No can do!
you only can control up to 200 feet above your land. and if you don't have mineral rights to your land indicated at the court house a miner or driller can drill from the side of your land to right in the middle and take whatever is under your lawn and house
These rules and laws have been around before the US came into being. Look up John Locke, but, you are partially right. These are liberal positions that have evolved over the centuries. BTW, mineral rights can only be surrendered by the owner of the surface land or by imminent domain. --------------------------------------- added after 5 minutes
The landowner owns at least as much of the space above the ground as he can occupy or use in connection with the land. The fact that he does not occupy it in a physical sense — by the erection of buildings and the like — is not material.
For instance, skyscrapers in big cities. Phart's analogy applies only if there's a permit and there are no flight paths overhead. Tall structures must have warning lights for navigation by aircraft. Especially if the pilot is navigating VFR.
Since he won the war with Iran, when is he getting you out?
Has he said anything about Venezuela?
Was 'arresting' Nicolás Maduro effective in stopping that drugs trafficking?
How is he going to win back the trust of the American voters,
since his approval ratings are worse than any POTUS before him?
These are topics that you would expect a president to talk about and questions that
the American public would want answered. At least, in any self respecting democracy. Autocratic regimes will only have their dictator taking to the stage to praise himself.
And his people will react like .......... very much like you.
I don't care, what I care about is YOU showing that you have actual reasons to be happy about what Trump SAID, instead of just being happy to see him, like some cult member.
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"Trump is the ONLY president not to register a 50% job approval rating at any point in his presidency since Gallup began measuring presidential job approval in 1938."
You call me a liar, I showed that you are full of shit.
I don't have to show anything to you and I won't. We've been through this before.
Trump is doing the right thing by immobilizng Iran who have said they have nuclear weapons and intend on using them. Trump is also doing the right thing by pulling out of NATO. NATO was formed on April 4, 1949, by 12 Western nations signing the North Atlantic Treaty (or Washington Treaty) to provide collective defense against potential Soviet aggression in Europe following World War II. It was designed to safeguard allied freedom and promote political and military cooperation. The ONLY thing that kept Russia from conquering all of Eurasia was Nato alliances. Its what kept Europe safe and Russia was particularily afraid of USA.. USA spent the most money. USA asked europe to help dismantle Iran giving back control to the people but all refused. USA and Israel were the only countries. Even the countries surrounding Iran when attacked for the most part they did absolutely nothing... Therefore for alll the money we spent on you fucktards proved that you stole money from us and charged overpriced tariffs stealing more money especially once the central banks took over in 1913. This is coming to an end..
I agree with his policy. I agree he is telling the truth and I agree you can go fuck yourself and your fucking country when Nato is no more.. You got that pal?
If you could, you would. There is just not anything sensible coming out of his mouth.
"Iran who have said they have nuclear weapons and intend on using them."
Did they? But, they were so kind to NOT use them, when they are attacked?
HOW STUPID ARE YOU?
The US wanted NATO, because you wanted Europe to pick your side.
You didn't spend that money on defense, but on offense, to control everyone.
The only time NATO was used was by the US, after 9/11, and Europe helped.
NATO is limited to the US and Europe. That's Article 6. READ IT!
Since Trump would never honor Article 5, if Russia attacks Europe,
I WANT YOU THE FUCK OUT. The US is now a worse threat to peace than Russia.
The US illegally attacked Iran. If the US doesn't even discuss it in the UN, no one will come to back your stupid useless plans. Iran is in no way a worse threat than Russia. Russia has many nukes, did threaten to use them and is still attacking Ukraine as we speak. No one is letting Trump distract Europe from that, so his friend Putin can attack us, while we help Trump destroy a country that has not shown any intent of actually attacking anyone. The only reason why Israel wants Iran destroyed, is so they can attack their neighboring countries and steal their land, without fear of retaliation from Iran. We are not aiding and abetting that.
Europe didn't have any tariffs against the US, dumbass.
Trump is an idiot and a liar. YOU are the ones paying his tariffs.
He cut taxes for the wealthy and put tariffs ON YOUR DUMB ASS.
Trump doesn't HAVE any 'policies', he only has dementia ridden brain farts.
Sure there were, but not a lot, because most here are MAGA.
Your side is in the majority, and they don't engage with you.
I can justify ANYTHING I'm saying with facts and logic.
You can't. The best you can do is pseudo-religious bullshit.
Exactly like the homeless mentally ill character on the street corner in movies.
Sure thing asshole.. By the way you are a sub of the king of the site who makes fakes in order to make points for himself. Shows you are created by another person, a fake, phony lousy piece of garbage shitpile .. Our conversation is thus over. Since your a fucking fake you show fake news you are nothing but a punk fuckup... Stupid bastard.
Do you know that Donald Trump voted by mail just last week?
It was a special election in Florida in which a democrat won
a State legislative district that contains Mar-a-Lago.
Do you know how many old folks are voting by mail?
Old folks are your most loyal voters, and many of them
cannot stand in a line for hours, waiting to vote.
You are cooking your own goose.
What is the problem that you are trying to solve here?
Trump failed to show any significant bit of fraud in your elections.
The only one who tried to do fraud in your elections, are the fraudulent electors
who tried to help Trump win. It's the biggest scandal ever in your elections.
Voting should be ANONYMOUS! Forcing Americans to sign the 'voting paper'
is against any interpretation of your Constitution of the last 130+ years.
Don't you know anything about ANYTHING? You're fully at the peak.
When will you finally show that you know something useful about anything?
In my country, we need to show our ID, to be able to vote.
(There is NO identification on the paper ballots itself, they are anonymous.)
But you cannot change that, a few months before the election.
That would be an incredible infringement of people's voting rights.
That's exactly what Trump wants to do, because he can only win by cheating.
Dear dope. When this happens our national soveinty has solidarity. And no more democratic country. While your country goes right down the fucking toilet with no nato and no national defense. Russia is getting hard there will be no more europe. Have a nice day.
When what happens?
"our national soveinty has solidarity"? Are you delirious?
"And no more democratic country." Is that your wish or your observation
of where you are headed?
Why are you switching the topic?
Russia is running out of young people to sacrifice for Putin's vanity project.
That's why he's using North Koreans and African immigrants as cannon fodder.
It is appalling that you prefer such a monster over free and democratic countries,
that support a country that wants to be free and democratic, instead of being
occupied and most likely ethnically cleansed by a dictatorship.
If you just smoked some crack, wait until the world takes its normal shape again,
before you try to write anything.
You're country is going into deep shit. You'll see. Russia has over a million soldiers. Estonia, Latvia and the rest of Europe when the USA was in NATO was the only thing that kept Europe from being part of the Soviet Union.. Trump has had enough of you people.. I can see now why you hate him so much. Now you are going to have to find a way to wipe your fucking asshole by yourself and if I were you I'd start learning Russian.
Do you ever investigate something, before you say something?
Active military personnel in Europe is around 1.5 million.
Every EU country is massively scaling that up now.
We used to have a much higher defense capability during the cold war.
It was not 'the left' in the EU that cut budgets on defense, it was everyone from left to right, because the immediate threat was so much lower. The US kept spending, but not because of defense, but because of offense. You used military interventions all over the world to secure your interests. You WERE the threat, but as long as it wasn't against us, we let you do it and got suckered into helping you with it on many occasions too.
Trump is a fucking liar, that's why we hate him. And you are all suckers, which is why I feel sorry for most of you. However, your ridiculous misplaced confidence
in lies that obvious annoys the fuck out of me too.
You have never once presented any evidence that I'm lying.
The NATO alliance has formally invoked its Article 5 collective defense clause only ONCE in its history, following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States.
Ananas2xLekker, this is all about you so pay attention..
You don't even know who is conning you, claiming trump fucked you then left you. You stupid fuck.. PAY ATTENTION..
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You will live a good life.. For now you are just a stupid triple-thick cunt.
NOTHING in this text is even slightly relevant to your sentence:
"You don't even know who is conning you, claiming trump fucked you then left you."
Are you mentally ill?
Don't you see how the guys on your political side are avoiding you?
They think your crazy as fuck too. They might like some of the things
you are saying, but they are not supporting you in any way, because
they know it would destroy the little credibility that they do have.
Here is another way to look at this. IF all the votes are legit, everyone that votes is legal, Then no one has anything to worry about.
Those shouting about needing id or having to vote in person, are not all physically handicapped and could very easily go vote in person. Last election we had early voting like 2 friggen weeks before the election. I was going to wait but decided nope, what if I die before the election, so I voted early. Showed them my drivers license, got a ballet and a few minutes later I was done. Legit.
Those that can't comprehend the simple system are the problem
You are ignoring a whole lot, when you're saying "Then no one has anything to worry about." Let me explain a few things, to reduce your ignorance on this matter:
1) People are using mail-in ballots, to prevent Trump playing dirty tricks on them. Republicans ALWAYS purge lots of voters from the registration rolls, so when they try to vote on election day, they can't because they are no longer registertred.
2) Republicans ALWAYS shut down, close early or under-staff polling stations
in Democratic leaning areas. People avoid that cheating by using mail-in ballots.
That's why Trump wants to eliminate mail-in ballots, so he can CHEAT MORE.
There is no principled resistance to allowing people to show ID besides the following:
- Many people don't have ID/passports now
- Most of that people are poor. Poverty should not be a limitation to your right to vote, because they are expensive.
[The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly said voting is a fundamental right because it underpins all others. A key case is Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, where the Court struck down poll taxes and said: Wealth (or ability to pay) should not determine access to voting.]
- To get a passport, usually you need to still have your birth certificate. If you don't have that anymore, you need to get a new one. The whole process takes time and costs a lot of money. People need to have time off from work to arrange it. That is another constraint for people who need to work to survive.
- The SAVE Act (not current law), would require proof of citizenship when registering. That could involve: a passport or a birth certificate + ID. If the last name doesn't match, you cannot register to vote. Many women a voter registration under their husband last name. If that doesn't match their ID (driver’s license, passport) it can take many months to have that fixed.
- Some states play dirty tricks on transgenders who have a gender registration that doesn't match their sex at birth, or they have an 'X'. It is illegal to deny people's right to vote for that, but Republicans WILL instruct poll workers to restrict their voting, on arguments a like mismatch between appearance, name or gender marker on ID.
I'm sure you would love that, but it means the DO have something to worry about.
If it's just about making sure that elections are fair, Republicans could simply agree that the requirement will only be introduced in 2028, and the whole process to get the required ID will be free of charge, or reimbursed for poor people. Democrats have proposed those exact things, but Republicans have always voted against anything
like that. It's not about fair elections for them, it's about restricting peoples right to vote as much as possible.
Change the station once in a while. You will find out who has been CHEATING US FOR YEARS. The problem we are having is with the people who are brainwashed from listening to one side. Change the Station before you fall victim. It may be too late.
This guy is a fucking dope. Reasoning is off the table. The fucktard is from Amsterdam.. I told him Russia will take over europe like a bear devours honey because Nato will go bankrupt.. But he's a fucking idiot so why bother?.
I have to show id if I want a 2 dollar cigar.
I would have to show Id if I wanted to buy a beer.
I have to show a id at least once in a while when getting my prescriptions filled and each time if it is a regulated drug like Oxy.
I have to have a id handy if I go to the hospital,along with my insurance card.
There are FEW people that don't have a legal form of ID.
You have to have it to function in this country.
Lack of id is a lame duck excuse for not complying with a voter ID law.
IF your drivers license gets took away for dui or something, the state will issue you a ID card to use. They only cost 5 bucks or so and there is a office in each county. Again, lame duck excuse
We are NOT talking about a few people, it's 11–21 million citizens of voting age.
"IF your drivers license gets took away for dui or something"
That IS an incredibly low number of people.
There is no law for you to have the right to buy a 2 dollar cigar.
There ARE laws that say that everyone has the right to vote and therefore it's illegal to to put voting behind a pay-wall and a process of frustrating bureaucracy.
Did you even read what I said?
I DO support the requirement of identification for voting. I have it myself.
Congress could have fixed this decades ago. If they had (mostly) taken away
the financial and bureaucracy infringement of acquiring identification for voting, there would be no legal reason against introducing proof of citizenship for voting.
Up to 2000, it was actually the Republicans who didn't like 'voter ID', because they feared 'government overreach'. It's only since they started using the 'election fraud' narrative that this changed. You know they are not serious, when you look at the bills they introduce that contain 'voter ID'; it's full of infringements on people's right
to vote, that no Democrat in his right mind will ever support. These bills are not intended to introduce 'voter ID', they are only intended to accuse Democrats of obstructing it. It's just a dirty trick.
The only reason for why Republicans want to do this NOW, is because they want to deny more people the right to vote. It's not about election security, because they have voted down these bills, intended to improve election security and integrity, in the last 15 years alone:
- For the People Act (H.R.1 / S.1) — 2019 & 2021
- John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — 2021–2022
- Freedom to Vote Act — 2021
- DISCLOSE Act (multiple attempts, 2010–2022)
- Election security funding & standards bills (post-2016)
Have you ever seen a dictatorship where it is nice to live for the citizens?
you only can control up to 200 feet above your land. and if you don't have mineral rights to your land indicated at the court house a miner or driller can drill from the side of your land to right in the middle and take whatever is under your lawn and house
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The landowner owns at least as much of the space above the ground as he can occupy or use in connection with the land. The fact that he does not occupy it in a physical sense — by the erection of buildings and the like — is not material.
For instance, skyscrapers in big cities. Phart's analogy applies only if there's a permit and there are no flight paths overhead. Tall structures must have warning lights for navigation by aircraft. Especially if the pilot is navigating VFR.
Who's right now, you or Trump?
Does he still like the word 'tariff'?
Since he won the war with Iran, when is he getting you out?
Has he said anything about Venezuela?
Was 'arresting' Nicolás Maduro effective in stopping that drugs trafficking?
How is he going to win back the trust of the American voters,
since his approval ratings are worse than any POTUS before him?
These are topics that you would expect a president to talk about and questions that
the American public would want answered. At least, in any self respecting democracy. Autocratic regimes will only have their dictator taking to the stage to praise himself.
And his people will react like .......... very much like you.
Presidential ratings? You fucking lying deuchebag.
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"Trump is the ONLY president not to register a 50% job approval rating at any point in his presidency since Gallup began measuring presidential job approval in 1938."
You call me a liar, I showed that you are full of shit.
What did he say that you needed to hear, to KNOW that?
Show that you are not just a stupid CULT member, but a thinking person.
Trump is doing the right thing by immobilizng Iran who have said they have nuclear weapons and intend on using them. Trump is also doing the right thing by pulling out of NATO. NATO was formed on April 4, 1949, by 12 Western nations signing the North Atlantic Treaty (or Washington Treaty) to provide collective defense against potential Soviet aggression in Europe following World War II. It was designed to safeguard allied freedom and promote political and military cooperation. The ONLY thing that kept Russia from conquering all of Eurasia was Nato alliances. Its what kept Europe safe and Russia was particularily afraid of USA.. USA spent the most money. USA asked europe to help dismantle Iran giving back control to the people but all refused. USA and Israel were the only countries. Even the countries surrounding Iran when attacked for the most part they did absolutely nothing... Therefore for alll the money we spent on you fucktards proved that you stole money from us and charged overpriced tariffs stealing more money especially once the central banks took over in 1913. This is coming to an end..
I agree with his policy. I agree he is telling the truth and I agree you can go fuck yourself and your fucking country when Nato is no more.. You got that pal?
"Iran who have said they have nuclear weapons and intend on using them."
Did they? But, they were so kind to NOT use them, when they are attacked?
HOW STUPID ARE YOU?
The US wanted NATO, because you wanted Europe to pick your side.
You didn't spend that money on defense, but on offense, to control everyone.
The only time NATO was used was by the US, after 9/11, and Europe helped.
NATO is limited to the US and Europe. That's Article 6. READ IT!
Since Trump would never honor Article 5, if Russia attacks Europe,
I WANT YOU THE FUCK OUT. The US is now a worse threat to peace than Russia.
The US illegally attacked Iran. If the US doesn't even discuss it in the UN, no one will come to back your stupid useless plans. Iran is in no way a worse threat than Russia. Russia has many nukes, did threaten to use them and is still attacking Ukraine as we speak. No one is letting Trump distract Europe from that, so his friend Putin can attack us, while we help Trump destroy a country that has not shown any intent of actually attacking anyone. The only reason why Israel wants Iran destroyed, is so they can attack their neighboring countries and steal their land, without fear of retaliation from Iran. We are not aiding and abetting that.
Europe didn't have any tariffs against the US, dumbass.
Trump is an idiot and a liar. YOU are the ones paying his tariffs.
He cut taxes for the wealthy and put tariffs ON YOUR DUMB ASS.
Trump doesn't HAVE any 'policies', he only has dementia ridden brain farts.
Your side is in the majority, and they don't engage with you.
I can justify ANYTHING I'm saying with facts and logic.
You can't. The best you can do is pseudo-religious bullshit.
Exactly like the homeless mentally ill character on the street corner in movies.
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democraps,,, your goose is cooked..
It was a special election in Florida in which a democrat won
a State legislative district that contains Mar-a-Lago.
Old folks are your most loyal voters, and many of them
cannot stand in a line for hours, waiting to vote.
You are cooking your own goose.
Don't you know anything about nothing? Stupid jackass.
Trump failed to show any significant bit of fraud in your elections.
The only one who tried to do fraud in your elections, are the fraudulent electors
who tried to help Trump win. It's the biggest scandal ever in your elections.
Voting should be ANONYMOUS! Forcing Americans to sign the 'voting paper'
is against any interpretation of your Constitution of the last 130+ years.
Don't you know anything about ANYTHING? You're fully at the peak.
When will you finally show that you know something useful about anything?
In my country, we need to show our ID, to be able to vote.
(There is NO identification on the paper ballots itself, they are anonymous.)
But you cannot change that, a few months before the election.
That would be an incredible infringement of people's voting rights.
That's exactly what Trump wants to do, because he can only win by cheating.
"our national soveinty has solidarity"? Are you delirious?
"And no more democratic country." Is that your wish or your observation
of where you are headed?
Why are you switching the topic?
Russia is running out of young people to sacrifice for Putin's vanity project.
That's why he's using North Koreans and African immigrants as cannon fodder.
It is appalling that you prefer such a monster over free and democratic countries,
that support a country that wants to be free and democratic, instead of being
occupied and most likely ethnically cleansed by a dictatorship.
If you just smoked some crack, wait until the world takes its normal shape again,
before you try to write anything.
Active military personnel in Europe is around 1.5 million.
Every EU country is massively scaling that up now.
We used to have a much higher defense capability during the cold war.
It was not 'the left' in the EU that cut budgets on defense, it was everyone from left to right, because the immediate threat was so much lower. The US kept spending, but not because of defense, but because of offense. You used military interventions all over the world to secure your interests. You WERE the threat, but as long as it wasn't against us, we let you do it and got suckered into helping you with it on many occasions too.
Trump is a fucking liar, that's why we hate him. And you are all suckers, which is why I feel sorry for most of you. However, your ridiculous misplaced confidence
in lies that obvious annoys the fuck out of me too.
The NATO alliance has formally invoked its Article 5 collective defense clause only ONCE in its history, following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States.
Ananas2xLekker, this is all about you so pay attention..
You don't even know who is conning you, claiming trump fucked you then left you. You stupid fuck.. PAY ATTENTION..
5 Phrases Stupid Men Always Says — Stoic Philosophy
In this video, we break down the five common phrases men say that quietly sabotage their success, confidence, and emotional resilience. Using the timeless wisdom of Stoic philosophy, we explore how Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus would respond to these destructive thought patterns—and how you can replace them with powerful, disciplined, self-mastering principles.
If you're on a journey to become stronger, calmer, and more intentional, this video will help you uncover the hidden language that shapes your mindset and ultimately your destiny.
🧠 What You’ll Learn in This Video
The 5 sabotaging phrases men repeat that weaken mental toughness
How Stoics reframed negative self-talk into courage, clarity, and action
How to shift from emotional reactivity to inner discipline
The difference between ego-driven thinking and virtue-driven thinking
Practical Stoic exercises you can use to reshape your mindset today
💬 Why Stoicism Matters for Modern Men
Stoicism has taken off in recent years as one of the most practical tools for building a disciplined mind, developing emotional strength, and navigating the chaos of modern life. Whether you're dealing with work stress, relationships, uncertainty, or self-doubt, Stoicism teaches you to:
Focus on what you can control
Accept what you can’t
Respond with reason instead of impulse
Live with purpose, virtue, and resilience
This video blends ancient wisdom with modern personal development, showing how your words—and the beliefs behind them—shape your reality.
🔥 Keys
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You will live a good life.. For now you are just a stupid triple-thick cunt.
"You don't even know who is conning you, claiming trump fucked you then left you."
Are you mentally ill?
They think your crazy as fuck too. They might like some of the things
you are saying, but they are not supporting you in any way, because
they know it would destroy the little credibility that they do have.
Those shouting about needing id or having to vote in person, are not all physically handicapped and could very easily go vote in person. Last election we had early voting like 2 friggen weeks before the election. I was going to wait but decided nope, what if I die before the election, so I voted early. Showed them my drivers license, got a ballet and a few minutes later I was done. Legit.
Those that can't comprehend the simple system are the problem
1) People are using mail-in ballots, to prevent Trump playing dirty tricks on them. Republicans ALWAYS purge lots of voters from the registration rolls, so when they try to vote on election day, they can't because they are no longer registertred.
2) Republicans ALWAYS shut down, close early or under-staff polling stations
in Democratic leaning areas. People avoid that cheating by using mail-in ballots.
That's why Trump wants to eliminate mail-in ballots, so he can CHEAT MORE.
There is no principled resistance to allowing people to show ID besides the following:
- Many people don't have ID/passports now
- Most of that people are poor. Poverty should not be a limitation to your right to vote, because they are expensive.
[The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly said voting is a fundamental right because it underpins all others. A key case is Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, where the Court struck down poll taxes and said: Wealth (or ability to pay) should not determine access to voting.]
- To get a passport, usually you need to still have your birth certificate. If you don't have that anymore, you need to get a new one. The whole process takes time and costs a lot of money. People need to have time off from work to arrange it. That is another constraint for people who need to work to survive.
- The SAVE Act (not current law), would require proof of citizenship when registering. That could involve: a passport or a birth certificate + ID. If the last name doesn't match, you cannot register to vote. Many women a voter registration under their husband last name. If that doesn't match their ID (driver’s license, passport) it can take many months to have that fixed.
- Some states play dirty tricks on transgenders who have a gender registration that doesn't match their sex at birth, or they have an 'X'. It is illegal to deny people's right to vote for that, but Republicans WILL instruct poll workers to restrict their voting, on arguments a like mismatch between appearance, name or gender marker on ID.
I'm sure you would love that, but it means the DO have something to worry about.
If it's just about making sure that elections are fair, Republicans could simply agree that the requirement will only be introduced in 2028, and the whole process to get the required ID will be free of charge, or reimbursed for poor people. Democrats have proposed those exact things, but Republicans have always voted against anything
like that. It's not about fair elections for them, it's about restricting peoples right to vote as much as possible.
These things are know worldwide.
Only in the US are some people denying it.
I would have to show Id if I wanted to buy a beer.
I have to show a id at least once in a while when getting my prescriptions filled and each time if it is a regulated drug like Oxy.
I have to have a id handy if I go to the hospital,along with my insurance card.
There are FEW people that don't have a legal form of ID.
You have to have it to function in this country.
Lack of id is a lame duck excuse for not complying with a voter ID law.
IF your drivers license gets took away for dui or something, the state will issue you a ID card to use. They only cost 5 bucks or so and there is a office in each county. Again, lame duck excuse
"IF your drivers license gets took away for dui or something"
That IS an incredibly low number of people.
There is no law for you to have the right to buy a 2 dollar cigar.
There ARE laws that say that everyone has the right to vote and therefore it's illegal to to put voting behind a pay-wall and a process of frustrating bureaucracy.
Did you even read what I said?
I DO support the requirement of identification for voting. I have it myself.
Congress could have fixed this decades ago. If they had (mostly) taken away
the financial and bureaucracy infringement of acquiring identification for voting, there would be no legal reason against introducing proof of citizenship for voting.
Up to 2000, it was actually the Republicans who didn't like 'voter ID', because they feared 'government overreach'. It's only since they started using the 'election fraud' narrative that this changed. You know they are not serious, when you look at the bills they introduce that contain 'voter ID'; it's full of infringements on people's right
to vote, that no Democrat in his right mind will ever support. These bills are not intended to introduce 'voter ID', they are only intended to accuse Democrats of obstructing it. It's just a dirty trick.
The only reason for why Republicans want to do this NOW, is because they want to deny more people the right to vote. It's not about election security, because they have voted down these bills, intended to improve election security and integrity, in the last 15 years alone:
- For the People Act (H.R.1 / S.1) — 2019 & 2021
- John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — 2021–2022
- Freedom to Vote Act — 2021
- DISCLOSE Act (multiple attempts, 2010–2022)
- Election security funding & standards bills (post-2016)
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