Random Politics & Religion #22

Pretty soon words will be too offensive

We are already at that point.

Haven't you been to any liberal colleges as of late? The attacks on free speech is astonishing.

All in the name of feels.

Cutting taxes for the wealthy is always touted as an economic stimulus ala Adam Smith's "Invisible Hand"... but history shows us it never succeeds.

It's still the lowest approval rate for a president within his first quarter.

It's still the lowest approval rate for a president within his first quarter. So I'm not sure what you are trying to brag about.

I think we'll see a definite shift in approval rating sometime around next April if Trump's tax plan gets through mostly intact. The middle class seeing their standard deductions doubled is money in the wallet, which is doing more for the middle class than they've seen in a long time.

Pretty sure carter's was lower

are you sure?

not that that is saying much LOL

why the years where the New Deal policies predominated were so prosperous, where as the years dominated by trickle down models (Mellon 20's, Reagan 80's, Bush 00's) have been characterized by financial instability.

Still a better lowest approval than Nixon and Truman.

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly announced on Wednesday the official launch of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s office for victims of illegal immigrant crime, and a program to help track the custody status of violent, illegal perpetrators.

ICE’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE) was created in response to President Trump’s executive order to enhance public safety, which directed the Department of Homeland Security to create an office to support victims of crimes committed by criminal aliens.

“All crime is terrible, but these victims are unique — and often too ignored,” Kelly said on Wednesday. “They are casualties of crimes that should never have taken place — because the people who victimized them often times should not have been in the country in the first place.”

Kelly outlined objectives of VOICE, including a “victim-centered approach” to support victims and their families, along with promoting awareness of available services to crime victims, such as the new automated service, DHS-Victim Information and Notification Exchange, which was created to help victims track the immigration custody status of those illegal alien perpetrators of crime.

According to DHS, ICE community relations officers will serve as “local representatives” to share information with victims regarding the enforcement and removal process of illegal aliens. According to DHS, ICE has 27 victim-assistance specialists across the country who possess a “high degree” of specialized victim-assistance expertise and training.

“ICE is employing a measured approach to building the VOICE office — meaning that it intends to expand the services VOICE offers in the future,” DHS said in a statement on Wednesday. “This approach allows the office to provide immediate services to victims, but will also allow the agency to collect metrics and information to determine additional resource needs and how the office can best serve victims and their families moving forward.”

I heard Grover Cleveland had good approval ratings...

Trump brings in the ratings though. You think Jeb Bush would get people to watch CNN I think not !

CNN gets ratings cause it is on 24/7 at airports barber shops and anywhere in public. I remember my old barber had it on all the time.

world war two... is what actually brought prosperity to the us

the early years of the new deal were also called the great depression and the 37-38 recession within the depression

37and38 recession

That would be "taxes go down economic activity goes up". Which is the thing that's taxed

It's pretty hard to argue against that.