'Murica! (337 Viewers)

[Enron]

Arnold Palmer was all man. And when he took showers with the other men…

 

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[Oggy]

But Trump is also one of the main culprits behind the border crisis. How do you all forget that? He opposed the bipartisan bill, and Republicans chose not to support it so he could campaign on fixing immigration.

@AFL_ITALIA already mentioned it:

Thank you for answering. I obviously know why he is seen as the anti-immigration guy, but we had a bipartisan bill for the border that was endorsed by border patrol, but shot down by Republicans. Shouldn't this get recognition?

 

[Seven]

Arnold Palmer was all man. And when he took showers with the other men…

I have to say Trump's weird fascination with golf and the odd way he's always puckering his lips make a lot more sense now.

 

[s4tch]

I'm not sure how anyone could've watched the past year unfold and come to believe that the Biden administration has done anything to hold Israel back.

true, but that wasn't my point. i just wanted to point out that if the attitude towards israel is the important factor for anyone, then trump isn't better than any other candidate

 

[Seven]

true, but that wasn't my point. i just wanted to point out that if the attitude towards israel is the important factor for anyone, then trump isn't better than any other candidate

Trump has literally come out and stated he will support Israel.

Which is odd, because he also wants the US to stay out of any foreign conflict.

 

[Seven]

Would likely be national guard if he were to use military. Im navy so if anything id either support NCIS which I do now if they are used in any LE capacity or head to a ship irrelevant of anything related to deporting illegals. Army/National Guard supporting federal law enforcement is what I’d envision he would be doing.

I want a complete shut down of the border until it’s secure. These hordes of people here illegally gotta go and stopped from coming in.

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And sorry didn’t see this sooner

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Crack down on immigration

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I understand your focus on immigration.

It's almost always among the key topics in European countries as well.

I wonder though if people might overestimate the numbers. In Europe much of the debate centers around immigration, but realistically it's far from our biggest concern.

Let's look at the actual numbers for the US (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/#:~:text=As of 2022, unauthorized immigrants,to 36.9 million in 2022.):

As of 2022, unauthorized immigrants represented 3.3% of the total U.S. population and 23% of the foreign-born population. These shares were lower than the peak values in 2007 but slightly higher than in 2019.

Meanwhile, the lawful immigrant population grew steadily from 24.1 million in 2000 to 36.9 million in 2022.

And:

The 4.0 million unauthorized immigrants from Mexico living in the U.S. in 2022 was the lowest number since the 1990s. And in 2022, Mexico accounted for 37% of the nation’s unauthorized immigrants, by far the smallest share on record.

It appears there has not been an increased influx of illegal immigrants in recent years. And it's unclear if closing the border (I assume you mean the American-Mexican border) would be the answer. After all illegal immigration by Mexicans has been in decline.

I'm not saying people shouldn't think of immigration as an important topic. But maybe there are other things that require more immediate attention.

 

[Bjerknes]

I will end the inflation, end the invasion, and end the masturbation

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Fake family!

 

[s4tch]

 

[ALC]

Trump has literally come out and stated he will support Israel.

Which is odd, because he also wants the US to stay out of any foreign conflict.

It’s not odd, he’s getting a shitload of money from Miriam Adelson

 

[Wings]

This is surreal.

 

[Hust]

I can understand the point of securing the border and I actually support that. But I don't see how it's feasible to round up a million illegals. This seems like a massive police state in the making and it will cost the lives of good people in LE or national guard. You're not going to send a team of reservists into Compton for instance and think they're just going to let them do whatever they want.

Probably not feasible to round them all up, I agree. Doesn’t mean we should ship out the ones we find or know about. Make it harder for them to get jobs or punishments for companies that hire them.

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We already are a police state if you realized how powerful our collection is. That’s a different conversation altogether.

 

[Ronn]

Probably not feasible to round them all up, I agree. Doesn’t mean we should ship out the ones we find or know about. Make it harder for them to get jobs or punishments for companies that hire them.

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We already are a police state if you realized how powerful our collection is. That’s a different conversation altogether.

I used to work for a big tech company during Trump’s first term. One day an old cleaning lady was complaining to a Spanish speaking colleague about ICE raids and how she’s afraid that they’re gonna deport her. On the same day the CEO of that company was announced as an economic consultant to the president.

 

[X Æ A-12]

Probably not feasible to round them all up, I agree. Doesn’t mean we should ship out the ones we find or know about. Make it harder for them to get jobs or punishments for companies that hire them.

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We already are a police state if you realized how powerful our collection is. That’s a different conversation altogether.

wouldn't deporting millions of people who likely work long hours in low paying jobs with no benefits and minimal safety regulations likely be at odds with Trump's donors? Sure, his base is all about it but the folks actually giving him money/ significant backing probably don't want to lose access to that exploitable labor force

 

[GordoDeCentral]

wouldn't deporting millions of people who likely work long hours in low paying jobs with no benefits and minimal safety regulations likely be at odds with Trump's donors? Sure, his base is all about it but the folks actually giving him money/ significant backing probably don't want to lose access to that exploitable labor force

Unless they can make money in the lodging and transporting of the millions of illegals. I also think the advent AI and ML beckons, and the donors for those type of solutions have deeper pockets.

 

[Bjerknes]

Probably not feasible to round them all up, I agree. Doesn’t mean we should ship out the ones we find or know about. Make it harder for them to get jobs or punishments for companies that hire them.

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We already are a police state if you realized how powerful our collection is. That’s a different conversation altogether.

We are in a police state, but there are various reasons for that. What we don't need is a federalized fascist police state because that's even worse.

Unless they can make money in the lodging and transporting of the millions of illegals. I also think the advent AI and ML beckons, and the donors for those type of solutions have deeper pockets.

The technology for that isn't ready yet, especially at scale. It's also not affordable for smaller farm operations. Are you going to send out a bunch of Elon's AI robots to pick apples at a 100 acre farm owned by a small generational farmer? We are decades off that.

But you're right, I think Elon is a big supporter of this because he wants to sell his robots. Dude isn't even a Murican.

 

[ALC]

We are in a police state, but there are various reasons for that. What we don't need is a federalized fascist police state because that's even worse.



The technology for that isn't ready yet, especially at scale. It's also not affordable for smaller farm operations. Are you going to send out a bunch of Elon's AI robots to pick apples at a 100 acre farm owned by a small generational farmer? We are decades off that.

But you're right, I think Elon is a big supporter of this because he wants to sell his robots. Dude isn't even a Murican.

I think Elon sees trump as his way to giving Tesla a foot up on the competition. Tariffs on Japanese, German, Chinese cars, more govt stimulus for Tesla, etc. basically regulate the market to force Tesla down everyone’s throat

And then there’s spacex

 

[Bjerknes]

I think Elon sees trump as his way to giving Tesla a foot up on the competition. Tariffs on Japanese, German, Chinese cars, more govt stimulus for Tesla, etc. basically regulate the market to force Tesla down everyone’s throat

And then there’s spacex

Yup, this is called rent seeking.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

We are in a police state, but there are various reasons for that. What we don't need is a federalized fascist police state because that's even worse.



The technology for that isn't ready yet, especially at scale. It's also not affordable for smaller farm operations. Are you going to send out a bunch of Elon's AI robots to pick apples at a 100 acre farm owned by a small generational farmer? We are decades off that.

But you're right, I think Elon is a big supporter of this because he wants to sell his robots. Dude isn't even a Murican.

I think most of the technology is ready and is being curbed to slowly transition but that's just my opinion.

As for federalized police state, we are 100% there.

 

[Bjerknes]

I think most of the technology is ready and is being curbed to slowly transition but that's just my opinion.

As for federalized police state, we are 100% there.

Are you saying that because of Trump's indictments or something?

 

[X Æ A-12]

Unless they can make money in the lodging and transporting of the millions of illegals. I also think the advent AI and ML beckons, and the donors for those type of solutions have deeper pockets.

i don't think robots are replacing roofers or slaughterhouse workers anytime soon if ever.