Looks like Joe "I'm a West Virginia democrat" Manchin doesn't wanna represent West Virginia.

@BlueMetalChick We aren't talking about Mitch, we are talking about Joe. And 67% in West Virginia isn't 67% of the USA. Also, if you want to talk about a minimum wage, maybe it's good to talk about a lot more. Just changing the minimum wage without looking at the entire financial structure seems a bit weird to me. But hey, I'm all pro bringing those hamburger-job wages up. Just saying that Joe ain't a dictator, the president isn't the messiah, and things are way better off decided trough congress and the senate. Where legeslation is supposed to be made.

@Kwek00 So a vote comes up in the Senate on whether or not to increase the minimum wage, and despite what his constituents have made very clear, he decides to vote no on a wage increase. You're not making a point by saying he isn't a dictator. It is obvious that he isn't a dictator. But he was given a chance to vote for something his base wants and he did the opposite.

@BlueMetalChick I really need to read into this, but I believe the only thing he did was choose not to put it up in a big covid-relieve bill by this reconsiliation process through simple majority. Because he didn't have 60% of the senate. And that there is a lot of discussion, if this process should even be used this way.

Which makes a lot of lefties on youtube talk about how the most powerfull man in the country, didn't just do what they believe needed to be done. I saw one yesterday, moaning about the "most powerfull man in the country", and I was asking myself if the man actually ever read political theory on constitutional democracies.

I'm not a big fan of Biden, because he's a guy that twists and turns and is overly pragmatic when it comes to his stances. On the other hand, so far, I still have trust that the man understands how the rules of the republic work and I think he wants to govern accordingly. If he keeps that up, that's something I admire. Because this messiah complex that surrounds American Presidents isn't really healthy for their democratic process.

It was read last night. Not only stand but read it completely him or her self. @beckyromero

@jackjjackson

But could you really trust someone like Ron Johnson to read it for everyone?

Of course they all would be very carefully following along so sure. @beckyromero

@Bushranger My former college roommate immigrated to Australia in about 1970 or 71. Super nice guy. Australia's gain, our loss.

Unfortunately I completely loss track of him, and I imagine that he's still there. I would love to hear about how his experience went.

@Heartlander See how open our immigration policies are, we'll even take Americans, lol.

@Heartlander So then, the point you're trying to make is that we can't pay workers enough for them to survive because if we do then the companies will just move to China.

So, don't let them. Shut them out of US markets if they outsource. The Canadians did it and it worked.

@beckyromero These guys always do. It frustrates me how seldom anyone ever lays on a bet. Like Trump when he pretended he wanted to get out of Afghanistan. Nobody put the ball in his court to make him prove he actually wanted it.

@Longpatrol Yeah, he has, except like movement conservative.