Is "Democracy" on the ballot in this year's mid-terms?

@Grateful4you "Friends turning you over..." You mean like this? FBI turning up at the home of a Trump supporter? Democrats LOVE the Gestapo and KGB model to take care of anyone who dares to disagree with them.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6312233334112

@Grateful4you Ironically they will shift blame the Dems when things don’t go their way.

@Onestarlitnight you missed my point completely.

@Onestarlitnight Did you look in the mirror today?

@justanothername one side thinking they need to teach the other side a lesson is the divisive part.

@BizSuitStacy the insurrection and attempted coup may have steered that thought

@JonLosAngeles66 Oh...you mean the insurrection that even the woke FBI said wasn't an insurrection? The coup occurred in Nov of 2020.

@samueltyler2 @sunsporter1649
No response?

No bullshit?

@HoraceGreenley it isn't worth it to waste my time, you already admitted that your figures do not include carryovers, and every multi-year grant does just that, and you need to show how much is actually spent not just what is authorized for the year.

@samueltyler2 Waste your time?

The point is what's the cost to society? The actual wealth transfer is what is at issue, i.e., the cost to society to maintain a defense. This goes to the heart of the issue. Specifically what can a society afford.

The timing of the expenditures is not at issue. Can society actually afford the expenditures and what is the optimal amount to spend is the point.

If you understood the research and the relevant economic principles, then you'd understand my point.

@GJOFJ3 [quote]Doing away with the electoral college
Eliminating the filibuster[/quote]

How are either of those things a threat to democracy?

[quote]Packing the Supreme Court[/quote]

It's true that some of 'em want to do that... but if they did, they wouldn't be the first to do so in the 21st century.

[quote]Continuing the open border policy[/quote]

The number of illegal immigrants in detention centers [i]incresed[/i] over the course of Biden's first year of office. The idea that we have an open borders policy right now is factually untrue.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/02/joe-biden-ice-immigration-detention/

[quote]Diminishing states rights[/quote]

1. States rights to do what?
2. How would that diminish democracy? State governments are democracies and the national government is a democracy, so transferring power from the state government to the federal government would be roughly a net neutral in terms of democracy. In fact, it'd technically be a net positive for democracy in your world, where the electoral college is more democratic than the popular vote.

[quote]Politicization of the FBI and DOJ[/quote]

I mean, when one party's platform is to do crimes, it is kinda necessary for law enforcement to target them. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

@GJOFJ3 i thought it was funny they actully warned us of this.
Never was known to be smart though.

@BlueVeins

[i]Packing the Supreme Court
It's true that some of 'em want to do that... but if they did, they wouldn't be the first to do so in the 21st century.[/i]

Is that a fact. I've been around the entire century and I can't recall there ever being more than 9 judges there.

Tell us when anyone packed more than 9 in.

@Majorsite or maybe just the opposite, maybe tRumpism will be destroyed.

We can hope for that but hope alone won’t do much unless we get out to vote. @samueltyler2

@Ryderbike Congressional Democrats are looking for a replacement for Rep. Nancy Pelosi (CA-04), and they may be leaning toward one of the biggest election deniers in Washington, DC: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08).

@GJOFJ3

@DiegoWolfe -hugs OP and pats back-