When all else fails the morons decide to sell pot to make up for their outrageous spending and entitlements . Hell no need to worry about climate change we will be too dam broke to even care anymore . Why would anyone want to continue to work hard to see lazy deadbeat reap ALL the free shit off their backs ??? 
They take after Hillary. She today came out with yet another excuse for losing in 2016.
Are you saying your leftist boy King Obama was not divisive? That is really funny! 
He was (and still is) the most divisive President of my lifetime. FDR was President when I was born.
There you go again with the violent hatred. Why not join ANTIFA and set the neighborhood afire? Thatâs the liberal way!
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We now have legalized POT. They collect enormous tax dollars as there is a 25% tax on POT. To add insult to injury then they raise taxes.
Th interesting thing is the state took the medicaid option with the ACA. Starting in 2018 the state was responsible for their portion of the medicaid payments. Th state has never asked for a tax increase to pay for the 10% contribution to medicaid. This year 40% of state spending will be spent on medicaid. Guess where the 10% comes from???
The US (Trump) closed the Nafta loop hole, Canada and Mexico no longer benifit from transshipping imported parts for assembly in Canada/Mexico then shipping to the US taking advantage of the nafta loophole.
True, but the agreement has not been ratified by congress yet, and now knowing what is at stake for the big club, (trillions of dollars) the removal of Trump by both the democrats and the RINOS (Koch brothers, COC Tom Donahue) seems to be a coordinated effort by the "Uniparty. Remember the recent vote in the house to stop Trumpâs emergency declaration? Its part of that plan in order to keep importing cheap labor. Not to mention that the Democrats are going forward with the Impeachment process in order to keep a narrative going right up until the 2020 elections.
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Right but the growth in investment dollars flowing into those countries from US corporation has been stopped having a negative effect on their gdp which will accelerate when ratified.
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HTFR, we certainly donât need you.
The red states will get along fine while the rest of you are starving, freezing, and pushing your cars instead of driving them.
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The OP began the thread with hate and the clapping seal brigade jumped in to heap more on the fire.
Go whine elsewhere, weâre not buying it.
Well that is the design! I have studied this issue with great detail from the beginning, so I know the particulars especially as it relates to certain bad actors such as China, the EU and Germany who have exploited the old rules, but most importantly the COC who represents Multi-national corporations who have also exploited the old loop-holes. Like I said, Congress has to ratify this new trade agreement for the full effects to take place, and something tells me that they will keep delaying it until the last minute or for some other reason to come up with an alternative plan to nix this agreement altogether. The latest GDP report from Canada is pretty stark in comparison, so not sure in the entire aggregate of the world economy isnât on shaky ground right now.
It will all caught up soon .
The state said we want the lottery so we can use the money to fund parks and recreation. The voters agreed to have a lottery. The state was good and used the money collected for parks and recreation. The did end the funding leaving only lottery funds for parks and recreation.
The state said lets have a 40 dollar fee on license tags to pay for bridge repairs. The people said ok. 10 years later and the last 5 years, no bridges ar being repaired.
The state said letâs have designer license plates it will be 50 dollars. Today we have one for every cause. Columbine, breast cancer, Native Coloradoans, Universities, not one dime goes to any of the causes and the state keeps the windfall.
The state said lets increase the designer plates to 50 dollars a year. We will add new license plate office to service the people. The first year they opened over 20 offices. 5 years layer all are closed.
The state said letâs tax POT for the kids. A 25% tax levied on POT. 5% goes to education which we have yet to know where the money is distributed. Colorado marijuana shops have sold upward of $3.6 billion of medical and recreational cannabis flower, edibles and concentrates, according to The Cannabistâs calculations of state tax data.
The taxes and fees from those sales totaled $76 million in 2014, $135 million in 2015, $198 million in 2016, and $96 million through May of 2017, according to Colorado tax data. Today we have more pot stores than Starbucks.
The state is now putting proposal to raise state income taxes and change the income tax to a progressive income tax with a 9% top rate.
Where oh where does the money go?
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We have reached a point in American politics where the divide between the population has become so wide that there is no more âworking things outâ.
In the last 30 years there have been a handful of wedge issues that were used gain support for either party:
Immigration
Gun rights
Abortion
Gay marriage
Economic policy
Etc.
In the past, it wasnât a big deal to be friends with someone who held opposing beliefs on one of these issues, say immigration for instance, because it was more of a theoretical and abstract moral concept at the time.
But now, we can see what immigration is doing to our country quite clearly.
We can see the impact of demographic shift right before our eyes so the consequences are real now. What used to be considered somewhat trivial wedge issues are now fundamental issues that will have an irreversible impact on the next decade in America.
And the Left views it in the same way, they are legitimately scared that Trump and all his Nazi supporters will round them all up and kill them. These people are more dedicated than ever to taking guns, opening borders and redistributing wealth.
With that having been said, the time for compromises with these people is over.
Now that the consequences are real for everyone, any compromise from either side will be unacceptable because these issues are now fundamental rather than abstract .
There is no âAmerica for everyoneâ, there is no âwe all just need to get alongâ, there is no âcanât we all just come together as a nation?â
The reality is there are two ideologically OPPOSITE groups in America inhabiting the same space at the same time.
One loves America and all it stands for.
One hates America and all it stands for.
But each side thinks that America stands for different principles, fundamentally opposite principles.
How can a compromise between these two be reached?
How long can we pretend like everything is going to work itself out?
The only way to reduce the political tension and regain control of our country is a war.
A bloody, brutal and horrific war.
Tension requires a release, this isnât just a political phenomenon, it is a fundamental law of the Universe.
These cycles of peace, tension, conflict, release and reconciliation are inevitable and highly predictable.
The enemies of this nation, both foreign and domestic, will never stop until they are BEATEN INTO SUBMISSION.
One team wins, the other loses.
In America we have this ludicrous idea that all issues can be resolved peacefully.
We havenât had a war here on American soil in over 150 years and I think that has made people docile and pacifistic.
Meanwhile the rest of the world is having wars in their homelands every few decades.
Being that we have avoided the release of this political tension for so long , the result when it does come to a head is going to be catastrophic.
We tried to go against the grain for too long, but we canât overpower nature.
We are bound by the laws of the Universe, laws that are immutable and unyielding.
We have been able to avoid conflict for a while, but at what cost?
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
We canât have one half of the country going in one direction and the other half going in the other direction and not expect to split in two eventually.
We are already in the skirmish phase of this war, people have been killed on both sides and this will continue to escalate.
I wish it werenât so, I wish things could be resolved peacefully.
But that isnât how things work.
My advice to you all is to wake up to the fact that you are already in a war and start getting yourself into that mindset.
Because if you donât, the enemy will.
Denver, Boulder, Co Sprgs, Aurora.
The rest of the state doesnât matter anymore.
How so nihilistic! 
Sounds like something from the Black Panthers in the 60âs/70âs.
Sounds like what we went through here with Mah Richards.
Colorado Springs remains a bit red to purple because of the military influence.
Denver, Boulder, Ft. Collins, Greeley and Aurora the bastions of the progressives in Colorado.
We now have a governor for Denver, Boulder, Ft. Collins, Greeley and Aurora, we need to let a governor for the rest of the state.
Maybe they can share an office.