Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

My household has held its own even with higher prices . $11434.00 is a lot of money . I would have noticed spending that much .

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Same here, Tom. Your household must be another exceptional one.

LostAggie66 Loc: Corpus Christi, TX (Shire of Seawinds)

I do the same slatten.

son of witless

What you just did there was " Projection ." Years ago I said the same things about the American Left Wing Media. Some of my old posts must have resurfaced and are now used as source material by Progressive think tanks.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

There are only two of you and the standard is a household of four.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

From Aaron Brown, columnist at Wilmott Magazine (1999–present)

If 49 percent of Democrats identify as being moderate or conservative, why does the Democratic Party seem to be veering so hard to the left?

After the Reagan revolution, US politics has been dominated by a bipartisan center-right coalition of liberal and moderate Republicans and conservative Democrats. Although there was a lot of noise from left and right, mainstream policy and legislation was firmly center-right. That describes the administrations of both Bushes, Clinton, Obama and Trump. There were some high-profile issues on which Republican leadership took rightwing positions, or Democratic leadership took leftwing positions, but these were more political theater than substantive policy. For all the heat over issues like Obamacare, the basic approach to healthcare was firmly center-right.

Things started to unravel with the financial crisis in 2008 giving birth to both the Tea Party on the populist right, and Occupy Wall Street on the populist left. Donald Trump was the first president to exploit the populist right, in the form of MAGA. The Democratic party leadership blocked populists on the left with center-right candidates, but tried to buy it off with certain policy initiatives.

I think these initiatives, along with rhetoric by some leftwing Democrats, you see as the party veering to the left. But if you look at Democratic v**ers, you do not see this shift. You can see it to some extent in legislation and executive orders, but even the new-vintage Biden is more center than left. The test will be whether the center-right leaders will manage to nominate Joe Biden, or a suitable center-right replacement, for 2024, or if a progressive candidate can prevail.

On the Republican side, most leaders seem to be trying to buy off the populist right with some hot-button positions, while maintaining the old center-right alliance. But with Trump still very much in the running for the nomination and presidency and having completely lost his earlier center-left and center-right views, things are more chaotic.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

You seem to have forgotten that we are a generous supplier of needs for our immense extended Family...Seven adult children, twenty-six grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

pegw

So I read this guy died in 1996. How could he talk about MAGA, started in 2016?

Liberty Tree

I did not say you posted from them. I just said they were one of your sources. Do you deny you read them? You prefer to post from ELWNJS no one has heard of rather than the obvious l*****ts. You think that gives your posts more credibility.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Neither has ever been a source.

The writer of my opening article, Richard Francis White, was a US Army intelligence officer who made exceptional contributions to military intelligence.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

I will assume we're confusing two people with one another. But, if you can provide a link on Mr. White (I can't), I'd love to check it out.

Richard Francis White was a US Army intelligence officer who made exceptional contributions to military intelligence.

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

Question Liberty tree -- Is Reuters a credible news source ? I often look to them for news

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Tom, IMO, Reuters has a centrist's perspective.

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/reuters-fact-check-media-bias

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

That is why I like them

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

You are not housing all of them, feeding all of them, paying car insurance, rent, etc. for all of them, hence your household remains two people.