Recent content by RogerCooper

There were two witnesses who claimed that Trump had groped them in the presence of Epstein so it was not hearsay. However, the prosecutors viewed it as insufficient for criminal charges. In New York, the Attorney General found plenty of witnesses to Andrew Cuomo's sexual harassment, but did...

The Federal government was funded by tariffs and excise taxes, especially on alcohol. The US government, like most governments at that time, switched from tariffs and excise taxes to broad-based taxes on income and pay which were more suited for modern economies. Note that the Federal budget...

The only source for that incident is Trump himself. Even if true, the problem was behavior towards a member, not improper behavior with women in general. As Trump himself pointed out, the rich get to do what they want with women.

The offenses were beyond the statute of limitations and would have been difficult to prove in criminal court. Only two of Epstein's victims had implicated Trump and the accusations were made years after the events. Note that Trump has lost a case involving sexual assault in civil court as well...

Before Trump, prosecutors wanted evidence proving a crime before launching a prosecution. Trump was clearly aware of what Epstein was doing and commented publicly on Epstein's "very young" women (as well as the privilege that the rich had with women). However, evidence of his participation is...

I thought the point of tariffs was to "protect" American industry. Are you are saying that it was just another tax increase? Tariffs are a fairly inefficient source of revenue, it comes no where near to financing the income tax cuts.

Technically it was the budget, otherwise it would have been subject to the filibuster. Here is the deficit as a percentage of the GDP Budget End % of GDP 2013-09-30 -4.1 2014-09-30 -2.8 2015-09-30 -2.4 2016-09-30 -3.1 2017-09-30 -3.4 2018-09-30 -3.8 2019-09-30 -4.6 2020-09-30...

The parliamentarian was forcing the Senate to follow the agreed upon budget process. The budget is allowed to evade filibuster because all provisions must be budget provisions. They had already dropped the requirement that the reconciliation process does not increase the deficit. Speaker...

A Republican Congress and a Republican President can't pass an actual budget. I blame the Republicans.

The voters chose Joe Biden. The Democratic establishment should have persuaded Biden not to run in the first place as he promised but the voters can't escape responsibility. I voted for Dean Phillips.

Did the DNC have any real choice when Biden pulled out but to choose Harris? What effort has Trump made to reduce the size of government? What I see is a government trying to intrude to even more aspects of American life? In any event, the authority lies with Congress to change laws not the...

I recall that corporations have been greedy for a long time, so the concept of greed-driven inflation lacks explanatory power. The cause of the spike in inflation in 2022 were the huge deficits created by the three stimulus bills exacerbated by supply chain shortages and the pre-existing...

Pat, you should be aware that I am of 100% Jewish ancestry (although I do not practice any religion). Some of my great grandparents died in the Holocaust. It is also worthwhile remembering that while my ancestors were being murdered and my father was fighting the Nazis, Menachem Begin, the...

Attorney General Bondi had declared that there was list on her desk. She was probably lying, but that is a problem in itself.

I don't think that you understand what free speech is. Censorship is when the government punishes speech. Google, FB and X are private publishers and they are free to say (and not say) what they want. If you don't like their services, don't use them. Under current laws, internet platforms are...