'Democracy is at stake,' say Republicans

Reading comprehension is fundamental. The wage gap was only increasing. Wages of blue collar wages did not close the gap. You are clearly delusional. You ever hear the expression "the rich get richer"? If blue collar wages rise, but the wealth and earnings of the rich rise at a greater rate, how is the gap closing? Get a clue my dude. You do not know what the term rising income inequality means clearly. 

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You are clearly delusional.

You ever hear the expression "the rich get richer"? If blue collar wages rise, but the wealth and earnings of the rich rise at a greater rate, how is the gap closing? Get a clue my dude. You do not know what the term rising income inequality means clearly.[/Quote]

u make excellent pts.

Rush51  

The wage gap did close greater under Trump than under Obama. Biden says, “ we ( the Democrats) do not use facts, we go by what’s right.” Biden means by “what is right” for the Democrats and no one else.

False on all accounts. The wage gap and wealth inequality are highest point in 70 years. He did not close any gap "Greater" than Obama. You guys all live in an alternate reality. "Alternative" Facts=Lies. 

How about we stop with the insults? I think we have tried to make this point repeatedly so if there are further insults and names then it wont be a good thing for anyone who does so. Does trying to put someone down make your point stronger? Does repeated Chinese virus barbs mean that we did everything right?

I dont get it...try winning a debate with content and respect even if you are annoyed.

Deezy... let me repeat for the umpteenth time .  Wage inequality DECREASED .

that means blue collar wages increased faster than white collar....or  white collar wages decreased faster than blue collar.... or a combination of the two scenarios.   

Are you following all of this ?!  

We are only focusing on the 1st scenario,  which is what the articles speak of. 

BTW, the rich get richer is a different argument than wage inequality. 

You do understand the difference between wages and  wealth,  no ? 

You are correct.

Your opponent states only her opinion; no 2020 LINKS to actual facts at all.

Source: https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2020/01/09/trends-in-income-and-wealth-inequality/

Here are some newer FACTS by the reknowned PEW RESEARCH CENTER published *2020* (prior to the trump-virus)

** "The growth in income in recent decades has tilted to upper-income households. At the same time, the U.S. middle class, which once comprised the clear majority of Americans, is shrinking. Thus, a greater share of the nation’s aggregate income is now going to upper-income households and the share going to middle- and lower-income households is falling."

** "From 1970 to 2018, the share of aggregate income going to upper-income households increased from 29% to 48%. Over the same period, the share going to middle-class households fell from 62% to 43%.  And the share flowing to lower-income households inched down from 10% in 1970 to 9% in 2018.

These trends in income reflect the growth in economic inequality overall in the U.S. in the decades since 1980.

** Income growth has been most rapid for the top 5% of families. Even among higher-income families, the growth in income has favored those at the top. Since 1980, incomes have increased faster for the most affluent families – those in the top 5% – than for families in the income strata below them. This disparity in outcomes is less pronounced in the wake of the Great Recession but shows no signs of reversing.

** The wealth gap between upper-income and lower- and middle-income families has grown wider this century.

** As a result, the wealth gap between America’s richest and poorer families more than doubled from 1989 to 2016.

**Income inequality in the U.S has increased since 1980 and is greater than in peer countries

** Income inequality may be measured in a number of ways, but no matter the measure,

economic inequality in the U.S. is seen to be on the rise.

You are a lost cause man. I give up. You're right, blue collar workers completely closed the wage gap under Trump. I guess you do not understand the wage or wealth gap in the country. You do realize that income is measured in wages earnings correct? You do realize that the U.S. has the highest rate of income inequality and wealth inequality of any modernized country in the world right? It sounds like you do not understand how wages or wealth work. Here is a Forbes article around the same time as your WSJ, which will break it down for you a little better. Minimal blue collar wage growth achieves zero in closing the wage or wealth gaps.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshbersin/2018/10/31/why-arent-wages-keeping-up-its-not-the-economy-its-management/#344d265b397e

Your blue collar wage theory really means nothing when it comes to economic inequality, but whatever you need to tell yourself bro.

And another article, which shows most wage gains are funneled up to highest earners, not "blue collar" workers as you say. 

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/

Great post Fubah,

The guy just avoids reading actual facts and data, which proves his "blue collar" wage gap theory incorrect. They live in fantasy land. It's sad actually. 

Onetoke and Artdb.... 

You are correct again! 

How's that working out right NOW in the minds of MOST American voters?

A few REPUBLICAN groups working against adolf:

** The Lincoln Project
** 43 Alumni for Biden (superpac)
** Republican Voters Against Trump
** Right Side PAC (superpac)
** A new set of Republican national security officials has also emerged in opposition to Trump.
This last group hasn’t given itself a name yet, and includes the former Bush homeland security adviser Ken Wainstein, and John Bellinger III, who served in the state department. The group is looking to rally national security officials away from Trump – either by supporting Biden or writing in someone else.

Although VOTE VETS .org is not an entirely republican group, they certainly oppose adolf:

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A few REPUBLICAN groups working against adolf:

** The Lincoln Project
** 43 Alumni for Biden (superpac)
** Republican Voters Against Trump
** Right Side PAC (superpac)
** A new set of Republican national security officials

 VOTE VETS .org is not an entirely republican group

Anti-Trump Republican groups
urge GOP voters
to support Joe Biden for president !

By Sarah Ewall-Wice/ CBS News
July 17, 2020
A growing number of GOP organizations are moving forward
with strategic efforts to unseat a commander-in-chief of their
own party — and turn the White House over to a Democrat.

Appalled by Donald Trump's presidency, they are spending
millions on television ads and digital campaigns

source: https://tinyurl.com/y63rahvz

Trump did all of that in 3 years  

Dude get a grip on reality as soon as you can 

LOL

The suit also claims that law enforcement violated the Fourth and Fifth Amendment by seizing people without a warrant and denying them due process of law.

Trump swore on a bible before fod and country to protect the constitution of the United States.

He just shredded amendment 1 4 and 5 with this political stunt in Portland Oregon.

The principles of our democracy are indeed at stake. 

Pandemic.   Rules change all the times.  Just ask Gov cuomo , he does it daily..

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo argued Thursday for a more limited U.S. view of global human rights advocacy based on the principals laid out by America’s Founding Fathers, a suggestion critics assumed meant stepping away from more modern concepts such as support for women and the LGBQT communities around the world.

Pompeo, speaking in Philadelphia, singled out property rights and religious freedom as “foremost” principals in a speech that elsewhere complained about the “proliferation” of protections in international agreements related to human rights.

“We are forced to grapple with tough choices about which rights to promote and how to think about this,” he said. “Americans have not only unalienable rights, but also positive rights granted by governments, courts and multilateral bodies. Many are worth defending in light of our founding; others aren’t.”