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Sylvester, Pls don't worry about upgrading. If you email me your email address (mine is kotlikoff@gmail.com) I'll give you and anyone else a free lifetime subscription. I take it you are ok with ending support of Ukraine and leaving NATO? That's not derangement. That's Trump's real-time policy. best, Larry

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Hi Michael,

We're all Americans here. We "bullshitters" take Trump at his word. You don't. Jan 6th isn't bullshit, nor is blocking aid to Ukraine, nor is violating the espionage act, not is ... . Are all these things ok in your mind?

Lary

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Larry, I like your writing, and I will be a MaxiFi customer soon, but your angst over the polls looks misplaced:

*Trump is only-getting 60-70% of Red primary votes; Biden is getting north of 90%. Exit polling at primaries (so far) showing ~30% of Haley voters saying they will not vote for Trump in the general election. Trump needs to gain voters, not lose them, but Biden appears to have much greater in-party support.

*Pro-choice initiatives are driving mass voter turnout in multiple swing states, with Blue voters winning each time.

*if any of Trump’s criminal trials begin before the election, they are much-more likely to hurt than help him.

*voters rarely-change. Most Blue voters in 2020 will be Blue voters in 2024. The obvious exceptions are A) Those who died, of which more are likely Red voters; and B) New voters, who would seem more-likely to be Blue voters.

Yes, the polls are a little-scary. Millions of Americans are fear-texting once a week, worrying that the end of the world is near. But this election, like (probably) all of them, looks-like it will be won on the margins, in a few swing states. Trump isn’t exactly expanding his tent; if anything, he’s shrunk it. And while we all know how dumb John Q Public can be, he got this one right last time, and he’ll probably get it right this time.

Joe Biden wins in November. Thanks Joe.

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I agree with alot of what you said... however, when the stakes are this high, I will only applaud those who put themselves out to help end the Trump/Putin/Hitler ticket.

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Yes, I too, am really impressed with those pro-choice initiatives passing in Kansas, Ohio, my Michigan, etc. What is amazing is how the Republicans just don't understand the bazooka of a message those results indicated.

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Larry knock it off! Trump is the ONLY competent candidate running!

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Feb 25·edited Feb 25

Trump is a rapist and a criminal. He hates veterans and he is worse than worthless. Just facts.

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I just received your political email. I get enough political information, don’t need nor want it from you. I am unsubscribing

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Well said. Thank you for caring about our country!

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I’m so tired of this bullshit. Stop it

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Why do you want to tell other people what to read or discuss. Makes you sound like a true Trumper.

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What? Read what you want. Just because I’m sick of the propaganda that Kotlikoff and other warmongers put out, that makes me a Trumper. This article is as silly and the Kotilkoff article about Biden posting surpluses that you restscked! As a CPA you should know better. Just because a debt to GDP decreased a little because the economy opened up and massive stimulus spending gave a boost to GDP, does not mean it’s in any way sustainable. Research the marginal revenue product of debt and get back to me.

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Feb 25·edited Feb 25

As a CPA, I know that Trump spent DOUBLE the amount of any President in history...even BEFORE Covid. Biden reduced it substancially and gave us an economy that did not go into recession despite the predictions of nearly every economist. You say "read what I want", but your original comment said the opposite. And your warmonger comment is just plain rediculous. And yes, I will get back to you about "marginal revenue product of debt" as soon as you can afford my rates. Your Trumpist "demand" that I get back to you is precisely what I was speaking of... you seem to believe that you are "entitled". You are not.

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Could President Biden somehow remain in office. regardless of election results, if Trump is granted presidential criminal immunity by SCOTUS ?

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Well, he's done it again. Hungary just signed on to Sweden's joining NATO. That's 32 countries in NATO..a record. Putin has been the best recruiter...by far... for that organization of Unity for each other.

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Your analysis is correct, Larry, thanks. But, I see you and your good friend as asking for funding to Haley to help her in a No Labels campaign against Joe Biden....and not to protect us from Trump. Ambassador Haley as a No Labels candidate would help Trump more than Biden no doubt. President Biden is a walking encyclopedia of gov't knowledge and is my choice.

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Larry

I think you may have it backwards:

"President Joe Biden has been handed an endorsement from an unexpected and perhaps unwelcome source: the Kremlin.

"Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that his country would prefer to see the “more experienced” Biden in the White House for a second term than the Republican front-runner, former President Donald Trump."

Source:NBC News Feb. 15, 2024, 7:36 AM EST / Updated Feb. 15, 2024, 8:11 AM EST

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what are the nine words?

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.....A Vote for Trump is a vote for Putin....

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The Trump Derangement Syndrome has you by the choke-hold, and you lack the self-awareness to recognize it, and accordingly, free yourself.

I can't imagine upgrading to paid just so I can read such madness!!

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So, you are okay with Trump's influence over Speaker Johnson withholding aid to help kids survive and thrive in Ukraine. Got it. "Save the babies" but screw those kids. Unbelievable.

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Do yourself a favor and watch Tulsi Gabbard's speech at CPAC. I'm no Trump fan but she pretty much puts Larry's post to shame.

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Tulsi has never put anyone to shame... except herself.

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you are sick

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Looking into the mirror again?

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