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Jes...

Call me a name or make fun of me or whatever you want but my mom says all the time that I'm a very simple man.

Did the recession of 2008-2009 effect you? 

The republic inspired Great Recession effected everyone. Especially the drumpfster fire picking at the bones of failed businesses.

Anytime someone like Trump moves in to scavenge on the remains of failed businesses or to purchase distressed properties, the owners, and society both, are made better off.  If NO one bought them, the owners and society would suffer complete losses, and when vultures like Trump move it, it drives up what the sellers get.

Greed is good.

Would higher prices on nearly everything you buy effect you? 

During the entire Obama Admistration inflation has been very low. Most prices have been uneffected during this time.

That is rather unresponsive to the question.  My question did not mention Obama at all

Would an end of our constitutional republic effect you? 

The end of our constitutional republic will not shortened by this election or the next or the next or the next...

The outcome of elections will determine when the constitutional republic ends, regardless when that might be.  Neither you nor I have any crystal ball allowing a meaningful forecast of when, but the outcome of elections will most certainly decide it.

Would full-blown, single-payer, nationalized health care and socialized medicine effect you? 

Does Medicare or private health insurance have different outcomes? Even with private health care costing more?

Yes.  It is surprising that you support ObamaCare, but ask that question.  Your question suggests that whether ObamaCare continues, is expanded, is replaced by single payer or is replaced with market competition, makes no difference.  If that is the case, why does it matter to yo whether ObamaCare is continued?  Let's scrap it.

Would more or fewer government regulations on business effect you?

Clearly having less regulations and consumer protections would very much negatively effect people. Most people do NOT want to be test tube consumers for the idiotic libertarian bathtub size government that you adovate for.

My question did not suggest otherwise.

And does something have to directly effect you before you care about it? 

That depends on whether he considers himself a Democrat (answer is no) or a republic (then answer is yes).

So the Democrats wanting to end free trade want to do so because they care about other people?

Would you have been one of those in 1860 who if you were not a slave or a slave owner didn't care whether slavery continued or was ended?

The depends on whether he would have considered himself a republican federalist (Party of Abe Lincoln then answer is yes) or a bigoted southern limited federal government states righter (then answer is still yes because that is the way it is) 

Your ignorance of history is once again showing.  In 1860, there were many non-slaves who were also non-slave-owners who cared whether slavery continued or was ended.

I don't know what all the commotion is about the latest revelation about Trump.  What reason is there to be surprised?

Which revelation is that?

I didn't watch.  Not much to learn and minimal entertainment value.