# Political Topics **URL:** https://community.goactuary.com/c/the-sandbox/political-topics/20.md?page=2 [Latest](https://community.goactuary.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.goactuary.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.goactuary.com/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Random Political Questions](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-questions/6916)
**Author:** [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 3:01am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-political-questions/6916 "2026-09-07T03:01:37Z")
New thread for when you have random questions of a political nature and don’t want to clutter up the “Random Questions” thread with political stuff. Inaugural question to follow. --- ## [Corruption, American style](https://community.goactuary.com/t/corruption-american-style/7261)
**Author:** [@EimonGnome](https://community.goactuary.com/u/EimonGnome)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/corruption-american-style/7261 "2026-09-01T22:13:06Z")
If you’re like me, you were chuckling to yourself about how the Russian military was done in by corruption and lies about how battle ready they were. " typical Soviet crap." I thought. Well turns out we have our own ver… --- ## [1939 idgi](https://community.goactuary.com/t/1939-idgi/12888)
**Author:** [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/1939-idgi/12888 "2026-09-01T12:17:03Z")
1937 or 1931 make more sense to me --- ## [Democrats Say the Darndest Things!](https://community.goactuary.com/t/democrats-say-the-darndest-things/5611)
**Author:** [@The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_President)\ **Replies:** 1595\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/democrats-say-the-darndest-things/5611 "2026-08-31T18:41:09Z")
We need both sides. --- ## [United States Presidential & Congressional Election 2028](https://community.goactuary.com/t/united-states-presidential-congressional-election-2028/10141)
**Author:** [@The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_President)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/united-states-presidential-congressional-election-2028/10141 "2026-08-31T17:11:56Z")
Never too early to get things started. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/pete-buttigieg-michigan-senate-run-00227583 His decision was framed by several allies and people in his inner circle as putting him in th… --- ## [Thread for clever protest signs that don't need to clutter up other threads](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-for-clever-protest-signs-that-dont-need-to-clutter-up-other-threads/10362)
**Author:** [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-for-clever-protest-signs-that-dont-need-to-clutter-up-other-threads/10362 "2026-08-23T10:17:48Z")
I suspect there might be a few images this weekend that some of us will be inclined to share. --- ## [What can an actuary do to make the world a better place?](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-can-an-actuary-do-to-make-the-world-a-better-place/12879)
**Author:** [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/what-can-an-actuary-do-to-make-the-world-a-better-place/12879 "2026-08-22T18:59:49Z")
I work in Health, in the US, a famously hated industry. I know that a lot of the hate is misguided, and that there’s a lot of nuance. And that as a cog in the machine I’m not exactly responsible anyway. All the same, … --- ## [The Masculinity Crisis](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-masculinity-crisis/12462)
**Author:** [@The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_President)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-masculinity-crisis/12462 "2026-08-21T11:58:31Z")
Galloway suggests that the previous denial of the problem, especially by the political left, might even have put Donald Trump back in the White House. “Let me offer that the reason we elected \[him\] is because of strugg… --- ## [When Sports and Politics Collide](https://community.goactuary.com/t/when-sports-and-politics-collide/8858)
**Author:** [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/when-sports-and-politics-collide/8858 "2026-08-19T14:03:26Z")
Thought we need a whole thread on this, and since it will be about politics, the Politics Forum it goes. First up: “I’m not X; YOU’re X.” https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/\_/id/39424950/ambassador-responds-saudi-arabia… --- ## [Is inflation back?](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148)
**Author:** [@Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Actuary321)\ **Replies:** 2311\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148 "2026-08-18T20:56:23Z")
This month inflation was 5% year over year. If we annualize the inflation this year (May/Dec)^(12/5) it would be 8%. In normal years, the first 5 months are usually where most of the increases take place and inflation us… --- ## [Philanthropy is dumb](https://community.goactuary.com/t/philanthropy-is-dumb/12871)
**Author:** [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/philanthropy-is-dumb/12871 "2026-08-17T23:39:00Z")
You know what else is benefits society? Paying taxes --- ## [People don't actually want affordable housing, right?](https://community.goactuary.com/t/people-dont-actually-want-affordable-housing-right/12868)
**Author:** [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/people-dont-actually-want-affordable-housing-right/12868 "2026-08-15T23:12:18Z")
If they did, you’d see more things like this: And this: --- ## [Repatriate the cabbage](https://community.goactuary.com/t/repatriate-the-cabbage/12870)
**Author:** [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/repatriate-the-cabbage/12870 "2026-08-15T17:49:51Z")
I think the KMT should repatriate the cabbage --- ## [How do you propose we force transparency on the powerful?](https://community.goactuary.com/t/how-do-you-propose-we-force-transparency-on-the-powerful/12867)
**Author:** [@funkingded](https://community.goactuary.com/u/funkingded)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/how-do-you-propose-we-force-transparency-on-the-powerful/12867 "2026-08-15T14:25:50Z")
Q: How do you propose we force transparency on the powerful? A: By stripping them of the power over us. Part 1: Repeal the following: SEC Rule 10b-18 (1982) Allowed Stock buy backs and created a voluntary “safe harbo… --- ## [People don't actually want affordable cars, right?](https://community.goactuary.com/t/people-dont-actually-want-affordable-cars-right/12850)
**Author:** [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/people-dont-actually-want-affordable-cars-right/12850 "2026-08-14T19:07:54Z")
If they did, they’d be buying $10,000 cars with 90s-level technology. --- ## [Xerxes idgi](https://community.goactuary.com/t/xerxes-idgi/12863)
**Author:** [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/xerxes-idgi/12863 "2026-08-13T20:47:38Z")
Why did history class Toby the guy --- ## [Senate blocks student loan relief](https://community.goactuary.com/t/senate-blocks-student-loan-relief/7972)
**Author:** [@lit041000](https://community.goactuary.com/u/lit041000)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/senate-blocks-student-loan-relief/7972 "2026-08-10T13:15:09Z")
So walk me through this. The democrats get elected on the promise of forgiving student debt. They currently control the senate. So they pass a bill to block loan forgiveness? When the Supreme Court inevitably blocks s… --- ## [The K shaped economy](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-k-shaped-economy/12836)
**Author:** [@EimonGnome](https://community.goactuary.com/u/EimonGnome)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-k-shaped-economy/12836 "2026-08-08T18:44:52Z")
I keep coming across, via both personal, first-hand experience and via the media, stories about extreme wealth. Specifically how it is distorting the general economy that I once knew. So i am going to post a few examples… --- ## [Dr. Fauci's Testamony](https://community.goactuary.com/t/dr-faucis-testamony/12846)
**Author:** [@kyle](https://community.goactuary.com/u/kyle)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/dr-faucis-testamony/12846 "2026-08-04T20:45:29Z")
Dr. Fauci’s testamony on July 29 - what do you think? --- ## [The grift goes on](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-grift-goes-on/3114)
**Author:** [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-grift-goes-on/3114 "2026-08-03T15:43:09Z")
Normally children of past presidents do not get secret service protection. With the flick of a pen, Trump extended Secret Service protection for his children for an additional 6 months beyond Biden’s inauguration. Of cou… --- ## [Do we really need a trillionaire?](https://community.goactuary.com/t/do-we-really-need-a-trillionaire/12776)
**Author:** [@Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Snikelfritz)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/do-we-really-need-a-trillionaire/12776 "2026-07-28T15:03:41Z")
Musk has apparently gotten there with the SpaceX IPO. I’m okish with billionaires, but, do we really need a trillionaire? Like, really? https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/spacex-ipo-opens-9.7233364 --- ## [India imbroglio](https://community.goactuary.com/t/india-imbroglio/12822)
**Author:** [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/india-imbroglio/12822 "2026-07-27T01:19:28Z")
I heard there was imbroglio --- ## [MN State Rep Assassination](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mn-state-rep-assassination/10363)
**Author:** [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mn-state-rep-assassination/10363 "2026-07-23T20:10:54Z")
MN State Rep Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in a politically motivated assassination. Another state senator and his wife were shot. The shooter impersonated a police officer. Allegedly there is a ma… --- ## [I heard Japan appointed some workaholic to be prime minister](https://community.goactuary.com/t/i-heard-japan-appointed-some-workaholic-to-be-prime-minister/12404)
**Author:** [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/i-heard-japan-appointed-some-workaholic-to-be-prime-minister/12404 "2026-07-22T14:49:41Z")
I heard she was a workaholic --- ## [Political hyothetical - Heathen Child edition](https://community.goactuary.com/t/political-hyothetical-heathen-child-edition/12388)
**Author:** [@funkingded](https://community.goactuary.com/u/funkingded)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/political-hyothetical-heathen-child-edition/12388 "2026-07-22T03:16:05Z")
So assume I could kill the top 1000 wealthiest people in the world with a snap of my fingers. Dead and gone. Assets spread about. Let’s also assume I could take out the top 5 C types and the boards for the top 500 corpor… --- ## [Replacing Lindsey Graham](https://community.goactuary.com/t/replacing-lindsey-graham/12804)
**Author:** [@Fish\_Actuary](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Fish_Actuary)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/replacing-lindsey-graham/12804 "2026-07-14T12:08:04Z")
Sounds like a few people going for the job… --- ## [2026 Hungarian Elections](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-hungarian-elections/12693)
**Author:** [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2026-hungarian-elections/12693 "2026-07-13T19:45:27Z")
I heard there were elections --- ## [Who Will Trump Pardon](https://community.goactuary.com/t/who-will-trump-pardon/1300)
**Author:** [@OldTimer](https://community.goactuary.com/u/OldTimer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/who-will-trump-pardon/1300 "2026-07-13T16:34:59Z")
Not a game as much as a chance to pick who he will pardon. As I understand it, Flynn is now off the board? Any ideas? I heard Exotic Joe as one choice, Bannon as another. What says the AO? --- ## [January 6th Charges for Seditious Conspiracy](https://community.goactuary.com/t/january-6th-charges-for-seditious-conspiracy/4960)
**Author:** [@Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Rastiln)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/january-6th-charges-for-seditious-conspiracy/4960 "2026-07-11T03:35:11Z")
First counts of seditious conspiracy in relation to the January 6th attack on the Capitol. This article says 11 defendants but a lawyer I know just told me there are 17, not sure what’s the most up to date figure. “‘W… --- ## [You can't kick the Keiko](https://community.goactuary.com/t/you-cant-kick-the-keiko/2581)
**Author:** [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/you-cant-kick-the-keiko/2581 "2026-07-04T00:53:17Z")
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