Do you understand what the difference between a republic and a democracy is? More precisely, do you understand that they are not mutually exclusive, that most democracies are republics at the same time? And that one of those countries is the US?

Republic basically only means “not a monarchy”. Do you have a monarch? No? Good, you’re living in a republic. Democracy basically only means that the people have the authority to decide legislation, be that direct or indirect. Now, who makes your laws? Your Senators, your Representatives, which the people elect. So you indirectly decide legislation. Good, you are living in a democracy.

Full democracies however are also expected to adhere to a few other principles, e.g. the free and equal v**e. Free means that everybody gets the same opportunity to v**e, i.e. no v**er suppression. Equal means that all v**es have the same weight, i.e. no EC as it is today. That’s why the US is considered a flawed democracy.

But you are a Republican. You benefit from the flaws and you know it. Therefore you pretend that the flaws are good and you don’t just cling to them because it gives you an unfair advantage. We all can clearly see that, there is no sense to be trying to hide it. So please spare us the “We are not a democracy.” nonsense. We don’t buy it.

Happy in the state of Washington......

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2020/10/21/report-trump-paid-nearly-200000-in-taxes-to-china/?sh=8f8d992d9222

Report: Trump Paid Nearly $200,000 In Taxes To China

Recent reporting by the Times, who obtained years of the president’s tax records, shows the president paid only $750 in federal income taxes for the years 2016 and 2017, spending years previously avoiding paying any federal income tax at all because he lost more money than he’d made. The revelation of foreign bank accounts, which also include those in Britain and Ireland, are likely to raise further questions over the president’s finances. A decade of dealings in China, successful or otherwise, are likely to raise further questions over the president’s conflicts, particularly as the president has consistently attacked China’s handling of the c****av***s p******c, and exacerbated an ongoing trade war by blacklisting major Chinese tech firms.


In 2017, Trump's first year in office, he also made $6.5 million from China, the returns show. The source of the China payments is not clear .

Trump's filings showed he kept financial accounts in China, Ireland, and the United Kingdom from 2015 to 2017, even after he took office, AP reported. By 2018, he only reported the UK account.

The former president also reported income in more than a dozen countries including Azerbaijan, China, India, Panama, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. In several years, according to AP, he paid more in foreign taxes related to his international business dealings than he did in income tax to the United States.

Archie,,, that was because you spelled the word wrong.. the curse word in question starts with a "PH" not with an "F"... that should solve your problem and let you stay with us good guys..

don't hold back dip stick, this is OPP... say what you want no one cares, lest of all me..

Gosh and gee,,, what I posted is the official charges the orange dingbat is facing..

Why did you bother to come back.. no one wants the stupidly you bring with your scripted posts..

Fools like you need to avoid the written word and not prove the stupidly they have to every member of the readership..

He was a loser even before the v**e.. all his life he never accomplished anything but lived on daddies money and then a kept pet by Putin..

and the cult still sends him money because he is so marvelous... LOL

Not a bit, that is an orange lie, H****r is all paid up tax wise..

so what? trump did lose the v**e, he slithered into the oval via the e*******l v**e while the people wanted nothing to do with him...

so what does the dumb ass do? gifts himself and the very rich with trillion $$$ tax gift for the middle class to pay..

followed by his next act, trying to o*******w the elected government of America, and yet people like you want more of the criminal action he brings to you corner of the world.. you will rot and fester from his self serving deeds and then want to kiss his body parts for R and R..

What a fools.. a fool and their money are soon parted.. send in you part of trump legal fees this AM.. ASAP..

did his paying more taxes to China than the USA enter your mind at all??

Tom, wh**ever you do... do not stop the music...

TRUMP is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree.[]

An Arizona Highway Patrol officer stops a Harley rider for traveling faster than the posted speed limit:
He asks the old biker his name.
“Fred.” He replies.
“Fred what?” The officer asks.
“Just Fred.” The old man responds.
The officer is in a good mood, thinks he might just give the old biker a break and write him out a warning instead of a ticket.
The officer then presses him for the last name.
The old man tells him that he used to have a last name, but lost it.
The officer thinks that he has a nut case on his hands but plays along with it.
“Tell me, Fred, how did you lose your last name?’
The old biker replies.
“It’s a long story, so stay with me. I was born Fred Johnson. I studied hard and got good grades. When I got older, I realized that I wanted to be a doctor. I went through college, medical school, internship, and residency, and finally got my degree, so I was Fred Johnson, MD.
After a while, I got bored being a doctor, so I decided to go back to school. Dentistry was my dream! I got all the way through school, got my degree, so then I was Fred Johnson, MD, DDS. I got bored doing dentistry, so I started fooling around with my assistant and she gave me VD, so now I was Fred Johnson, MD, DDS, with VD.
Well, the ADA found out about the VD, so they took away my DDS. Then I was Fred Johnson, MD, with VD. Then the AMA found out about the ADA taking away my DDS because of the VD, so they took away my MD leaving me as Fred Johnson with VD.
Then the VD took away my Johnson, so now I am Just Fred.”
The officer walked away in tears, laughing

Just another day in the streets.. No one tried to o*******w the elected government nor did they attack the capitol. nor did they intend to murder elected reps..

https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/19/politics/trump-inauguration-protests-womens-march/index.html

Six police officers were injured and 217 protesters arrested Friday after a morning of peaceful protests and coordinated disruptions of Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony gave way to ugly street clashes in downtown Washington.Jan 20, 2017

Inauguration protests: Police injured, more than 200 arrested

sounds good... can not do any better.....