John Delaney 🇺🇸

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@WindsorSe7en It comes down to physical labor vs other work. It is undeniable that we live longer so intuitively people think raising the retirement age makes sense, except if you do physical labor, which you can't do after a certain age. Non college kids disproportionately do physical labor — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@WindsorSe7en You just completely changed the facts. You worked a lot while you were in college (as did I btw). That's different that just going to college. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@WindsorSe7en College is not "work" it's an "education opportunity." That doesn't mean it's not challenging but it's not the same as digging ditches or unloading trucks. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

This is very well done. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

As .@RepGallagher rightly comes to the defense of the dedicated and talented public servant Judy Chu, we are reminded that the Congress has people of high character, and Mike Gallagher is first evidence of that. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

The spotter motionless as the guy slides off the bench with 315lbs on him is priceless. But it drives home the climate transmission point! — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Teen Girls Facing a Mental Health Epidemic In addition to covid, culprits include for profit: Social media firms addicting kids to devices Media firms pushing doom & gloom for clicks Pharma companies pushing opioids Liquor companies pushing alcohol https://t.co/dK31W2xyaN — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

BIG problem with raising the retirement age for SocSecurity that's never discussed Poor kids who don't go to college start (often manual) work when they are 19. Kids who go to college & maybe grad school start when they are 26 Why is it fair to make the first group work longer? — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

This is a national crisis. Massive increase in depression among teens, particularly girls. The culprits: social media, covid induced school closures, and a harsh, insensitive and corrosive society. Alcohol and substance issues likely also contribute. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

These issues still overhang all aspects of our society and hopefully there will be some lessons learned. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

IMO, the bottom line is that other than for God or math there is no certainty in life. Until we become more open minded, until experts become more humble & people broadly recognize the concept of expertise, we will not adopt a posture that avoids the massive divisions of Covid. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

To balance this debate you would need to appreciate that each side has costs. The risk to teachers and families vs. the lost learning and derailment of kids and weigh them in a true cost benefit way. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

The school reopening debate reflected similar dynamics. Rarely would people smartly balance the risks of opening too soon in an unsafe manner with the fact that keeping schools closed too long was deeply and irrevocably damaging to kids. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

But similarly, those who pounded the table that vaccines would completely "prevent" Covid or yelled at people for not "masking outside on a windy day" (for example) were wrong and lacked the kind of humility that is needed in the scientific process. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

For example, people who thought covid was a "hoax" and that vaccines and other safety precautions were useless were obviously wrong and not respecting of clear scientific and medical expertise. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

What was needed was a balance between recognizing the value of real expertise (something that is sadly lost) with humility that information is limited & opinions are likely to change because today's opinion is based only on what we understand today and tomorrow we will know more! — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

People quickly made covid political (like everything else) and sadly became stubborn, closed minded and embracing of the notion that their side's view was definitive on everything. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Longer thread on the problem with absolutism & the lack of any serious discussion of "trade offs" in the context of Covid Covid was a tragic public health crisis that launched an economic crisis and a reorganization of how we live, work, learn and interact — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

This "case" for a primary challenger is both IMO dumb and it's blatant ageism Making hiring and firing decisions based on age is illegal. Do these folks know that? While they are not hiring or firing with commentary, they are sending a message it is acceptable behavior. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

The US now has industrial policy - it's focused on infrastructure, decarbonization & reshoring. It will be VERY positive in terms of competitiveness, job growth and resiliency but it will be inflationary. At some point Fed has to move its inflation target from to 3% from 2% — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

This is the right take We shouldn't assume covid came from a lab leak - the evidence is inconclusive, there is as much a chance that it didn't as it did, and we may never know - but those who acted like this was some crazy idea or a conspiracy theory should be ashamed. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

So this is a good moment - CA and Tesla, coming together again. CA is, by any measure, the innovation capital of the world. Tesla is, by any measure, the company that has done the most to change the trajectory of the entire global auto industry towards a low carbon future. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

A little over 1% of just the Sahara, if dedicated to solar, could theoretically satisfy the world's energy needs. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@grcanty This is such a misguided path to go down, where self interested people come up with random, discriminatory and btw unconstitutional tests/criteria. Haley should know better. The voters have ample opportunity to assess a candidate's fitness and vote accordingly. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Want to know where anti ESG movement takes us? New report spells it out In Indiana alone, pension beneficiaries (the people who worked hard for their pension) would have $6.7 Billion fewer resources for their pension & retirement The cost of dumb policy https://t.co/z33Dvwu9VF — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

A random comments for animal lovers: The @CincinnatiZoo has the BEST social media, including lots of posts about Fritz, a cool and cute baby hippo 🦛 — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

This event was nicely done by @jaketapper (no surprise). In business or in politics, people always do better with the unvarnished truth. People can handle bad news better than most think - so give them the good, give them the bad and when you don't know, make that clear. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

If not for Don Lemon's offensive and wrong headed commentary, Nikki Haley's blatant ageism would have gotten more attention - because that's what's her comment was - discriminating against people because of their age. https://t.co/DqtjKBp2WL — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

https://t.co/HfyYzBDW1M via @NYTimes A concerning trend. Excess drinking already kills more than 140,000 Americans each year, according to the latest estimates, far surpassing drug overdoses or firearm deaths. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Great piece by the always smart.@EdwardGLuce — PolitiTweet.org