Ah, our resident hater who brands anyone who has a thought that is different than his a libtard or some other disparaging label. We should cut him some slack though since his extensive military career (that he proudly waves in everyone's face) qualifies him as a "Political Scientist." I must have missed something though, I served 4 years active duty and 4 years in the reserves and there's a lot about politics that I don't know or understand. I try though. I study my elected officials voting records and often call or write to them. I have worked on several campaigns both local and Federal. I know my elected officials names and they know me by name or sight. I avoid Fox News like the plague and research issues extensively. I found an amazing fact that I will share with our members,
Politicians lie and always seek to be reelected. Never tell the truth when a lie will do.
I know that facts are a bit troublesome, but...
a. We are being constantly told that we are taxed harshly. Not true! The only countries less taxed than the USA (per capita) are Mexico, Chile, Cuba and Japan.
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b. Almost all countries that are taxed just a bit more than the USA provide maternity leave for both parents, free health care, free higher education, free paid vacations and so on.
c. Education is the key to a vibrant and growing country. $400 billion of the Trump Tax Scam would have provided free college to all who qualified and wanted it. Finland had one of the worse education systems in the world. They turned it around in 4 years by doing the opposite of what we do. If we don't invest in education we had better learn to speak Russian or Chinese.
d. It was on the news yesterday that China is investing $2 billion in an Artificial Intelligence Center to become the leader in the word in AI. Russia is ready to field a unmanned tank run by AI. AI is the future of the world, we can not afford to fall behind.
e. High on the Trump agenda for 2018 is the infrastructure. Where is the money going to come from? Remember we gave the money away to the billionaires. I can see it now, Trump and the GOP is going to say that we need a new tax to fund this multi-trillion dollar program. (That's not really a tax though (spin, spin, spin) because we need to fix our infrastructure.)
The tax will probably be structured so that those least able to pay it will be saddled with the tax. The Dems will fight the tax and Trump and the GOP will blame the fail on the Dems. Bottom line...There is no money left, we gave it away in the Trump Tax Scam.
f. I was against Trump even before the election. I supported Gov. Kasik. This man Trump is unhinged. Since the tell-all book by Wolf came out Trump has issued 18 Tweets. Government by Tweet? This is very dangerous in the extreme. He even jabs Kim of North Korea constantly as if nuclear war is just a little thing. I remember during the transition period Trump asked,"If we have Nuclear weapons why can't we use them?"
g. It seems that the main agenda of the Trump administration is to undo all that the previous administration did. Wouldn't it make sense to craft your own agenda to cement your Country's place in the future? Everything Congress is doing (both parties) is based on the present. We are proceeding like the future will take care of itself. There are no long term goals to ensure our future.
h. The Trump Tax Scam will throw 13.5 million people off of health care. Those that cannot pay will default on their debt and the debt will be paid by those of us who do have insurance. I agree that Obamacare was flawed but you don't make major policy changes that affect millions overnight, you phase them in.
- By johnforbes
- By brandon