Silence = Consent

Posted on May 10, 2019 by admin

This just in: Congress has the DUTY of oversight. They are an equal branch of government with the president and a big part of their job is to keep the president from wrong-doing such as criminal activity or ignoring the Constitution. In fact, this is exactly why they are a “co-equal” branch.

However, it appears that the Republican presence in Congress is nothing more than a bunch of Trump puppets.

For example…

Republicans remained silent as Trump decided to spend money on a border wall. Congress gets to control the spending in our government but the president can do so in an emergency. Apparently, a bus load of children and single mothers is an emergency.

Republicans are remaining silent as Trump is refusing to cooperate with subpoenas from Congress. These are legally enforceable requests from Congress. In this case, they are following a pretty obvious trail of criminal obstruction that leads directly to Trump.

Republicans are remaining silent as Trump’s Treasury secretary illegally decided to not provide Trump’s tax records. The law says that these records MUST be provided. This demand is being ignored.

Republicans remain silent as Trump laughs with a supporter about shooting immigrants.

Republicans have remained silent as Trump imposes 25% tariffs on China. These are tariffs that are actually paid by the American public. These are also tariffs that Trump is imposing by saying “National Emergency” when all he is really doing is trying to hurt China (completely ignoring the fact that these really hurt Americans, not the Chinese).

Republican have not only remained silent, but actively worked with Trump to keep the full Mueller report from being released to Congress.

Republicans are silent when Trump actively supports the idea that taxes should be avoided if at all possible.

Republicans have remained silent as Trump’s words and actions scream “I am a racist!”

Republicans have remained silent as Trump’s words and actions have screamed, “I think women are sex object and nothing more.”

Republicans have remained silent as Trump reneges on one treaty or trade agreement after another.

Republicans have remained silent as Trump opens up the United States lands to exploitation by oil companies.

Republicans have remained silent as Trump passes the 10,000 lies mark at just over 2 years into his presidency.

Republicans have remained silent as 15 school shootings this year.

Republicans have remained silent as the NRA is investigated for campaign contribution crimes as well as associations with Russia.

Republicans have remained silent (at the very least) when they actually let Russian sanctions be lifted on a Russian who immediately turned around and invested $200 million in Mitch McConnell’s state.

Republicans have remained silent as Trump has unsupervised and unrecorded meetings with Putin while he is being investigated with regards to his relationship with Putin.

Republicans have remained silent as their tax cut for the very, very rich continues to add $trillions to our national debt.

If Trump wants to do something that the president is not allowed to do, he just claims “National Emergency.”

If Trump doesn’t want to do something that he is legally required to do, like provide requested documents to Congress, he says, “Executive Privilege.”

The the Republican Party, through their complete silence, is allowing this to happen.

I think I could go on and on.

In my view, the Republican Party = Trump. This should scare everyone.

Up, up and away…

Jim

Trump is an Economic Moron

Posted on May 8, 2019 by admin

This just in: Trump has successfully marketed himself as a Deal Maker. I beg to differ. In fact, his sense of deals, business and the economy are all at a level of what I would suspect is a D level student.

Let’s start with his bankruptcies...

Trump has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 6 times. That is 6 times more than I have.

Let’s look at his known taxes from the mid 80’s into the 90’s…

Trump lost over $1 billion. One of his ways of making money back then was to buy a lot of stock in a company and then let it leak out that he wanted to buy that company. This would cause the stock price to rise. When it did, Trump would sell at a profit. This worked for a couple of years until people found out he was conning them. Trump then lost all of the money he’d made through this scam.

Let’s look at his deal making...

So far he has reneged on the Paris Climate Accord, the Russian Missile Treaty, the Iran Nuclear Treaty, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and NAFTA. None of these has been replaced. He claims great progress is being made on all of these….He also claims that he has a plan for great health care so we know what to expect…nothing. How are you going to make a deal when you have a legacy of failure, conning and reneging?

Let’s take a look at his tariffs…

Tariffs are taxes paid by the country that is importing goods to the United States. So, if China wants to send us $100 of goods, they have to pay $25 in taxes. Trump claims this is hurting China and making us rich. However, a recent study showed that China is just adding that extra cost on to whatever they sell us. So, what you used to buy from China for $100 is now costing us $125. This means that it is the American Economy that is footing the bill for Trump’s tariffs. At the same time, China retaliates with tariffs on our exports to them. So, American soybeans now cost more in China. what happens? China buys soybeans from someone else. We lose again.

Everyone is welcome to like whatever political person they want. However, If you think Trump is a Deal Maker; if you think he is an economic genius…you are holding the score card upside down.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim

The Shame

Posted on October 5, 2018 by admin

This just in: “Every nation gets the government it deserves.” – Joseph de Maistre

Last night I had a dream. I was some sort of Terminator-type guy and I was fighting off an alien invasion that was enslaving mankind. In the end, I saved the world. There was a brief celebration and then everyone turned against each other to see which of them would be the new leader and thus, the new “enslaver of mankind.”

At this point, I turned my back on the populace and walked away knowing I had accomplished…nothing.

I think the moral of the story is that the enemy is within.

Our government is in a shambles. I can’t blame Trump. I can’t blame the Republicans. Why? Because if we get rid of them, the “system” that gave birth to them will endure and thus…produce replacements that are just as bad.

What do I mean when I say “system”?

I think if I had to choose one issue…it would be the absence of accepted facts.

Pick any issue. Let’s use tariffs. I think we should know exactly why the tariffs are in. We should know exactly how these affect our target (China) and our allies. We should know how they affect us. We should know how, as a tool, tariffs stack up against other options that may achieve the same goal.

We don’t clearly know any of this.

What about the tax cut that was passed? What about immigration? What about NATO or the Paris Accord? What about Kavanaugh? What about auto emissions? What about Net Neutrality? What’s the impact of income inequality? Can we do better with healthcare?

Suppose we knew exactly the impact and various solutions to these and many other issues. We could then make good choices. Perfect decisions come from perfect information.

This brings me to the title of this post: Shame.

The “Shame” is that we are completely able of finding the answers to these issues and making them public. We are smart and capable. We can do this.

But we don’t.

We don’t because people are “influenced” to turn the other way. It could be “vote this way for me and I’ll vote that way for you” type of thing. It could be “I don’t’ want Trump to give me a nickname.” It could be, my billionaire campaign contributor won’t back me if I don’t vote a certain way.” Once influence, the fact are often hidden as they may contradict a desired action.

These types of influencers are what got a tax cut passed that is adding trillions to our debt so the extremely rich have even more money. These types of influences gives us a circus for Supreme Court nominations where 90% of Kavanaugh’s history is kept secret even from the Judicial committee’s Democrat members and the FBI is directed to apparently “not find anything.”

What’s that you say, “We don’t know what the FBI was directed to do.” That is true. So I ask, “Why don’t we know exactly what the FBI was directed to do?”

We now have permission to lie. We have permission to hate. We have permission to ignore science. We have permission to scam the tax system. We have permission to ignore the plight of women and minorities.

And with this permission came an astonishing revelation: We have been waiting all along for this to be okay.

The most shameful thing of all is that the mirror has been turned towards us and the picture is not pretty.

That Shame may also be the hidden blessing. I can pretend that my face is not dirty so long as you don’t make me look in the mirror. When confronted with the fact…maybe I’ll decide it’s time to bath.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim

The Great Moderation

Posted on August 21, 2018 by admin

This just in: Among Trump’s many, many problems, the fact that he is an uneducated child is one of the biggest.

I suspect that a lot of presidents have not been good at economics. I don’t know this for a fact because they could appear knowledgeable by leaning on the expertise of others.

Trump has shrugged off this idea. “He speaks his mind” is somehow seen as a strength even if what he says is babble.

For example, trade agreements are often seen as a good deal. Sure, there is some give and take but in the end, we lock in a trading partner instead of losing them to say…China. Trump, doesn’t agree with this. He thinks agreements need to be one-sided where he gets all of the gains and the other gets the “privilege” of trading with us. He is alone in this as country after country turns away from us in search of other partners.

Another example is the Executive use of tariffs. Tariffs are a tax on ourselves. Because Trump is trying to bully China or Canada or the EU, we will pay much more for products from those countries. He’s pretending that if we make Chinese steel more expensive, we will buy steel from the United States. It’s as if he thinks there are steel mills that are currently idle and just waiting for prices to change in their favor. Of course, this is pure nonsense. But, there is a “being a bully” component that seems to give Trump a woodie.

Now he is picking on the Fed. To talk about this, I need to clarify a couple of terms.

Fiscal Policy is that policy that covers government expenditures. The government can choose to put more money into the economy, or take it out, based on what they want to do. A tax cut is a fiscal policy. It puts more money into the economy and thus stokes the fires of growth.

Monetary Policy is controlled by the Federal Reserve. This is the policy of raising and lowering interest rates to control how much money is in the economy. The Fed acts to “cool down” an overheated economy or to keep inflation in check.

From the late 1980’s to the mid-2000’s, the U.S. economy didn’t experience huge swings between growth and recession. This period, known as the Great Moderation, is in large part due to the active role the Federal Reserve played using Monetary Policy. They raised interest rates when inflation started to rise and they lowered interest rates if a recession started to look likely.

The tax break is causing inflation. The Fed is controlling this inflation by raising the interest rates. Higher interest rates increase savings and decreases borrowing and thus…takes money out of the economy. Money is more scarce so it is more valuable therefore, the buying power of a dollar is greater and thus…inflation is stopped.

Now, if you read and understand everything I just wrote, you know ten times more about economics than Trump.

Today, Trump is trying to pick a fight with the Fed. This is like a beaver arguing with NASA about the design of a rocket.

Vote in 2018. Pick a candidate that knows how to use the talent around him or her to make sound choices. Or, vote Republican and support the uneducated child that is running our country.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim

Hodgepodge

Posted on August 16, 2018 by admin

This just in: I woke up this morning…inspired and yet mired. There is just so much I want to get on the table that I find myself lacking direction. So, I’ll throw stuff out there in no particular order.

Let’s start with a video of me doing my morning exercise…

Now a couple of political points…

Trump cancelled the security clearance of former CIA director Brennan. Now, Brennan doesn’t need this clearance but the rationale is what concerns me. Trump is doing this because Brennan is a political enemy. Trump also listed several others that he was threatening. In short, Trump is using his position to attack those that speak out against him. What’s next? IRS audits if you speak out against him?

A Republican Congressman this morning criticised Trump’s tariffs and the Brennan issue. He then went on to say how happy he was about the great economy and rise in wages caused by the tax cut. So, when it comes to something he had a hand in…nothing but good news…except the tax cut is doing nothing for wages.

For some reason, Trump calling Omarosa a “Dog” is still bothering me. If my neighbor referred to anyone that way, I’d be disappointed in that person. For the president to do this, knowing he is under fire for being a misogynistic racist shows a complete lack of understanding his place in the world.

Trump’s need to strike back at anyone that opposes him (instead of doing his job) reminds me of this…

And finally, I like good news and I like Reddit. Here is a subreddit called “good news.” People go here to post news that is actually good. Check it out.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim

Economics of a Bully

Posted on July 11, 2018 by admin

This just in: Trump’s tariffs have started a global trade war in which there are no winners. Not unless you call the smug satisfaction Trump gets when he is bulling someone a “victory.”

Here is what tariffs do. They are a tax on an imported good. For example, if China once sold a cell phone in the United States for $400, then a 25% tariff would increase the cost of that phone to $500. We put a tariff on China and Americans pay more for goods they buy from China.

To be clear…the tariff on imported goods is a tax on Americans.

If this is true, why would anyone implement tariffs?

Setting Trump aside for the moment, there are times that tariffs are practical. For example, let’s suppose China has a huge technological and cost advantage when it comes to producing solar panels. Let’s also assume that the United States would like to encourage the development and production of solar panels domestically. Since China has such a huge advantage and can sell panels much cheaper than we can make them, any company in the United States that produces panels will not be able to compete. Their panels will not be as advanced nor as cheap as those from China.

Enter the tariffs…

By putting tariffs on Chinese solar panels, their panels will now cost Americans more to buy. In fact, the Chinese panels are now so expensive that we will buy American panels instead. This allows a domestic industry to survive and grow. Eventually, we will be on par with China and the tariffs, no longer needed, will go away.

So, the tariff increased the cost of solar panels but in exchange, we got a foothold in a huge global market for our domestic panels.

Let’s bring Trump back into the picture.

As president, he is allowed to unilaterally implement tariffs up to 25% if it is in the interest of national security. For example, to protect an American industry that contributes to defense.

What Trump has done is to impose arbitrary tariffs on China, the E.U. and Canada without any clear rationale. No one, including those in this cabinet, know what it is that he is actually trying to do. No one can tell us what the “national security” issue is.

And what’s worse, those countries he is imposing tariffs on don’t know what he wants. They don’t know what he is trying to negotiate for. He says things like “China is treating us unfair” without clarification. He puts tariffs on Canadian milk as if this will prevent a national security breach. He puts a tariff on German cars and leaves the E.U. to scratch their collective heads in confusion.

Trump does all of this for two reasons. The first being because he can. The Republican Congress has indicated to Trump that they will not challenge any issue he wants to take on.

The main reason for tariffs is that Trump is a bully. He puts tariffs on counties for the same reason the biggest kid in 3rd grade beats up on the other, smaller kids. He is mean and insecure. Being a bully is the best way he has come up to deal with this.

So, the world is entering a trade war because Trump basically needs a nap.

And as the result, Americans will pay more for many for the products they buy every day.

Vote in November and get the Republicans out of our house.

Up, up and away…

Jim

The insanity of Trump’s economics

Posted on July 3, 2018 by admin

This just in: It has been said that economics is a “soft science” because the outcomes of certain actions are not always predictable. In fact, there is an entire field of economics known as Behavioral Economics, that tries to find out why this is so. This diversity of outcomes from a repeated experiment is why we find several economic opinions that all differ with regards to nearly any given topic.

But there are some things we can count on, either by observation or irrefutable logic. On these types of issues, the economic world is in nearly unison with their recommendations.

One such issue is Trump’s fantasy world of economics. Nationally and abroad, the absurdity of Trump’s actions are astounding anyone that is paying attention.

Let’s look at a broad view of what I mean.

I will lay this out in steps, trying to put order to something that is nearly random.

Trump wants to deport millions of illegal aliens. These are people that have raised families here. They pay taxes. They commit crimes at a much lower rate than others. And, this is important, they are filling many of the jobs that most of us would not take due to the low pay. Trump’s policy of deporting these people is, in large part, justified by “They are taking away jobs that belong to U.S. citizens.” Somehow, Trump is saying that for every field hand we deport, a high paying job is Silicon Valley opens up.
Trump, and the Republican Congress passed a tax bill that takes from the nation as a whole, and gives to the vastly rich. There are two ideas behind this: (1) Rich people will hire us to mow their lawn if they have more money. This is known as Trickle-Down economics and is the most widely disproven economic theory there is. And (2) Corporations will use their tax breaks to raise wages. This makes the assumption that corporations are benevolent. Instead, companies exist to make a profit. If they already have employees that come to work for $x per hour, why would they pay more? In fact, they didn’t. Instead, they are in the process of buying back company stock which has the effect of enriching shareholders, not workers.
Trump cut subsidies for Green Energy, one of the fastest growing industries in the world today. Many of the jobs in this industry are good paying. Instead, Trump is investing in coal and other fossil fuels; an industry that is rapidly shrinking.
Trump dropped out of the Trans Pacific Partnership and is now threatening to drop out of the World Trade Organization. There is no clear reason for doing this but the outcomes are certain. These are the exact steps one would take if they wanted to reduce the amount of goods we sell overseas. Confusingly, Trump complains about the Trade Deficit all the time. He thinks its a bad thing (it’s not) and then he does the exact opposite of what it would take to increase exports.
Trump is putting tariffs on everyone that pisses him off. As president, he can levy a tariff as high as 25% if it is deemed necessary for national security. So, suddenly, Canadian cheese imports are a threat. The result of this is two-fold. First, is causes our trading partners to levy counter-tariffs against us. These counter-tariffs raise the price of our goods overseas. Harley Davidson is a good example of this. Tariffs placed on their product means they will sell fewer of these overseas…unless….they move the factories and jobs overseas…which is exactly what Harley Davidson is doing. Secondly, we now pay more for good that are imported. If we put a tax on imported steel, then everything that uses imported steel will cost us more. Already we are seeing spikes in goods like automobiles.

In summary, Trump touts jobs and then does everything he can to eliminate them. He claims he is putting more money into the hands of the middle class and yet, they small amount we all get from the tax cut is quickly eaten up by the higher prices we are paying for anything imported.

And here is the kicker. Europe, China and the rest of the world want to make this stop. they actually want to know what it will take to make Trump stop this Globally Destructive behavior.

The thing is, even Trump doesn’t know what he wants. The conversation goes like this…

Trump: Here are some tariffs on the rest of the world.

The World: What can we do to make you change your mind?

Trump: I have no idea.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim

A Return to Facebook

Posted on July 1, 2018 by admin

This just in: I left Facebook on May 1st and took the next 2 months off. I seemed to have survived just fine.

My plan was to come back and start all over. I would “friend” very few people; mostly those of a like mind. Instead, Facebook hooked me up with everyone that I left behind. This is a bit of a problem since one of the reasons I left was that I got tired of reading one Russian produced meme after another. A surprising number of people I grew up with will believe just about anything. In many cases…it’s the Dunning-Kruger effect on steroids.

I intend to be blocked and to block in abundance.

I’m still not into conspiracy theories.

I still think “Thoughts and Prayers” have zero impact on gun control.

I still believe that science is a real thing.

And I’m certain that Donald Trump is a corrupt con man.

So, not much has changed in the last 2 months.

So…what’s on my mind today? I know that may not be important to you but it’s why I blog in the first place…to put it down on paper so my head won’t explode.

On Netflix, the SciFi show “The Expanse” has to be one of the best things out there. I read where the SciFi channel had to drop it because, even though it was popular, the production costs were just too high. In steps Jeff Bezos (Amazon owner). He is a big fan of the series and is now footing the bill for season 4.

Pork Bellies are good with anything.

Radiatore pasta is the best pasta to eat when covered with chili and cheese.

On the Trump is an idiot page….(yes, I still do this)

Two weeks ago he met with Kim-Jong-Haircut of North Korea and announced that he’d solved the nuclear crisis. Last week he said North Korea has already sent home the remains of 200 MIA from the Korean War. Now, it looks like North Korea is actually accelerating its nuclear program AND….no, it turns out North Korea has not returned any remains.

Trump has managed to take the immigration issue and make it worse. I won’t go into all the details because it has be blanketed by the news already.

Trump’s genius economic mind, the one that caused him to declare bankruptcy over and over again until Russian banks bailed him out, came up with the idea of tariffs. For no apparent reason, he has started a trade war that will raise costs and cost jobs…around the fucking world!

For no reason at all…

Trump’s economic advisor went on television and bragged about how well the new tax plan is working. It’s causing record economic growth and shrinking the deficit. When the entire world pointed out that this was false, he changed his story to “Well, we think it will happen in the future.”

Meanwhile…common wisdom says that when a new president takes over, the economy still belongs to the previous president for one year. The reason for this is that economies don’t change overnight. So, the stock market continued to grow and unemployment continued to drop during Trump’s first year. This should rightfully be put on Obama’s record. However, after 1 year, starting in 2018, the stock market has had its worst year since 2010. Economists around the world are starting to talk about the recession that will come. They blame 2 things for this: (1) The Republican Tax cuts for the rich and (2) Trump’s trade war.

Watch this bit on Trump by Jon Stewart.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim

A look at how bully Trump negotiates…

Posted on June 4, 2018 by admin

This just in: Here is a quote from renowned economist Jeffery Sachs, a professor at Colombia University…”no one expressed a single word of respect for Trump during his (Sachs’) recent trip to Europe.”

Here is a link to Sachs’ article. You should read it then pass it along.

The world has no respect for Trump. They are also starting to look at us a bit sideways. Who can blame them. After all…Trump was voted in by us.

I wanted to just take a moment to point out the obvious – Trump’s singular style of negotiations. We’ve heard stories about how he bullies those that did work for him in the past. In those cases, it was always “his word against theirs” but it always seemed like he would put his team of lawyers after a contractor that he didn’t want to pay.

Let’s look at The Wall. Trump cannot finance The Wall because he doesn’t make the national budget. Also, those that make the national budget don’t want The Wall. So here is what Trump did…He took the very successful DACA arrangement and threw it out the window. It didn’t expire. It wasn’t broken until he broke it…on purpose.

His next step was to tell the Democrats that if they wanted DACA back, they would give him his Wall. The Democrats said, “No, we have better stuff to spend $25 billion on.” So, Trump goes out to the world and says, “The Democrats are the reason we don’t have DACA. I want DACA but the Democrats don’t want it. It’s all their fault.”

This is effective because his faithful don’t check the facts.

Then… Trump wants better trade deals. He doesn’t really know what that means. After all, I have NEVER heard him mention a single factual thing about any trade deal. It’s mostly stuff like, “We are being treated very unfairly.” What does that mean? Give us a single issue so we can agree with you. But no…he can’t because he has no understanding of economics (see article linked to above). Instead, it appears that he just wants some sort of deal, any deal, so he can say that he’s a big deal maker. I point to the tax deal as an example of this. It made things in our country far worse (Here is a link to a recent UN study on the impact of Trump’s policies).

His next step is to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the E.U. He cites national security as his rationale. He is telling a gullible base that we need to save our steel industry so we remain strong. To save this industry, he has declared a trade war on all of our global allies. His hope is that all of these countries will shake in their boots and give him some sort of concession on existing trade deals.

Instead, EVERYONE in the world is imposing retaliatory tariffs against the United States. There are even companies that are refusing to make any further investments in the U.S. so long as Trump is in power.

So, Trump’s negotiating strategy is to find a big stick and say, “Don’t force me to hit you with this because if you do, it will be your fault.”

And the world…didn’t blink as he had hoped.

Instead, they are uniting against us and rightfully so.

Thanks to Trump, the United States of America has become the face of the “Bad Guy” in the eyes of the world.

We are not the leaders anymore…

Up, up and away…

Jim

The Art of Donald Trump’s Con

Posted on May 8, 2018 by admin

This just in: Trump has failed at nearly every business undertaking except for real estate. If he had taken his dad’s money and just invested it in a Stock Market Index Fund, he would be worth more than 3 times what he is reportedly worth today. He has declared bankruptcy several times. Within the last decade, he has found that banks in the United States would no longer loan him money. He turned to Russia and now appears to be cash-rich. He started buying properties at market price and then, without making any improvements, sold those properties to Russians for huge profits; a practice most often associated with money laundering.

Take all of this in and then ask yourself, “Is Trump a genius or a con man? Is Trump laundering money with help from Russia? Is there a link between Trump’s benevolent attitude towards Russia and his financial dependence upon them?”

Let’s put all of that aside. Forget about it.

I now have a new question: Is Trump a genius negotiator or an idiot? In other words, is he a legitimate president or just a con man?

Let’s look at the deals he’s been involved with since taking office.

Healthcare: He promised much better healthcare at much lower prices. It turns out that neither he, nor the Republican Party had a plan. In fact, Trump has no idea how healthcare works. He claimed he was going to fix it without knowing what he was talking about.

NAFTA: Trump calls this the “worst deal ever,” and claims he will negotiate a much better deal for us. It turns out that his threats to back out of NAFTA have caused two of our top trading partners to look elsewhere for goods. Trump has never given any indication that he understands what is even in NAFTA.

TPP: This is another deal Trump calls “the worst deal ever.” He says this without once mentioning a single thing he does not like or would change. He apparently does not understand TPP any more than he understands NAFTA or Healthcare. He calls previous deals “the worst deal ever” so his followers can nod in agreement and pretend, along with Trump, that he has a plan.

Paris Climate Accord: Another deal that is the “worst ever.” Trump has demonstrated that he has no idea what is in this agreement saying, “He wants to negotiate a fairer deal for the United States,” even though everything in the accord is voluntary. If we want to participate less or pay less, then we can.

The Iran Non-Nuclear deal: Again, “the worse deal ever.” Trump has been saying the Iranians violated the deal by testing missiles. Clearly, he didn’t understand that Iran is free to test missile within the bounds of the agreement. Every other country that joined with the United States on this deal has urged Trump to stay with the agreement. Instead, Trump is stepping away.

All these deals were already made. The United States had already agreed to them. What Trump has done is renege on these deals without understanding even the basics about the deals and having no alternative. Why? So he could pretend that he could fix things.

But let’s continue…

Trump is imposing tariffs without understanding the very basics about such an action. He appears to know less about Economics than someone who has just completed their first week of Econ 101.

Trump supported a tax reform plan that gives virtually nothing to the middle class while enriching the top 1% of the population. In this instance, I’m not sure if he doesn’t understand the tax break or if he did this on purpose. Notably, there was a last minute “pass through” issue that basically enriches anyone in the real estate business…like Trump.

The Con continues as Trump takes credit for progress between North and South Korea. He does this expecting us to believe that his tweets about “Rocket Man” have brought the North to its knees. He has done nothing to help in that part of the world. Even North Korea says Trump has had nothing to do with the denuclearization talks going on now.

Trump has the Black Midas Touch. Everything he does make things worse. His EPA is dismantling itself; allowing for the rapid rise in nearly every area of pollution. He’s weakened consumer protection. He’s alienated NATO allies. He’s shown racist tendencies and legitimatized the rise of white supremacy. He’s actively supported the NRA while calling for “thoughts and prayers” and armed gym teachers as solutions to violence in schools. He thinks saying “don’t do drugs” will cure the opioid crisis. He thinks telling teens “don’t have sex” will lower teen pregnancy.

Notice all of this exists in addition to the Russian Collusion allegations or Trump’s constant lying.

This guy is a train wreck…and we put him in charge.

Just sayin…

Gotta run. It’s time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim