Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Trumper's reason for Trump compared to reality (Hindsight is 20-20)

Reminding Trump supporters of their stupid statements and arguments for voting Trump and not for Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton will start WWIII  -crazy orange koolaid tan Trump is trying to do that right now by blowing the North Korea threat out of proportion. Enjoy the radioactive fallout.

Trump is pro law enforcement -lol, he is a crook who never donated his own money to law enforcement but others. He wants to punish law enforcement agencies by cutting off their federal funding if there state or city is a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. Yeah, that is keeping police welfare in mind, punish them for others policy.

He is going to build a wall and make Mexico pay for it. - uh no, he wants to build a wall that the majority of Americans don't want built, including his own party, and have you pay for it. Good Luck with that.

Hillary Clinton will raise taxes and increase the national debt. -Trump wants to cut corporate taxes and offer Americans more tax deductions. Guess what? It will triple the national debt and put the average American on the hook for increased taxes because most Americans will not be eligible for the deductions Trump is proposing. Tax breaks for corporations have never added one new job to the economy or trickled down to the workers as businesses just add it to their own profits.

Trump is going to improve the economy -uh no, prepare for the bottom to drop out if Trump stays in office. He has cited companies adding jobs since he took office but each company he cited had released plans to hire those people way before the election. Now it seems hiring is slacking off.

Hillary Clinton will be under constant investigation -lol, your president is under investigation for treason with the evidence mounting every day. Heck, he is trying to find an excuse for military action every day to deflect. And Hillary Clinton is not under investigation by the FBI or congress but Trump is and the GOP controls congress. Lol

Trump tells it like it is -let me correct you on that statement. "Trump lies" see accurate and to the point.

Trump is a true patriot -everyone can agree that the founding fathers were "true patriots" and they wrote a constitution to ensure an independent and free nation for the people by the people. Trump colluded with a foreign power to win an election, very unpatriotic. Trump writes executive orders that are found to be unconstitutional, very unpatriotic. Trump's wife had to remind him to put his hand over his heart for the National Anthem, lol. ( you can stand at attention it is just as good) Trump's Administration keeps using a flag with only 39 stars for multimedia stuff online. Wtf?

Trump is a Christian -his actions have proven otherwise. Unless you consider discriminating against other races and religions as a Christian act, but if you do that you are not much of a Christian. You are probably a white robe and hood wearing straight up racist. Maybe you should check that closet of your just to be sure.
 
That is enough for now. I decided to be nice for today.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Hit Republicans were it hurts most, big businesses' wallet

Stop fighting Republican hypocrisy and hit where it hurts them most, the wallet.
They say it is hard to fight an ideology and I have to agree. Right now we are trying to fight a war on ideological grounds with the Republican controlled elected government by pointing out their hypocrisy concerning the Gorsuch nomination to the Supreme Court. I can tell you that you're trying to fight an elephant with a BB gun. The most you will be able to accomplish is piss the elephant off which will then run around destroying everything. I would like to suggest a different method. Cut off the elephant’s access to food.
Elephants are big creatures that require lots of food to survive. The Republican elephant is quite like the Animal in the that it needs large amounts of food, in this case money, to survive. Where does the Republican Elephant gets the food, money, it requires to live? Think about who normally owns an elephant, zoos and circuses. Zoos and circuses are businesses and if the business starts to suffer then there is less for the elephant to eat. So if you want to cut off the Republican Elephant’s food supply then you need to hurt its food supplier, big business.
It is too late to apply this strategy to stop the Gorsuch  confirmation but it is probably the best weapon to stop Trump and his Republican supporters from destroying this country.
I read where Mercedes Benz has pulled its advertisements from airing on the O’Reilly Factor because of the host’s sexual harassment of women. This is a great move to send a message that the company doesn't endorse someone who mistreats women. It is a good start and it needs to expand to companies not endorsing a news channel that has a reputation for sexual harassment but also acting as a propaganda machine for Donald Trump.
Yes, I know that Fox News isn't part of the government, but it is part of the problem America is currently facing. Fox News doesn't just cater to the conservative right, it caters to the alt- right.
What if the majority of Americans stopped buying and using services from the people who advertise on Fox? Do you think that Fox has enough dedicated viewers to overcome that profit loss? I don't think so. A great many dedicated Fox News junkies do not earn much money.
But we should not limit ourselves to Fox News advertisers, we should expand the effort to its parent company, 21st Century Fox. Yes, we need to put the financial hurt on the big Fox. Stop watching Fox shows. Write to the producers of the Fox shows you love and let them know you cannot in good conscience watch a show that contributes profits and support to Donald Trump and his Republican supporters. Hell, contact the actors who have shows on Fox and let them know how you feel. Do things that put financial pressure on the Fox empire. When I say things, I mean boycott, letter write, and protest.
Next, find all the big businesses that support Trump, Republicans, or others associated with Trump's agenda. Write them, boycott them and protest them letting them know we have the numbers and commitment to hurt their bottom line significantly if they keep supporting Republicans. Be specific on what and who you do not want them to support. Keep the pressure going and take your business elsewhere until they have had enough. Cause the biggest financial hurt possible to Trump supporting big business. I guarantee that despite what they say they love profits more than they love New York City's Orange Village Idiot.
Could this work? If we have enough true Americans left in this country it would. A true American is someone, liberal or conservative, that thinks Trump is unfit to be president and doesn't like Russia meddling in our business, unlike the Trump Train.
What would be great if it were possible would be to organize a nationwide all encompassing general strike and protest, to not just protest against Trump but all entities that support him. Let them know we don't want a Russian Puppet president nor his racist advisers running our country.

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Why Trump's EPA is a danger to the seafood industry and more.

I wrote this for my family and friends who live in Franklin County Florida where a large portion of its economy depends on the seafood industry but this applies to all such places in America.

I know it's late on the east coast, and so late it is early morning but I have got to make one last post. This is to my friends and family in Florida, specifically Franklin County.
I know Franklin County and I know many of you are either dependent on the seafood industry or just love to go fishing. I want to tell you right now that Donald Trump and his EPA are about to ruin the Apalachicola Estuary. How? While people may think relaxing EPA standards are good for industry they are not for the fishing industry at all. Lifting restrictions on pollution control means that industries will not have to worry about increased pollution reaching rivers. I know most companies try to avoid polluting rivers but with relaxed standards they may not be as concerned about a slight increase in certain chemicals reaching the Flint, and more importantly, the Chattahoochee River. Both of these Rivers form the Apalachicola River. We know there is a dispute between Georgia and Florida about how much water Georgia can take from the Chattahoochee for Atlanta and other cities. When Georgia takes a lot of water there is less freshwater flowing into Apalachicola Bay and that throws the ecosystem out of whack which hurts Oyster production. Now imagine an increase in various pollutants like heavy metals, dioxins, PCBs, and even phosphorus and nitrogen based fertilizers. All of these can cause a problem that have a negative impact on wildlife. Heavy metals like mercury and lead can build up in fish making them unsafe to eat. The bigger the fish, the larger the contamination. Dioxins, PCBs and other chemicals can cause numerous problems for fish and people who consume them such as cancer, birth defects, poisoning in general. Increased phosphorus and nitrogen based fertilizer runoff can cause, actually does cause, algae blooms that are toxic which make things like oysters toxic to people. Without EPA restrictions on pollution Apalachicola Bay will become a wasteland beneath the waves. Further from the shore will be affected too. The Gulf of Mexico currently has a dead spot caused by agriculture runoff into the Mississippi River, but without regulations and restrictions you will see more pop up and the Northwest Coast of Florida will be one. Franklin County does not have beaches the size of Panama City and west of there. And though St. George Island is a tourist draw it is not a large enough of one to sustain the economy of Franklin County? What industry will Franklin County turn to when the whole fishing industry is wiped out? Logging? Not sustainable over the long haul. What other resources does it have that can take the place of the seafood industry? I love the County but without the seafood industry its economic future is bleak. I remember back in the 1980s where people were concerned that the development of St. George Island into a place with condominiums like those in Panama City would have a negative impact on Apalachicola Bay, especially the oyster beds. No one wanted to risk having increased septic system run off ruining the Bay. Heck, people were upset that Bobby Bowden had invested in the development project. As I recall he got out of it because of that.
Now Apalachicola Bay and Franklin County face a greater threat to the environment that can destroy the livelihoods of people who live there now. Can Franklin county afford to lose the seafood industry to increased pollution caused by other industries to the north? It appears it may have to because Trump and the EPA head Pruitt do not think regulations concerning the environment and pollution are good for business. Do you know what they forgot to consider in making that decision? The Florida Seafood industry like that in Franklin County and the people who depend on it to live.
And for you freshwater fisherman, there is just as much of a danger to that fishing industry too so you can say goodbye to bass fishing in a few years. You may catch some kind of fish but it will more than lively be an Asian Carp or Tilapia.