I’m against the Republican Tax Plan. Don’t get me wrong. It not through any party loyalty. It just common sense. Back in 1999, I was AGAINST NAFTA when Bill Clinton introduced it. I thought it was the wholesale Job outsourcing bill that would harm American Manufacturing. That it opened the doors for them to leave. Bush proved me right when he renegotiated parts of it to give even more to the corporations who outsourced their production facilities abroad.
Bush saw a way to make his Republican Donors big cash back guarantees. He opened it to third world Countries with nothing coming back. The Clinton NAFTA Bill, while harmful for a short term, actually would have worked, left as is. 3 Countries. Canada, Mexico, and the USA. Low level manufacturing would go south, while more High tech came south to us. Done. We swapped manufacturing bases. But he left office without seeing it through. It wasn’t a Democrat that took his place.
Bush took it MUCH further than it was intended and ended up in a mass exodus of the American Manufacturing base to third world countries around the world. Walmart went from "made in America" to "made in China". We opened the doors to China, Japan, Ecuador, Panama, Argentina, India, Taiwan and dozens of others with nothing, or very few being started here.
Under Bush the rich got even richer. Banks began bilking people out of their homes and savings. Tariffs were pulled or reduced to almost zilch. Americans could NOT compete with these companies. Wages stagnated. The middle class started disappearing. Unemployment rose and income and wealth got transferred to the top one percent. Under Bush, we came close to "the great depression" again. Very, Very close.
Bush made me ashamed to be a Republican at the time. John McCain seemed like a great choice though; till he picked the single stupidest women I had ever heard as his running mate. So many choices and he picked Sarah “dumb as a box of Rocks" Palin to be his number two. I voted for Obama out of spite for my parties assumed arrogance. At least he had "a plan"
But, I was a "party" man and thought for sure an Eisenhower type Republican would "rise from the ashes" and take over the recovery. After Romney’s comments about poor people were made public, I voted for Obama out of spite for my parties assumed arrogance.. Giving the rich guys even more had cost us a banking bailout and an auto bailout and Wall Street bailout. But Obama did the hard work and I was impressed.Giving the rich guys even more had cost us a banking bailout and an auto bailout and Wall Street bailout. But Obama did the hard work and I was impressed.
With no choice, I picked Obama again, out of spite. Turns out it was a damn good choice too. He continued his course. Gas prices dropped massively. Insurance for everyone was passed. Wall Street was at record highs and unemployment was at record lows. Still, I waited for a "real" Republican to rise. Instead, the party lost its Goddamn mind. It chose an outright liar; a pedophile(alleged), a racist, a bigot, a misogynistic asshole to represent the party of the "people" Racist came out for him, Christian(and I use that term very loosely) came out for him. Even Women came out for him.
It was a sad pock mark on a once great party, so I switched parties, for the first time in my life. This "thing" could not be the pick for the Republican Party, but alas, it was. Then he picks the most hated, bigoted, racist running mate he could pick, Mike Pence. A homophobic, lying so called "evangelical Christian" who "hates" everyone who isn’t. My Governor. Another liar and racist bigot. Yep Republicans had lost any real touch with America.
While I didn’t like Hillary that much, she at least wasn’t a "clear and present danger" to America and its values. She had a direction other than "ban the Muslims" "Destroy ISIS" in the first thirty days and "tear up all the trade agreement and ban Mexicans from coming into America. She didn’t blame everyone else for OUR problems. She didn’t divide us racially and religiously. She empowered women. She had a positive message. Yes, she had a "questionable" past. Not the Russian/Trump innuendoes and propaganda machine invented past, but still a questionable past. But given a choice, she was so much better than the pig with lipstick the Republican and Russians had somehow chosen to "represent" their party.
After 5 attempts to repeal Obamacare (ACA) and failing, now he decided to enrich his friend and family and "convince" America giving more money to the rich would be great for what’s left of the middle class and poor. And they're buying it. We take your healthcare, raise your premiums, make 30 million people making 50 thousand dollars or less a year taxes go up, increase the deficit 1.5 up to 2.5 "trillion" dollars, and promise to take it from the poorest and elderly and disabled to pay for it. And their buying it. Before the ink is dried January 1, 2018, 25 billion will be cut from Medicare, SS, and Medicaid to pay for it.
Grandma gets to live with you now! No more nursing home. No more vacations, no more getting a child care credit, No more deducting medical expenses. No more deducting your local income tax. No more school deductions. We get to give rich guys, through new tax credits for their jets, tax credits, and permanently! Their kids get to become rich without working or paying any tax on their inheritance! Permanently. We lower their tax rates to twenty percent. Permanently. OURS is just temporary. And yet we are buying it. Tax rates for corporations goes down, loopholes remain in place, tax breaks are increased for moving companies out of America and no penalties for doing so, and yet we still "buy it". Why?
Because the man who said he would destroy ISIS in thirty days, Stop China from RAPING us, kick out the Muslims and Mexicans , show his tax returns and repeal Obamacare on day one "said so"? Over 1600 lies since taken office. A new Record. BUT I’m supposed to "believe" him on this one? Why? His campaign and family are so Russian connected they bleed Borsch, yet we somehow should believe him now? Why? Everything Obama did that actually helped most of us, you're undoing because he made fun of you during a Press dinner and you, with little thought how it hurts Americans overall, yet we still believe him. Why?
The Peter Principle is in full view in our Country with this idiot at the helm, like a drunken motorist on an 8 lane highway, and still we buy his crap. Why?
American Voters make me ashamed of our educational system. We no longer understand history, Civics, Government fundamentals and basic math. We believe Reality TV is somehow "real". We believe Propaganda as truth. We allow ourselves to believe Russian based lies and innuendoes without contest. Gossip is the new reality. America is dumbed down to the point of being scary.
The Blind obedience of Trump Trolls is scary and worrisome. A Sexual assaulter is President. A homophobic as his Vice. A Bigot Evangelical pedophile is running for Congress in Alabama and may win, because he "isn't" a Democrat. America has become the new "Niger". An illiterate population agreeing with all Government backed propaganda and is willing to die defending the crap it’s fed, regardless of actual Truth. A third world Country. Were just about there.
Tell your Senator NO on these tax breaks for the wealthy. Use your damn heads for something better than a hat rack. Think, no matter how hard it hurts, and realize twenty dollars given isn’t worth anything if you’re giving one hundred back. If you actually lose more than you win, then how is this a victory? Think. Call your Senator. Vote these Russian lovers out. Take America back.
Thanks for reading.