Economic issues.
I only bought a Nespresso machine because Nestlé recycles the pods. Surprised me. Then I wondered why we don’t require responsible manufacturing from all businesses. Corporations sell us metric gigatons of poisonous junk and hazardous waste and leave us to foot the bill for cleaning it up. That’s weird, right?
Did you know that 37% of Americans say the US is losing jobs? In reality, job growth under Biden is high, and unemployment is historically low. We get our news from the media. If we’re misinformed, is that media bias?
Funny timing. Just as supply backups start to clear out, MAGA-adjacent protesters blockade critical trade. They gut the recovery and Republicans’ cheer for insurrection. They’ll just blame Democrats in 2022.
We’re weeks away from falling into an economic crash. Vast swaths of retail are closing or “Going Out of Business!” But because stocks are up, McConnell is blocking any action.
Anyone promising the old normal is lying. We can’t go back, not ever and especially not soon. The COVID-19 pandemic has already changed how we work, how we eat, how we socialize, sports, shopping, restaurants, travel, parties, weddings, funerals, everything. It’s silly to pretend otherwise. The oligarchs are liars willing to spend your lives for their comfort.
Republicans mindlessly prattle about American Exceptionalism. It’s just a cover story they hide behind as they hamstring American progress. We’ve already fallen far behind the world. We’re not in the top ten for education, healthcare, technology or infrastructure. Maybe we’re still tops in gullibility?
Democrats are simply better than Republicans at governing. Republicans are full of empty talk; Democrats keep the trains running. Democrats create new systems that we love; Republicans can’t pay the bills on time. And the economy and the stock market do better under Democrats. Why do the rich vote Republican?
I want to touch on the political nonsense and noise around the healthcare industry. Not health care; the healthcare business. It’s a complicated mix, it’s around 18% of our economy, and it remains the biggest Democratic issue nobody can explain. CNN couldn’t handle more than easy catch-phrases and bumper-sticker memes. Here are some facts.
The CNN Presidential debate was educational, but annoying. The moderators focused on attacks and counterattacks. If you diss’ed someone, the moderators let you shout, then allow swirls of attacks and rebuttals. When a candidate ignored their provocation and explained capable, rational policies, CNN cut them off hard at the bell. This was Fight Night!
What happened to spending money on ourselves? Water problems like Flint or Compton are known issues, predicted for decades. They’re nobody’s surprise, but we won’t do much anyway. Infrastructure isn’t sexy. Instead, we build new stuff we also can’t maintain, crushing our climate and bankrupting our children, who’ll inherit impossible bills because we couldn’t cover the important things for them.
Republicans argue that corporations need tax cuts so they can raise wages and grow their businesses. Poor, struggling businesses! Except that, no, these companies already have so much cash they don’t know what to do with it. They don’t need the money. My first question is one I ask a...
President Donald Trump’s first year in office reminds me of President Ronald Reagan’s two terms. When Reagan was first elected President in 1981, ultra-conservatives and the religious right reveled in the “return to moral values” for America. The Moral Majority and Baptist minister Jerry Falwell rose to their political peaks....
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