> cheesetray wrote:
> Michael G re the coming election
> > PART I - WHY TO VOTE FOR KH
> > First, I urge every U.S. citizen to vote in our upcoming national
elections.
> Second, these are considerations for why I plan on voting for
Vice-President Harris to serve as
> the next President of the United States:
> 1. I believe Vice President Harris will continue to implement the
transformative work of the
> American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS
and Science Act, and the
> Inflation Reduction Act, with the purpose of strengthening the
foundations of the United States
> economy for a long time to come.
> 2. I believe Vice President Harris will continue and enhance the
largely successful recent efforts
> of the Federal Reserve and the Biden administration to reduce
inflation and decrease the cost of
> housing, food, energy, and other essentials.
> 3. I believe Vice President Harris will pursue tax deductions and
tax credits targeted to increase
> the prosperity and financial stability of the average American
struggling in the aftermath of the
> economic dislocations of the Great Recession and the COVID crisis.
> 4. I believe Vice President Harris will uphold the rule of law and
the integrity of government
> institutions by valuing experience. expertise, and the ability to
work across party lines.
> 5. Vice President Harris has promised to sign legislation to
strengthen control of US borders to
> contain the pressures caused by the breakdown of civil society in
several Latin American
> countries. I believe she will strive to put in place a smart and
thoughtful approach to legal
> immigration to the United States.
> 6. I believe Vice President Harris will uphold support for Ukraine
in its fight to repel the Russian
> invasion and to become a strong and independent democratic state.
> 7. I believe Vice President Harris will uphold Israel�s right to
security and safety and seek a
> solution to provide a stable foundation for the safety, security,
and well-being of the Palestinian
> people.
> 8. I believe Vice President Harris will continue the Biden
administration's policy of maintaining
> military strength in relation to China, protecting American
industries from unfair and harmful
> trade practices engaged in by businesses and other institutions in
China, while seeking to
> maintain diplomatic engagement to increase cooperation and reduce
friction between the United
> States and this important country.
> 9. I believe Vice President Harris will actively protect the civil
rights of Americans and the human
> rights of all peoples, including the autonomy of women in decisions
about becoming mothers
> and seek to avoid undue government interference in matters of
personal identity and personal
> relationships.
> 10. I believe Vice President Harris will defend the right of every
U.S. citizen to vote and facilitate
> exercise of the franchise by all U.S. citizens.
> Michael
> > PART II WHY NOT TO VOTE FOR DT
> > In my last post, I listed 10 reasons why I plan to vote for
Vice-President Harris as the next
> President of the United States. While I prefer to stay on the
positive side, I feel that it is
> important to also mention in a sober and level-headed way the
reasons why I believe it would be
> a mistake to vote for the election of former President Trump to a
second term:
> 1. I do not believe that electing the former President will bring
back the low inflation and cheaper
> prices of 2017 to 2019 hoped for my many of his supporters. The
increase in the prices of food,
> housing and energy have been due mainly to supply shortages and
dislocations caused by
> COVID and the disruption in maritime shipping by the wars in
Ukraine and the Middle East. A
> second Trump administration will not have any magic path to restore
pre-COVID price levels.
> 2. I believe the largely untargeted tax cuts advocated by the
former President will worsen the
> income and asset gap between the wealthiest members of our society
and the millions of other
> > Americans who are struggling "to make ends meet" and
seems to be at the root of the "populist"
> mood in much of our country.
> 3. Universal tariff increases on imported goods and technology from
abroad prominently
> advocated by the former President will, I believe, stoke the very
inflation that is of so much
> concern to many Americans today and have an adverse boomerang
effect on our economy and
> national security.
> 4. Replacing many members of the Federal civil service with persons
favorable to the former
> > President's political agenda, as he has suggested, will gravely
weaken the impartial and non-
> partisan ethos of the Federal civil service, one of the outstanding
accomplishments of the late
> > 19th century Republican Party.
> 5. The former President's apparent plan to engage in a mass
deportation of undocumented
> aliens will create a crucial labor shortage in key sectors of the
agriculture. construction and
> service industries (among others), and risks to weaken proper legal
protections for documented
> aliens and lawful permanent residents of our country.
> 6. Former President Trump has blamed Ukrainian President Zelensky
for the full-scale invasion
> of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022. I see no merit in this
allegation. I fear election of former
> President Trump will weaken the position of Ukraine in its effort
to maintain its independence
> and territorial integrity.
> 7. The former President has begun to speak about Americans who do
not agree with his policies
> as �enemies from within.� This characterization contradicts the
fundamental respect for diversity
> in thought and politics and for freedom of expression and speech
that is a cornerstone of what it
> is to be an American.
> 8. The former President's preference to leave to the States
questions about the autonomy of
> women in decisions about parenthood is misplaced because
fundamental human rights are
> universal in nature. Leaving a patchwork of inconsistent rules
among U.S. States in this
> sensitive area creates confusion and suffering for many women,
medical professionals and
> others.
> 9. The peaceful transfer of power between Presidents is a keystone
of our system of national
> governance. There is little likelihood that a re-elected President
Trump would support limiting the
> use of the improper stratagems and theories used to try to
delegitimize the 2020 Presidential
> election.
> 10. I believe there is little doubt that former President Trump
failed to intervene and stop the
> attempted occupation of the Capitol of the United States for
several crucial hours on January 6th
> 2021. I believe we need to elect as President a person fully
committed to "protect and defend
> the Constitution" under all circumstances.
> Michael
> > PART III THE ECONOMY CLAIM AGAINST BIDEN (and, by implication KH)
> > Those inclined to vote for former President Trump often say that
the economy for them was
> > better in the Trump years before the onset of the COVID crisis than
they have been in the post-
> COVID years of the Biden administration. By this, they generally
refer to the inflation in the costs
> > of food, housing and energy. The implication is that the economic
policies of former President
> Trump created the better conditions during his administration and
that the policies of the Biden
> administration have created and are responsible for the recent
inflation and sense of economic
> crisis.
> I believe both of these conclusions are mistaken. First, the
relative low inflation from 2017
> through 2019, I believe, represented the results of the efforts to
stabilize and grow the economy
> by the Obama administration and the Federal Reserve after the Great
Recession. I believe that
> little of this relative prosperity (including wage increases for
African-American men alluded to by
> commentators such as Bret Stephens) can be attributed to the
explicit policies or initiatives of
> the Trump administration (with the possible exception of some
modest stimulus from modest tax
> decreases for middle-class families in the 2017 tax legislation).
> > On the other hand - and I think this has to be said very loudly and
clearly - the inflation in the
> post COVID period Is mainly the result first of the severe supply
chain disruptions due to the
> shutdowns, quarantines and restrictions on productivity resulting
from the need to contain the
> COVID virus. More recently, inflation has been exacerbated by
severe interruptions in shipping
> by the war in Ukraine and the wars in the Middle East, and threats
to the safety of maritime
> traffic. While the combined stimulus packages of the CARES Act
(passed towards the end of the
> Trump administration) and the American Recovery Plan (passed early
in the Biden
> administration) may said to have also been factors, these Acts I
believe largely saved America
> from a depression or terrible recession in the wake of COVID. I
believe it is also undisputable
> that the rate of inflation has significantly fallen in the last
year, largely due to the careful policies
> of the Federal Reserve augmented by the policies of the Biden
administration.
> Thus, I believe that voting for former President Trump on the
premise that he can better run the
> economy or restore the price levels in the first couple of years of
his administration is based on
> faulty assumptions and is gravely mistaken. The proposals for an
across-the-board tariff on
> foreign imports of good and technology proposed by the former
President is intrinsically
> inflationary and likely to reverse the steady if still incomplete
progress in checking inflation while
> working to increase wage levels.
> One of my disappointments in the debate during this election season
is that there has not been
> a more comprehensible discussion about the reasons for the economic
pain experienced by
> many Americans despite the state of our economy being what Heather
Cox Richardson calls
> "the envy of the world." I believe that the long-term
infrastructure, research and development,
> and capital commitment legislation passed during the Biden
administration is a major
> accomplishment that a Harris administration will sustain and build
on, but that a second Trump
> administration is more likely to undermine and undo by misguided
approaches such as the
> Trump campaign's tariff proposals. Thus, I think that voters for
whom the state of the economy is
> a major concern should be voting for the Harris-Walz ticket so that
the foundations for a strong
> U.S. economy laid by the Biden administration can be built on and
strengthened.
> Michael
> > Part IV THE DO-NOTHING CLAIM AGAINST KH
> > Former President Trump and Senator Vance have often suggested that
somehow Vice
> President Harris could have seen to the enactment of her policy
proposals and initiatives during
> the three years she has been Vice President.
> I think this suggestion is unfair - and very ironic as well - for
the following reasons:
> First, very obviously, the Vice President is not the President and
therefore has not had unilateral
> control of the Biden administration�s agenda.
> But more importantly, President Biden and Vice President Harris
have tried to advance some of
> the Vice-President's proposals and others that flow from a belief
in the power of government to
> maintain fairness and opportunity in our economic and social
systems. A striking example to me
> is the expanded childcare credit, which was passed temporarily
under the American Recovery
> Plan in 2021 but had to be pared back in the 2022 budget
negotiations due to opposition mainly
> from Republican lawmakers and, yes, a few Democratic or independent
lawmakers, especially
> in the U.S. Senate. Other plans to provide initiatives designed to
support workers in the service
> economy had to be scrapped because of opposition largely if not
exclusively from Republican
> lawmakers.
> To ensure that more of the proposals and initiatives proposed by
Vice President Harris can be
> fairly considered, refined, and implemented requires not only on
electing Vice President Harris
> to be the next President of the United States but also on electing
a majority of Senators and
> Representatives who understand the potential of government to
support economic security and
> encourage fair competition and a level playing field for
entrepreneurship and investment, be
> they Democrats, Independents or Republicans who are willing to work
with the Vice-President in
> pursuit of her goals for our country and its people.
> > Michael
friend........
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