@Baldimo,
Baldimo wrote:
Quote:I don't have any proverbial cake right now. Average U.S. citizens like myself (and I have it somewhat better than many others) don't have any choice between eating or not eating cake because there is NO CAKE.
You are a lawyer, you are not the average American. You are an intellectual elitist, you are not an average American. You wouldn't know average American if they sat next to you at Denny's. Do you even eat Denny's?
Quote:No cake for progressives. No cake for conservatives. NO CAKE.
8 years of no cake and now you are worried?
Quote:I voted for Obama in 2008. I didn't vote for him in 2012. I strongly believe the Democrats squandered the popular mandate they were granted in 2008. Although some blame can be placed on Obama's shoulders, I place most of the blame on the political parties.
Obama is a Democrat and has ruled just like a Democrat. He fixed nothing and blamed everyone else. It was his policies that have been at work, he promised to "fundamentally" change the US, did you forget that? You could blame the GOP, but they were doing what they were asked to do by the people who elected him. This can further be proven by the continued loss of seats in Congress for the DNC.
Quote:How many years and decades should people listen to the lip service politicians pay & play to their concerns before they stop believing the liars? Politicians in both major parties lie, lie, lie, and emerge every so often to toss out hunks of red meat. They paint portraits of non-existent enemies (e.g., guys who don't look like you; guys who don't pray like you; etc.) and transfuse hate into bloodstream of the people. Divide and conquer. Most politicians are not public servants; they inevitably serve the interests of the people who arrange for big money to slide into their pockets.
To be honest, Obama did a major portion of splitting the country up by himself. His has been a racebaiter since he got himself involved in Professor Gates proplem at the start of his admin. "The cops acted stupidly." His words not mine.
I'll agree on the rest of this, it's why I voted for Gary Johnson in Nov and left the GOP around the end of the 2012 election.
Quote:And now ... at least for the next four years ... the big money people really won't need most of the politicians as their paid middlemen because Trump is putting them in charge.
Wrong, there is still a Congress that has to pass laws and our system of checks and balances is still in place. You now seemed to be worried about Executive Powers, when you defended Obama use of them. I have a video for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymrBzgssSY8
Quote:I expect a lot of wealth is going to slide into a lot of pockets over the next four years, but not into my pocket nor in your pocket. It will be the pockets of the very rich who will get richer--even more extravagantly richer than they already are. I don't expect middle and lower class people to benefit at all from Trump's presidency.
How is that any different than the 8 years prior?
When the regulations are changed, you will start to see more money made by those not at the top. Banking regulations have kept a lot of people from starting their own business's thanks to Obama's rules.
Quote:Trump isn't going to "fix" anything. When are we the people--the electorate--going to smarten up?
I said this very same thing after Obama had been in office for 2 years, and I was proven correct. Now we will see if you are correct.
You don't know me at all. Pretending you do is just that: pretending. And mocking and devaluing education is a problem. Defunding education is a problem. An uneducated electorate, however, is much easier to manipulate. The uneducated, whom Trump proclaims to love, gobble up propaganda and serve as useful idiots.
No cake for decades. If you believe the proverbial cake only went missing over the last 8 years, then you might be among the uneducated. I hope you're not among those people who gobble up propaganda with a voracious appetite.
You say Obama didn't fix anything while acknowledging that obstructionists stood in the way of progress. Why didn't the obstructionists do some fixing then? Who were obstructing the obstructionists?
I think Obama tried to mend relations between the races, but I believe it was the racists who were offended that a black man was sitting in the White House and had the audacity to criticize a cop. There are far too many racists in this country who have done nothing but tear President Obama to shreds. That is troubling.
It's the people occupying positions of power in the executive branch that execute laws or fail to execute the laws. Bureaucrats and heads of agencies wield enormous discretionary powers. And that keeps our courts very busy with lawsuits alleging misapplications of the law or abuse of discretion. And who appoints the judges and justices in the federal court system? Well, that would be the President with the advice and consent of Congress. Checks and balances might not work, and that's why the people must remain vigilant. Fighting amongst ourselves over red meat issues makes us less powerful. When we do that, when we eagerly divide ourselves, then we're just useful idiots.
When the regulations change as you say they will, then I'm sure that an abundance of money will flow into the pockets of the richest of rich. Maybe some of that money will trickle down to you. More likely not. More likely you and your children and grandchildren will suffer grave harm caused by deregulation and the lack of oversight. There's no question that our environment will also suffer grave harm, and what will people do when our environment can longer sustain life? I suppose you're okay with toxic waste in your back yard and contaminated drinking water?
