11-10-2016, 11:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-10-2016, 11:12 AM by Eric the Green.)
(11-09-2016, 06:49 PM)taramarie Wrote: Someone posted this. What are your thoughts?This is a good list.
Quote:"Here's what we are going to lose:
The Supreme Court will be dominated by conservative justices for a generation.
So it appears. It's going to take a mind adjustment to realize that our goals are gone.
Quote:Same-sex marriage will likely be outlawed on a national level.
Not sure about this; it depends on how many appointments Trump gets. The old conservative court made it legal, so one replacement for Scalia will not change the law.
Quote:A woman's right to choose will end.
Not sure; again it depends whether Ginsberg and/or Breier resign, and whether Trump is re-elected. One new right-wing justice will not be enough to reverse Rowe v Wade, I would think, since it hasn't been reversed already. But we'll see. It's quite possible. It has already been eliminated in flyover country, so those who want abortions will have to relocate anyway.
Quote:Social Security will be cut. Or even eliminated.
Doubtful; it could pass the House, but where it goes from there I'm not sure. But since the payroll tax won't be raised, it will run out of money, depending again on how long the deplorables remain in power.
Quote:The rich will get more tax breaks.Guaranteed. The people voted for an oligarchy as the solution to oligarchy.
Quote:Medicare will be cut or repealed.
Obamacare will be repealed.
Both of these are quite likely, though not right away. Obamacare first, of course. But Medicare is running out of money unless higher taxes are imposed. That is not likely to happen unless the Republicans are thrown out in the 2020s, assuming elections are still viable.
Quote:We are likely to head into a recession, possibly a depression.Quite likely. Dodd-Frank may be repealed, and if so, there's no protection from it at all.
Quote:There will be no action on climate change.Correct, and Warren is incorrect that there would not have been any action anyway. Obama's rules were in effect or coming into effect if Hillary had been elected. Now these are gone, and the Paris agreement is no more. War on the environment has been declared, and we will all lose.
Quote:Our international relationships will be destroyed.Quite likely.
Quote:NATO will be crippled or disbanded.Quite likely, especially since more Brexits and Trumps are likely in Europe too.
Quote:Oil drilling, fracking, and pipelines will get tax benefits and govt subsidies.No doubt.
Quote:We are likely to end up in a war with Iran.Very possible, since Trump pledged to tear up the Iran Deal, which means Iran will get nucs. What will the Trumpsters do about what they created?
Quote:We might see the end of the free press.Very likely, although the people will not believe it, and just believe what Trump says.
Quote:And, because this man believes in revenge, there may be mass incarcerations.Very likely.
Quote:Because ...We are moving rapidly in that direction. It will take time for the transition to be complete. Will we still have free elections, and will enough people wake up to flip the upper midwest states and florida back? Will this happen in time to throw Trump out? Will people rise up in the 2020s and throw it out?
There will be no grownups in the room.
The coup is complete. America is over.
Quote:Now you know what Germany felt like in 1932.Not yet, but soon.
Quote:If you're not terrified, you haven't been paying attention."correct