11-30-2016, 03:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-30-2016, 03:56 PM by Eric the Green.)
A half-dozen reasons why Trump IS the second coming of Reagan-- and it's not good!
Being compared to Reagan is not a compliment. Reagan was one of our worst presidents.
Not that they are exactly the same; by no means. Trump seems worse. What he says could incite trouble between groups. But what he does could get us into even worse trouble. Trump is less stable, and that's a problem for foreign affairs as well as at home.
In many ways, Trump's imitation of Reagan is horrific. Mostly because we can't afford Reagan policies now.
1. We can't afford to ignore climate change and promote the use of fossil fuels. This is just the wrong time to imitate Reagan on this issue. We could be at a tipping point where climate change becomes catastrophic and irreversible.
2. We can't afford more wasteful spending on the military, and enormous tax cuts. This will further increase inequality at a time when we've had 36 years of Reaganomics-driven inequality already. We can't afford more debt, although Trump proposes to bring back Reagan's policy of exploding it.
3. We can't afford more cuts to health care and social programs, and a flat minimum wage. This will further increase poverty. Continuing this Reagan policy will raise the cost of living and decrease jobs at the moment when we need to keep the economy from falling into another recession.
4. We can't afford more deregulation. This will put our economy at risk again when our recovery has already been too weak.
5. We can't afford to continue and exaggerate Reagan's race-baiting and dog-whistling. Racial tensions are already too high. More shootings of unarmed blacks, more cries for law and order, more violations of our civil rights, and more deportation threats, will only increase the divisions that have been tearing us apart since Reagan's time as president and as governor of CA and booster of Goldwater.
6. We can't afford endless corruption and conflicts of interest because of our new CEO of America Inc.. This too continues the legacy of one of the most corrupt and business-enabling presidents in history, Ronald Reagan. Reagan's cabinet as well as himself were involved in more scandals than Nixon's or anyone's. And Trump's appointments would seem to put us on the road to imitate Reagan in this respect as well. Trump's ties to foreign investments and governments could put our interests and our freedom at risk. And Trump promises to become Dick Cheney on steroids by abusing and concentrating power; and to become Richard Nixon on steroids too in this respect, along with Nixon's constant lies and war on the press.
But, it looks like, although Trump is like a box of chocolates, that's exactly the things we're gonna git, and it's what the people decided upon-- deliberately and knowingly. The fault is in ourselves; not in our stars; the pollsters and even the astrologers could not agree on whether we were going to go down this dangerous road or not. The people (especially in the rust-belt and upper mid-west) decided this close election on Nov.8, particularly the "late deciders" of which there were quite a few this time.
Being compared to Reagan is not a compliment. Reagan was one of our worst presidents.
Not that they are exactly the same; by no means. Trump seems worse. What he says could incite trouble between groups. But what he does could get us into even worse trouble. Trump is less stable, and that's a problem for foreign affairs as well as at home.
In many ways, Trump's imitation of Reagan is horrific. Mostly because we can't afford Reagan policies now.
1. We can't afford to ignore climate change and promote the use of fossil fuels. This is just the wrong time to imitate Reagan on this issue. We could be at a tipping point where climate change becomes catastrophic and irreversible.
2. We can't afford more wasteful spending on the military, and enormous tax cuts. This will further increase inequality at a time when we've had 36 years of Reaganomics-driven inequality already. We can't afford more debt, although Trump proposes to bring back Reagan's policy of exploding it.
3. We can't afford more cuts to health care and social programs, and a flat minimum wage. This will further increase poverty. Continuing this Reagan policy will raise the cost of living and decrease jobs at the moment when we need to keep the economy from falling into another recession.
4. We can't afford more deregulation. This will put our economy at risk again when our recovery has already been too weak.
5. We can't afford to continue and exaggerate Reagan's race-baiting and dog-whistling. Racial tensions are already too high. More shootings of unarmed blacks, more cries for law and order, more violations of our civil rights, and more deportation threats, will only increase the divisions that have been tearing us apart since Reagan's time as president and as governor of CA and booster of Goldwater.
6. We can't afford endless corruption and conflicts of interest because of our new CEO of America Inc.. This too continues the legacy of one of the most corrupt and business-enabling presidents in history, Ronald Reagan. Reagan's cabinet as well as himself were involved in more scandals than Nixon's or anyone's. And Trump's appointments would seem to put us on the road to imitate Reagan in this respect as well. Trump's ties to foreign investments and governments could put our interests and our freedom at risk. And Trump promises to become Dick Cheney on steroids by abusing and concentrating power; and to become Richard Nixon on steroids too in this respect, along with Nixon's constant lies and war on the press.
But, it looks like, although Trump is like a box of chocolates, that's exactly the things we're gonna git, and it's what the people decided upon-- deliberately and knowingly. The fault is in ourselves; not in our stars; the pollsters and even the astrologers could not agree on whether we were going to go down this dangerous road or not. The people (especially in the rust-belt and upper mid-west) decided this close election on Nov.8, particularly the "late deciders" of which there were quite a few this time.