Politics

Everything is political. Oh what a tangled web we weave when politics gets involved!

Nobel Prize economist on Trump’s budget: ‘You could say it’s a collection of lies put together’

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what’s striking is, while he assumes that there’s going to be more growth, if you look at the budget, it’s designed to reduce growth. He cuts out support for science, for R&D, which is the basis of productivity growth. He cuts out support for job retraining, so when people leave one job, they can be … Read more

Do you approve of Betsy DeVos?

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The budget Betsy DeVos has been working on slashes funding that supports after-school programs for children from underserved communities, training for teachers and reducing class size. And it would completely eliminate funding for mental health services, anti-bullying initiatives, physical education and more – all while funneling hundreds of millions of dollars out of local public … Read more

Be rich or suffer

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74 million Americans rely on Medicaid for vital medical care and treatment. We cannot rob people of necessary healthcare just to make the rich richer.  The GOP health plan is simple and cruel: Be rich or suffer.  On the campaign trail, Trump set himself apart from the GOP field by promising to protect Medicaid, but … Read more

He played me for a fool

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Source: ‘He played me for a fool’: Kentucky Trump supporter laments he should have voted for Hillary  Kentucky Trump supporter Wesley Easterling regrets his vote, he believed it when Trump told voters he would fight for them. Now, however, Trump is cutting programs that help people like him survive Easterling is on food stamps and … Read more

Military Publicly Humiliates Trump

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http://vibesroll.com/breaking-news/donald-trump-military-publicly-humiliates/ “We have two submarines—the best in the world,” Trump told Duterte. “We don’t have to use this, but [Kim] could be crazy, so we will see what happens.” This is CLEARLY a breach of national security, and it has top officials in the Pentagon horrified. Trump’s loose lips have broadcast the location of two … Read more

White House Admits Trump Lied About Bringing Back Coal Jobs

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http://www.politicususa.com/2017/05/26/coal-miners-crushed-white-house-admits-trump-lied-bringing-coal-jobs.html The truth is that the coal jobs are gone, and they aren’t coming back. Trump lied to former and current coal miners in places like West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Western Pennsylvania. Coal company bankruptcies and job losses in the Appalachian region weren’t caused by “federal regulations” as the company owners and Republicans like … Read more

Trump’s boasts about jobs saved at Carrier start to evaporate | MSNBC

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Carrier, the company President Trump pledged to keep on American soil, informed the state of Indiana this week that it will soon begin cutting 632 workers from an Indianapolis factory. The manufacturing jobs will move to Monterrey, Mexico, where the minimum wage is $3.90 per day. That was never supposed to happen, according to Trump’s … Read more

Elon Musk: Automation Will Force Governments to Introduce Universal Basic Income

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Musk relayed concerns that autonomous technology will impact jobs, and he noted that we will likely have intelligent, massive-scale automation for transportation relatively soon—within the next few decades, in fact: “Twenty years is a short period of time to have something like 12-15 percent of the workforce be unemployed,” he said, pointing out the extent of … Read more

German newspaper rips Trump, calling him ‘unfit’ and ‘a danger to the world’

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Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States. He does not possess the requisite intellect and does not understand the significance of the office he holds nor the tasks associated with it. He doesn’t read. He doesn’t bother to peruse important files and intelligence reports and knows little about the issues that he has … Read more