Kamala Harris

[west didsblue]

Secret ballot.

I really don’t think a Trump second term would either help or hurt my family. If Harris gets in and passes a tax on unrealized gains, then yes that can hurt me financially. That would definitely hurt some members of my family who have more money than I do. Having said that they are hard core Democrats.

I don’t live my life relying on other people. I don’t enjoy having other people wielding power/ control over my destiny.

Having said that real wages in Trumps four years rose 8.2%. Under this administration they have risen 1%-US govt stats. Factor in that inflation has been raging the past four years compared to the previous four.

Add to this I haven’t received a raise in four years. The evil corporation that I work for a big Harris/Walz supporters. I know this to be true not only seeing the actions of my company but I know people VERY high up and this is definitely true.

High inflation in the last 4 years was a consequence of the world economy taking a huge hit during 2020 and 2021. The recovery from Covid has fuelled inflation, which has been worse in countries that were hit hardest by Covid. Due to the Trump administration’s shambolic handling of the pandemic during 2020, US inflation was consequently higher in the aftermath. The current administration has done well to get it back under control and at the same time enable the economy to grow to reinforce its place as the world’s strongest economy by far. Electing Trump would put all this at risk because his economic policies and ideas are totally incoherent. Plenty of more important reasons not to vote for Trump that have already been widely discussed.

 

[SebastianBlue]

The US literally still has overseas territories. What are they if not a product of a colonial past? And I don't mean the colonialism of creating the United States in the first place, I mean the colonialism that they engaged in once they became an established world power. Or are we to pretend that Guam has always had close ties to a territory nearly 7,000 miles away? And perhaps ask the people of the Philippines if the US has a colonial history. American Samoa? The US Virgin Islands? Puerto Rico? Hawaii? That's before we mention the various proxy wars and actual US invasions that have happened throughout history to ensure that people sympathetic to the US are ruling various territories. It's textbook colonialism.

Britain didn't rule India by just going over with an army and conquering it, they spent years first trading with them, building up armies to 'protect their trading routes' against colonial rivals, backing rulers who were friendly to the British, and eventually using military might to overthrow rulers who'd had enough of the British interfering in their country. Remind you of anyone else?

@ChicagoBlue This is one of those topics you and I disagree on, as my view very much aligns with IWS’s take above.

The US was/is as much a colonial power as Britain or Spain, it just came along later (ironically as a direct product of colonialism) and is currently in a different phase of power. I can say that with authority being from, and having lived and studied history and economics (the driving force behind most all colonialism that has ever taken place), in all three nations.

I think it is important to acknowledge that, as well, because the only way to pull back from it is to accept that it is true and then earnestly assess what the US has done and how to make things right moving forward.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Lots of senior folks on that crew. Come to EWR and fly with some juniors. Hope they treat you ok.

No, I wouldn’t commute either. Never have but I imagine it’s like another job!!

My commute is 15 mins, and I like most of the older ORD ladies. In fact, I bought dinner last night and breakfast this morning for the Purser on this trip, as we have flown together before and always got along famously.

And, no, it wasn’t breakfast in bed!!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

@ChicagoBlue This is one of those topics you and I disagree on, as my view very much aligns with IWS’s take above.

The US was/is as much a colonial power as Britain or Spain, it just came along later (ironically as a direct product of colonialism) and is currently in a different phase of power. I can say that with authority being from, and having lived and studied history and economics (the driving force behind most all colonialism that has ever taken place), in all three nations.

I think it is important to acknowledge that, as well, because the only way to pull back from it is to accept that it is true and then earnestly assess what the US has done and how to make things right moving forward.

We can agree to disagree. That’s the good thing about freedoms we enjoy!

 

[kaz7]

Who are you again? Keep popping up but I never see your actual views apart from sticking your finger up and seeing where the wind blows.

You are clearly blind , you turn up at elections and troll then disappears, i suppose we can look foward to tnat

 

[kaz7]

Do celebrity endorsements make much difference?

Springsteen, Beyonce, J-Lo, LeBron is pretty heavyweight.

Dont forget swifty , there has been a huge amount of younger people registering to vote

 

[Dax777]

Hard to say I am a trump supporter . I am more anti left.

My two big issues on this election are economic (mainly inflation especially since I have had a raise in four years) and immigration… illegal immigration and illegal immigrants in this country.

A few years ago the left mantra was “separated families”. Well my family has been separated for years since my adopted daughters have been waiting over 6 years to come here…

Amen to that!

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Dont forget swifty , there has been a huge amount of younger people registering to vote

Indeed. I think I saw Selena Gomez being provoked into saying something by the Puerto Rico 'comedian' - she's not a billionaire for nothing.

 

[KS55]

No, not joking. By that metric, every country on earth was created by empire. How far back should we go to create the starting point?

No, this is recent history and colours current US Politics. For example US was still fighting a colonial war in 1914. Consider the origins of the Electoral College. Consider the current attitudes towards black people in southern states. Native Americans on the reservations did not get a vote until Eisenhower. etc etc.

 

[lloydie]

I would agree that empires decline, but America has never been an empire, only a projection of strength with allied assistance. Military bases and lily pads have almost always been in “friendly” location, with a few notable exceptions, and the raison d’etre has not been to conquer and occupy, but rather to stop others from same.

Englands battles of the Middle Ages that helped create the Empire…and a long, much heralded Empire it was…became a burden England could not easily contain or maintain. America, on the other hand, has sought allies in the four corners of the globe from which friends can help protect friends.

Today, some might say the cost to maintain that reach and constrain potential enemies is too significant to continue to bear. Others might say it’s too significant NOT to bear.

We shall see which way the tension breaks. Let’s hope allied friendly democracies have the backbone for such difficult decisions.

I'm catching up so others may have already argued the point, but it's moot at best.

American imperialism - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It's record on regime change is at times has been despicable.