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Here we go again……
The TRUMP/PENCE
DANCE WITH CAMPAIGN 2020 AND CORONA19!
The TRUMP RECORD.... FIRST TERM!
* THE AMERICAN ECONOMY: With the arrival of Trade Wars, abandonment of
international agreements of a wide variety in trade, a re-negotiation of trade
agreements, ignoring the viral assault on the economy, avoiding investments in
research and development and the expansion of technology and education, and
suffering a layoff, job loss, or furlough of more than 40,000,000 American
jobs, Trump set a new unemployment record since the great depression of nearly
a century ago. There are more unemployed, underemployed,
poverty-stricken, and growing risk to housing through eviction or foreclosure
than has ever appeared in the wealthiest nation in the world.
* INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND LEADERSHIP: With an admiration of Kim Jong-un,
Putin, Erdogen, and other autocrats and dictators, Trump has spent three years
dismantling treaties, agreements, common ground goals like Climate Change or
restricting nuclear development in Iran. His cooperation with Putin has
eroded and weakened NATO, American Leadership in the Western Hemisphere, the US
lead in the World Health Organization and the UN as well. Through
threatening our 50+ year Western Allies, rocking the trade boat, cutting
federal aid supports there and elsewhere, abandoning the World Health
Organization, and threatening financial support of the United Nations created
by, for, and in the US post World War II, Trump has sent a destructive
earthquake through American leadership in International Relations
that had been established in 1945! The Trump - "American First"
international policy is a nationalist, separatist, and isolationist pursuit
that withdraws from the world stage and abandons our leadership of the free
world. The withdrawal of troops from stations in Germany, a neutral
stance on NATO expansion in Eastern Europe, and a warm cooperation with Putin
and Russia, lead us BACKWARD AND AWAY from the American goals that have driven
our ship of state for decades. Why???
* TAX POLICY AND FAIRNESS SO EACH PAYS THEIR "FAIR
SHARE": The 2017 Tax act, based on the Trump "Trickle Down"
approach, reduced the tax burden on the wealthy (like his own family) BY
HALF! In addition, large and profitable companies had their taxes reduced
by half as well, creating a TRILLION DOLLAR HOLE IN THE US REVENUE
STREAM. Trump claimed that the economy would "explode"
upward... and new revenue would appear as joblessness disappeared. Sadly,
that did not happen... and the debt continues to pile up. In fact, the
debt has become yet another burning issue that McConnell has threatened to
slice Medicare and Social Security because the American debt is becoming
"just too high"... and something has to give.
Just last week the
Auditor and Finance Manager of the Social Security trust Fund reported that
both Social Security and Medicare are threatened with financial
"starvation" by Trump's action in withholding collection of revenue
into both accounts through the Payroll Tax deductions shared evenly by those
working and the employers as well. The beneficiaries are the workers on
retirement through a public pension - Social Security - and medical coverage
via Medicare. Trump made the "freeze" on the Payroll Tax seem
like a benefit to workers.... The real benefit is to the companies,
corporations, and employers who avoid having to kick into your retirement and
your medical coverage as well.....
* THE PROMISE OF DEALING WITH ISSUES OF HEALTHCARE IN THE USA: Since
his 2016 race, Trump stated over and over that he would repeal the ACA
(Obamacare) and REPLACE IT WITH A MORE EXTENSIVE AND BETTER SYSTEM COVERING
MORE AMERICANS IN NEED. Not once did Trump propose any replacement
plan... and that was the reason that John McCain voted AGAINST THE ACA
REPEAL in July of 2017. Senators Makowski and Collins joined in
the no vote. Trump was made angry and has attacked the ACA ever since. No
replacement was discussed or proposed and, had it passed with the support of
Trump, Moscow Mitch McConnell, and every other Senate Republican pledged to
Trump. Healthcare remains at risk, under attack, and is being eroded as
I write this article. Right now Trump is before the Supreme Court in
his latest attempt to eliminate the ACA coverage for some 20,000,000 Americans.
* THE ROLE OF COVID19 IN TRUMP'S AMERICA: The Covid19 MORTALITY RATE here is awful as well….. Right now, standing at
183,000, WE LEAD THE WORLD IN DEATHS. In fact, the next two in mortality rank -
Brazil and India - with 129,000 and 64,000 deaths
respectively - are well below our losses.
China, with 1.44 Billion people and,
according to Trump, the source of the illness, logged a 90,400 total
case count to date according to national statistics (WHO) monitored by John’s
Hopkins University. The China loss of life stands at 4730. Comparing
China and the US on a population basis, CHINA STANDS AT 3 DEATHS PER MILLION, AND THE US STANDS AT 556
DEATHS PER MILLION POPULATION. CHINA HAS APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES OUR POPULATION... BUT, THE US PRESENTLY HAS 38 TIMES THE DEATH TOLL! On a population basis, we have 185 times the death rate-per-million population compared to China... and the largest case
count and life losses resulting than anywhere else in the world!
Once again, the Trump Administration, accompanied by the
appointed chair of the Covid19 Virus Group – Pence, has
ignored, hidden, lied about, minimized and is completely ignorant regarding the
threat to American health that has been presented by the “invasion” of the
CORONA VIRUS. From the start back in January, Trump ignored multiple
warnings regarding a potential pandemic … and the illness and death toll that
has resulted set new records... Where do we go from here????
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN PLAN - 2020
1. IGNORE THE UNSOLVABLE PROBLEM. Deny, deny,
deny….. LIE, LIE, LIE!!! Trump, though warned about the potential arrival of a viral
pandemic, his majesty and Pence ignored the warnings and pretended that no
issue was present. You may recall that Trump described the voiced concern as
“yet another witch hunt”, a fake and a fraud, a hoax…. Not a problem.
Meanwhile, he issued orders to the Coast Guard in January/February to keep an
American Cruise ship from landing on the West Coast because hundreds of the
passengers and the crew were sick with the virus… and he didn’t want them counted
in the American total….. It might make the CASE COUNT GROW! And, TRUMP
LOOK BAD!
2. HIDE AND PRETEND THAT IT IS GOING
AWAY. Planning to mis-direct and ignore any role in this challenge,
Trump hands the baton to Pence and announces that the state Governor’s should
do what is required, if anything. Like masks…. Not necessary…. After all, this
“China Virus” will simply “disappear” when summer warmth comes… and he waves
the MAGIC MONARCH WAND! Still… the numbers keep rising… and
rapidly… across the nation. By early April, the case count stands at 18,000…..
with several hundred deaths…… So... the response? Trump voices concern
regarding testing! Limit tests! Control test and case
data.
Just 2 weeks ago, Trump ordered that the American hospitals no
longer send their Covid19 data to the CDC. Instead, send it directly to
the Secretary of health and Human Services, Alex Azar. Secretary Azar issues a
$10 million dollar contract to a company in Pennsylvania - TELETRACKING
TECHNOLOGY - headed by a Pittsburgh real estate developer. The contract
contains a "non-disclosure clause" to prevent sharing information and
data on case count, and mortality across the nation. Who is that man
behind the curtain???
3. MISDIRECT ATTENTION TO
ECONOMICS AND AWAY FROM HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL NEEDS. Trump wants his
campaign built on the economy…. But, Covid19 is detracting from that issue.
With an economic collapse and a jobs disaster, the Trump candle goes out….. He
argues that the economy will cure the virus, and a return to “normal” Trump
growth will quickly return and rebuild. Meanwhile, the case count shoots
straight up. By July the numbers rise to more than 2,000,000 – a national shock
and over-stressed medical facilities.
4. THE TRUMP ATTACK ON HEALTHCARE IN THE MIDST
OF A DRAMATIC GROWTH OF MEDICAL NEED. Trump continued his
attack on American healthcare. Reducing access to healthcare by restraining Medicaid and
adding a variety of restraints on working families without health insurance,
Trump also continued the attack on Obamacare (ACA) by advancing a court
case to the US Supreme Court to collapse the affordable healthcare coverage for
20,000,000 Americans –INCLUDING MANDATED COVERAGE FOR
THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS! In fact, some 5,000,000 workers lost their
health coverage when their jobs disappeared as a result of the Trump failure to
respond and manage the Covid19 assault in the last 6 months!
Meanwhile, he also attacks the third pillar of Medical coverage
– MEDICARE – by
withholding the revenue base of MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY –
taxes on payroll paid by both the employee via withholding and the employer. In
the end and at retirement YOU benefit with Medical coverage and a public
pension - SOCIAL SECURITY – to support you in
retirement. Just last week, the auditor of the Social Security Trust Fund
announced that the fund would collapse in less than 10 years if that revenue
source did not continue. WHY IS HE EXECUTING MEDICAL COVERAGE against the backdrop of
growing medical need resulting from Covid19???
5. LIE,
LIE, LIE……. In recent campaign appearances and in the RNC 4-day
Convention hosted at the White House, Trump left any comments about the virus
out of his speeches and remarks the entire time. Today, September 1, 2020, we
stand at more than a 6,000,000 case count – some 25% of all the Covid19
cases on the planet! Trump poo-poos this fact….. and, simply says that
we should all go back to “normal” and the virus will simply fade out….. NONSENSE! The total
case count around the world is some 25,000,000. That makes 1
out of 4 cases right here in the most advanced, and wealthiest nation
on the planet! Well…, if we have 25% of the world’s population, that makes sad
sense…. The US population stands at 330,000,000 and ranks third in size after
China (1,440,277,000) and India (1,382,350,000). Given the total population of
the world at 7,809,000,000 and growing, that makes the US population
simply 4.25% of the total. So, WHY DO WE - RICH, ADVANCED, AND MEDICALLY
EQUIPPED – HAVE A COVID19 CASE COUNT 5-TIMES THE SIZE OF OUR POPULATION?????
So, the TRUMP PLAN - IGNORE,
HIDE, MISDIRECT, ATTACK, AND LIE – continues throughout
the campaign. Take a look at the Trump Tweet that he unleashed in 2009. Obama
as President was challenged with H1N1 - modest compared to Covid19. He should
apply the comment to himself - in 2020.
Trump wanted to be the "WAR PRESIDENT.” It
looked as though he would try to engage with Iran to get there and call on the
American voter to stand with their WAR PRESIDENT! It didn’t work… So, right
now, Trump plays the Commander and Chief, the Monarch and Dictator, the
Autocrat source of all orders and Executive Commands….. in a war on
Americans….. Working families, women, minorities, religions, and
nationalities…. and, especially immigrants!
A defender of the CONFEDERACY…. An enemy of the Golden
Gate Bridge… and the American symbol of FREEDOM - THE STATUE OF LIBERTY……
Tick-tock…..
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RIDEN WITH BIDEN!!
Bobby J