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How did we get to this dire state of affairs? : Comments
By Alon Ben-Meir, published 4/8/2020As I survey our state of the Union, I feel deeply troubled and dismayed, wondering why and how we here in America got to this dire state of affairs in which we find ourselves.
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Posted by ttbn, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 5:33:37 PM
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Dear Joe,
What I would like to see happen is for America to get rid of Trump. But I won't be holding my breath. Anybody but Trump. I think that Trump doesn't believe in anything - he's all about power. I wish that Americans could see the man for what he really is. Anyway, we shall see come election time - what they believe about him. Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 6:01:37 PM
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Dear Alon Ben-Meir,
Please excuse the enfeebled seekers of authoritarian daddy figures who have been posting here. They have both forgotten what it means to be Australian and slurped mightily from Trump's cool aid. The swamp Trump has created will take many years to drain. It will also take years to bring to account all the Trump enablers, particularly those who covered up his collusions with the expectation of presidential pardons. As to how much he has added to the credit card after initially promising to reduce debt is indicitive of how out of depth the man is. "On September 8, 2017, Trump signed a bill increasing the debt ceiling.20 Later that day, the debt exceeded $20 trillion for the first time in U.S. history. On February 9, 2018, Trump signed a bill suspending the debt ceiling until March 1, 2019. It leapt to $22 trillion. In July 2019, Trump suspended the debt ceiling until after the 2020 presidential election. The debt soon rose to $23 trillion. Trump has overseen the fastest increase in the debt of any president. Trump's Fiscal Year 2021 budget projects the debt would increase $4.8 trillion during his first term. That's as much as Obama added while fighting a recession. Trump has not fulfilled his campaign promise to cut the debt. Instead, he's done the opposite." http://www.thebalance.com/trump-plans-to-reduce-national-debt-4114401 He is an outright charlatan and I hope you are able to lance the boil this time Posted by SteeleRedux, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 6:43:18 PM
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That's as much as Obama added while fighting a recession.
SteeleRedux, What,and the hangers-on army of Academic 'experts' & COVID-19 are not a recession ? The question of how not only the US but the whole World got to this dire stage of affairs has it's answer in people such as yourself, people who don't contribute anything of substance & value. The army of people in private enterprise are keeping Nations economies going, it's the 'experts' that ruin it all ! Posted by individual, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 7:50:55 PM
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Your a funny little man gouger.
Rattling on about US debt and blaming it all on Uncle Donald. Especially when China owns a huge swathe of the debt. It's actually strategically sensible. Defaulting on debt, is a good hold to have as a weapon don't you think? I would imagine our good uncle might from time to time mention this fact in negotiations. I know I would, wouldn't you? A couple of other factors you conveniently neglected to mention too. What increases debt is taxation reductions. Tax lurks. The same ones you get for your property portfolio gouger. That's the portfolio that allows you to plunder the poor for your personal financial benefit. Tax breaks cost, usually, as you can see in rise of national debt. Again the poor will pay the price of your greed with reductions in welfare payments and other essential social service needs such as health care, to pay for your pleasures. Do you want me to go on? Dan Posted by diver dan, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 7:53:54 PM
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Hi Foxy and Joe
Well said. And many of Alon Ben-Meir's sound sentiments are well summed up by America's "Honest Government Ad: A message from the White House" video below (language warning): http://youtu.be/dpIkl2QnJeI Posted by plantagenet, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 8:26:40 PM
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This fellow is off his rocker. The US economy boomed when Trump and the Republicans rescued the country from the Obama catastrophe! It’s the constant white-anting of the media, loopy Democrats and now the Chinese virus that is America’s problem.
The next idiotic statement is this one:
“If Joe Biden is elected to be the next president, it will certainly raise a renewed hope that a new day is dawning in America and potentially help alleviate some of the woes we are experiencing today.
Biden is a Lefty fruitcake, with serious cognitive problems. He is 77 years old, with zero political achievements. Worse, he is a professional politician - the sort of creature that Trump rescued America from. All Presidents since Ronald Reagan - apart from Trump - have been idiots or just plain sleazy.