Hurricane, out of curiosity, what are YOU gonna do? I mean, unless you genuinely expect Trump to govern in a reasonable, competent manner (I can’t believe I typed that with a straight face); unless you believe this is a healthy outcome for our nation; unless you believe that the next four years are likely to be the best we can do. Unless that’s your situation, what are YOU gonna do to make things better?
I stated this in another thread, but I intend to spend the next four or eight years lobbying for issues that are important to me. In some cases, that’ll be letters / emails / phone calls to my representatives, in other cases it’ll be contributions to organizations that focus on those areas. On some of these areas, I expect to make a great deal of progress (RKBA, for one prominent example).
I’m certainly not going to love every decision Trump makes, but I see some areas where his stated policy position, or the positions of his appointees, probably lines up fairly well with what I’d like to happen, so I’ll probably focus my resources in those areas.
Fair enough. And there are areas where I have some agreement with him, possibly, e.g., infrastructure that doesn’t involve massive walls. I’ll support him if he handles those issues responsibly.
But folks who disagree with him on so much aren’t going to go home quietly. Sure, things look grim right now, really fucking grim, but the alternative to not engaging in a hopeless fight is to admit defeat, and there’s no percentage in that either.
The Visa bill will get less than I was planning each month, so there will be some additional interest, but no other penalty fees. The retirement savings? Trump is a wild card who could fuck up my – and maybe everyone’s – retirement.
Regardless, even if we should fall shy of the short-term goal, the fight does not end. Ever.
Sorry to those who think we should just meekly welcome our new Republican overlords, headed by the caricature of their every shortcoming.
Great example of the overall Democratic attitude towards budget and fiscal responsibility. :rolleyes:
Income disparity will eventually become a non-issue If enough low-income people contribute enough of their money to causes that do them no good.
What, specifically, are you thinking about here? Buying “Make America Great Again” hats that were made in China? Donating to a candidate who’s going to make health care even more expensive? Joining a prosperity Christianity church? Please give us some examples.
Great example of the overall Republican attitude of sticking one’s nose into business which is not theirs in the first place. Of course, you haven’t tried to legislate against it yet, which is a leg up on the GOP.
Surprised he hasn’t posted here yet, so I hope Happy Lendervedder doesn’t mind me posting his contribution from GE:
Myself, this Canuck will at least try to keep up with everything. I’m starting to chide compatriots now whenever I hear their tiring “well at least we live in Canada” line that’s increasingly wearing thin on me. I tell them we shouldn’t really be so ducky complacent about this - there could be at least economic ramifications in these murky, unpredictable times.
And two years ago there was virtually no chance Donald Trump would be POTUS.
I’m not an American and can’t directly affect what’s going on over there. But Trump’s election has been a timely kick in the ass for me, so I’m dedicating the next two years to union work. Unionization is the most efficient way to fight wage inequality, it’s usually the only tangible way for non-politicians to do so and membership doesn’t require the kind of commitment that party politics and judicial activism does. We’ve seen where the US went after Reagan and where the UK went after Thatcher, in terms of income inequality, and it’s not somewhere I want my country to go.
I convinced all the other trainees in my department (all two of them) to join the local union. Union dues aren’t free, but they aren’t much to help ensure that the most powerful organization that indisputably has our side stays strong.
From where I sit, that’s what’s on the minds of Trump voters post-election. Trump and the GOP’s early actions seem to reinforce the idea that many of the policies over the next few years will be an attempt to remove all traces of Obama’s legacy, regardless of whether voters in their own states and districts are tangibly benefiting from it.
Euhm…
I hate to tell you guys this but it seems that to prevent the American presidency becoming hereritary you might have to be more active in the coming months. Say what you will, he’s not sitting on his hands.
Hereritary? Like an inheritance? Like passed from father to son (or daughter)? That’s really your top concern of the day?
I was using it as a shorthand for a Russia style “democracy” where the leadership changes so seldom it might as well a kingdom.
I agree it’s nice not to have a President who’s a raving Marxist or anti-American. But I feel we’ve achieved that all along.
And while George Soros might not be involved, I feel Trump falls into the bottom ten percent of Presidents on the competence scale.
Let’s see…45 presidents…yep, Trump is safely in the bottom two percent.