Globalization losers
were affected
because their production could be outsources.
Workers involved with physical labor, including
small farming/
They
were not
engaged in the new dynamic economic system,
did not benefit and too often lost and over many years
developed a negative view
of the changing dynamics.
Globalization winners
participated in and benefited greatly from the dynamic changes affecting
America. Journalism, economics, finance, academics ... production stayed home and
often
benefited
greatly from the larger, now global market.
These Coastal
Technocrats
were Well-Educated at top universities
and
controlled most aspects of American
life.
To worsen a developing caustic environment,
we blamed
the victims.
We demonized these low wage, often middle Americans.
It was their
fault!
View of a Trump Voter
Hillary Clinton, a liberal "Socialist,"
followed her election
losing condemnation of America's
"irredeemable"
and
"deplorable" with this post-election public comment. "if you look at the map of the US there is all that red in the
middle. Places where Trump won.
What the map doesn't show you is that
I won the places that owned two-thirds of the American GDP.
I won the places that are optimistic, they're diverse, they're dynamic, they're
moving forward, and
his whole
campaignMake America Great was looking backward.
You don't like blacks getting rights,
women getting jobs successful American Indians
Source
Editor's Note: You got the people who own it,
what about those who produce it? But I have no desire to vote for a president
whose
administration has already successfully bullied
Britain into taking a harder Brexit position, which is good for Trump’s
geopolitical games and US big business, but bad for Britain’s economy and
British welfare.
The Dismal Science - The Reddit Bureau of Economic Research
Conservative Bill Crystal, self-proclaimed political pundit
" Look, to be totally honest, if things are so bad as you
say with the white working class don't you just want to get
new Americans instead...
after two or three generations of hard work these guys get decadent, they're lazy,
they're spoiled,
whatever."
Stanford Colleague Max Booth
"if only we could keep the hard working Latin American
newcomers and depot the contemptibleRepublicans cowards that would make America great
Former High-Tech CEO and Colleague Melinda Byerly after
the election
"
one thing a middle American could do is to realize no
educated person wants to livein
anation shithole
with stupid people
especially violent
racist misogynistic..."When corporations think about where to locate call centers,
factories, development centers they have to think
that those towns
have nothing going
for them, no infrastructure just a few bars and a terrible school
system.
Hanson
Observations
"people
in this Heartlandthat
were psychologically as angry as they were
hurting economically and they just wanted somebody to fight
back."
Free trade is favored by most but "... there was
something wrong there that people in the heartland
were pointing out and that is if Germany is running a 71
billion dollar deficit with the US and it can't afford
to have 5 fighters in the air at the same time and is on the
front line of supposed enemies and it wants
us to contribute > 2% of GDP but it only contributes .6 and
it will put a tariff on a US automobile of 10% and
we have to put it at 2.5%."
NAFTA created a 70 billion dollars Mexican trade
surplus, 30 billion dollars in
remittances back to Mexico and an unfriendly Mexican
President.
applies to people and business as well as money see
Editor:
America's Hegemony began early
in the 20th Century.
We took complete control of the world after WW 2.
America achieved economic wealth and world stability.
Trump decided to gamble with this success.
See
Everyone's Economic Wellbeing
has increased Dramatically
Gresham's Law, bad money chases good, applies to workers.
When economic conditions got bad in rural America,
many talented workers and good companies left.
Problem was, Democrats thought their expanding safety net
would keep those left behind in their party.
Consequence:
Confrontational Style when
Responding to China
Poorly Affect on International Economics and Politics
Comment:
My Pizza Man
friend despises Totalitarian Communism
yet he
avidly supports Trump, easily our most visibly totalitarian
President. 8/30/19
https://www.washingtonpost.co
Updated 8.30/20
Updated 12/19 New
NAFTA
“There is no question that this trade agreement is much better
than NAFTA. It is infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the
administration,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said.
the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement — would create new
intellectual property protections, require more North American parts to be
used in automobiles to qualify for zero tariffs, open the Canadian milk
market to U.S. farmers and create new rules for e-commerce, boost wages,
benefits and safety rules for workers, update environmental protections, and
increased measures to ensure that Mexican reforms such as recognizing the
right of workers to form independent unions.
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.), criticized the removal of
expanded patent protections for
a class of drugs called biologics as a “complete
capitulation” to Democrats
8/21/19 UpdateKeeping Promises is
why they're
sticking with Trump, this is the #1 reason they
cite.
Love him or hate him,
Trump
fixates on turning campaign promises into reality—
or at least making the case that he tried:
Successes
Conservative Supreme Court
Tax cuts?
Check, weighted toward corporations .
Gut regulations
Crack down on
Immigrants
Tariffs on China
Declaring China a currency
manipulator
Withdrawing from Paris
climate agreement
Withdrawing from the Iran
nuclear deal
Left
Trans-Pacific Partnership, Pacific Rim trade
deal
The scorecard looks pretty good 3 years into the Trump
administration.
If Google in fact does profits back to the US and others
follow, his grade will go up.
1/1/20
NATO defense spending among our allies
is on the rise, largely because of Trump’s bullying
but only one more country has met the 2024 goal.
Grade C
We are sending arms to Ukraine and have not abandoned our
allies to the Russian bear. C
Iran is hurting economically and on the defensive.
Inc
China faces serious U.S. pushback for the first time in
decades, especially through Trump’s tariffs.
B
Throughout the world, the United States is setting the
agenda again for the first time in many years.
Unknown.
Created
Problem Awareness,
Federalist vs. Confederates Retakes Center Stage,
Wage increases or Profit Decreases will be Cost of Success,
Success Difficult,
Trade
Some Progress B
Internationalist
Could Lose F
Public Sacrifice Required,
Stressful
Negotiations,
Economic Gains from
Change Usually Go to Oligarchs
Syria
We Won,
ISIS Defeated A
Iran Will Fill the Vacancy
Was
Goal Defeating ISIS or Continuing 17 Year Mission of
Policing Syria?
Foreign Policy
after 3 years
Policy choice: Trump following a
maximize the maximum, Maximize the minimum
is most common.
Minimize the maximum regret is not considered. NATO defense spending
up, largely because of Trump’s bullying. Arms
to Ukraine, haven't abandoned our allies to Russia, Iran has hurting economy China faces serious U.S. pushback
for the first time in decades, Geopolitical agendas
has returned to US control.
Return to
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Updated 1/1/20
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NAFTA was a watershed in globalization in that it was the
first free trade pact between rich countries and a poor country.
NAFTA came to It symbolized the collision of blue collar workers with
consumers, corporations and geostrategic cooperation.
Opposition to it was a centerpiece of President Trump’s campaign.
President Bush 1, who was politically Mixed on NAFTA signed
the bill leaving President Bill Clinton to seek its ratification. Clinton's
decision marked a political pivot by Democrats toward globalization and
away from the party’s blue-collar base. Contemplating rust-belt
worker victory has, many Democrats now regret that pivot. The question
is the status quo or a movement away from globalization. Summarized from
WSJ Editor's Note: Inexpensive high
profits products battle a neglected middle class.
Change in financial wellbeing had little impact on candidate
preference. A party’s positions on issues related to global
dominance and the rise of a majority–minority America issues that
threaten white Americans’ sense of dominance.
I examined the “left behind” (lost jobs or experienced stagnant
wages
due to the loss of manufacturing jobs punished the incumbent
party.
Bush 2 stopped Iranians who helped us from immigrants.
Obama creates Syrian refugees but won't cross red line.
I considered the possibility that status threat felt by the of
traditionally
high-status Americans
(i.e., whites, Christians, and men)
AND those who
perceive America’s global dominance as threatened combined
to
increase support for reestablishing status hierarchies of the past.
Both growing domestic racial diversity and globalization contributed
to
a sense that white Americans are under siege by these engines of change.
Fourth Trump Won Because it was
the Republican's Turn
Bottom quintile earnings share
up 2.2% to 12.9% Second quintile share up
7% 13.9% Third
quintile middle-income quintile up 12.6% to only 15.4% Fourth quintile’s share
fellfrom 20.5% to 18.6% Top
quintile share fell from 57.7% to 39.3%. Top to bottom multiple
dropped
from 26 times to three times
In addition work effort increased moving up the income ladder as
more family members worked and more worked two jobs.
Source But "...financial wellbeing had little impact on candidate
preference'....party’s positions on issues related to American global dominance and the
rise of a majority–minority America: issues that threaten white Americans’
sense of dominant group status " .
Abstract
;...I examine the “left behind” thesis (that is, the theory that those who lost
jobs or experienced stagnant wages due to the loss of manufacturing jobs
punished the incumbent party for their economic misfortunes).
Second, I consider the possibility that status threat felt by the dwindling proportion of traditionally high-status Americans (i.e., whites, Christians, and men) as well as by those who perceive America’s global dominance as threatened combined to increase support for the candidate who emphasized reestablishing status hierarchies of the past.
Candidate preferences in 2016 reflected increasing anxiety among high-status groups rather than complaints about past treatment among low-status groups. Both growing domestic racial diversity and globalization contributed to a sense that white Americans are under siege by these engines of change.
Taxes The
Wall Street Journal reviewed securities filings from 108 publicly traded
companies accounting for the vast
majority of an estimated $2.7 trillion in profits parked
abroad. They said they
have repatriated
about $143 billion so
far this year. In all, while repatriations have soared past pre-2018 levels,
independent analysts don’t
expect anywhere near the $4 trillion Mr. Trump has touted,
Richard Rubin and Theo Francis report.
Money Went
to Dividends and Not Reinvested in Hard Capital
the Bush 2 cuts scheduled to reverse were continued.
"The
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
applies to taxes starting in 2018, and the
first quarterly data on tax revenue are in.
Most noticeable are a major drop in corporate tax income and the
increase in taxes from production and imports. (In the latter case, both
excise tax income and import duty income increased.) These changes are
actually quite impressive:
-35% for corporate tax income, +16% for production and import tax
income. Personal income taxes are slightly down while taxes on foreign
entities follow trend. How
does all this pan out in the aggregate? The thick black line reveals
that overall
tax receipts are down by close to 5%.
Will this persist or is this a one-time event? Revisit this blog post in
the coming months to see how this graph updates."
Editor's Note:
Success or Failure will depend on long term economic growth
though both sides will claim victory.
Reagan tax cuts increased deficits substantially but
in this elm 2 the economy went on a 15 year growth spurt.
Editor's Note: If the Economy does well,
rates will stay low.
As long as the rest of the world works hard, sell us high quality goods
at a
reasonable price, and loans us their profits to buy their goods
at a reasonable interest rate,
not much will change for most Americans.
Question
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE WELL BEING OF THE AVERAGE
PERSON?
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Obama
hoped to use NAFTA, TPP and TTIP
to form a block to force Chinese negotiation.
Trump is speeding
up Obama's attempt to control WTO by using unilateral reciprocal tariffs system to stop
those skirting WTO rules.
Europe and Japan Agree but never play hard ball.
Trump chose a
respected free trade negotiator, but will he last.
Some fear Trump will settle too early and accepts the shot term
gain.
China would buy more U.S. goods with no enforceable rules
concerning Intellectual property and other forms of industrial
espionage.
If he waits too long
it could turn into a power and face game and not trade rules.
Will help U.S. Agriculture,
and auto
manufacturing
update
technology arrangements
while maintaining
car part exports
to United States.
Auto worker $16/hour 2020 minimum
for 30% of auto production increases to 40% in 2023.
This is about three times the pay of the average Mexican
autoworker but it does
not apply to many U.S. workers
as most earn over $16 an hour.
Discourage manufacturing movement to
Mexico for lower wages but
will likely lead to
moderate auto price increase.
Editor's note:
Someone must finance worker wage
increases and hopefully maintain US competitive edge.
Maintains North American supply chain
and
participants world competitiveness.
Editor's note:
If this results in excessive profits then taxes should
solve the resulting inequality.
Waiver for Trump threatened 25-percent
tariffs
steel and aluminum manufacturers
important to
future business investment certainty.
Six years reviews
allows for the
fair
chain and marketplace adjustments
needed for self-driving and electric vehicles.
Can Trump be Patient
Most Farmers Helped Little
U.S. and European trade
negotiators are chasing quick wins to cement a July cease-fire.
Problem is, even seemingly simple trade moves can take years. The sides
meet in Washington on Tuesday to start fulfilling President Trump's goal
of “zero tariffs, zero non-tariff barriers, and zero subsidies on
non-auto industrial goods.” The focus for now is aligning American and
European regulations on goods and services, Emre Peker reports.
Because of the cost of
adapting products to slightly different standards, coordination could
yield huge savings for both sides. But this is the third U.S.-EU attempt
since 2007 to eliminate non-tariff barriers. Finding common ground on
regulations is tough. That could frustrate the U.S. side: Commerce
Secretary Wilbur Ross last week insisted on “quick negotiations that
produce tangible results.”
New NAFTA and South Korea Treaties Await Approval
"... look much like
the originals. South Korea accepted quotas on steel. Mexico and Canada
agreed to higher wages, North American content requirements and quotas
for autos."
"... a step back from free trade
toward managed trade..." they will have little practical effect limiting
cars Mexico and Canada can ship duty-free to the U.S. exceed current
shipments. "...officials have elected instead to seek broader tariff
reductions with Japan and the European Union." 12/26/18 WSJ
Harley-Davidson plans toshift
more production overseas to
avoid European Union tariffs on its iconic motorcycles. Harley prizes
its made-in-the-USA reputation as central to its appeal. But the
Milwaukee company has opened factories in Brazil, India and Australia to
tap international markets and hold down prices as sales falter in the
U.S., Bob Tita reports. That manufacturing footprint outside the U.S. is
set to expand. Harley said the 31% tariff the EU enacted last week on
its motorcycles—retaliation for U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs—would
raise the cost of each Hog it ships there from the U.S. by about $2,200.
Rather than raise prices, Harley said it would shift production of
the motorcycles it sells in the EU outside the U.S. over the next 18
month
Note: As with
North Korea Nuclear Issue, Trump gets a thumps up on trade,
whether his high grade continues will be measures on his trade policy in
relation to jobs.
98: US
soy bean exports to China have
fallen by
an astounding 98 percent since the start of the year, as Beijing
targeted the industry in retaliation to the Trump administration’s
tariffs on Chinese goods. It doesn’t look like a resolution between the
US and China is in sight, after the two sides traded
barbs at
the APEC summit over the weekend.
China's Move Up the Value Add Chain Accelerated by Trade War
5. The Future
Charles W Eliot university professor
at Harvard former US Treasury secretary.
U.S.
tariffs on around $200 billion in Chinese imports are set to
jump to 25% on Jan. 1, up from the 10% implemented last month.
That works out to
around $30 billion in new taxes to be paid by U.S. importers, many
of whom will pass at least some of the costs on to U.S. consumers.
Be
smart: Economics differ on the degree to which increased
tariffs will affect things like GDP, corporate earnings, and inflation,
but few of the predictions are broadly cataclysmic.
The
bigger wildcard is how China will respond. Trump, buoyed by his
self-described trade successes with Canada and Mexico, is unlikely to
back down before January.
If Republicans continue
to run Congress, Trump will maintain free reign on trade, even if it
violates traditional GOP orthodoxy.
If Democrats gain
power, trade may be one area where they largely agree with the White
House.
China
cannot simply apply 25% tariffs to an equal amount of U.S. imports,
because they don't total $200 billion. Other possible options (and, no,
this is not an exhaustive list):
Devalue the yuan, thus
turning them into the currency manipulator Trump already says they
are.
Severely restrict Chinese
tourism to the U.S., which generated $33 billion in 2016.
Sell down its
trillion dollar-plus stockpile of U.S. Treasury bills, or stop
buying new ones. Either one could possibly increase U.S. government
borrowing costs.
Make it much more difficult for
U.S. businesses to operate in China, well beyond current concerns
about IP theft and requirements that U.S. tech companies form joint
ventures with local partners.
The
bottom line: Trump has made America’s policy known. China’s
response will determine if this becomes a full-blown trade war. —
Dan Primack
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upfor Dan's daily deals newsletterAxiosPro
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Felix Salmon's weekly business lookahead Axios Edge here.
Meeting US demands
would have altered by China's growth about
1 percent.
U.S. companies annual profits
growth
would have increased by
about 0.1 percent.
This is not to say that China is not a threat to
the international order. If, the United States loses its lead in
information technology, artificial intelligence and biotech, the
trauma will be magnified.
While it might be unacceptable to the United
States to be greatly surpassed in economic scale, does it
have the means to stop it?
China appears to be willing to accommodate the
United States on specific trade issues as long as the United
States accepts its right to flourish and grow, knowing that
sheer weight of numbers will make it the clear world’s largest
economy before long.
That is a deal the United States should take
while it can. It can bluster but it cannot, in an open world,
suppress the Chinese economy. Trying to do so risks
strengthening the most anti-American elements in Beijing.
Whether
US leverage can accomplish something important
deepens convincing the Chinese that the United States is capable
of taking yes for an answer, and go beyond small-bore
commercialism. We can hope, but we should not hold our breath.
larry summers
Blumberg has some game theory insight
on what
to watch and expect.
An inherently cooperative game is
increasingly played uncooperatively:
Most economists worry about the implications for individual
countries and the system as a whole.
Trade wars tend to create a strong stagflation impulses,
disrupting growth and increasing costs and prices.
The conflicts complicate domestic policy management and
increase the risk of financial instability.
They also risk causing serious fractures to the
international economic and financial architecture,
Is the current round of mounting trade tensions a means to a
better end — still-free but fairer trade
or an end in itself.
Further escalation is the most
likely outcome for now:
For trade tensions to be a means to a better end, behaviors
changes must be visible, verifiable and durable.
This is particularly true of intellectual property, market
access limits and joint venture requirements,
Only durable change will stop increased risky US pressure
regardless of the domestic costs.
The threats are a full-blown trade war, increased
geopolitical strains, financial disruptions like not buying
U.S. government securities and participation in the dollar
market.
The game is inherently unbalanced:
This uncooperative game is well placed for a US relative win
as
Trade tensions are more damaging to China, whose growth
model is more dependent on foreign market,
This advantage is already evident in the
performance of the equity and currency markets.
It is like President
Ronald Reagan 1980's military spending
race with the Soviet Union.
America was destined to win at
considerable risk.
China will likely ultimately
agree to some U.S. requests
It is the least costly strategy as China seeks a
return to a cooperative approach to trade.
It may not be a first best outcome for China, but it’s a lo
better than a full-blown trade war.
Public accusations and
counter-accusations make trust difficult
Restoring greater trust requires behind-closed-door meetings
Sooner these meetings resume in earnest, the lower the risks
of a very costly global trade war.
You can get there faster through
coalition-building because
trade grievances are shared by other countries
This multilateral tone helps safeguard an international
architecture needed to modernize trade rules.
Implementation is trickier than
design: These steps are very
difficult to calibrate. Trust is low, both in terms of
domestic politics and between countries. A good
understanding of other nations’ reactions is essential, as
well as an openness to course correction as an uncooperative
game becomes increasingly unpredictable. Moreover, on the
domestic front, well-communicated, timely and coordinated
White House decision making is key to maintaining the needed
buy-in from broad segments of the population and Congress.what-game-theory-says-about-trump-s-trade-strategy
175 Years of
Liberal Economics
U.S.-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology is to terminate its
research and funding links with
Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE in light of recent federal probes.
Russia may
be the biggest beneficiary of newly-imposed US sanctions on Iranian
oil exports. Last month, Russia pumped an average of 11.4 million
barrels of the black stuff per day – a 30-year record – amid
higher global oil prices and a push in many countries to replace Iranian
barrels.
U.S.-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology is to terminate its
research and funding links with
Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE in light of recent federal
probes. 4/4/19
Donald Trump plans to end key trade preferences for
India and Turkey which allow duty-free entry for about 2,000 products,
including car parts. India was the biggest beneficiary in 2017, with
Turkey fifth. The president rapped India's non-tariff barriers on U.S.
goods and claimed Turkey is no longer an emerging market. Investors
shrugged. 3/4/19
Tax cuts:
Gross corporate taxes have fallen
20%
first 11 months of fiscal year,
while individual income-tax receipts are up
1%.
3) Blocking worker access to the courts by allowing mandatory
arbitration clauses in employment contracts
10) Undercutting key worker protection agencies by nominating
anti-worker leaders
3. Judicial appointments: Trump
has staffed the judiciary with constitutionalists such as Supreme Court
Justice Neil Gorsuch. 4)
Making VA a Meritocracy
5-7 visit
Source
Tax cut should extend the six plus year recovery from the Great Recession Editor's Note: Higher Economic
Growth rate to negate the drop in. revenue expected would help solve the
problem that
Recent War/Recession Debt has not been negated by economic growth
and inflation. Also is it too early to help the economy during
Trump's reelection bid.
Deregulation: Trump
has cut
67 Obama-era regulations and
added only three new rules. The rollback on regulations has spurred
business confidence, economic activity and stock market growth.
Trump said the actions have saved $8.1 billion in lifetime net
regulatory costs
Trump could of said we want college
graduates as immigrants.
Instead he said we don't want people from
area x and not Y where
x was pure white and x not so much.
Does he do this on purpose. Why?
Like Tariffs, this will take a long time, will
America wait?
U.S. sanctions have driven the price of oil and the
ruble apart—leaving
Russia with expensive crude and a cheaper currency,
a combination that is helping its economy. The price of oil,
Russia’s main export, has risen almost 14% since mid-August, largely
because of coming U.S. sanctions against Iran. Meanwhile, the ruble
has declined 15% since April, when Washington imposed sanctions on
Russia for alleged meddling in U.S. elections and other aggressions.
So, just as the price of dollar-denominated oil rises, those
greenbacks are worth more when translated back into a weaker ruble,
Avantika Chilkoti reports.
Given the four or five remaining candidates, voters should
do one of the following.
Vote D.T. if you want to maximize the maximum as his
somewhat logical attitude toward The Middle East, Education and the Wellbeing of
the American Middle Class if correct could make a big difference.
Vote H.C. to maximize the minimum as she won’t change much
and in spite of the rhetoric, the country is doing fine provided you ignore
people like those in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma who are afraid the Atlantic
hurricane season could severely affect their life in the Sooner or Later state
as Danger lurks everywhere.
Vote H.C. again if you want to minimize the maximum regret.
Why? If DT is wrong the Ted Cruz requirement that everyone be Christian
because of the coming apocalypse could be correct. The result would be D cubed
or Deep Do Do for non-STEM people.
"In his maiden
opinion, Henson v. Santander Consumer USA, Gorsuch wrote that the
proper role of the judiciary is to “apply, not amend, the work of the
people’s representatives.”
Gorsuch has also expressed concerns about the federal government’s
expansion of power and infringement of states’ authority. Hedissented
in a case dealing with federal courts exercising authority over
state law claims, writing that, “The Court today clears away a fence
that once marked a basic boundary between federal and state power.”
He noted that “we’ve wandered so far from the idea of a federal
government of limited and enumerated powers that we’ve begun to lose
sight of what it looked like in the first place.”
Gorsuch is equally concerned about states infringing the rights of
individuals, an issue that has been prevalent in several free speech
cases this term. During the oral argument in Minnesota
Voters Alliance v. Mansky, Gorsuch was skeptical of Minnesota’s
position that it could ban voters from wearing T-shirts with “some of
the Bill of Rights and not others” when they enter polling places.
At the argument in NIFLA
v. Becerra, he pressed California’s lawyer for an explanation of
why it’s permissible for California to force private parties to
advertise the state’s free abortion services, thereby burdening their
free speech.
In the oral argument in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights
Commission, the case of a Christian baker who declined to make custom
wedding cakes for same-sex weddings, Gorsuch expressed frustration
with the state’s mandate that the baker provide sensitivity training
for his staff.Gorsuch
asked, “Why isn’t that compelled speech and possibly in violation
of his free-exercise rights? Because presumably he has to tell his
staff … that his Christian beliefs are discriminatory.”
Gorsuch hasn’t shied away from powerfully dissenting from the court’s
refusal to hear important cases. He joined Thomas’ dissent from denial
in Peruta v. California, lamenting that the court continued to treat
the Second Amendment as a “disfavored right.”
Trump
pick Gorsuch casts deciding Supreme Court vote against deporting
immigrant Neil
Gorsuch, President Trump's first Supreme Court appointment, cast the
deciding vote in a decision released Tuesday that sided with an
immigrant fighting his deportation. the court
said Tuesday that the law’s definition of a crime of violence is too
vague.
He also joined Thomas’ dissent from denial in Garco Construction v.
Speer, a missed opportunity to limit Auer deference—the doctrine that
gives great deference to agencies’ interpretations of their own
regulations. They called this doctrine “constitutionally suspect”
because it transfers “the judge’s exercise of interpretive judgment to
the agency,” which is “not properly constituted to exercise the
judicial power.”
Gorsuch’s fidelity to the Constitution has made liberal court watchers
apoplectic. He has been under a microscope since his name first topped
the list of Trump’s potential Supreme Court nominees.
Following his confirmation, this scrutiny has only increased. Seeking
to sow seeds of discord, NPR’s
Liberal commentators, including The New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin and
others, insolently criticized
Gorsuch for asking too many questions during oral arguments, and
fault him for frequently citing the Constitution and expressing his
interest in getting back to first principles.
Elitist liberal academics pour over his opinions, looking for anything
to nitpick, and encouraging people to mock his writing style with the silly
hashtag #GorsuchStyle on Twitter.
But taking petty jabs at the justice shows just how little substantive
criticism they can muster. In his first year, Gorsuch has shown that
he works hard, writes clearly, and cares deeply about getting the law
right.
When Gorsuch spoke last fall at the Federalist Society’s National
Lawyers Convention, he said to great applause, “Tonight, I can report
that a person can be both a publicly committed originalist and
textualist and be confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States. Originalism has regained its place at the table of constitutional
interpretation, and textualism in the reading of statutes has
triumphed. And neither one is going anywhere on my watch.”
# 2. Is Trumps ignoring of human rights
issues when dealing with dictators similar to how
Jefferson and Madison who ignored slavery when building
America's Republic?
#3. Does Trump use
Rhetological Fallacies to sway opinions more than most
politicians and other oligarchs?
#4. What is the endgame?
He creates headlines to add a lot of pro Russian noisy
Trumpism ?Saudi Arabia, the
United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait on Thursday said they
would deposit $1 billion into Jordan’s central bank—part of a
broader effort to prop
up the
country’s economy.
Summary 12 random stratified counties that
change vote from Obama to Trump sampled
Rotary Club related college graduates
who lived in areas with fewer college graduates,
less than 29.8%, voted for Trump. even the college
graduates. More than 29.8% voted Hillary
His voters had high aspirations for
country, felt good about their personal lives,
but community was in social and economic carnage.
Girl Gun Power among
varied population some with college, most stable lives <45
years old
voted for 2nd Amendment protection to protect self and
because of family
Many blue collar normally Democratic
voters switched
because unhappy with community carnage.
Editor's Note: Many who
value heritage unhappy with liberal attitude toward American
traditions.
In May
Trump’s pullout out of the 2015 deal made by the U.S., China,
France, Russia, Germany, the U.K. and the European Union with Iran that
would severely limit Iran's
nuclear capabilities in exchange for sanctions relief.
Next came menacing tweets from Trump threatening
Tehran with historic consequences
This week the U.S. reemployed sanctions against Iran,
targeting financial transactions, imports of raw materials, and the auto
and airplane sectors.
In November vital oil exports will be sanctioned.
Trump claims he wants a tougher deal that would require
Iran give up nuclear ambitions and curb interference in Syria and
Yemen.
Having reneged, Trump has left Tehran without
incentives.
Le Monde (France)
editorial.
The usually erratic Trump has relentlessness pursued a conflict policy
with Tehran.
China Daily (China)
The U.S. stands alone in its attempt to impose sanctions because
international monitors report full compliance.
Other signatories are not leaving.
China will continue to buy Iranian
oil.
EU will protect companies hit
with American sanctions of closing U.S. market to European firms
that trades with Iran.
Kayhan (Iran)
Iran could shut down 20 percent of the world’s oil flows through
the Strait of Hormuz.
Sara Saidi in L’Orient–Le
Jour (Lebanon) Sanctions are already hurting Iranians.
Multinational companies that
do business with the U.S. are closing Iranian operations.
The real has lost more than 50
percent of its value causing food prices to soar and inflation
protests.
Nuclear
agreement enthusiasm has waned.
7. Health Care
1. Hundreds of doctors and nurses at the VA receive their
full federal salaries—
averaging $74,000 a year for nurses and $187,000 for doctors,
not including generous federal benefits—
even if they don’t care for a single veteran.
Compared to private industry?
