Well, I’m going to wrap this up. I’m losing steam and quite frankly I’ve lost
interest. The Presidential Conventions
are over. Now, it’s head to head, Donald
Trump and Hillary Clinton. The
Presidential debates could be entertaining.
Just some quick thoughts…
Senator Tim Caine, designated VP for Hillary Clinton, gave
kind of a strange ‘acceptance’ speech – trying to mock Donald Trump with the “believe
me” line which he used over and over. It
got real tiresome, even embarrassing. First
impression of him is that he isn’t much of a public speaker. However, he and his wife have a son in the Marines;
and that’s a positive as far as I’m concerned.
Too many politicians talk tough, but want to send someone else’s sons
and daughters to do the heavy lifting, you know the dangerous stuff.
I heard most of Hillary Clinton’s speech. I thought she did, presentation-wise, pretty
well. The PBS News Hour staff of
commentators seemed to give her about a ‘C’ – kind of average. No comparison, they said, to Obama.
My thoughts about her speech: Hillary promised something for everyone to include...
Free college education for children of the middle class (that’s good for me, I
can stop making contributions to my grandchildren’s 529 college plans);
She will
expand Social Security benefits (whatever that means);
There will be a living
wage and associated benefits for everyone to include child care and maternity
leave – if you are working full time (apparently regardless of what type of ‘entry’
position you might have);
There will be massive infrastructure programs - jobs
for everyone – good jobs (and, yes ladies and gentlemen, you have heard that one before / remember Obama's shovel-ready promises);
She doesn’t
plan to “abolish the Second Amendment” or take our guns away (that’s good, but
not sure why she needed to say it – that’s not going to happen as far as I’m
concerned) - elaborating on the subject, she said she just doesn’t want guns to
get in the hands of criminals (OK, I’m on board with that one – let’s enforce
current gun laws);
She practically said that she would pursue amnesty
for illegal immigrants and that more would be on the way (brace yourself young folks
– especially those needing a job – illegal immigrants will gladly work harder
and longer hours then you are prepared to do – and Republican business owners are smiling at the prospect /
furthermore, Democrats are smiling about the grateful wave of new Democratic voters
moving north to the U.S. - it's a win - win situation - at you young folks expense.)
But, there is no need to worry about how much this will cost
because Hillary said the top one percent of the wealthy, plus corporations and ‘Wall
Street’ will be picking up the tab for all of this (and, she said it with a straight face – good luck with that one).
Note: For those recent
college graduates who probably don’t know this – corporations don’t actually
pay taxes. People pay taxes. Any tax placed on a corporation is simply
passed on to whoever (or is it whomever) is purchasing their product – yes,
young grads, that would be all of us – including you, when and if you get a
job. Additionally, you should know that
if a corporation or business can’t pass along the tax (the extra overhead) they
go out of business. That is known as
Capitalism.
True Nelson
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