Thank goodness America has so many leaders ready to step up and subvert the election process!!!
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Tim Cook, Tech CEOs and Top Republicans Attend Secretive Meeting About Donald Trump
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What some people against the wall have to explain is what is the difference between a walled border, and a border. Technically speaking, for all laws and purposes, at UN level as in State level, a border is a wall. You can't get in, you're not supposed to, unless you have the proper paperwork. It is as such for each and every country in the world. A border IS a wall, so I don't see the objection on moral grounds.
Very interesting to hear the opinion of one of our northern neighbors!
However, again... I must wholeheartedly disagree.
This man supports lowering money to education drastically, leaving minimum wage the same (which, adjusted for inflation, PEAKED here in the US in 1968), he wants people to fund their own retirement & not have the government help them through social security, etc.
In a nutshell: here's his stances- 0% corporate tax, tax the poor, make everyone fear us through legalized torture, bully everyone, become rich & powerful like a business- money/power/greed/control first, people far far far far distant second.
No offense, but it's easy for you to casually say you think he's ok. You don't have to live with the consequences if he's not, and your country won't allow me & my countrymen to come live up there if we don't like how it turns out.
- Drugs that Americans want... and yes, we can't have those Mexican "rapists and murderers."
- How does one identify a Muslim, or a True Believer for that matter?
- What does Trump stand for other than himself?
Haven't you heard? Even Trump himself doesn't know where he stands on this issue. And with regard to Trump wanting people to boycott Apple, he'll probably change his tune soon enough; that's a recurring theme with him.
It surprises me the lengths the US government is going to inevitably provide back door access to other countries.
Well thats basic Republican stuff, and while I am not for that usually, I am very disappointed in Obama, so I say Try Trump.
I'm not a Trump supporter, but these are actually good things I think. When I worked a minimum wage job, I was earning $5.25/hour. What's the minimum now like $9? Why does it need to be raised? The democrats want it to be raised to $15/hour; that's getting into full-time school teacher wages right there, at least in some parts of the country. We're talking about paying people nearly the same amount of money as those with Master's degrees in education? Things aren't that more expensive today than back then. If people want more money, they need to earn it. Also, why should the government provide retirement funds to us? Whether they do or do not, everyone should have a plan to save up their own money for retirement instead of spending every dollar they own; that's just common sense.
Talking about illegals, can you say he's wrong? Adding illegal aliens who also happen to be rapists and murderers to the problems we face already ain't that wise.
Many countries have a state religion (such as Iran, or saudi arabia). You can also base it on their country's census (such as in Syria).
His ego, as anyone else seeking the same office.
Except they recently asked Trump about this topic, and he made comments to the effect of continuing to support the H1B program.
I feared as much, because he's enough of a supporter of business to buy into their (typically false) claims that they *need* H1B hires because we don't have the talent here in America to do some of the technical tasks, and "we don't want to fall behind the rest of the world".
I feared as much, because he's enough of a supporter of business to buy into their (typically false) claims that they *need* H1B hires because we don't have the talent here in America to do some of the technical tasks, and "we don't want to fall behind the rest of the world".
Throwing money at the education system has not helped. Education spending went up about 200% under bush. Grades still went down. Graduate numbers went down. Increasing the budget doesn't increase the quality of the students.
34%. That's the percent of registered Republicans who would back Trump. Not even a majority of his "own" party. He's a pompous, air-headed twit, born on third base but repeatedly insists he hit a triple, with no policies, no philosophies, just sound bites designed to be outrageous--and his supporters don't care. They just want a Strong Daddy figure. Someone Authoritarian. Because a world with choices, a world that is different than before and is never going back, where negotiation is preferable to sending other people's kids in the line of fire, is too scary and hard to understand. So strutting is better than strategy.
Maybe he can even have his supporters beat up some more innocent bystanders. That's always good to boost his tough guy image.
As for those who think he will reform Washington, there is absolutely no chance. Trump will be disappointed to find out he is not running to be king, only head of the Executive branch, and he has to work with everyone else.
Le Petite Orange would be the reincarnation of Mussolini...a despot with perhaps with similar outcomes.
One way to reduce costs (and time) would be to remove courses that are not part of a major. I find disgusting that a major in engineering has to take stuff like US Civics, theater, mass communication etc.
I'd agree too! The minimum wage is, really, an unworkable concept from the start. Just what should a nationally mandated minimum wage be, when the cost of living is so drastically different in different parts of the country?
Whenever you really corner a min. wage supporter and ask them why they feel a min. is needed, they say something about believing there's a minimum amount people need to earn to survive. Ok, but relatively few people actually get paid the minimum wage, because most jobs out there require certain levels of skills that mean they've got to pay more to interest people in doing them. And why is there a requirement that employers pay you "enough to survive on", no matter what the job is? A lot of people taking the basic, entry-level jobs are teens still living at home or retirees just wanting some supplemental income without a lot of stress.
As far as I can see, the only thing a minimum wage really does is force some inflation to happen, because you keep pushing it up, causing everything else to go up by an equal proportion. (Yes, there's a little "lag time" before this happens, which creates the false sense that a min. wage increase benefited workers. But soon enough, prices of goods and services go up and everyone above the min. wage pay get a raise to keep their pay equivalent, so net result is nothing but inflation.)
Whenever you really corner a min. wage supporter and ask them why they feel a min. is needed, they say something about believing there's a minimum amount people need to earn to survive. Ok, but relatively few people actually get paid the minimum wage, because most jobs out there require certain levels of skills that mean they've got to pay more to interest people in doing them. And why is there a requirement that employers pay you "enough to survive on", no matter what the job is? A lot of people taking the basic, entry-level jobs are teens still living at home or retirees just wanting some supplemental income without a lot of stress.
As far as I can see, the only thing a minimum wage really does is force some inflation to happen, because you keep pushing it up, causing everything else to go up by an equal proportion. (Yes, there's a little "lag time" before this happens, which creates the false sense that a min. wage increase benefited workers. But soon enough, prices of goods and services go up and everyone above the min. wage pay get a raise to keep their pay equivalent, so net result is nothing but inflation.)
Maybe, maybe not. You are entitled to your opinion on Trump or any other candidate.
The above quote is to remind you that although imperfect, the Founding Fathers designed a hell of a good system. I don't think a Trump/Hillary/Bernie can destroy it.
As nutty as Trump is he is still getting TONS of support.
This shows you the level of dissatisfaction people have with the modern day politician and the direction of the country. That is the real takeaway that needs to be seen by all those in power that are befuddled by Trumps rise. The USA wants a team USA guy. They want someone who is blunt. They want someone who wants the US to stop getting the bad end of the stick and bowing to other nations. We are tired of the apology tours and being told to take off USA flag tshirts on cinco de mayo. The message make American great again is resonating with the citizenry and it is poised to unseat the career politicians and the party control. The conservative message is strong and this nation is a conservative nation.
The only problem I see here though is that Trump is not conservative. He just plays one on TV these days.
Lol, why not "Try Bernie"???
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Well then...
I'm POSITIVE lowering the budget will help!!!! GO TRUMP!
/sarcasm
Most of the higher ed system is at local level, the feds rarely put their nose into it. However sometimes lowering the budget, cutting stuff, and saying no is exactly what is needed (as long as there is a long term plan).
That's how Steve Jobs saved Apple. "What about OpenDoc?"
Google "adjusted for inflation".
Lol, I assure you- it is NOT a term that I made up! You don't get to just say "things aren't that much more expensive now", like as a mathematical FACT, you are wrong. Why should minimum wage be the same as it was in 1968?? Umm... I'm not sure I know how to answer that question! I get that you're opinion is - "let people make less & less, but they should be simultaneously saving more & more", I just think it's unrealistic & kinda makes you look like an uncaring insulatory person.
Nationwide average (and just a polling estimate). Some counties it's much less. Some counties it's much more. You might be in a biased area.
That's true of all the other candidates (both parties), as well as the current POTUS, so no difference there.
Ok.
To the point.
I do NOT believe Trump has a plan for education, nor do I believe he cares. After all, he says "I love uneducated people!" & those are the people supporting him.
I hope that's clear.
If you want to believe that he's cutting educational expenses, yet still increasing the quality of education.... bully for you for that opinion.
Pope Francis said something to the effect of "capitalism is broken, because the core concept is that there's a pot at the top that fills up (with money) and then it overflows and trickles down to all the pots and cups underneath. Today that pot at the top is bottomless and nothing trickles down"
Greed is what is killing us and I see Bernie Sanders as the only person who might address this. Companies need regulation because without they will pillage and destroy everything if it gives them an extra $1 in profit!
Force a cap on corporate profits as a % of revenue which means that companies don't chase the bottom line and offshore and automate in order to save a few $ vs hiring someone to do the work. Companies can choose to either invest that money in their organisations, or pay 100% tax on it. This doesn't do anything to 'disincentifize' business owners, if anything it's the opposite. Now you have employees earning more, which generates more tax revenues for the government and puts more money back into the economy, which generates jobs and so on. Also now that there are more tax revenues government can start to fix the crumbling infrastructure, creating millions of jobs that pay money which generates tax revenue and puts more into the real economy. To quote AxoNeuron "a virtuous cycle".
The only people who lose are the Kochs and the Waltons who will only have enough money to last them 3 lifetimes!!!