SUPER TUESDAY IS JUST TWO DAYS AWAY, SO HERE’S MY FINAL PRIMARY APPEAL BEFORE THEN — AND SOME CRITICAL THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
ASK ONE SIMPLE QUESTION” WHAT KIND OF PERSONAL VALUES DO YOU WANT IN THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE USA—AND WHICH CANDIDATE HAS THEM (A three times married celebrity, a deal maker, with a past full of questionable deals and political flip-flops, unable to state any specific plan but full of grandiose promises, OR a young, self-made, Hispanic/Catholic family-man, a trained lawyer, experienced at State and Federal level, and able to communicate policies and plans to address most of America’s problems? —AND IS THAT CANDIDATE ABLE TO BEAT HILLARY CLINTON IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION?
If you live in one of the Super Tuesday states (or one that will vote March 8 or March 15)…PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP—SWITCH YOUR VOTE TO THE ONE GOP CANDIDATE WHO CAN BEAT HILLARY CLINTON—AND THAT IS MARCO RUBIO
Check the general election match up polls and notice the MOE (Margin of Error). you’ll see that only Rubio consistently outpolls Clinton That’s why the Democrat mainstream media is trying to leave Rubio out and push Trump.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/2016_presidential_race.html
SHARE THIS WITH GOP FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ASKING THEM TO NOT VOTE FOR TRUMP….AND CRUZ AND VOTE FOR MARCO RUBIO.
Interesting parallels:
JFK: Age 43, Catholic, married family man, Served in military, college educated; 6 years in US House, 7 years in US Senate, handsome and well spoken.
Rubio:: Age 44, Catholic, married family man, Immigrant parents, educated Lawyer; 8 years in FL House, 5 years in US Senate, handsome and well spoken.
NOW THAT I HAVE SHARED THE TOP PRIORITY MESSAGE—KEEP READING!
(AND Thank you for continuing to read/heed THE ENTERPRISE)
A THOUGHT PROVOKING THEORY
MOST PEOPLE FOCUS ON WHO’S FAVORED IN GOP PRIMARIES (TRUMP USUALLY)
They should be focusing on who can beat the likely opponent—Hillary Clinton—and that is Rubio and Kasich. Polls show Trump still losing to Clinton, and Cruz narrowly winning, but within the margin of error (MOE) of the sample used in the poll. Both Rubio and Kasich show beating Clinton and these are equally to or larger than the polls MOE…
THE INESCAPABLE FACT TO REMEMBER: CAMPAIGN RHETORIC MEANS NOTHING IF THE CANDIDATE DOESN’T GET ELECTED.
Everyone who is mad as hell and voting for Trump might very well be setting themselves up to lose again. If Trump does capture the nomination, which appears more likely than not, there is a real risk that his negatives will outweigh his positives. Another 4 or 8 years of Democratic control of the White House and naming the next few Supreme Court Justices will be a HUGE disaster for America and Americans.
THE CONTEST JUST GOT REALLY CONTENTIOUS
After Marco Rubio attacked Donald Trump and mocked him at the CNN debate Trump stepped on his nasty pedal and is now blasting Rubio with everything he can imagine. He even elevated Rubio above (or below) Cruz with his recent attack—which might say something about who he fears more Many wonder why Rubio waiting so long. Most likely, it is because Trump is nothing if not a counter-puncher and he greets attacks with over the top counter-attacks. Now it comes down to who is more credible. Rubio has mostly been “the cool head” —up until now. This time Rubio really unloaded! Was it too much, too late? Voters will tell us next Tuesday.
DO NOT VOTE FOR TRUMP—UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT GRANDIOSE PROMISES (AGAIN) WITHOUT A SHRED OF HOW TO DELIVER THEM
Not a single plan,policy or explanation. When those are demanded, he simply calls the questioner names and blusters more and louder.
The last candidate who did this was named Barack Hussein Obama. Soaring rhetoric, grand plans, global apology tours and spectacular promises—all hollow and undeliverable. Celebrations in stadiums backed with Greek columns.
Obama was going to do “great things.” But it was never this fault when nothing worked quite right. First it was George Bush’s fault, then it was Congress and John Boehner’s fault, and often it was the American people’s fault because they didn’t get his explanation, but it was somebody else fault. Hillary will continue Obama’s debacle and sink America into a morass of debt and welfare until it goes into default—which is when the depression comes. Trump will bluster and fume (if he is elected) and how stupid other are, and how his ideas are so great. Rubio calls him a “con man,” but I prefer a “promoter.” Joe failed at truly operating his entities. What he was good at was imaging them, finding others to build them and then renting them with his vaunted name so others could run them. It was a good business model for him, but one that will not work for the United States of America.
IRS SAYS THERE’S NO REASON TRUMP CAN’T RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS
An audit is an ongoing investigation and the IRS is (supposedly) unable to divulge anything, but that doesn’t stop Trump from doing so. Unless, of course, there is something in those returns that Trump doesn’t want anyone to see. Romney’s demand for Trump to release Tax Returns is a bit out of place, as he (Romney) has no role in these contests—or does he. Romney is an experience businessman and may either have had dealings with a Trump company or with Donald, or he may simply know the kind of practices Trump’s accountants will use to avoid paying taxes—and some are almost certainly not complimentary material heading into a presidential campaign.
TRUMP’S TRUMP CARD—A CHRIS CHRISTIE ENDORSEMENT—COINCIDENCE? OR A DEAL? Former Christie Finance Co-Chair (and HP CEO) Meg Whitman just tore into Christie, about this being a self-serving, opportunistic deal—and worse, she labels Trump as UNFIT to be President. http://fortune.com/2016/02/28/christie-endorsement-slammed/
It is ironic that Chris Christie who attacked Rubio in his last primary outing, comes on stage to endorse Trump the day after Trump is exposed and sandwiched by Rubio and Cruz—both attacking him. Coincidences like that just don’t happen. Anyone want to bet that Donald made a phone call to Christie and promised him a spot—perhaps Attorney General—in a Trump administration? I wouldn’t put it past Trump to do dangle a Trump—Christie deal after all, Trump is a Deal Maker.
HERES ARE THE PLACES TO SEE ALL THE POLLS—CHECK THE MENU AND READ THE RESULTS—WHO CAN BEAT WHOM?
Remember that the average may be misleading. Look at the trends of the more recent polls to see which direction things are moving—who’s hot and who’s not.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/2016_presidential_race.html
ARE CHINA’S WOES A THREAT TO THE USA
Absolutely, yes. As the second largest global economic power, any disruption ripples throughout the world—and the US is interdependent on China. Trump will find that out if he is elected and tried to push China around. However, China only respects power and the current president is a wimp, and China considers him impotent. What the Chinese government does matters a lot to the US. One thing China can do is to intervene and bring North Korea (DPRK) into line. Perhaps its young, irrational and meteoric leader (Kim Jong Un) will not capitulate. Perhaps the generals who he so openly disrespects (and murders) will lead a coup against him, or even have him assassinated. China will not back down on its moves in the South China Sea as long as the Wimp in Chief, Obama is in the White House. They know he is all talk and no action.
HOW LOW THE EXPECTATIONS HAVE FALLEN—ONE PERCENT GROWTH IN A QUARTER?
I sense a media “excitement” about the adjustment upward to 1% GDP growth in 4Q 2015 (It was estimated initially at 0.7%)? Really? The expectations of the Obama-disaster/“non-recovery” have fallen so low. GOP candidates argue over whose tax reform plan is better (meaning impacts budget deficits the least over the various Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates over the next decade. Bernie Sanders touts enormously costly spending programs, but in tens of trillions! All estimates are stated in (incomprehensible) trillions of $$ over a decade’s time. In doing these estimates, what is ignored is the real solution from fiscal responsibility and sound economic policies.
GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY IS THE KEY TO IT ALL
The US economy’s GDP is about $17.5 Trillion. A 4-5% growth rate on such an economy is around 750 Billion—per year. Marine how much tax revenue that kind of growth feeds into the US Treasury and it cycles through the system 6-7 times before landing in a bank or stock/bond. The private sector drives economic growth, and creates all new wealth. The government cannot “create wealth.” It can only take money from the wealth of those who create it, in the form of taxes, penalties, tariffs, and spend it—or waste it. Private sector wealth creation and economic growth starts with greatly reduced (costly, harmful) regulations, sizable tax reductions (especially on investments/profits),which then spurs more investment, which in turn creates a substantial number of jobs. Tax revenue shoots up under these scenarios.
THIS IS NOT NEW NEWS
This was all discovered and proven by Jack Kemp and Ronald Reagan over 30 years ago!) Many of the Americas largest problems are its overly generous entitlement programs: Medicare/Medicaid, Social Security, and a huge array of Welfare programs. These need to be changed. They need to be cleansed of graft, corruption and waste—and subjected to solutions like “Workfare” and “means testing.” Only a new government leadership—President and Congress—can do this. The wrong one, espoused by Democrats certainly will not address these problems. Their solution is spend more, raise taxes and borrow more, digging an ever deeper hole from which American can never climb out. The Republicans might fix these—although control of both Houses of Congress, a ”balanced” Supreme Court and a new President are all essential elements of fixing the problems. Only time will tell.
WILL THE US GO INTO RECESSION ANYTIME SOON?
Probably not. Odds are 2:1 against that, since the economy is doing “OK.” I didn’t say it’s doing well. Just skating along at “OK,” but that’s better than most of the rest of the world. Watch the jobs numbers and the growth rate. There is no more room to lower interest rates without moving into the uncharted waters of negative interest rates—a very risky proposition in itself.
DO “BLACK LIVES MATTER” MORE THAN “ALL LIVES?"
The black population in the US is about 13-14%. The attention it gets is way more than that—and yet it’s not enough for them. Yes, blacks were treated horribly in the past…and occasionally (but far less so) in recent years…and now and then still are—especially in areas of Americas troubled inner cities. Blacks have, on the other hand, done too little to improve their situation. Face it: ALL LIVES MATTER—BLACK or WHITE or BROWN or YELLOW or WHATEVER COLOR. There is no rational justification for the excessive demands that “blacks” should receive a grossly distorted share of favorable treatment, compared to their numbers in the population or their roles in society. Blacks deserve the benefit of the doubt in many cases—but in more cases, the blacks involved were indeed the perpetrators of either crimes or misdeeds, and deserve what they get. Charlatans like Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson, et. al. are simply demagogues who have built their own outsize reputations and positions being rabble rousers and extortionists—and they do more harm than good for Black Americans. Let’s agree: Black Lives Matter, but what matters more is that Blacks in America rise to occupy a fully significant, equitable social position in America—but not a distorted … or extorted… one.
IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS A BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTER—THE EXCERPT AT THE END OF THIS EDITION MIGHT BE OF INTEREST
This excellent piece on Socialism is a large excerpt from The Week magazine, one of my favorites. One of the biggest problems in America is the generation coming of adult age now, has become entitled to have things that are free, and to have low expectations—that someone else owes them and will take care of them.
THE ENTITLED, CLUELESS AND DEPENDENT GENERATION—A BIG PROBLEM
Participation trophies, the absence of winners and losers and parents who abdicate their roles to instill in their children a sense of accomplishment and responsibility, grade inflation and so forth, have combined to create a clueless generation. These youth expect that life and society will take care of them, and Bernie Sanders is preaching to them that he will do exactly that. Many of this generation has attended college, running up huge debts but without any clear path to a job, to success or to taking responsibility for themselves. This is a huge and growing problem. Too many people (old and young) wanting to be taken care of, and too few people working and earning to pay for it. However, they are of an age to vote! You can imagine where the leads…
Stay tuned,
JOHN
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The history of socialism
©The Week Magazine Feb. 26, 2016
February 20, 2016
What is socialism?
Broadly, it's a political and economic system under which the means of production are owned by the community as a whole, with government ensuring the equitable distribution of wealth. But socialism has taken many forms. "'Socialism' is an exceedingly fuzzy term used to label an extraordinarily wide array of political and economic beliefs," says scholar Paul Brians. Socialism has morphed into Soviet-style communism and spawned Latin American dictatorships, while in Europe, many countries combine socialistic principles with capitalism and democracy. In the U.S., programs that opponents once condemned as socialism, such as Social Security and Medicare, are now deeply embedded in our society. Still, socialism has largely dwelled on the margins of American politics, until it was revived by the campaign of Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders.
What is Sanders' preferred form of socialism?
A self-described "democratic socialist," Sanders believes government should aggressively use taxes and social programs to limit income inequality and provide health care, day care, and a college education to all without charge. But he doesn't spurn private enterprise. "I don't believe government should own the means of production," the Vermont senator says. "I do believe the middle class and the working families who produce the wealth deserve a fair deal." Sanders' model social democracy is Denmark, which tops polls of the world's happiest countries — but also has one of the world's highest tax rates, averaging about 60 percent.
When did socialism arise?
It began as a response to the dire poverty and inhumane working conditions in industrialized Europe in the early 19th century. One of the first thinkers called a "socialist" was Robert Owen, an idealistic Welsh mill owner who in the 1820s created a number of short-lived "utopian" communities — basically, collectives — in Britain and the American Midwest. But socialism really took off in midcentury, spurred by the writings of German philosopher Karl Marx and the rise of labor unions. "Socialists rejected the argument that the wealthy deserve their wealth because they created it," Brians says, "instead believing that wealth is created by the working class and wrongfully appropriated by the rich."
How did it spread to the U.S.?
Mainly via Marxist German immigrants, who spearheaded the establishment of the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) in 1876. The first socialist to hold public office in the U.S. was Fred Haack, a shoe-store owner elected to the Sheboygan, Wisconsin, city council in 1897. Four years later, ex-SLP members and others formed the Socialist Party of America, which over the next two decades elected two U.S. congressmen, dozens of state legislators, and more than 100 mayors. “They pushed for public ownership of utilities and transportation facilities,” says political scientist Peter Dreier, as well as expanded parks, libraries, and playgrounds "and a living wage for workers." ...
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What happened?
The Socialist Party opposed America's entry into World War I, and was widely condemned as unpatriotic. In 1917, Congress passed the Espionage Act, making it a crime to speak out against the war or oppose the draft. Thousands of socialists, including Debs, were subsequently arrested. At the same time, Russia's Bolshevik Revolution caused a "red scare" in the U.S. — a panicky fear that a similar worker revolt might occur here. Suspected radicals were rounded up and jailed, and nativists demanded an end to immigration from Italy and Eastern Europe, which they saw as hotbeds of communist sentiment.
Is socialism the same as communism?
No. Marx envisioned communism as a higher and purer form of socialism, in which all private property would become obsolete, class distinctions would dissolve, and goods and services would flow freely, "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." In the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and other communist countries, Marx's idealistic vision produced a grim reality, with economic growth stalling and an authoritarian ruling class appropriating much of the meager wealth for itself while murderously suppressing all dissent. During the Cold War, "socialist" and "communist" were often used interchangeably in the U.S., in what political scientist Lawrence Quill calls "shorthand for all things un-American."
Is socialism un-American?
Many Americans have conflicted attitudes about socialism, best illustrated by the Tea Party activists who demanded that "government get its hands off my Medicare." But when a Gallup poll asked Americans last year whether they would consider voting for 11 categories of presidential candidate, "socialist" ranked last, garnering 47 percent, behind "Muslim" and "atheist." Among 18- to 29-year-olds, however, 69 percent had no problem voting for a socialist. Why the huge disparity? People in their 20s have no memory of the Soviet Union or the Cold War, but did come of age during and after the 2008 financial crisis. To young people feeling great economic insecurity, sharing the wealth sounds less like a threat than like a promise….
See The Week magazine for the entire article: http://theweek.com/articles/606526/history-socialism
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