Saturday, February 27, 2016

Let's take the war out of USA "interests."

These are Hillary Clinton tax rates paid to state and federal governments. (click here)

The only other tax rate she might consider important to release are the New York City taxes if they apply and property tax. The only problem there is the uniqueness of releasing that information. But, I thought considering her potential opponent it might be interesting.

I have absolutely no doubt Bernie Sanders is a man of modest means as defined by the times we live in. I also believe him to be very honest and forthright. His moral character is completely obvious. 

Donald Trump has frequent audits because of the casinos. I don't have a problem with that and evidently he feels comfortable enough to say it. I am sure any losses Donald Trump reports is accurate. He has never been a person shamed by his business dealings and/or their profit and loss statements.

I am far less troubled by the moral character of any of the candidates than I am about what has happened to the country since the election of 2000. The middle class has been under attack and the Wall Street profits have increased with a cost to our country's people. I think that is more important than anything we can learn about emails or speeches. I think the emails and speeches are nothing more than a distraction until the government comes forward with charges or otherwise.

I suppose speculation about scandalous details could best be viewed in the primaries, but, there comes a point when scandalous details is all that is being considered. That hurts the country.

We have gun and violence problems in the USA that is unmatched in the global community. We have a disappearing middle class and that is definitely bad for the country. We have trade agreements that are placing the USA into the world of power so that every inch of the global IS A USA INTEREST. That was part of the stupidity of the Iraq War. 

If everything and every place in the world is a USA interest, enter the next war and the next war and the next war. I think the United Nations is the best place for USA INTERESTS and it's presumed RIGHT TO WAR.

There is absolutely no reason for lumping countries together and putting them into a TPP or NAFTA or CFTA EXCEPT to create a method to circumvent current USA law as well as the law of participating countries. The trade agreements are Wall Street ideologies and should be ended and TPP should be ended before it begins for the USA. These agreements put the USA directly in the path of war as well. 

There is a reason why Hillary Clinton states when the unions were asked why they were opposed to the trade agreements, there were modifications that brought them on board. The reason? Because the unions were NEVER considered important in the first place.

So, if people want a scandal to bring politics into focus, start there. Start with the way the trade agreements circumvent USA law and those very willing to allow it to happen.