Where to begin. Andrew Yang intrigues me because he thinks similarly about technology as I do. I do believe he is an important voice. He mentioned tonight there was a federal office of technology that closed in 1995. A bell went off for me; figuratively, not literally; when he said that. Given the facts below I have to wonder who was paid off to shut those doors that would have definitely monitored the effect of technology on the country and society. That is more than interesting to me. But, my opinions of the debate does not stop there.
In that same year, this is what occurred:
For Microsoft, 1995 was filled with Windows. (click here) On January 7, 1995, during his first keynote at the consumer electronics show in Vegas, Bill Gates announces Microsoft "Bob" for Windows. Microsoft and Dreamworks SKG announce that they have signed a joint-venture agreement to form a new software company and we announce internet explorer 1.0 for Windows 95.
1995 Revenue/Headcount
The 1995 fiscal year-end sales total $5,940,000,000. The 1995 fiscal Year employee headcount totals 17,801 people.
Official Subsidiaries Launched: Microsoft d.o.o., Ljubljana (Slovenia), Microsoft Hungary,Microsoft Philippines, Inc., Microsoft Slovakia s.r.o. (Slovak Republic), Microsoft De Panama, S.A., Microsoft De Guatemala, S.A, Microsoft Corporation (The People’s Republic of China) ,Microsoft Uruguay S.A. ,PT Microsoft Indonesia
Senators Booker and Harris are very important voices on that stage and they need to continue to be a part of this dialogue going forward. I remain disappointed Senator Harris is not more appreciated by the American people.
I still cannot relate to Rep. Gabbard. She focuses on the military and that is the least of the problems in the USA unless there is a former military intelligence officer in the Oval Office. That combination is a problem that should be plainly obvious to any American.
Senator Sanders and Warren know the issues at the grassroots level. They know how to solve them, but, the American people are cautious of rapid change. That is how the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act resulted. It was a combination of all the great medical values of our society, the known benefit of of preventive care as it relates to longevity, the need to have those values appreciated and practiced by all Americans at all socioeconomic levels with or without disabilities and a guarantee to all Americans that after all that preventive medicine registered it's assessment ACCESS to treatment, including medications as part of life without worry.
Senator Warren provided a picture of her first 100 days of administration from the Oval Office and it sounded absolutely wonderful. She also stated before Medicare for All would come to be the law of the land, there would be a vote. I am not sure who is included in that vote, the people or the legislature, but, a vote may prove to be a more stabilizing idea. Senator Sanders, while authoring the original idea into a bill has not spoken in the debates in the same way Senator Warren did. Maybe he should be more specific as to how his bill will roll out and spell out HEALTH SECURITY to Americans.
Senator Booker may be correct about a tax refund whereby renters could receive the difference between one-third of their income and the excess paid in rent above that as a means to level of playing the field while providing an opportunity to move into paying a mortgage rather than paying rent. There is a backlash to that knowing landlords would increase rents relentlessly with a guarantee of refunds to renters. The legislation would have to address exploitation by property owners as well. But, housing is an issue and I was surprised that Tom Steyer was as astute as he was on the subject. He is very correct in stating housing needs to be sustainable and built with alternative energies in mind. He is also correct in understanding there are NO MULTIPLE DECADES OF TIME TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE. I don't' think Rep. Gabbard mentioned that once even though the USA military has been prioritizing it as a national security issue for nearly ten years now.
Ten years, folks. Tom Steyer has that much right and no one else seems to see it in the paradigm it needs to be seen. There has to be a national standard, overlay if you will, of the Climate Crisis to every construction project in the USA.
I heard a lot about farms tonight and their income plight, but, not one person bothered to address farm production.
This is from Iowa (corn and soybeans are the larger numbers of acres):
August 12, 2019 (click here)
Iowa corn production is forecast at 2.52 billion bushels according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural
Statistics Service – Crop Production report. Based on conditions as of August 1, yields are expected to average
191.0 bushels per acre, down 5.0 bushels from last year.
Corn planted acreage is estimated at 13.6 million acres.
An estimated 13.2 million of the acres planted will be harvested for grain.
Soybean production is forecast at 502 million bushels. The yield is forecast at 55.0 bushels per acre, 2.0 bushels
lower than 2018. Soybean planted acreage is estimated at 9.20 million acres with 9.13 million acres to be
harvested.
What is a few bushels here or there, right? MATH. Like Andrew Yang's lapel pin. Do the math.
5 bushels X 100 acres = 500 bushels.
The current price of corn as of November 19, 2019 is $3.7000 per bushel. (click here) The price as of October 21, 2019 was $3.87. It is a significant loss in a small family farm's income.
An Iowa farmer losing 5 bushels per acre with 100 acres INVESTED in soybeans will lose $1850.00. Not just a few bushels here or there, is it? For a small family farmer with small acreage that approximate $2000.00 means purchasing next year seed or not. Oops, there goes the farm.
One of the things I find myself writing more often than I care to is that Wall Street futures and the losses due to trade tariffs are only one aspect of LOSS for Americans farmers. There is a real loss for these farmers from the Climate Crisis. Why? BECAUSE THE USA HAS NO COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE CRISIS POLICY. That's why. Without a comprehensive policy that addresses the emergencies BEFORE they are emergencies, the USA is nothing more than a reactionary country slapping money on it like a bandaid. When the food production of the USA falls, the people elected to office to protect Americans will receive the wrath of empty store shelves as well as angry farmers.
5 bushels this year was LOST IN PRODUCTION and HARVEST. 5 bushels of corn per acre of Iowa farmland was lost this year. That should be an emergency, without a doubt in my mind. The American people can't eat money. American babies cannot drink money. Some of those babies rely on soybeans for their formula and Iowa soybeans ain't doin' so good either.
Senator Klobuchar, the candidate that can burn a red state blue, from Minnesota, which is part of the Midwest.
June 25, 2019
By Greta Kaul
Last week, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (click here) rolled out a state program that aims to inject cash into the state’s struggling dairy industry.
More than 1,100 Minnesota dairy farms closed up between 2012 and 2017, leaving only about 3,600 farms in an industry beset by years of low milk prices and a long, hard winter that delivered enough snow and wind to collapse the roofs of at least two dozen dairy barns.
The Minnesota Legislature passed the $8 million Minnesota Dairy Assistance, Investment and Relief Initiative (DAIRI) this year, in response to crisis in the dairy industry in Minnesota, the seventh-biggest dairy producer in the United States.
While an influx of cash could help, dairy industry watchers are looking toward the future with trepidation....
In increasing numbers across the USA this is becoming the reality of dairy farms. Efficiency and milk production could not be better, but, if there ain't any grain to feed the cows and the costs of a shrinking grain market increase, that farm isn't going to do well. The problems that beset the American farmer is more than what money can correct.
Roe v. Wade. It does need to be codified. Make is a national referendum on the ballots. People will definitely turn out.
Former Vice President Biden has to watch out for his gaffs, like punching the issue of "Violence Against Women's Act." Punching was not the word I would have used.
The health care system in the USA is beginning to fail to address the needs of more and more Americans by action taken to eliminate the ACA. The needs of Americans have to become foolproof, Vice President Biden. The FACT is the ACA for as good as it was to the American people was actively attacked and it is showing it now. There is a threat to the well being of the American people. I think one of the items that have to be on the ballot after the election of the new president is an amendment to the USA Constitution guaranteeing Americans the right to health care. I think everything after that will take care of itself.
What I like about the Former Vice President is his interest in domestic and international issues and his enthusiasm for them. There is this that has come to the surface today:
It surprised me. This is the issue Republicans use to drive down support for unions. This is exactly the problem and it lead to the rise of "The Right to Work Act" which has destroyed good pay to Americans.
Vice President Biden, he abused his power as the union's president, yet he gets his pension as he exists. There is a lot here and someone needs to address it. Unions are the way to protect the Middle Class and this is absolutely intolerable practice. It is outright corruption that DIRECTLY effects the rights and well being of the members. Something has to be done!
November 20, 2019
Detroit - United Auto Workers President Gary Jones (click here) abruptly resigned Wednesday, capping a tumultuous day that saw union leaders move to oust him, and General Motors accusing rival Fiat Chrysler in a lawsuit of bribing union officials to get more favorable contract terms from the UAW.
Jones has notified the union that he would retire, his attorney, Bruce Maffeo of New York, said in an email.
The news of Jones’ resignation came shortly after the UAW’s International Executive Board filed paperwork to expel him and Regional Director Vance Pearson from the union over allegations raised by a federal investigation into union corruption that has resulted in multiple arrests starting in 2017. The move to oust the two leaders would have brought union trials for both....
By the way, UPS isn't paying federal taxes anymore. They figured out a way under Trump to impoverish the USA Treasury. Supposedly the company was going to replace equipment, but, that never occurred.
It must give a leg up to UPS over it's competition.
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