so much for draining the swamp

[Dill]

(11-12-2016, 02:49 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: All the negative comments about Trump are expected. Yet, regardless of the outcome of the election, one thing he did pleased many, if not most of us and that is the destruction of politics as we know it. Politicians have abruptly learned, or at least reminded, there are hard effen working Americans who bust their asses every day and showed up to the polls regardless because they simply couldn't survive another 4yrs of working to feed other Citizens better than their own family's.

We agree almost 66%, Harley.

Negative comments about Trump surely are expected--he is a vindictive vulgarian who defined his campaign with ethnic slurs and authoritarian policy gestures, while demonstrating no knowledge of statecraft. Now he does indeed have the power to destroy "politics as we know it"--along with the domestic economy and 70 years of foreign policy achievements. Once he actually tries to govern, expect still more negative comments.

Where we diverge is on your last statement. Trump Certainly encouraged workers exploited by the wealthy to believe Hispanics and "other Citizens" were the reason they are feeling the wage gap which has followed corporate downsizing, outsourcing, offshoring, union-busting, and the prioritizing of short-term interests of shareholders over long term goals for businesses and their employees.  

Hopefully by next year we will all clearly see how well expelling Mexicans and cutting taxes on the top 5% fixes that problem.