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mtu9356 on 09 October 2016
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ICStats said:
mtu9356 said:

Let me start by saying that I won’t be voting for either candidate.  I just wanted to point out the dirty games that both parties play during election season.

We are witnessing the strategic takedown of Trump in the media by the DNC.

Take a look at CNN for example.  All these videos of Trump have been “surfacing” over the past few weeks and specifically the past few days.  Every few hours it seems CNN has a new Trump headline story.  These videos/sound clips have existed for years and only now are they being brought up.  Strange coincidence that there has been a steady stream of them since Wikileaks dumped 2000 of Hillary’s emails.  Point is don’t let them cause you to forget how unqualified and untrustworthy our next president (Hillary Clinton) is.

When I was a teenager I used to see Democrats as the 'good guys' and Republicans as the 'bad guys'.  This election and the last couple have helped me realize that I was wrong.  Both Democrats and Republicans are 'bad guys'.

There's just one little thing which is that Hillary is infinitely more qualified I agree but only because Trump has almost no qualifications to do so to run the country, and more trustworthy than Trump I would never call Hillary trustworthy even when comparing to Trump.  Trump doesn't understand most of the issues, and is a chronic liar.  If you're not going to go out and vote, and vote Trump out from running the country, you are a bad guy.  Nice, getting personal.  I already stated I'm not voting for either one.

The idea that Democrat or Republican politicians are "good" or "bad" guys is a mindset to try and get out of.  This "us" vs "them", "people" vs "politicians" is a mindset perpertrated by fear mongering in the media.  You have to admit that the media, social media in particular, are skewed left.  Ignore this election and look back at the last two.  There are many good, moral, qualified people to run our cities, states, and country on both sides.  I agree.  The Trump populus has been misled using fear tactics to support a candidate that is not of moral character or qualified for high office.  Again, I am no Trump supporter.  I'm embarrassed for the Republican party for not fielding a competent candidate to challenge Hillary.

Trump has appealed to the blue collar populus by promising to keep more of their minimum wage jobs from being out-sourced out of the US.  A false idea: many of these jobs will be replaced by automation both in the US and out.  When what was 5000 people in a factory is replaced by 100 people and automation; the location is unimportant anymore.  False, take one of the most recent examples: Ford's new plant being built in Mexico.  2,800 jobs, 1.6 billion dollars, being invested in another country.  That's pretty messed up especially when you look at the unemployment rate in Michigan and in the Detroit area.  These are not minimum wage jobs.  The factories will be placed close to where the products will sell.  Trump actually has no proposals that will help Blue Collar cities through these very difficult transitions.  He talked about ending NAFTA.

Meanwhile he is proposing enormous tax cuts to the 1%.  This would do nothing but increase the share of the pie for the owner class.  If you were a worker building air conditioners for Carrier (one of Trump's favorite companies to bring up), how would you feel getting a $50k or $100k pay raise?  Freaking amazing right?  Well sorry, that's what Trump is doing for the 1%... for the Carrier worker all he's getting is some hope that his minimal wage job won't be outsurced.  I don't agree with him on that.  Taxation in this country is beyond the point of repair.  It needs to be completely reformed.