Georgia can do better: failing to meet low standard
We are now over a month past the 2020 election. The results were clear. Joe Biden won and President Trump lost.
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Are Republicans the enemy of the people?
I don’t think I need a reference to convince anyone that the people of the United states are facing hard economic times. There are probably some who are doing OK or better but a good number of people could use a bit of help.
The Democrats in the House realized the Covid-19 relief bill (H.R.6800 – The Heroes Act) passed May 15, 2020 was not enough. Some benefits were insufficient and others were set to expire. For example the federal supplement to unemployment benefits would expire at the end of July.
Of course the Senate Republicans have done next to nothing to address this problem. Except the occasional complaint about unemployment benefits being too high. They are now in the process of trying to look like they are helping while spending as little as they can get away with and eliminating worker protections.
It appears the Republicans are the enemy of the people, at least those who work. And Democrats are trying to help. I hope Georgians consider this in the run-off elections.
Are Republicans the enemy of democracy?
I’ve been thinking about this a lot since the election. It took a few days to get the results but they were clear. Joe Biden won and President Trump lost. It was not especially close. Biden won and clear majority in the Electoral College and won the popular voted by 7 million.
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Fake News and the 2020 Democratic Party Platform
There is some fake news going around as an email about the upcoming election. An email lists some disturbing facts about the 2020 Democratic Party Platform. This is a good example of why you shouldn’t believe everything you read on the internet even an email from a friend. In my case this came from a friend who is a Republican.
Before I get started let me give you couple of links.
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Do Republicans want to steal the Pennsylvania election ?
Several days ago I wrote Pennsylvania Republicans want to block the vote about this effort. It was long and detailed and many readers may have missed some essential points. We should be worried about this.
To summarize, Republican State Rep. Garth D. Everett is trying to get the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to form a select committee with powers to investigate the 2020 election. I think this could be a useful idea if done a bit differently. But I think the house resolution as written is just a power grab enabling this committee which would be majority Republican to subpoena election officials and seize ballots while the count is going on.
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Pennsylvania Republicans want to block the vote
Pennsylvania is a swing state and so will be a major factor in the Presidential election. President Trump is already making noise about not accepting the results of the election and not allowing peaceful transition of power if he loses.
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Ridiculous Republican corona virus relief plan
A bit over 2 months ago the House passed their corona virus relief bill (H.R.6800 – The Heroes Act) It was passed May 15, 2020 to help our county beyond the action taken earlier. This post specifically the unemployment benefits to help people when have lost the jobs in the Trump-Covid economy which are set to empire at the end of July.
Of course the Senate Republicans have done next to nothing since May 15 to address this problem. Except the occasional complaint about unemployment benefits being too high.
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Defund Homeland Security ????
Is it time to talk about defunding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)? It seems to be a needed function so we are not talking about a full defunding. It has been frequently misused by the Trump administration, often in violation of the law.
So what is the remedy?. It seems if President Trump is able order DHS to gas peaceful protests in American cities, imprison and torture child, and other outrages, DHS may have much more money than needed to provide it needed functions. Should the budget be decreased (a partial defunding)? Or would it be better to add additional safe guards or perhaps reorganize the department? Or maybe the easiest thing is just getting a new President or a Congress willing and able to stand up to the president when he does this type to thing?
There is a good article online about this id you would like to read more-
What should we do?
Consequences if Republicans overturn the Affordable Care Act
President Trump and other Republicans want to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This seem especially worrisome since Republicans have not offered an alternative. Consequences for quite a few American were mentioned in my previous post (Repeal ACA now and maybe replace later ).
In addition to the 20-23 million Americans who would lose their medical insurance mentioned in that post there are other consequences. Under the ACA, Medicaid was expanded to include more low income people if the state agreed. These people would become uninsured.
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Masks Matter
Despite the rising death toll in Georgia the governor is doubling down on his previous policies of laxity and not allowing localities to be stricter in trying to limit deaths from COVID-19.
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Repeal ACA now and maybe replace later
President Trump has joined with other Republican officials in a lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA). (see Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Affordable Care Act.)
A brief quote from that article:
If successful, the move would permanently end the health insurance program popularly known as Obamacare and wipe out coverage for as many as 23 million Americans.
Country before party
There is just too much partisanship. All of us who are citizens of the United States and eligible to vote should consider the good of the country rather than loyalty to any political party. This would also apply to our elected representative in both houses of Congress.
This is why it was pleasant to hear Carly Fiona, a Republican candidate for President a few years ago, say she would vote for Joe Biden because she cannot support the re-election of President Trump.
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Another contender for worst prediction of year
Another one by a Trump is in the running for worst prediction of year.
Even though we are less than half way though this year, I thought Present Trump would be the likely winner with his February statement about getting close to zero coronavirus cases within a couple of days. It seemed an obvious winner when we are closer to 1.5 million cases of coronavirus and over 88,000 deaths.
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What do republicans want?
First, they objected to the impeachment hearings being closed. Then when the resolution to make them open was passed they voted against that and then complained about open hearings.
President Trump said he would not cooperate with the impeachment hearings because the full House had not voted on it. Then when the House voted, he again objected and refused to cooperate.
What do republicans want?
Impeachment inquiry resolution
What do Republicans want regarding the impeachment inquiry? When the initial hearings were held by committees, they were closed. That is, they were restricted to members of those committees involved, which of course includes members of both parties.
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