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2020 Presidential Election

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Sweet Lou 4 2, Mar 26, 2020.

  1. deb4rockets

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    Everyone has a different reason to vote. I ask you to question how your life is better with or without Trump.

    Do you care that each mile of border wall costs 5 times as much under Trump? Do you care that in January the wall was $11 Billion And Counting, and would be the world's most costly? Does it bother you Veterans that military construction funding, dictated for critical defense infrastructure, was used for a border wall that was supposed to be paid by Mexico?

    Does it bother you that Trump, who built his campaign on support of American workers and sympathy for labor unions, is now only helping employers at the expense of workers? Do you care that under Trump, OSHA has the lowest level of inspections in its 50-year history while the economy has grown? Does it bother you that about 90 percent of serious accidents happen at workplaces that haven’t been inspected by OSHA?

    Do you care that the Trump Administration after less than one full first term, has every likelihood of being adjudged the most anti-climate, anti-science, and anti-environment executive branch in U.S. history? Do you care that communities of color bear the brunt of Trump’s Anti-Environmental Agenda?

    The Obama Administration started to develop OSHA comprehensive infectious disease standards in 2009. “We were making progress,” says the former official. But when Donald Trump became president, OSHA leadership took the initiative off the active regulatory rule making agenda and put it on the long-term backburner. Do you care?

    Did you know that the United States is the only remaining industrialized country without some form of universal access to medical services, in part because policy debates are driven by false, selfdefeating beliefs? Did you know healthcare costs in the U.S. are among the highest in the world in all categories?

    These are a few questions to consider, which I will elaborate on with links following this post.

    They include tax myths and police defunding myths. Oh, how's your mail service since Trump took office?
     
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  2. deb4rockets

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    Trump Budget Devastates Rural America

    Budget attacks community development programs. Budget weakens support for farmers. Budget reduces support for rural transportation. Budget halts progress on rural broadband and water infrastructure. Deep Medicaid cuts hurt rural areas. Medicare cuts put rural health facilities at risk.

    https://budget.house.gov/publications/report/trump-budget-devastates-rural-america
     
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    As the presidency has continued, more and more people wonder if Trump’s presidency favors employers over workers and their rights.

    The president who built his campaign on support of American workers and sympathy for labor unions is now only helping employers at the expense of workers.

    https://ohsonline.com/articles/2020...betrayed-by-the-trump-administration.aspx?m=1

    Worker Dangers Up As Trump OSHA Cuts Come Home To Roost, Say AFL-CIO Exec, Ex-DOL Official

    Fewer inspectors, more deaths: The Trump administration rolls back workplace safety inspections. About 90 percent of serious accidents happen at workplaces that haven’t been inspected by OSHA.

    https://www.vox.com/2020/8/18/21366388/osha-worker-safety-trump

    Under Trump, OSHA has the lowest level of inspections in its 50-year history while the economy has grown.

    OSHA staffers don’t have legal authority to inspect workplaces for coronavirus and other infectious disease dangers. The Obama Administration started to develop OSHA comprehensive infectious disease standards in 2009.

    “We were making progress,” says the former official. But when Donald Trump became president, OSHA leadership took the initiative off the active regulatory rule making agenda and put it on the long-term backburner.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedknu...o-roost-say-afl-cio-exec-ex-dol-official/amp/
     
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    Projecting because his whole family is doing lines off the back of that Falwell pool boy.
     
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    Powerful.
     
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    HEALTHCARE

    THE UNITED STATES IS THE only remaining industrialized country without some form of universal access to medical services, in part because policy debates are driven by false, selfdefeating beliefs.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447686/

    9 things Americans need to learn from the rest of the world’s health care systems
    https://www.vox.com/health-care/202...all-what-countries-have-universal-health-care

    Healthcare costs in the U.S. are among the highest in the world in all categories.
    Studies show that the relatively high cost of living is not the primary culprit in high U.S. healthcare costs.

    Costs may be far higher for the same medication or procedure in the U.S. than in comparable countries. Some factors that may lead to the high U.S. are consolidation, lack of a national healthcare system, and inadequate industry regulation.
    https://www.investopedia.com/articl...healthcare-costs-compared-other-countries.asp
     
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    Trump Budget Priorities: Vulnerable Families and Communities Sacrificed to Extend Tax Cuts for the Wealthy

    Taking food from families that need it the most. Cutting Social Security retirement and disability.
    Leaving low-income families out in the cold. Failing to support workers displaced by trade. Making housing more unaffordable. Disinvesting in the communities where vulnerable families live. Providing fewer tools to fight the next recession.

    https://budget.house.gov/publicatio...le-families-and-communities-sacrificed-extend
     
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    My life is worse. COVID ****ed up everyone’s life and Trump and his backers deserve the majority of blame. My taxes went up due to killing SALT. My work is affected since many post docs and IMGs can’t come here because their visas were pulled.
    on the grander scale, America suffered greatly over these last 4 years.
     
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    The Trump administration, after less than one full first term, has every likelihood of being adjudged the most anti-climate, anti-science, and anti-environment executive branch in U.S. history.

    Obama-Biden environmental efforts have faced across-the-board Trump administration reversals.

    https://yaleclimateconnections.org/...ntal-rollbacks-will-take-years-to-be-reversed/

    Communities of Color Bear the Brunt of Trump’s Anti-Environmental Agenda

    https://www.americanprogress.org/is...r-bear-brunt-trumps-anti-environmental-agenda/

    Countless Deaths Tied to Trump Admin Decimation of Environmental Protections During Pandemic, Experts Say
    BY BENJAMIN FEARNOW ON 8/24/20 AT 9:44 AM EDT

    https://www.newsweek.com/countless-...l-protections-during-pandemic-experts-1527185
     
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    President Trump’s Extreme Budget Cuts Hurt Veterans

    Destructive Cuts to Health Programs Put Veterans’ Health at Risk. Approximately 1.7 million veterans rely on Medicaid. More than half of all veterans, approximately 9.3 million, rely on Medicare. Affordable Care Act (ACA) reduces veterans’ uninsured rate. Cuts to Social Security Take Benefits Away From Wounded Warriors. President Trump’s budget cuts Social Security benefits by at least $24 billion over 10 years. Extreme Cuts to SNAP and Other Benefits for Struggling Families Threaten Veterans’ Economic Security.

    Nearly 1.3 million veterans live in households that participate in SNAP. Cuts to TANF and child nutrition programs hurt veterans and their families. No New housing vouchers for homeless Veterans.

    https://budget.house.gov/publications/report/president-trump-s-extreme-budget-cuts-hurt-veterans


    Here’s how much border wall has been built with the military’s money

    https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...wall-has-been-built-with-the-militarys-money/
     
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    Whenever Trump comes up with something weird like this it means that is what he is doing.
     
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    Biden quote:

    "No, I don't support defunding the police," he said in a June interview with CBS while in Houston to meet with the family of George Floyd. "I support conditioning federal aid to police based on whether or not they meet certain basic standards of decency and honorableness. And, in fact, are able to demonstrate they can protect the community and everybody in the community."

    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fact-check-biden-trump-rival-defund-police/story?id=72554629
     
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    Yep, he believes everyone else does the exact same as him...in his mind, no one could possibly be doing differently.
     
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    The truth about taxes

    12 Tax Changes Joe Biden Wants to Make

    https://www.fool.com/taxes/2020/08/23/12-tax-changes-joe-biden-wants-to-make/

    FACT CHECK: Trump and GOP distort on health care, vote fraud, Biden tax plan
    The Associated Press and Nexstar Media Wire
    2 days ago

    https://www.wrbl.com/news/fact-check-trump-and-gop-distort-on-health-care-vote-fraud-biden-tax-plan/

    Understanding Joe Biden's 2020 Tax Plan
    JUL 30, 2020 | TAXES

    http://www.crfb.org/papers/understanding-joe-bidens-2020-tax-plan
     
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    I'm with ya on that!
     
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    What a joke he is. Biden needs to challenge him to a spelling test, history test, reading comprehension test, and IQ test.
     
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