Editor,
One has to be really naïve or very cynical not to see the glaring contradiction in the political stance of our corporations. On one hand, they support all progressives’ causes, while on the other they export our jobs and their taxes overseas.
If they cared so much about social equity and the prosperity of all in the United States, why then not cooperate with Trump’s explicit policies of achieving those righteous social goals through bringing jobs and taxes back home? We all know that public benefits have never made anyone prosperous and a job is the only way out of poverty’s misery. The reality is that our corporations have climbed on the bandwagon of the progressive’s and of our minorities’ naked hatred to purchase a leader who will reverse Trump’s policies that were damaging to their real interests: weaken the trade deal with Canada and Mexico, reverse all progress made in dealing with the European and Chinese trade abuses.
While we are kept busy with the COVID-19 relief package Biden has already removed all trade tariffs with Europe back to the rape and pillage America situation of the past. China is a bit more difficult because even the most Trump hating progressives have finally awoken to the Chinese abuses, but it will be done in more subtle ways. It appears that in the end all our progressives will get from Biden is freshly printed monopoly dollars just enough to buy Chinese-made Nike sneakers.
Virgil Stevens
San Carlos
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(7) comments
Hi, Virgil
Thanks for writing a great letter, and I hope it engenders some spirited debate. However, that may not happen. Maybe it's just me but I've noticed what appears to be the conspicuous absence of my left leaning pen pals in the comments section lately.
So, with apologies to Pete Seeger, here are some rewritten lyrics of a cherished folk tune...
Where have all the liberals gone, they're not posting?
Where have all the liberals gone, we miss them so?
Where have all the liberals gone?
Conservatives have them on the run
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Now, before BPs start rising across the county... these lyrics are offered with tongue-in-cheek. If anyone has a free moment today, I would recommend checking Peter, Paul and Mary's version of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" on YouTube. It will probably bring back some memories... hopefully, some pleasant ones.
Ray, your commentary today reminds me of a quote, attributed to both Mark Twain and Abe Lincoln, that conservatives should observe more often -"Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."
Medice, cura te ipsum...
Hello Rel,
That is a good quote and I try to live it. Also, the following...
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Plato
Leave it to Rel for a non-sequitur. Truly desperate to discover anything that Biden promised but has not bothered to fulfill. .
Leave it to Dirk to be a daily example of the quote provided. As to Biden, I leave it to you to be desperate, especially in his short time in office, to discover promises he has not fulfilled, or ones he has fulfilled of which you do not agree.
Mr. Stevens,
I will go along with part of your introduction. Anyone that thinks corporations are thinking of something other than profits first is naive. Big corps, and little ones also, go along with and contribute to whatever they think is best for the bottom line.
As for your statement about Mr. Trump’s policies for bringing jobs and taxes back home, you need to look at the end result. Many reports and studies have shown that the richest of the rich and largest of the large corporations have work-arounds under the Trump plan that lowers their taxes more than the jumbo tax cut originally would have when enacted in 2017. The “fudge factors” and benefits were written into the rules and regulations by the Treasury staff put in place by Donald that enables them to profit even more by shipping jobs offshore and changes how income is reported from offshore holdings.
Another problem with his policies was his shoot from the hip freestyle trade and tariff policies that really benefited a few at the expense of others. Yes the steel and aluminum companies in America did well after the tariffs were put in place but some of our trade partners suffered and in return put in tariffs and restrictions against us. Trump said that tariffs are paid by China, Mexico etc. and the countries they are applied against, but in reality they are paid for by American companies and consumers when all is said and done.
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