-=> On 12-14-19  11:07,  Gregory Deyss <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Your tax dollars at <=-

 GD> He has kept more promises than any other President in U.S. History. 

Name a few?
 
 DS> So, what does he do but appoint a Secretary of Education who has been
 DS> on record as being for private schools instead of supporting public
 DS> education.

 GD> Has she done so during her post as Secretary of Education?
 GD> All you can say is what she allegedly done on a former post.  
 
NO -- it is what she is doing in her current post.  Advocating vouchers
to subsidize private schools instead of helping public schools to
improve.

 GD> while America's
 GD> infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay.

 DS> And his grand plan for infrastructure has never even gotten started.

 GD> He is not a dictator - where as he can't do the infrastructure on his
 GD> own, he needs Nancy and Chuck to stop conspiring behind his back and
 GD> work with the President to get this infrastructure completed.

He had two years with the Republicans in full control of both houses --
what did he do then?  You cannot sidestep the blame to Nancy and Chuck
for that failure to do anything to fulfill his promises.
 
 DS> Tell that to the farmers who have lost much because of his impulsive
 DS> trade tariffs.  Or the American public who has to pay what amounts to a
 DS> tax for his tariffs on imported goods.

 GD> You really need to stop watching the likes of CNN and MSNBC, the money
 GD> that has been coming from the tariffs has been provided to the farmers.

Where do you get that?  After the farmers lost much, they finally
approved 12billion aid -- but that did not come from tariffs, it came
from the public coffers at the expense of you and me.  The government
does not get the money from tariffs, the consumer pays them.
  
 DS> But Trump bought his MAGA hats from China?

 GD> There are knock-off everywhere, the one that I have is made in the
 GD> USA.  Why the knock-offs, these people are riding the coat tails of
 GD> Trump for their own fiscal gain. 

Do I detect a pattern there?  Or is it just another case of hypocrisy,
sort of like coming down hard on undocumented immigrants, all the while
hiring them to help his personal businesses?
 
 DS> I have as good a clue as anyone who follows the news, including
 DS> pronouncements by Trump -- e.g. downplaying windmills because they don't
 DS> work when the wind does not blow, and because they kill birds, etc.  Or
 DS> the proposals to allow oil exploration in pristine Alaska protected
 DS> areas.

 GD> Would you rather return on being dependent on a foreign land for oil
 GD> and natural gas. I am sure you are old enough to remember the gas
 GD> crisis of the 70's is that want you want to return to?

Yes I do recall that, but don't use that as an excuse to destroy the
natural environment when there other plausible alternatives that can and
should be considered.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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