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 > cheesetray wrote
 > Michael G re the coming electio
 >
 > PART I - WHY TO VOTE FOR K
 >
 > First, I urge every U.S. citizen to vote in our upcoming nationa
elections
 > Second, these are considerations for why I plan on voting fo
Vice-President Harris to serve a
 > the next President of the United States
 > 1. I believe Vice President Harris will continue to implement th
transformative work of th
 > American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIP
and Science Act, and th
 > Inflation Reduction Act, with the purpose of strengthening th
foundations of the United State
 > economy for a long time to come
 > 2. I believe Vice President Harris will continue and enhance th
largely successful recent effort
 > of the Federal Reserve and the Biden administration to reduc
inflation and decrease the cost o
 > housing, food, energy, and other essentials
 > 3. I believe Vice President Harris will pursue tax deductions an
tax credits targeted to increas
 > the prosperity and financial stability of the average America
struggling in the aftermath of th
 > economic dislocations of the Great Recession and the COVID crisis
 > 4. I believe Vice President Harris will uphold the rule of law an
the integrity of governmen
 > institutions by valuing experience. expertise, and the ability t
work across party lines
 > 5. Vice President Harris has promised to sign legislation t
strengthen control of US borders t
 > contain the pressures caused by the breakdown of civil society i
several Latin America
 > countries. I believe she will strive to put in place a smart an
thoughtful approach to lega
 > immigration to the United States
 > 6. I believe Vice President Harris will uphold support for Ukrain
in its fight to repel the Russia
 > invasion and to become a strong and independent democratic state
 > 7. I believe Vice President Harris will uphold Israel’s right t
security and safety and seek 
 > solution to provide a stable foundation for the safety, security
and well-being of the Palestinia
 > people
 > 8. I believe Vice President Harris will continue the Bide
administration's policy of maintainin
 > military strength in relation to China, protecting America
industries from unfair and harmfu
 > trade practices engaged in by businesses and other institutions i
China, while seeking t
 > maintain diplomatic engagement to increase cooperation and reduc
friction between the Unite
 > States and this important country
 > 9. I believe Vice President Harris will actively protect the civi
rights of Americans and the huma
 > rights of all peoples, including the autonomy of women in decision
about becoming mother
 > and seek to avoid undue government interference in matters o
personal identity and persona
 > relationships
 > 10. I believe Vice President Harris will defend the right of ever
U.S. citizen to vote and facilitat
 > exercise of the franchise by all U.S. citizens
 > Michae
 >
 > PART II WHY NOT TO VOTE FOR D
 >
 > In my last post, I listed 10 reasons why I plan to vote fo
Vice-President Harris as the nex
 > President of the United States. While I prefer to stay on th
positive side, I feel that it i
 > important to also mention in a sober and level-headed way th
reasons why I believe it would b
 > a mistake to vote for the election of former President Trump to 
second term
 > 1. I do not believe that electing the former President will brin
back the low inflation and cheape
 > prices of 2017 to 2019 hoped for my many of his supporters. Th
increase in the prices of food
 > housing and energy have been due mainly to supply shortages an
dislocations caused b
 > COVID and the disruption in maritime shipping by the wars i
Ukraine and the Middle East. 
 > second Trump administration will not have any magic path to restor
pre-COVID price levels
 > 2. I believe the largely untargeted tax cuts advocated by th
former President will worsen th
 > income and asset gap between the wealthiest members of our societ
and the millions of othe
 >
 > Americans who are struggling "to make ends meet" an
seems to be at the root of the "populist"
 > mood in much of our country.
 > 3. Universal tariff increases on imported goods and technology from
abroad prominently
 > advocated by the former President will, I believe, stoke the very
inflation that is of so much
 > concern to many Americans today and have an adverse boomerang
effect on our economy and
 > national security.
 > 4. Replacing many members of the Federal civil service with persons
favorable to the former
 > 
 > President's political agenda, as he has suggested, will gravely
weaken the impartial and non-
 > partisan ethos of the Federal civil service, one of the outstanding
accomplishments of the late
 > 
 > 19th century Republican Party.
 > 5. The former President's apparent plan to engage in a mass
deportation of undocumented
 > aliens will create a crucial labor shortage in key sectors of the
agriculture. construction and
 > service industries (among others), and risks to weaken proper legal
protections for documented
 > aliens and lawful permanent residents of our country.
 > 6. Former President Trump has blamed Ukrainian President Zelensky
for the full-scale invasion
 > of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022. I see no merit in this
allegation. I fear election of former
 > President Trump will weaken the position of Ukraine in its effort
to maintain its independence
 > and territorial integrity.
 > 7. The former President has begun to speak about Americans who do
not agree with his policies
 > as “enemies from within.” This characterization contradicts the
fundamental respect for diversity
 > in thought and politics and for freedom of expression and speech
that is a cornerstone of what it
 > is to be an American.
 > 8. The former President's preference to leave to the States
questions about the autonomy of
 > women in decisions about parenthood is misplaced because
fundamental human rights are
 > universal in nature. Leaving a patchwork of inconsistent rules
among U.S. States in this
 > sensitive area creates confusion and suffering for many women,
medical professionals and
 > others.
 > 9. The peaceful transfer of power between Presidents is a keystone
of our system of national
 > governance. There is little likelihood that a re-elected President
Trump would support limiting the
 > use of the improper stratagems and theories used to try to
delegitimize the 2020 Presidential
 > election.
 > 10. I believe there is little doubt that former President Trump
failed to intervene and stop the
 > attempted occupation of the Capitol of the United States for
several crucial hours on January 6th
 > 2021. I believe we need to elect as President a person fully
committed to "protect and defend
 > the Constitution" under all circumstances.
 > Michael
 > 
 > PART III THE ECONOMY CLAIM AGAINST BIDEN (and, by implication KH)
 > 
 > Those inclined to vote for former President Trump often say that
the economy for them was
 > 
 > better in the Trump years before the onset of the COVID crisis than
they have been in the post-
 > COVID years of the Biden administration. By this, they generally
refer to the inflation in the costs
 > 
 > of food, housing and energy. The implication is that the economic
policies of former President
 > Trump created the better conditions during his administration and
that the policies of the Biden
 > administration have created and are responsible for the recent
inflation and sense of economic
 > crisis.
 > I believe both of these conclusions are mistaken. First, the
relative low inflation from 2017
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