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Coulter slams Trump.

tres borrachos said:
I think people who support him think Trump cares about them. Seriously. They look at him and want to toss their underpants at his feet, like housewives at a Tom Jones concert, because they believe he's sitting there at night with Melania saying "what can I do to help the people in the mountains of West Virginia, dear?".

I would guarantee that Trump actually laughs at least once a day about how he managed to con so many people. I do have to hand it to him. He's the best conman I've seen since Jim Jones.
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I'll tell you what, many years from now people will be looking back bewildered as to how the hell an NYC Democrat not only managed to completely take over the Republican party, but managed to convince millions of Republican voters that he was their "conservative champion". It's honestly the most baffling thing in the history of American politics. Republicans like yourself, who didn't fall for his ruse, will be looked at fondly, and at least you can sleep better at night knowing you were never responsible for putting that monstrosity into office.
 
Puigb said:
I'll tell you what, many years from now people will be looking back bewildered as to how the hell an NYC Democrat not only managed to completely take over the Republican party, but managed to convince millions of Republican voters that he was their "conservative champion". It's honestly the most baffling thing in the history of American politics. Republicans like yourself, who didn't fall for his ruse, will be looked at fondly, and at least you can sleep better at night knowing you were never responsible for putting that monstrosity into office.
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You got that right. I wanted to be able to spend the next few years looking at myself in the mirror knowing I had no part in this, and I stood up to that fraud. I continue to to this day, and will keep at it until he either changes or he's gone.

Conservative champion my ass. He's using these people, and letting Steve Miller tell him what to think so he can keep his base engaged and on the hook. It's the biggest con I've seen from a politician, ever.
 
tres borrachos said:
You got that right. I wanted to be able to spend the next few years looking at myself in the mirror knowing I had no part in this, and I stood up to that fraud. I continue to to this day, and will keep at it until he either changes or he's gone.

Conservative champion my ass. He's using these people, and letting Steve Miller tell him what to think so he can keep his base engaged and on the hook. It's the biggest con I've seen from a politician, ever.
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He is never changing. 71 year old men don't ever change. He is who he is, and the best we can hope for is surviving this idiot and his goons, and hopefully moving on to better things in the future. But sometimes I have my doubts, and I suspect Trumpism is going to severely damage American politics for a very long time. Not that it was ever anything close to perfect, but Trump and his goons have only made matters 1000 times worse.
 
eohrnberger said:
Hmm. Let see now.

Wages are going up.
"better/safer working conditions" - don't think we have a real problem with at in the US.

The private sector unions are fine.
The public sector unions shouldn't even exist, per FDR.

Well, at least some of things in your list are gaining some forward momentum. Perhaps you are happy about that?
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Mixed record on wage increases the past couple of years, but the question is whether they are rising in the industries where illegals find jobs, enough to make the jobs attractive to citizens and less available to illegals. If Congress had attached a minimum wage increase to the recent tax package, it would have helped as well.

US has significantly higher rate of fatalities in the job compared to the EU. Don't know about other safety stuff, tho.

Good reason for (responsible) public sector unions is to fight corruption. I worked as a non-unionized public employee and became aware of the boss asking a colleague to falsify a report to help his friend. There was some limited protection if he had objected, but not much.

But yes, it's encouraging that wages in some sectors are rising, tho some analysts wondered why they are not rising more or more evenly given low unemployment.
 
Napoleon said:
She also raises some valid points. We do accept immigrants with low educational achievement or none to speak of. Why should we?
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Heard today that the average African immigrant has a higher education level than US citizens.
 
Nickyjo said:
Mixed record on wage increases the past couple of years, but the question is whether they are rising in the industries where illegals find jobs, enough to make the jobs attractive to citizens and less available to illegals. If Congress had attached a minimum wage increase to the recent tax package, it would have helped as well.
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Isn't hiking minimum wage usually what the Democrats add to bills so as to be able to vote for the bill? (I may be recalling this incorrectly, do please correct me).

Anyway, the corporations receiving the tax cuts are taking care of that all on their own. There is already a long list of companies hiking their minimum wage as well as handing out bonuses. If you ask me, they are the front of the wave of companies that are realizing that the labor market tightened, and they are going to have to compete for the workforce they want and they'll need. Best to keep the workforce that you already have. I suspect this is only going to continue.

US has significantly higher rate of fatalities in the job compared to the EU. Don't know about other safety stuff, tho.
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Nor I, specifically. However, what I do know is that there is always a risk / cost / likelihood evaluation for every risk. I suppose it depends on how those three factors are evaluated for each situation.

Good reason for (responsible) public sector unions is to fight corruption. I worked as a non-unionized public employee and became aware of the boss asking a colleague to falsify a report to help his friend. There was some limited protection if he had objected, but not much.
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Public sector unions are a source of corruption, not a means or mechanism that fights corruption. The deals struck between state and local legislators granting ridiculous nonsensical work rules, grossly out of line with the norm defined benefit retirement benefits, double dipping on retirement benefits, all mandated to be fully funded, and all of which the tax payer is going to end up paying, while the state legislator gets all the public sector union's votes. Yeah, that's just lousy.

But yes, it's encouraging that wages in some sectors are rising, tho some analysts wondered why they are not rising more or more evenly given low unemployment.
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The tax bill's ink is barely dry. I think that a little patience is warranted and justified.
 
eohrnberger said:
Isn't hiking minimum wage usually what the Democrats add to bills so as to be able to vote for the bill? (I may be recalling this incorrectly, do please correct me).

Anyway, the corporations receiving the tax cuts are taking care of that all on their own. There is already a long list of companies hiking their minimum wage as well as handing out bonuses. If you ask me, they are the front of the wave of companies that are realizing that the labor market tightened, and they are going to have to compete for the workforce they want and they'll need. Best to keep the workforce that you already have. I suspect this is only going to continue.



Nor I, specifically. However, what I do know is that there is always a risk / cost / likelihood evaluation for every risk. I suppose it depends on how those three factors are evaluated for each situation.



Public sector unions are a source of corruption, not a means or mechanism that fights corruption. The deals struck between state and local legislators granting ridiculous nonsensical work rules, grossly out of line with the norm defined benefit retirement benefits, double dipping on retirement benefits, all mandated to be fully funded, and all of which the tax payer is going to end up paying, while the state legislator gets all the public sector union's votes. Yeah, that's just lousy.



The tax bill's ink is barely dry. I think that a little patience is warranted and justified.
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Good thoughtful responses. Still take exception to the notion that they cannot help fight corruption, despite the wool they pull over legislators eyes on pensions. As a state employee, I wanted protection to fight my superiors' questionable or corrupt decisions.
 
Nickyjo said:
Good thoughtful responses. Still take exception to the notion that they cannot help fight corruption, despite the wool they pull over legislators eyes on pensions. As a state employee, I wanted protection to fight my superiors' questionable or corrupt decisions.
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Good instincts on wanting to call out corruption when you see it. Kudos for that. There are many who wouldn't.
Are there whistle blower protections laws in your state?
Not exactly sure how the law works, but I thought it was a federal law.
The intent is to protect those who witness corruption and call it out from retribution from the offenders.
 
eohrnberger said:
Good instincts on wanting to call out corruption when you see it. Kudos for that. There are many who wouldn't.
Are there whistle blower protections laws in your state?
Not exactly sure how the law works, but I thought it was a federal law.
The intent is to protect those who witness corruption and call it out from retribution from the offenders.
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There are great laws in some states that protect some employees. The reason why a union is useful is its immediacy, it's ready availability to workers. Otherwise, you are going one-on-one with the boss. Much of this might have changed since the 70s when I was working in Colorado, at the time a republican state without much protection for workers in and out of government. In my case, as a civil rights investigator, due to backlog I might arrive on the scene six months to a year or more after a complaint was filed. A problem that might have been resolved at much lower cost to the employer and employee if a union was present, that is, might have been resolved within a day or a week, costing less to the boss who might have been unaware of illegal actions by his supervisors. One boss had to come up with thousands in back pay thanks to an openly racist supervisor, and the fired worker lost a lot, as you might imagine, waiting for justice.
 
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