JimofPennsylvan
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Democrats are really missing an opportunity to do valuable course correction in their post-mortem of the election. By and large Democrats spot the core reason where they went wrong it is the adage seen in numerous elections in modern times "it is the economy stupid", Democrats failed to give the American electorate the economy they want; but they miss or fail to acknowledge a critical detail. The critical detail is that the Democrats go overboard in advancing their environment agenda they forget about the impact of their policies on the American consumer. The answer does not mean to abandon the effort it means to dial down the speed of the transition. Back in the early part of the Biden/Harris administration they stopped auctioning off energy leases on Federal land, they jacked up various fees on those leases (the one that is really troubling is the lease fee to hold the lease before drilling - that is an expense on energy companies that is not connected to generating revenue) and they issued regulations to seek to make American carbon neutral on a very aggressive time-line showing disregard for the cost and the negative ramification related to these costs; all these actions by the Biden administration played a role in increasing inflation to a problem level. Democrats would be much better served in shaping their environmental policies if they incorporated the advice of moderates like Senator Joe Manchin!
The other mistake that Democrats made in this past election is their disregard for the truth, things like the truth about the economy and the truth about their opponents; this should be an expansive concern. One example was the Democrats repeated effort to tie Donald Trump to this far-right manifesto project 2025. Donald Trump specifically and emphatically disavowed this manifesto as his agenda; however, the Democrats persisted. It leads people to not trust the Democrat party because it reveals a character trait where they don't tell you the truth. Now parts of Project 2025 reveal the thinking and agenda of Donald Trump and by all means the Democrats should have spot lighted such things and the harm resulting. One example is how Donald Trump believes there is a "Deep State" in the bureaucracy of the Federal Government so when Donald Trump gets another term his political appointees are going to be on the hunt for these believed Deep State actors so if employees in the Federal government aren't fully on board with his program it doesn't matter if it is clearly bad policy or against the law, you're not on the team you're a Deep Stater and your employment will be terminated - this Trump agenda will get rid of a lot of good, valuable employees and the federal government will be weaker as a result! Kamala Harris in her campaigning said that inflation was rising before the Biden/Harris campaign took office which was not true, a check was done for the last six months of 2020 and January of 2021 and the inflation rate was under two percent for all these months! It leaves listeners with the belief they are trying to evade responsibility for their failed policy which caused alarming inflation and so if they lie about it they probably won't be trustworthy about fixing the problem.
One reading this might say what are you talking about Donald Trump habitually doesn't tell the truth, his disregard for the truth even by politician standards is a standout! That is correct and that is a weakness he has as a leader, he pays a price for that - he cannot persuade the public and lead like other President's have; so why does it matter Donald Trump still gets elected! Donald Trump got re-elected to fix the economy to make the economy like it was in his first term, people are banking on Donald Trump caring about his reputation and his desire to have a successful reputation and his make-up to cast everything to the side to achieve his desired goals which in this case would be a good economy with a moderate cost of living. Democrats and other politicians shouldn't aspire to be like Donald Trump in the truth department because if it wasn't for the crisis level cost of living that the Biden administration wrought on the American people, the American people wouldn't be turning to Donald Trump because based on Donald Trump's track record you cannot rely on him doing what is good in important matters.
One last point to the American people it is understandable why you chose Donald Trump this past November fifth to fix crushing high prices and it is understandable why you selected him eight years ago which was you were tired of the establishment in Washington that works for the wealthy and the Donor class and you wanted the Federal Government to work properly that is for all the American people but you are not using your brains you are not thoroughly considering the candidates abilities; his analytic ability, his intelligence for policy, his wisdom and his character and values. Your lack of using intelligence and wisdom eight years ago stuck us with a President who irreparably ruined our finances by using up all our credit and likely over the next four years will sail us into a bad inflation storm that we will be lucky to get out of after a decade from today and will either increase budget deficits that will bring on an interest rate crisis for Treasury bonds like what Greece had in 2029/2010 which will leave America permanently with systemically higher interest rates across our economy as the Federal Reserve Bank will permanently have to buy Treasury bonds to stop Treasury interest rates from sky rocketing! The evidence seems to point to the reality that the American people in this year's election chose a candidate that believes that you can bulldoze over anything and make whatever reality you want. He doesn't appreciate that the economic world works the way it does and you cannot bulldoze parts of it and if you disregard the way it works you do it at you own unbelievable and unimaginable peril! This presidential candidate doesn't seem to understand that the current inflation rate and its trajectory are fragile and will be for the next five years even if the two percent target is maintained and you cannot have America's Central Bank lower interest rates to stop the interest rate burden on the American people and to spur economic activity and increase business income and you cannot create a stimulus shot into the economy like flood of Noah's time with tax cuts without stoking inflation and putting it in an out of control state. This presidential candidate doesn't seem to understand that you cannot extend the 2017 tax cuts and create an enhanced version which lowers taxes even more and throw away the principle that you have to do it in a deficit neutral manner with the country's precarious finances and not bring on a sovereign debt crisis. This Presidential candidate better start smelling the coffee, sovereign debt investors are just itching to demand higher interest rates on the rationale that America's debt level and spending amounts to an America that is financially out of control. This Presidential candidate better wake up because the powers-that-be have as their agenda to do a makeover of him and turn him into the twenty-first century Herbert Hoover; is that what he wants - ordinary Americans don't want it we don't want to go through a Great Depression like experience!
The other mistake that Democrats made in this past election is their disregard for the truth, things like the truth about the economy and the truth about their opponents; this should be an expansive concern. One example was the Democrats repeated effort to tie Donald Trump to this far-right manifesto project 2025. Donald Trump specifically and emphatically disavowed this manifesto as his agenda; however, the Democrats persisted. It leads people to not trust the Democrat party because it reveals a character trait where they don't tell you the truth. Now parts of Project 2025 reveal the thinking and agenda of Donald Trump and by all means the Democrats should have spot lighted such things and the harm resulting. One example is how Donald Trump believes there is a "Deep State" in the bureaucracy of the Federal Government so when Donald Trump gets another term his political appointees are going to be on the hunt for these believed Deep State actors so if employees in the Federal government aren't fully on board with his program it doesn't matter if it is clearly bad policy or against the law, you're not on the team you're a Deep Stater and your employment will be terminated - this Trump agenda will get rid of a lot of good, valuable employees and the federal government will be weaker as a result! Kamala Harris in her campaigning said that inflation was rising before the Biden/Harris campaign took office which was not true, a check was done for the last six months of 2020 and January of 2021 and the inflation rate was under two percent for all these months! It leaves listeners with the belief they are trying to evade responsibility for their failed policy which caused alarming inflation and so if they lie about it they probably won't be trustworthy about fixing the problem.
One reading this might say what are you talking about Donald Trump habitually doesn't tell the truth, his disregard for the truth even by politician standards is a standout! That is correct and that is a weakness he has as a leader, he pays a price for that - he cannot persuade the public and lead like other President's have; so why does it matter Donald Trump still gets elected! Donald Trump got re-elected to fix the economy to make the economy like it was in his first term, people are banking on Donald Trump caring about his reputation and his desire to have a successful reputation and his make-up to cast everything to the side to achieve his desired goals which in this case would be a good economy with a moderate cost of living. Democrats and other politicians shouldn't aspire to be like Donald Trump in the truth department because if it wasn't for the crisis level cost of living that the Biden administration wrought on the American people, the American people wouldn't be turning to Donald Trump because based on Donald Trump's track record you cannot rely on him doing what is good in important matters.
One last point to the American people it is understandable why you chose Donald Trump this past November fifth to fix crushing high prices and it is understandable why you selected him eight years ago which was you were tired of the establishment in Washington that works for the wealthy and the Donor class and you wanted the Federal Government to work properly that is for all the American people but you are not using your brains you are not thoroughly considering the candidates abilities; his analytic ability, his intelligence for policy, his wisdom and his character and values. Your lack of using intelligence and wisdom eight years ago stuck us with a President who irreparably ruined our finances by using up all our credit and likely over the next four years will sail us into a bad inflation storm that we will be lucky to get out of after a decade from today and will either increase budget deficits that will bring on an interest rate crisis for Treasury bonds like what Greece had in 2029/2010 which will leave America permanently with systemically higher interest rates across our economy as the Federal Reserve Bank will permanently have to buy Treasury bonds to stop Treasury interest rates from sky rocketing! The evidence seems to point to the reality that the American people in this year's election chose a candidate that believes that you can bulldoze over anything and make whatever reality you want. He doesn't appreciate that the economic world works the way it does and you cannot bulldoze parts of it and if you disregard the way it works you do it at you own unbelievable and unimaginable peril! This presidential candidate doesn't seem to understand that the current inflation rate and its trajectory are fragile and will be for the next five years even if the two percent target is maintained and you cannot have America's Central Bank lower interest rates to stop the interest rate burden on the American people and to spur economic activity and increase business income and you cannot create a stimulus shot into the economy like flood of Noah's time with tax cuts without stoking inflation and putting it in an out of control state. This presidential candidate doesn't seem to understand that you cannot extend the 2017 tax cuts and create an enhanced version which lowers taxes even more and throw away the principle that you have to do it in a deficit neutral manner with the country's precarious finances and not bring on a sovereign debt crisis. This Presidential candidate better start smelling the coffee, sovereign debt investors are just itching to demand higher interest rates on the rationale that America's debt level and spending amounts to an America that is financially out of control. This Presidential candidate better wake up because the powers-that-be have as their agenda to do a makeover of him and turn him into the twenty-first century Herbert Hoover; is that what he wants - ordinary Americans don't want it we don't want to go through a Great Depression like experience!
