Real USA political News from Shanahan- RFK Jr. state of campaign

[Sparks]

17 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

His tariffs crushed trade, interrupting supply lines absolutely needed for USA based manufacturers. Making it nearly impossible  for some manufacturing businesses to survive never mind pay their bills  or make their property lease payments. Near negative interest rates made savings a useless endeavor. The push for drill baby drill with fracking  caused many an adverse condition with  structures suffering  serious damage, from multiple earthquakes.  His inconsistent policies, and changing of cabinet level personnel made for chaos in administrative  agencies. 

The Donald  is a manager by chaos. The country needs stability not more chaos. Unfortunately the other party of the duopoly has what seems just as bad if not worse offerings. You toss and turn the whole night through as the old tune goes, but peace won't come- except through  heeding the call by the Holy Spirit to be turned  about from sin against God, and to worship of Jesus as God Lord and personal savior.

I don't support tariffs either because they are damaging, and I know Trump used them with China, but I don't don't see that it strangled the supply trade.  Maybe you mean Biden there.  But I do like it when Trump threatened tariffs against the Ford Motor company when they were going to close American factories and move them to Mexico.  He gave them the foreshadow that importing those cars would become too expensive, and that moving would be a waste because their cars would not sell here.  I am a capitalist at heart, but that was a good move.  He needs to fix government interference and make it easier for Ford to build cars here, as his next move. 

Negative interest rates would mean taking from your bank account to give to the government.  Biden would support that, but Trump has no power over interest rates.  That is the job of privately owned central banks that do that, in America, that is the Federal Reserve Bank.  We should get rid of the Federal Reserve banks, and go back to the gold standard.

We could drill in our own country in Alaska without leaving a foot print, with pipe lines.  It was Biden who shut down those pipe lines, day one.  We have our own oil that Democrats won't touch.  If you had read the accomplishment list of Trump that I posted, you would see that Trump brought oil down so cheap that he was able to fill our national reserves, cheaply.  It was Biden to sold that off.  When you can drill your own oil, and do, prices drop for Americans.  Saying that earthquakes were caused by fracking is a logical fallacy called Post Hoc Ero Propter Hoc.   Fracking and drilling are similarly destructive, with fracking making it possible to drill a hole through rocks.

I love choas in Administrative Agencies leadership.  The more, the merrier.        

[In the Clouds]

Sparks, do you really think Trump could make it easier for Ford to manufacture in the US and stay in the US?  Bush and Obama made it easier for GM to operate with the "Too big to fail" bailouts.  GM still moved to China and took my retirement investment in GM with them.  The little that GM paid back went straight in government coffers.

You can't depend on administrations even if you work, plan, and do everything right to provide for your own security.

[Sparks]

1 hour ago, In the Clouds said:

Sparks, do you really think Trump could make it easier for Ford to manufacture in the US and stay in the US?  Bush and Obama made it easier for GM to operate with the "Too big to fail" bailouts.  GM still moved to China and took my retirement investment in GM with them.  The little that GM paid back went straight in government coffers.

You can't depend on administrations even if you work, plan, and do everything right to provide for your own security.

Yes, Trump could make it easier on Ford.  All he would have to do is cut government red tape and regulations to make it easier to build the cars here.  It is government regulations that chase companies away to other countries, not just providing cheaper labor.  Trump should make doing business in the USA attractive.

Partnering with the Federal or local government is a hostile environment for companies in the USA.  Kevin O'Leary (think Shark Tank) was going to build a 100% renewable, green data center near Niagara Falls to power crypto mining, but New York government is hostile towards business.  So, Kevin took the project to Norway where they like business.  The have dams there, too, and you just need flowing water for hydro electric.  So, he is powering the crypto mining data center there, the data center is helping some college there with their data needs, and apparently the heat off the computers there can somehow allow tomatoes to grow in a warm environment and they built a canning plant to can the tomatoes for sale, and so on.  To New York, it was a total loss.  They made it too difficult to do business, so the project left, and now New York has nothing.

You need a capitalist in charge to help businesses to start, grow and thrive.  At least a leader who has run a business, is needed. Government stifles businesses and makes them want to leave the country.  Trump can fix that.

[Neighbor]

3 hours ago, Sparks said:

Maybe you mean Biden there

Hi, The slow down and then the following stoppage started in 2018 with the anticipation of the high tariffs on goods coming into the USA, got worse in 2019 and then shipping came to a dead stop early in 2020.

Quote:..." in June 2020, the three largest container shipping alliances (THE Alliance, 2M Alliance, and Ocean Alliance) announced their intent to cancel 126 scheduled sailings between Asia and North America through August 2020, and another 94 sailings between Asia and Europe. Container shipping firms canceled more than 1,000 voyages in the first six months of 2020.

It was a very precarious time.

-" At least a leader who has run a business, is needed. Government stifles business and makes it want to leave the country.  Trump can fix that." Actually the manufacturing businesses I am most familiar with  left the USA under te first Bush administration. Businesses have been fleeing to Mexico and other countries ever since." -

While California still gains headlines for it's fleeing companies the Commercial real estate there has boomed in value and there is a severe shortage of available industrial properties.  Commercial real estate prices have increased some 90+% in that State alone over the past three years. Amazing, absolutely amazing to me, but the  money is pouring in when properties do come up for sale.

We all get sold a bill of goods that there are "caravans" fleeing California. It is true that heavy industry, polluting industry, has serious trouble getting permit to operate there, but other companies they flourish  in their place, and the old properties get redeveloped  for the new industry clients, even at the incomprehensible per square foot costs of today.

In a sense the same thing is happening at greater Tampa, Florida, and has been for over two years now. There is a severe shortage of 30,000 to 40,000 sf structures necessary for all the companies moving in today; with rehab costs easily exceeding $350 and often hitting $600 a square foot now.

Amazing!  And they keep on a coming. -Beyond my capacity to take it all in never mind fathom it. I am kinda happy to be an old geezer not having to face competing today in this fast paced and changing world economy. 

God still blesses, God is still sovereign, so all is well.  None the less Maranatha!

 

 

[Sparks]

5 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Hi, The slow down and then the following stoppage started in 2018 with the anticipation of the high tariffs on goods coming into the USA, got worse in 2019 and then shipping came to a dead stop early in 2020.

Quote:..." in June 2020, the three largest container shipping alliances (THE Alliance, 2M Alliance, and Ocean Alliance) announced their intent to cancel 126 scheduled sailings between Asia and North America through August 2020, and another 94 sailings between Asia and Europe. Container shipping firms canceled more than 1,000 voyages in the first six months of 2020.

It was a very precarious time.

Like I said, that was Biden in 2020.  Baby formula, container ships parked off the coast of California, pipe lines shut down was all Biden. 

[Neighbor]

16 minutes ago, Sparks said:

Like I said, that was Biden in 2020.  Baby formula, container ships parked off the coast of California, pipe lines shut down was all Biden. 

Gee all I can say in response to that is "The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States took place on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C"

The Donald began the all out tariffs war starting  in June 2018

[Neighbor]

3 hours ago, Sparks said:

Negative interest rates would mean taking from your bank account to give to the government.  Biden would support that, but Trump has no power over interest rates.  That is the job of privately owned central banks that do that, in America, that is the Federal Reserve Bank.  We should get rid of the Federal Reserve banks, and go back to the gold standard.

 

Hi, When I look at the last fourteen years of interest rates as established by the fed, I see disaster for anyone that was depending upon savings interest for income. That has been occurring under both Rep and Dem administrations at the USA, till last year when up to 5% interest return on savings became available! Last year a Democrat was in  the presidential office. Go figure.

When I look at the savings interest rates, the major stock market indices, and even gold prices, it is all awesome stuff to behold! Gee there is a lot of money demanding places to go, and places  of business enterprise demanding more and more capital to build businesses.

One sure can't sit in place these days and expect to flourish without ever learning in this amazing transformation of the world of today, but it is there for the taking  for those that get past the "woe is me-isms and do the hard battle against serious competitive forces. All that said it all can go poof  in an instant. Only Jesus is our hope certain for today and for all eternity to come.

[Sparks]

15 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Gee all I can say in response to that is "The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States took place on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C"

The Donald began the all out tariffs war starting  in June 2018

My typo.  Sorry.  I think you are forgetting Covid 19 starting in 2019.  That shut down the economy world-wide.  Biden is the supply chain disaster.  He would not unload ships in California unless they were hauled by a truck of a certain year, I think 2017 models or newer.  Biden is the anti-capitalist.  Trump is the Capitalist. 

[Sparks]

7 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Hi, When I look at the last fourteen years of interest rates as established by the fed, I see disaster for anyone that was depending upon savings interest for income. That has been occurring under both Rep and Dem administrations at the USA, till last year when up to 5% interest return on savings became available! Last year a Democrat was in  the presidential office. Go figure.

When I look at the savings interest rates, the major stock market indices, and even gold prices, it is all awesome stuff to behold! Gee there is a lot of money demanding places to go, and places  of business enterprise demanding more and more capital to build businesses.

One sure can't sit in place these days and expect to flourish without ever learning in this amazing transformation of the world of today, but it is there for the taking  for those that get past the "woe is me-isms and do the hard battle against serious competitive forces. All that said it all can go poof  in an instant. Only Jesus is our hope certain for today and for all eternity to come.

Do you understand that the Federal Reserve has two tools:  Quantitative Easing (printing money) and the control of Interest Rates. That's it.  When you print money, you get inflation.  Presidents don't control interest rates.

Just about three weeks ago, Japan's market crashed because their central bankers raised interest rates.  It crashed our markets, too.

[Neighbor]

2 minutes ago, Sparks said:

Do you understand that the Federal Reserve has two tools:  Quantitative Easing (printing money) and the control of Interest Rates. That's it.  When you print money, you get inflation.  Presidents don't control interest rates.

Just about three weeks ago, Japan's market crashed because their bankers raised interest rates.  It crashed our markets, too.

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