Day 969 Really? Do you ever check what you post?
Standing up to Right Wing Propaganda
Sunday September 1, 2019
430 Days until the 2020 election and 512 days until the Inauguration
This past week I have:
Told a family member that Beto O’Rourke did not say to throw away the elderly and disabled vets like she posted,
Told a grade school friend that:
The headline she posted that Obama separated 89,000 children from their parents and Trump only did 1,800 is not true. The 89,000 is made up. The Trump number is true, but on the low end.
That Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not want “a massive taxpayer funded pay raise.” Yes, there was a pay raise bill of $4500 based on a 1989 law that Congress people haven’t taken since then but really? Why not throw in Republican names as they are behind it too?
And those are just the ones I remember.
The worst part about it is that these kind of made up or slanted viewpoint headlines are obstructing the truth and the facts, or even worse, these people don’t know the facts, and don’t care to know.
The reality is hitting home for some people. Farmers are not able to sell their crops. Why? Trump’s trade policies.
I heard an interview the other day with the head of the company that makes Lincoln Logs. (I know. It was on NPR. One of those public radio programs Rush Limbaugh wants to get rid of because they give facts he doesn’t like.) The Lincoln Logs man was asked about Trump’s tariffs with China. It was instructive what he said. Ninety percent of their products are made in China. Why? China for the last thirty years has been building up an infrastructure to allow such products to be made.
Why not move somewhere else? He said that Vietnam is one place mentioned. If you moved 5% of China’s capacity to Vietnam you would tap out that country. Besides they don’t have the infrastructure.
India? Lots of people,
no infrastructure. Could they develop it? Yes. It would take at least fifteen to twenty years.
How about the U.S.? Who’s going to make the product? Trump has cut the immigrants and the U.S. labor force is tapped out.
In short, the company has no plans to move it’s production because there is no where to move it.
What are you going to do about the tariffs?
First off, they are trying to figure out what the tariffs are and what they will mean to their business, but the consensus is that the American consumer will be paying 15% to 30% more for goods made in China.
Good job Mr. president. Is this what winning looks like?
430 Days until the 2020 election and 512 days until the Inauguration
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