Shrug or not to Shrug? Entirely my business and my choice.
I get REAL tired of hearing the exhausting IF/THEN argument given by DT supporters, as-if DT is that much better than HC and not just a different, less filthy side of a coin thats been resting HC side down for 30+ years. The irritation is worse when that sentiment is bestowed on me here in the Gulch.
What is to shrug if its not to reject what government offers, let the damn thing burn back to how we found it, let those making the necrotic decision suffer the end-results of their own stupidity and to take care of ones self until its time to rebuild properly?
I've done more than my part in the years I've lived (commentary, radio, books, I raised my kids with respect for themselves and the others via the Constitution). If people are too damn stupid (not ignorant) to see that they are weaving their own noose then they more than have the right to commit national suicide.
This election, I shrug.
Whiskey Six - Watch it all Burn
WARNING: this is hard rock/metal music whose chorus, not the entire song, sums up how I feel this year.
https://youtu.be/TAARknUCzwA
What is to shrug if its not to reject what government offers, let the damn thing burn back to how we found it, let those making the necrotic decision suffer the end-results of their own stupidity and to take care of ones self until its time to rebuild properly?
I've done more than my part in the years I've lived (commentary, radio, books, I raised my kids with respect for themselves and the others via the Constitution). If people are too damn stupid (not ignorant) to see that they are weaving their own noose then they more than have the right to commit national suicide.
This election, I shrug.
Whiskey Six - Watch it all Burn
WARNING: this is hard rock/metal music whose chorus, not the entire song, sums up how I feel this year.
https://youtu.be/TAARknUCzwA
Like edweaver, I only watched the first half of the debate. "DT" was completely unprepared in what I watched. The argument, these days, isn't about more or less government. It's about what everybody wants from their bloated and growing government. I know I don't belong. Anymore, I'm just here to make money and provide for my family.
I had an interesting thing occur a little over a year ago when I decided to step back into the machine and meet with my State Assembly member for a few meetings regarding a law on forced medical treatment. I explained a lot of the science behind why I was opposed, then at the end touched on the basic ethics (Nuremberg, etc...) He listened intently (unusual) and went in and voted against the party line. By the time the law passed I was back in my current version of Galt's Gulch. This society, this nation is in serious trouble. It's sad to watch. But, we have to have our own priorities...
Hillary is very crooked, is owned by the people who gave to the Clinton foundation, is crooked enough to get the FBI to whitewash her email hiding and destructions, and knows nothing about business and the economy.
If you'd rather have Clinton or Trump in the white house, that's your right and decision, but for me, I would rather have someone who, once told what they were referring to, give a solid, knowledgeable answer (which he did) than either of the two monoparty candidates who, if elected, will mean the end of our country and what it stands for.
People are indoctrinated, for their pseudo-news infotainment, to watch and agree with mindless bobbleheads spewing approved propaganda from any of the networks and their subsidiaries... It's no wonder we have two of them as the pre-determined presidential candidates, and that anything outside the "Approved Duo" will get shot down.
of it. One dangerous thing I heard from Trump,is his
saying he would not use a first strike (with, I be-
lieve, nuclear weapons). I would never say that as
president. Even if I weren't going to do it, I'd let the enemy wonder.--But we're going to get stuck
with one of those two, the only choice is which
one.
In general Trump is against telling the opposition what is and is not willing to do.
Should Big Brother in some form or fashion come knocking to tell you how you're supposed to sacrifice freedoms about this, that or whatever, don't point any accusatory fingers at me. The guns of tyranny will be pointing at all of us anyway.
I also do not find watching the U.S. Constitution burn along with its Bill of Rights all that appealing.
Even Dagny and Rearden did that. They didnt want to give up. If Hillary wins, she will destroy my small business and at that point I will definitely shrug. Her tax increases and $15/hr minimum wages will make it impossible for us to continue operating in the USA. Our 10 employees will surely be out of work at that point.
So although Trump is not perfect, and even if he were, he would have to get the congress to go along with him to save the country. But, he will slow down the process of degeneration and thwart the crony socialists somewhat.
Thats why I will vote for him and hope others do also. Look at what Obama has done in only 8 years. Hillary will only speed up that process. Small businesses simply cannot withstand Hillary's regulatory onslaught and spending proposals.
I have been considering a road trip to rural Utah this winter to consider its long term suitability for residence.
What specific regulations has Trump vowed to cut back on? He's made generalizations, but nothing specific. Will Hillary continue our stagnation - even to the point of a recession? I believe she will. But punishing businesses for leaving the United States is going to help? I don't think so.
What we need is to lower corporate income taxes. We need to lower personal income taxes. And most of all we need to trim the government budget - drastically. We need to come together as a nation and understand that we can not spend our way into prosperity as the Democrats would have us believe. Infrastructure spending does not drive innovation nor does it drive business - unless you are a crony road construction firm. True economic growth comes when new businesses are free to form and bring their ideas to customers and when existing businesses aren't so burdened by red tape that they have to raise their prices to compensate!
And do you want to know the single word I didn't hear mentioned even once at the debates? Constitution We all knew Hillary wants nothing to do with it, but this is why I agreed with Ted Cruz in his Republican Convention speech and why Donald threw such a fit about it: he doesn't care about the Constitution.
Trump does want to reduce corporate income taxes. He might actually get that through, which will help business a lot. He probably also will repatriate the money our businesses have out of the country by offering "deals".
The word "constitution" seems to be lost on the american people, except when used to guarantee black "rights". Not much we can do about that.
I do think that Trump will be more aggressive on cutting spending. He does that every day in his business and it would carry over to government I think.
Cruz is a constitutionalist, and thats good. I hope he can influence things in the government in the future. He just doesnt have what it takes to be president, though, at least in my humble opinion at this time in our country.
He'll leave the laws to advisors to tell him what he can or can't do I expect and he'll get the businesses of the country rolling again. I think Trump, like many Americans, feel that those who 'know' the Constitution are lawyers and they are the ones who have helped to ruin this country.
Yes, I agree that the lawyers and judges have done much to undermine the original intent of the Constitution. They flatly ignore the "enumerated powers" portion of the Constitution and justify it using the progressive expansion of government.
Still, its mostly a binary choice at this point. Gary Johnson is going backwards. So between HRC and DT, I'll go with the one who has signed the front of paychecks his whole career. :)
And that is the greatest tragedy of this election. No one cares about the Constitution and that its entire purpose is to protect natural rights - including the two major candidates vying for the highest honor in this land despite the fact that their primary Oath of Office states that they pledge to uphold the Constitution, defend, and protect it. How can they defend and protect something they won't even talk about?
A.S. is terrific - as fiction. If the U.S. were to collapse the world would end. Literally, imo.
The rich, as in other statist countries, would get first shot at whatever was made, and would find ways to use whatever government was left to protect them. The so called 1% would do fine.
Check out Venezuela. That is our future.
We're not preppers, but I think about it frequently. And imo you paint a far too rosy view. Venezuela is mild to what would happen if the U.S. imploded. There would be no more 'good cop' in the entire world ! Can you say "caliphate" ? With no military that could stop it ? Plus, a real implosion also means no infrustructure - power, water, gas pumps, grocery stores. It will be post- Apocalyptic without an apocolypse. So unless the 1% hasvtheir own self-sustaining reinforced castle village with weapons amassed beyond imagination, even they will not escape. That's why A.S. is a terrific fictional vehicle, but unless John Galt can discover the cloaking technology to keep it secret, none of us will escape unscathed.
Hillary is corrupt policy.
Trump is corrupt personality.
Both are corrupt on promises.
Neither have a good purpose.