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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
I think the biggest problem is we hired a lawyer to run our business. Lawyers know nothing about business, they know academia, which doesn't help in the real world. Jobs they can create by limiting trade with giants like China. If labor costs are cheaper in China, then business is going to manufacture from China. The trade deficit is way out of balance and can be controlled, we are about the only country that doesn't, we just buy everything.
Then there is our immigration, we need to change it, when 1 in 12 babies in the US are born to illegal aliens, I think it we need to adopt the immigration policies of countries like Australia or Denmark. Basically, one parent has to be a citizen. And if you want to move there, better have a job waiting for you. Billions are spent by states that could do better spending it on our roads and schools
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I think that of course there are things that can be done...that would help to improve the current situation...but I do not see...on the near horizon or the distant horizon...a Congress and a President working together to improve the current situation. A President has very little domestic power...that lies in the hands of Congress...so even if a great President were to be elected (and I do not know of a single person currently alive that I would consider as being a potentially great President) it still is the 535 members of Congress whose mercy he is at.
In my lifetime...partisanship has always played a role...but they still made some effort to work together for the perceived betterment of the country...but now...from my perspective...it appears to be all about partisanship and the hell with the country.
No matter which of the two major parties fare better in November...and no matter which party elects the next President I do not expect to see any significant improvement for the country...or any significant attempts to change what has been business as usual. It will continue to be business as usual...a trend that has been in play since President Reagan started it off...borrow...and spend...and increase the deficit...as many more years as possible....before the house of cards collapses.