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County loses jobs, unemployment rises
To me the elite are those who don't seriously consider the concerns of the American middle class. I'm not sure that Trump's followers don't pay attention to his lying or if they consider it the lesser of 2 evils. Trump's numerous lies may not be as bad to some people as being told that free trade, illegal immigration, and green energy policies won't hurt their job prospects . Trump clearly lies a lot - bu I am still optimistic that Trump will eventually learn to do a better job of self-fact-checking before he says things. The media are inherently much more honest than most politicians, certainly more so than Trump. But the media are also overwhelmingly left wing (only 7% of reporters identify as Republican per http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/05/surve…). As such the press - perhaps unknowingly - go out of their way at times to present the left wing side of the issue. It is difficult to find major news sources which are not heavily biassed to the left although there are a few outliers like Fox heavily biassed to the right. I really don't think there is any straight-up non-biassed news coverage anymore (Although I think KNX 1070 in LA does a pretty good job IMO). However, I think it's inappropriate for the President to criticize the media the way Trump does - arguably he is violating the press' 1st amendment rights by intimidating them the way he does.— March 6, 2017 11:30 a.m.
County loses jobs, unemployment rises
Trump is also prioritizing employment of middle class American workers ahead of reduction of greenhouse gasses. That may turn out to be a mistake in the long run. But clearly this is another thing Trump is doing for the American working class.— March 6, 2017 8:12 a.m.
County loses jobs, unemployment rises
It seems to be increasingly difficult to find any path for a young lower or middle class person to make a decent life for themselves with just intelligence and hard work. Graduating American STEM students face great competition from H1B workers and offshoring. Frankly, as you say, it requires FAR above average academic ability, difficult education, and long hours to be successful.— March 6, 2017 7:16 a.m.
County loses jobs, unemployment rises
The original concept of the H1-B is not good. Anyone who is brought in as a "temporary" worker with a lot of rules and restrictions will automatically be at a severe disadvantage in negotiations and will automatically bring overall salary levels down. A better concept would be giving higher priority to highly skilled individuals who wish to emigrate to the US permanently.— March 6, 2017 7:08 a.m.
County loses jobs, unemployment rises
Trump is proposing tax and financial regulation policies which will likely worsen income inequality - as has been the norm for most recent administions. He is also proposing trade and immigration policies which will likely lessen income inequality - policies which have been called for by the middle class for a generation but ignored by the elite political / media class.— March 6, 2017 6:04 a.m.
Dalai Lama causes a stir at UCSD
I disagree. I don't think we need an expert on China, or the Dalai Lama, or UCSD for this issue. That's giving too much power to one or two people who want to stop free speech. I think all we need to know is that the Dalai Lama is certainly someone who is not going to say anything hateful or extreme and is well-known enough to be qualified to be a commencement speaker. Should be the end of the discussion. I don't think we should have to understand and respect every single concern of every single person who doesn't want someone else to be heard.— February 23, 2017 11:36 a.m.
Dalai Lama causes a stir at UCSD
"That is bad. Whatever happened to free speech -- particularly on university campuses? Best, Don Bauder" Thank you Don. Free speech is paramount.— February 23, 2017 6:53 a.m.
Trump/Navarro saber-rattling has already shaken up China
Your opinion of Trump was not the point. Apparently you didn't bother to read my post.— February 12, 2017 9:20 p.m.
Trump/Navarro saber-rattling has already shaken up China
BTW I hope I didn't insult you by my comments below inferring that those who want to remove Trump from office are "swinging at windmills". Maybe there is a legitimate way to remove Trump from office (not that I'm in favor of that BTW) but it doesn't seem very realistic to me - based on the present information we have. Sorry if "swinging at windmills" is pushing things to far to the point where it's insulting. I try not to be insulting to people but maybe I cross the line at times. If someone were to, for example, find solid evidence that Trump was personally involved with Russian interference in the election that would be solid grounds for removal. But just because Trump has a lot of policies many people don't agree with, and he says a lot of disrespectful and insulting things, are not going to be grounds for removal.— February 11, 2017 9:53 a.m.
Trump/Navarro saber-rattling has already shaken up China
Yes, I agree that stock market bubble is a time to be worried. My point still stands that there have been a lot of predictions about Trump failing or causing failures that have not held true.— February 11, 2017 9:21 a.m.