The Labor Department reported the economy created 164,000 jobs in July, less than the forecast and down from June's numbers. Unemployment remained the same at 3.7%. The pundits were looking for a large rally in the stock market since the federal reserve announced around the same time they lowered the interest rate. Their prediction was with a reduction in interest rates and a good jobs report the DJIA would start another run. Instead, the market dropped over 600 points.
Trump's threat of more tariffs on China beginning September 1 was blamed for the slide of the DJIA. By the way, you will never hear Trump say it and most economist won't admit it but the U.S. is already in a trade war with China. And China let it be known they will retaliate and place new tariffs on U.S. goods. So the trade war that Trump started continues on and the American consumer is paying the price.
After 30 months in office under Trump the economy has created 5,595,000 million jobs for a monthly average of 186,500 jobs per month. In Obama's last 30 months in office the economy created 6,365,000 million jobs for a monthly average of 212,166 jobs per month. So job creation under Trump in his first 30 months in office has failed to even keep pace with job creation in Obama's last 30 months in office. And we also know from other reports that May and June's job creation was adjusted down 10,000 and 31,000 jobs under Trump.
Note: To have a better view of how well Democratic Administrations do with Job Creation and how awful Republican Administrations do see my previous commentary on the subject dated November 5, 2010 titled, Job Creation for Presidential Terms: 1929-2008.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Sunday, August 4, 2019
Saturday, August 3, 2019
The Politicalization of Sports In America
Sports in America was never a venue. It was always a cause of action that united people from all walks of life for a common goal of competition, unity and good sportsmanship. That all changed when President Trump called an NFL football player a SOB because he took a knee during the playing of the national anthem. Ever since Trump has be critical of sport and players alike with his usual personal attacks. The domino effect of Trump's unnecessary rhetoric shattered a White House tradition of inviting and honoring teams to the White House to celebrate their accomplishments without being political. It was America's sportsmanship at its best on display in the people's HOUSE.
Now, a new NFL season is about to begin and the world champion New England Patriots have still not been invited to the White House. Partially because many of the players said they would not attend because of Trump's personal attacks and treatment of other players. Trump made sports a political football because some players exercised their constitutional right and took a knee. Trump made things worse with his most recent rant about the girls U.S. Soccer team.
Sports, a unifying pastime and recognized by past Presidents as such and its positive effect has been replaced by Trump's political divisiveness and his desire to destroy those things that make America great. It is truly a mark of his cowardly acts, mental unfitness and his unfitness to serve as the President of the United States.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Now, a new NFL season is about to begin and the world champion New England Patriots have still not been invited to the White House. Partially because many of the players said they would not attend because of Trump's personal attacks and treatment of other players. Trump made sports a political football because some players exercised their constitutional right and took a knee. Trump made things worse with his most recent rant about the girls U.S. Soccer team.
Sports, a unifying pastime and recognized by past Presidents as such and its positive effect has been replaced by Trump's political divisiveness and his desire to destroy those things that make America great. It is truly a mark of his cowardly acts, mental unfitness and his unfitness to serve as the President of the United States.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Iran, Another Foreign Policy Albatross Around President Trump's Neck
The trumpet man's immigration albatross has company. This time its Iran where the President's foreign policy goes from bad to worse. While the U.S. was participating with its NATO allies with the Iranian nuclear agreement, Iran was only in the news when the right wing extremist tried to scuttle the agreement. Iran was not threatening shipping in the strait of Hormuz or challenging any ships nor were they shooting down any U.S. drones. And their rhetoric was not even noticeable. Plus chapping the extremist, Iran was in compliance with the agreement.
Then along came the trumpet man, a man with no experience who hated any accomplishment associated with President Obama and withdrew the U.S. from the nuclear agreement, placed sanctions on Iran, rigged up pressure and threatened them for no good reason. So now Iran has acted by challenging shipping in the Strait and even captured a British tanker after Britain captured one of Iran's tankers. Now Trump finds himself in a position of begging Britain, France and Germany to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Britain actually took the initiative and called on France to help them escort shipping thru the Strait before Trump said a word.
In fact, Trump is so lost on foreign policy he found himself last week saying he could wipe Iran off the face of the earth. Iran got his ego when Trump said Iran would be calling him to make a deal and Iran answered and said they would not be intimadated. Trump probably thought about Mexico when they told Trump under no circumstance would Mexico pay for his wall. It was a fresh reminder that Trump's so called peace plan between Israel and Palestine put together by Trump's son in law Jarred Kushner and presented by Kushner was soundly rejected by Palestine's leader Abbas who said it was nothing but a Trump real estate deal that offered Palestine billions of dollars and was no peace plan at all.
The President has no credibility on foreign policy with any foreign leader. And Russia's Putin and N. Korea's Kim Jon Un are still pulling his strings. They have the strings so tight the trumpet man praises them every time he has a chance. Yes my fellow Americans, the U.S. has lost its leadership role with President Trump in the White House. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Then along came the trumpet man, a man with no experience who hated any accomplishment associated with President Obama and withdrew the U.S. from the nuclear agreement, placed sanctions on Iran, rigged up pressure and threatened them for no good reason. So now Iran has acted by challenging shipping in the Strait and even captured a British tanker after Britain captured one of Iran's tankers. Now Trump finds himself in a position of begging Britain, France and Germany to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Britain actually took the initiative and called on France to help them escort shipping thru the Strait before Trump said a word.
In fact, Trump is so lost on foreign policy he found himself last week saying he could wipe Iran off the face of the earth. Iran got his ego when Trump said Iran would be calling him to make a deal and Iran answered and said they would not be intimadated. Trump probably thought about Mexico when they told Trump under no circumstance would Mexico pay for his wall. It was a fresh reminder that Trump's so called peace plan between Israel and Palestine put together by Trump's son in law Jarred Kushner and presented by Kushner was soundly rejected by Palestine's leader Abbas who said it was nothing but a Trump real estate deal that offered Palestine billions of dollars and was no peace plan at all.
The President has no credibility on foreign policy with any foreign leader. And Russia's Putin and N. Korea's Kim Jon Un are still pulling his strings. They have the strings so tight the trumpet man praises them every time he has a chance. Yes my fellow Americans, the U.S. has lost its leadership role with President Trump in the White House. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Friday, July 26, 2019
The Democratic Parfty Continues To Lead and The Republican Party Can Only Follow
The republican party and Trump had a chance to lead on extending funding for the 9/11 first responders in 2017 and 2018 when they controlled everything. But they pushed the issue aside and thought it would go away. But the democratic controlled U.S. House heard the first responders plea and responded with legislation that secured funding thru 2092. The republican controlled U.S. Senate took up the bill this week and passed the measure after two republican senators delayed the vote.
The funding issue was basic to taking care of those injured in the line of duty but republican ideology finds a way to fog up common sense. They can find a way for huge tax cuts for those who need them the least. Republican senator Rand Paul was one of the senators to delay the bill because it increased the deficit without cutting spending to pay for it. This is the same Paul who voted for the Trump-GOP tax cuts that will add $1.5 trillion to deficit spending and there were no offsets. What a hypocrite.
The U.S. House also passed a two year $2.7 trillion budget-debt legislation that avoids what could have been another government shutdown at the end of September when funding runs out and ends the past republican practice of using short term continuing Resolutions that don't work and which was responsible for shutting the government down last year. Only 65 republicans voted for the bill while 132 voted against it. Five of the 6 republicans from Louisiana voted against the bill. Trump supported the bill because his party in the past was not capable of passing a long term plan. The U.S. Senate will take up the bill next week for its vote.
And now this week Trump's Justice Department announced it has opened an antitrust investigation of big technology companies and whether their platforms have hurt competition, suppressed innovation or otherwise harmed consumers. Democratic Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has already announced if elected President she would break up big tech Corporations and other monopolies that have harmed consumers and competition.
Trump and the republican controlled Senate ae well aware of the 2020 elections and the fact they could lose control to the democratic party. So be prepared to see the republican party adopt democratic issues the closer the country moves to the 2020 elections. And when it happens, you will have read it here first in PolitiDose, your daily dose of political commentary.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
The funding issue was basic to taking care of those injured in the line of duty but republican ideology finds a way to fog up common sense. They can find a way for huge tax cuts for those who need them the least. Republican senator Rand Paul was one of the senators to delay the bill because it increased the deficit without cutting spending to pay for it. This is the same Paul who voted for the Trump-GOP tax cuts that will add $1.5 trillion to deficit spending and there were no offsets. What a hypocrite.
The U.S. House also passed a two year $2.7 trillion budget-debt legislation that avoids what could have been another government shutdown at the end of September when funding runs out and ends the past republican practice of using short term continuing Resolutions that don't work and which was responsible for shutting the government down last year. Only 65 republicans voted for the bill while 132 voted against it. Five of the 6 republicans from Louisiana voted against the bill. Trump supported the bill because his party in the past was not capable of passing a long term plan. The U.S. Senate will take up the bill next week for its vote.
And now this week Trump's Justice Department announced it has opened an antitrust investigation of big technology companies and whether their platforms have hurt competition, suppressed innovation or otherwise harmed consumers. Democratic Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has already announced if elected President she would break up big tech Corporations and other monopolies that have harmed consumers and competition.
Trump and the republican controlled Senate ae well aware of the 2020 elections and the fact they could lose control to the democratic party. So be prepared to see the republican party adopt democratic issues the closer the country moves to the 2020 elections. And when it happens, you will have read it here first in PolitiDose, your daily dose of political commentary.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
President Trump's Mental State Continues To Deteriorate
The trumpet man's out of the blue comment on Afghanistan was another sad example of how far he has slipped mentally. The President's statement that he could win the war in 10 days, wipe Afghanistan off the map and would kill 10 million people could only mean he was referring to the use of nuclear weapons. That would be the only way to kill 10 million people in 10 days.
Here we have the President of the United States talking about nuclear weapons when the U.S. has been trying to prevent the spread of such weapons. Trump's statement was alarming that a U.S. President and Commander in Chief would actually think in those terms, much less carry out an attack against a country who has no such weapons or any defense to prevent such an attack. The statement is against every thing America stands for.
Afghan's leader responded to Trump's horrific statement that outside countries have tried to determine the fate of Afghanistan for centuries and failed and would not be intimidated. Trump's mental condition which brings about his rants are a threat to American troops deployed in Afghanistan and other parts of the world.
Trump's unfitness to be President has not changed after 30 months in office and his party continues to support his every destructive rant. No question about it, the trumpet man and the GOP are deplorable.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Here we have the President of the United States talking about nuclear weapons when the U.S. has been trying to prevent the spread of such weapons. Trump's statement was alarming that a U.S. President and Commander in Chief would actually think in those terms, much less carry out an attack against a country who has no such weapons or any defense to prevent such an attack. The statement is against every thing America stands for.
Afghan's leader responded to Trump's horrific statement that outside countries have tried to determine the fate of Afghanistan for centuries and failed and would not be intimidated. Trump's mental condition which brings about his rants are a threat to American troops deployed in Afghanistan and other parts of the world.
Trump's unfitness to be President has not changed after 30 months in office and his party continues to support his every destructive rant. No question about it, the trumpet man and the GOP are deplorable.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Monday, July 22, 2019
The Myth Of GOP Conservatism On Fiscal Matters: The Story Continues
PolitiDose in past commentary has unmasked the fiction and myth of the republican party in being conservatives. But the regular news media continues to push their conservative spin. Now comes a report on the internet by three Washington Post journalists that Trump is telling his cabinet to look for big spending cuts in his second term if he is reelected. Trump is no conservative but told the people he would end deficit spending, balance the federal budget and pay off the national debt.
But under Trump and the republican controlled congress federal spending is up, the national debt is increasing and deficit spending is increasing and just this last week the Trump administration said the deficit for the present fiscal year which ends 9/30/19 will be up again, this time over $1 trillion. The Washington Post story talks about how the republican conservatives (yes, can you believe that, conservatives ?) have had a hard time trying to balance spending cuts with increases in federal spending and that failure to cut social security, medicare and Medicaid attribute to a failure to balance the budget. And of course the writers throw in the cost of the Trump-GOP tax cuts that reduced federal revenue. Its like they, Trump and the republicans did not know that would happen.
The republican excuse that social security, medicare and Medicaid have to be cut to balance the federal budget and the news media's willingness to promote that fairy tale was proven wrong by the Clinton administration who raised taxes on those making over $200,000.00 a year, did not cut social security, medicare or Medicaid but still balanced four budgets and cut deficit spending every year his first four years in office. The Clinton administration also paid down over $300 billion in the national debt. All because Clinton had an economic and deficit reduction plan that worked because it addressed the problems.
The fiction and myth of republican conservatism and the willingness of some in the news media to promote those as conservatives is laughable. When were the republicans really conservatives? Was it recently? Was it not too long ago? Was it during the Reagan or Bush administrations? Lets try the following on for size.
No republican administration has balanced the federal budget since Eisenhower in 1960. That is over 50 years ago. (yeah you read that right)
No republican administration has left office with a smaller deficit than when he took office in the last 50+ years. But every democratic administration except the Carter administration did so.
The national debt had its greatest increase under the Reagan administration and the George W.Bush administration in the last 50+ years. The national debt stood at less than a trillion dollars when Reagan took office and when he left office it stood at $2.8 Trillion at the end of his last fiscal year or a 186% increase in the national debt on his watch. It increased another 105% at the end of George W. Bush's last fiscal year following Bill Clinton's administration.
If Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 had balanced the federal budget as Clinton did the national debt would not be a problem today. President Reagan called the democratic party the big spenders and the news media swallowed it. But at the end of Reagan's first four fiscal years, total federal spending increased 50% over the previous four years of Jimmy Carter. And as of this date no democratic administration has even come close to that huge increase in federal spending. In fact federal spending under Clinton and Obama came in at a much lower percentage increase. But the news media continues to push the republican agenda of democrats being the big spenders. The George W. Bush administration had the next largest increase in federal spending so the Reagan and Bush administrations had the largest increase in federal spending in the past 40 years.
The three greatest bank failures in U.S. history took place on the conservative republican watch of Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. And now Trump and the republicans in congress are on the same path as the republicans have been on for the past 50+ years. The only surprise is that some in the news media still think the republicans are conservative. But PolitiDose understood the truth long ago and so did its readership.
Could all of this be a coincidence? This writer happens to think not. There just is no such thing as a republican conservative in the White House or in the Congress. And you read it here again first in PolitiDose, your daily dose of political commentary.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
But under Trump and the republican controlled congress federal spending is up, the national debt is increasing and deficit spending is increasing and just this last week the Trump administration said the deficit for the present fiscal year which ends 9/30/19 will be up again, this time over $1 trillion. The Washington Post story talks about how the republican conservatives (yes, can you believe that, conservatives ?) have had a hard time trying to balance spending cuts with increases in federal spending and that failure to cut social security, medicare and Medicaid attribute to a failure to balance the budget. And of course the writers throw in the cost of the Trump-GOP tax cuts that reduced federal revenue. Its like they, Trump and the republicans did not know that would happen.
The republican excuse that social security, medicare and Medicaid have to be cut to balance the federal budget and the news media's willingness to promote that fairy tale was proven wrong by the Clinton administration who raised taxes on those making over $200,000.00 a year, did not cut social security, medicare or Medicaid but still balanced four budgets and cut deficit spending every year his first four years in office. The Clinton administration also paid down over $300 billion in the national debt. All because Clinton had an economic and deficit reduction plan that worked because it addressed the problems.
The fiction and myth of republican conservatism and the willingness of some in the news media to promote those as conservatives is laughable. When were the republicans really conservatives? Was it recently? Was it not too long ago? Was it during the Reagan or Bush administrations? Lets try the following on for size.
No republican administration has balanced the federal budget since Eisenhower in 1960. That is over 50 years ago. (yeah you read that right)
No republican administration has left office with a smaller deficit than when he took office in the last 50+ years. But every democratic administration except the Carter administration did so.
The national debt had its greatest increase under the Reagan administration and the George W.Bush administration in the last 50+ years. The national debt stood at less than a trillion dollars when Reagan took office and when he left office it stood at $2.8 Trillion at the end of his last fiscal year or a 186% increase in the national debt on his watch. It increased another 105% at the end of George W. Bush's last fiscal year following Bill Clinton's administration.
If Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 had balanced the federal budget as Clinton did the national debt would not be a problem today. President Reagan called the democratic party the big spenders and the news media swallowed it. But at the end of Reagan's first four fiscal years, total federal spending increased 50% over the previous four years of Jimmy Carter. And as of this date no democratic administration has even come close to that huge increase in federal spending. In fact federal spending under Clinton and Obama came in at a much lower percentage increase. But the news media continues to push the republican agenda of democrats being the big spenders. The George W. Bush administration had the next largest increase in federal spending so the Reagan and Bush administrations had the largest increase in federal spending in the past 40 years.
The three greatest bank failures in U.S. history took place on the conservative republican watch of Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. And now Trump and the republicans in congress are on the same path as the republicans have been on for the past 50+ years. The only surprise is that some in the news media still think the republicans are conservative. But PolitiDose understood the truth long ago and so did its readership.
Could all of this be a coincidence? This writer happens to think not. There just is no such thing as a republican conservative in the White House or in the Congress. And you read it here again first in PolitiDose, your daily dose of political commentary.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Friday, July 19, 2019
The President In The White House Has A Mental Deficiency: Another First For PolitiDose
It was previous commentary by PolitiDose that questioned Trump's mental fitness to be President based on his actions as a candidate and as President. And now we have his recent rants and tweets with un-American comments about four duly elected representatives in the U.S. House. The President continues to verbally abuse women he can not control with un-civil attacks of a personal nature. Trump's mental deficiency has no bounds and he is incapable of fulfilling his oath of office.
Trump's rants and tweets were a quick reminder of his recent run in with the women's soccer team that won the world cup. A non-political team of women that Trump had to provoke because of his need to insult and dominate women of success. One of the women players recognized Trump for what he is and said Trump does not like women he can not control or grope. Is it any wonder that some people in sports said the White House use to be a place of honor to visit, but not any more with Trump there.
There is no question Trump's rants and tweets were racism and his party in congress fell in line like good ditto heads and supported his actions. It was another episode of Trump and his party's cowardly acts of trying to intimidate women they can not control. PolitiDose has been at the fore front of describing Trump and his party as cowards in past commentary and just the other day one journalist with the Washington Post called the republicans in congress cowards from the yellow states in reference to Trumps racial tweets.
There is no way to sugar coat Trump's mental deficiency. He displays it every day in the most profound way. A corrupt person with no moral compass who respects no one and as a result can not claim respect for his own self. And that really says it all about the trumpet man.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Trump's rants and tweets were a quick reminder of his recent run in with the women's soccer team that won the world cup. A non-political team of women that Trump had to provoke because of his need to insult and dominate women of success. One of the women players recognized Trump for what he is and said Trump does not like women he can not control or grope. Is it any wonder that some people in sports said the White House use to be a place of honor to visit, but not any more with Trump there.
There is no question Trump's rants and tweets were racism and his party in congress fell in line like good ditto heads and supported his actions. It was another episode of Trump and his party's cowardly acts of trying to intimidate women they can not control. PolitiDose has been at the fore front of describing Trump and his party as cowards in past commentary and just the other day one journalist with the Washington Post called the republicans in congress cowards from the yellow states in reference to Trumps racial tweets.
There is no way to sugar coat Trump's mental deficiency. He displays it every day in the most profound way. A corrupt person with no moral compass who respects no one and as a result can not claim respect for his own self. And that really says it all about the trumpet man.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Thursday, July 18, 2019
The Trumpet Man Must Be Reading "PolitiDose" On Its Immigration Commentary
For a number of years PolitiDose has exposed the republican failure to provide policy or Plans for immigration reform, debate such before congress and call for a vote. It has been doing the same thing since Trump became President and it looks like the President received the message. After 30 months in office and nothing to show for immigration reform except Trump's rhetoric, the following was reported yesterday by a senior administration official according to an internet news release.
The senior official said Trump presented a bill to his cabinet Tuesday for overhauling the current immigration system to make it more merit based. There was no time table for introducing the bill to congress but the President was looking to rally the republicans around a detailed proposal. The President was scheduled to meet with the leaders of the republican party on Tuesday afternoon on how to go forward but cancelled the meeting abruptly right before it was set to start. In fact, republican leaders were already on their way to the White House.
The senior officer was quoted as making the following statement which people who read PolitiDose and follow politics already knew. "The goal of this has been to unify the Republicans as much as possible around a plan, noting that DIVISIONS with the GOP over policy issues had HINDERED IMMIGRATION REFORM BIDS IN THE PAST." We'll see what leader McConnell and McCarthy want to do. If they want to put it for a vote. But at least the Democrats will know what the Republican unified position is.
The facts tell us republicans have HINDERED IMMIGRATION REFORM during President George W. Bush's administration, a republican administration who wanted the issue addressed. They did the same during President Obama's administration and went so far as to let immigration reform passed by the democratic controlled Senate with republican votes in 2013 die in the republican controlled House with out even debate. Yes my fellow Americans, PolitiDose is way ahead on the issue so important to our country than the regular news media who continue to allow Trump and his party to spout their extreme rhetoric with out explaining the facts to their readers and viewers.
But PolitiDose, your daily dose of political commentary will continue to bring its readers the facts on the issues as they occur The buck and the lies never stop at Trump's desk nor with his party's rhetoric.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
The senior official said Trump presented a bill to his cabinet Tuesday for overhauling the current immigration system to make it more merit based. There was no time table for introducing the bill to congress but the President was looking to rally the republicans around a detailed proposal. The President was scheduled to meet with the leaders of the republican party on Tuesday afternoon on how to go forward but cancelled the meeting abruptly right before it was set to start. In fact, republican leaders were already on their way to the White House.
The senior officer was quoted as making the following statement which people who read PolitiDose and follow politics already knew. "The goal of this has been to unify the Republicans as much as possible around a plan, noting that DIVISIONS with the GOP over policy issues had HINDERED IMMIGRATION REFORM BIDS IN THE PAST." We'll see what leader McConnell and McCarthy want to do. If they want to put it for a vote. But at least the Democrats will know what the Republican unified position is.
The facts tell us republicans have HINDERED IMMIGRATION REFORM during President George W. Bush's administration, a republican administration who wanted the issue addressed. They did the same during President Obama's administration and went so far as to let immigration reform passed by the democratic controlled Senate with republican votes in 2013 die in the republican controlled House with out even debate. Yes my fellow Americans, PolitiDose is way ahead on the issue so important to our country than the regular news media who continue to allow Trump and his party to spout their extreme rhetoric with out explaining the facts to their readers and viewers.
But PolitiDose, your daily dose of political commentary will continue to bring its readers the facts on the issues as they occur The buck and the lies never stop at Trump's desk nor with his party's rhetoric.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Turkey Turns To Russia To Build Its Air Defense System
Turkey signed an agreement with Russia to purchase Russia's S-400 air defense system and parts of the system have already been delivered. President Trump threatened Turkey with sanctions if they purchased and installed the system but Turkey brushed those threats aside and said the U.S. and Europe had not presented a viable alternative to them.
The hang up is Turkey manufactures parts for the U.S. F-35 stealth fighter jet and the Pentagon thinks the Russian system will undermine the U.S. stealth technology. The U.S. is also training Turkey's pilots to fly the F-35 jets but stopped the effort when it looked like Turkey would go with the Russian Air defense system.
Turkey, a NATO ally also displayed its independence during the administration of George W. Bush when they refused the Bush administration permission to use Turkish soil to launch part of the ground war into Iraq during the 2003 invasion. Republican administrations are not very good at diplomacy and threats against countries like Turkey have no standing.
The trumpet man's foreign policy continues to be a disaster and Putin still has the goods on Trump and Trump is still denying Russia's role in the 2016 Presidential election. Putin is also aware that Trump does not think much of the NATO alliance and Russia's deal with Turkey may become another wedge for Trump to hang his hat on. Time will tell.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
The hang up is Turkey manufactures parts for the U.S. F-35 stealth fighter jet and the Pentagon thinks the Russian system will undermine the U.S. stealth technology. The U.S. is also training Turkey's pilots to fly the F-35 jets but stopped the effort when it looked like Turkey would go with the Russian Air defense system.
Turkey, a NATO ally also displayed its independence during the administration of George W. Bush when they refused the Bush administration permission to use Turkish soil to launch part of the ground war into Iraq during the 2003 invasion. Republican administrations are not very good at diplomacy and threats against countries like Turkey have no standing.
The trumpet man's foreign policy continues to be a disaster and Putin still has the goods on Trump and Trump is still denying Russia's role in the 2016 Presidential election. Putin is also aware that Trump does not think much of the NATO alliance and Russia's deal with Turkey may become another wedge for Trump to hang his hat on. Time will tell.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Monday, July 15, 2019
New Orleans Advocate Journalist Lanny Keller And The ACA: On The Wrong Side of Facts
Keller's column titled, Health Care Has Risks Politically, Even If Cassidy Succeeds This Year, dated 7/12/19 was the usual sad republican position on the ACA, only this time with Keller's own fairy tale twist. Forget about how important health care or the lack of affects people, Keller is only concerned with the issue being a win for the republican party. Keller falsely claims that Louisiana's U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy's far reaching health care plan to repeal and replace the ACA was scuttled by democrats and republicans in 2017.
Cassidy's plan was scuttled by his own republican controlled Senate who refused to take up his bill for debate and not by the democratic party who had no input on the republican bill that went down to defeat. (The U.S. republican controlled House passed their health care plan but Cassidy's Senate would not even take up their bill) Keller also talks about Cassidy and his fellow republican Senator John Kennedy who are working on a health care plan that would not repeal or replace the ACA but work around the edges and if what they offered could pass it would be a WIN for the republican
party. It should be noted that Cassidy is a doctor and his own party never put his ideas about health care on center stage. It should also be a reminder what former republican speaker of the House John Boehner said, "that the republican party has never been serious about health care and he predicted his party would not pass health care legislation when they voted in 2017 and he was right on target.
Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Presidential campaign said if elected President, she would improve on the positive aspects of the ACA and change those areas that needed change and make it better. That would be the best way to deal with the ACA and it now appears Cassidy and Kennedy agree The republican attidude of repeal and replace represents unAmerican thinking on the issue. Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden supports Hillary's thinking on how to make the ACA better and it is the most common sense way to deal with the health care issue. So far the republicans have had 15 years to come up with a workable health care plan and have failed. And now, Trump and his party has added an insult by saying they will not take up the issue until after the 2020 election.
One also needs to keep in mind how Trump lied on the health care issue when he said in March of 2017, if the republican party does not pass their own health care plan he would introduce his own. Well of course he never did because he never had a plan to begin with. Trump and his party have zero credibility on the health care issue. But Keller believes the republican party can come out a winner by following Hillary Clinton's ideas. If the democrats can win back the Senate and keep the House in the 2020 elections they will surely move to improve the ACA, make changes that are needed and make it better for all.
Ever since his election as President, the trumpet man and his party has tried every thing to sabotage the ACA since they failed at repeal and replacing the ACT. To his credit, President Obama gave the republican party every chance to come up with their own health care plan when the ACA was being debated. They never did because as John Boehner said years later the party was never serious about health care. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Cassidy's plan was scuttled by his own republican controlled Senate who refused to take up his bill for debate and not by the democratic party who had no input on the republican bill that went down to defeat. (The U.S. republican controlled House passed their health care plan but Cassidy's Senate would not even take up their bill) Keller also talks about Cassidy and his fellow republican Senator John Kennedy who are working on a health care plan that would not repeal or replace the ACA but work around the edges and if what they offered could pass it would be a WIN for the republican
party. It should be noted that Cassidy is a doctor and his own party never put his ideas about health care on center stage. It should also be a reminder what former republican speaker of the House John Boehner said, "that the republican party has never been serious about health care and he predicted his party would not pass health care legislation when they voted in 2017 and he was right on target.
Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Presidential campaign said if elected President, she would improve on the positive aspects of the ACA and change those areas that needed change and make it better. That would be the best way to deal with the ACA and it now appears Cassidy and Kennedy agree The republican attidude of repeal and replace represents unAmerican thinking on the issue. Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden supports Hillary's thinking on how to make the ACA better and it is the most common sense way to deal with the health care issue. So far the republicans have had 15 years to come up with a workable health care plan and have failed. And now, Trump and his party has added an insult by saying they will not take up the issue until after the 2020 election.
One also needs to keep in mind how Trump lied on the health care issue when he said in March of 2017, if the republican party does not pass their own health care plan he would introduce his own. Well of course he never did because he never had a plan to begin with. Trump and his party have zero credibility on the health care issue. But Keller believes the republican party can come out a winner by following Hillary Clinton's ideas. If the democrats can win back the Senate and keep the House in the 2020 elections they will surely move to improve the ACA, make changes that are needed and make it better for all.
Ever since his election as President, the trumpet man and his party has tried every thing to sabotage the ACA since they failed at repeal and replacing the ACT. To his credit, President Obama gave the republican party every chance to come up with their own health care plan when the ACA was being debated. They never did because as John Boehner said years later the party was never serious about health care. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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