100 Days

 100 Days

Here is my take on Biden/Harris first 100 days.

Fire every single person hired by 45 or his minions.

Reverse every single executive order issued by 45 and his minions.

Offer jobs to all the Americans fired by 45 and his minions.

Make no effort to impede court actions directed to 45.

Rejoin the Paris Accord, the Iran treaty, the WHO and the other international organizations 45 withdrew. 

If McConnell remains as Senate Majority leader, find areas of legitimate national interest and encourage him to cooperate; if he fails, then target him with a resignation campaign. 

Diligently work to find Republican Senators who will support legislation on critical national interests; they can be encouraged to cooperate with resignation campaigns. 

Invite our allies' Heads of State to a formal White House reception. Make our positions clear to the Ambassadors of our rivals like Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Turkey and so forth.

Be prepared for a provocation requiring a violent response from one or more of our rivals - they want to see if Biden/Harris has the stomach for violence or not. 

Pass the Bills forwarded to the Senate by the House. 

Obey the law and treaties the US has signed about asylum seekers: build facilities to hold seekers while we adjudicate their cases; replace ICE with IRS agents so we can tax the corporations profiting from illegal immigrants. FIND THE CHILDREN'S PARENTS - this failure is simply shameful.

It will be a busy time.

May God bless the United States of America.

Two Negative Issues in the United States Today

 There are at least two negative issues in American politics.

GREED / INCOME INEQUALITY - The US has extreme inequalities of wealth and incomes; these inequalities harm the health and well being of much of the population today.

RACISM / FEAR / HATRED - People of color are treated more poorly than white people due to their skin color.

Both of these issues have found a home in the Republican Party.

Greed/inequality - Republicans have been at the forefront of weakening of worker's rights, health care, workplace protections and other issues. Republicans seem to take the position that anything which reduces business profits or increases costs should be eliminated. This trend became pronounced in the 1970's and has continued since then.

There appears to be an idea held by many if not most Republicans that greed and accumulation of riches is good for the security of the United States. The reverse is true - accumulations of material wealth actively harm the health and well being of the population. 

When legislators are encouraged to pass laws favoring wealth accumulations, that harms citizens by promoting monopolies, restricting essential services to those able to pay and etc., etc.

The inequalities today are not sustainable; they create conditions favoring revolution. However, there are minor policy changes which can ease the burden on citizens and, surprisingly, make the rich even richer. 

The United States had installed many of those polices until about 1975 approximately. Since then those policies have degraded.

Racism - It is my considered opinion that the white citizens who fear violence from people of color has led many Americans to hate all people of color. That hate has created policies that actively harm and/or murder people of color. 

This situation is both stupid and intolerable. It will create additional momentum toward revolution unless addressed. As before there are some policies which can reduce the effects of discrimination and thereby make the entire country more prosperous and secure. I believe that several of those policy changes are understood by most people but they are blocked due to fear.

Both of theses issues can be improved by encouraging some Republican Senators to resign. Several of them have taken material support from Putin and helped block policy initiatives passed by the House to benefit the citizenry. One way to encourage their resignation might be to find areas on national concern on which most voter agree and ask them to support legislation to solve those issues. They might face serious efforts to unseat them if they continue to block policies clearly in the national interest.